Once Upon a Time in the West/Tear Jerker

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  • The famous "crane-on-a-crane" shot at the station when Jill arrives at Flagstone. Ennio Morricone flexes his italano melodrama muscles, and your eyes get a bit misty. Mr. Morricone hits a homerun once again at the end of the movie, when it's revealed that Harmonica's brother was hanged by Frank in an horrifically psychopathic manner.
  • The death of Cheyenne. The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with Jill and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells Harmonica to go away so that he can die alone is really gut-wrenching.
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