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{{quote| '''Jill''': "You {{spoiler|saved his life}}!"<br />
'''Harmonica''': "I {{spoiler|didn't let them kill him}}, and that's not the same thing." }}
* [[Playing Against Type]] - And '''''how'''''. Henry Fonda plays the villain in this one. Just to clarify: there are [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|villains]], [[Anti-Villain|villains]], and [[Complete Monster|villains]]. Fonda's character is very much the third one. Fonda had intended to radically change his usual appearance for the film, growing a mustache and beard and wearing brown contact lenses. Leone talked him out of it, as the shock of seeing good old Henry Fonda as a [[Complete Monster]] was exactly what he wanted.
* [[Post Modernism]]- See [[Deconstruction]] or [[wikipedia:Once Upon a Time in the West#Film references|That Other Wiki]]. French theorist [[wikipedia:Jean Baudrillard|Jean Baudrillard]] once deemed Once Upon A Time In The West the first postmodern film.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] - "''When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground...''"
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