Stars: Paul Newman, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards

Director: Sergio Leone

Summary: It's pistols at dawn in this triple bill of classic Westerns. In GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL, a straight-laced sheriff and his gambler friend take on the evil Clanton gang, culminating in what is quite possibly the most famous showdown in the history of the genre. Set on a Texas ranch, HUD centres on the volatile relationship between a rebellious and irresponsible young farmhand and his strict but moralistic father. When their livestock is threatened with disease, Homer goes to his son for advice. But they disagree over what should be done and, in an act of betrayal, Hud tries to wrestle away ownership of the ranch from his father. Widely considered to be one of the best Westerns in cinematic history, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST tells the story of a power-hungry railroad company owner who hires a gunfighter to kill anyone who stands in the way of his railroad's construction. After a land owner falls foul of the gunman, his widow hires two goons of her own to protect her and gain revenge.

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Gunfight At The OK Corral

Novelist Leon Uris wrote the script for this Western directed by John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) and based on the life and times of Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and his sickly companion, Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas). The action inevitably leads to the legendary battle between the two heroes and the villainous Clanton gang, but the film is also very much about the conflicts each man faces with women, with one another, and with their own destinies. Lancaster is terrific as the downbeat Earp, and Douglas has one of his best roles as the consumptive Holliday. The thoughtfulness of the tale is matched by Sturges's captivating way with the dramatic duel. All in all, the film appeals both as a solid action piece and as a fascinating, two-character study. --Tom Keogh

Hud

Based on a Larry McMurtry novel, this Martin Ritt film was a testament to the sex appeal of the young Paul Newman. Playing the title character--a total rotter who, by the end of the film, has double-crossed or screwed over everyone he knows, including his hard-working father and brother--Newman turns him into an intriguing antihero. Things are tough on the ranch and Hud's dad (Melvyn Douglas) needs help, but Hud is too busy looking out for number one, even as things fall apart. And guess who's going to land on his feet? Beautiful black-and-white cinematography by James Wong Howe won an Oscar, as did performances by Douglas and Patricia Neal. --Marshall Fine

Once Upon a Time in the West

The so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis in Sergio Leone's magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was won. (And make no mistake: this is the wide, wide West, folks--so the widescreen/letterboxed version is strongly recommended.) The unholy trinity of Italian cinema--Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento--concocted the story about a woman (Claudia Cardinale) hanging onto her land in hopes that the transcontinental railroad would reach her before a steely-eyed, black-hearted killer (Fonda) does. (The film's advertising slogan was: "There were three men in her life. One to take her ... one to love her ... and one to kill her.") Meanwhile, Leone shoots his stars' faces as if they were expansive Western landscapes, and their towering bodies as if they were looming rock formations in John Ford's Monument Valley. --Jim Emerson

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Release Date:	October 6, 2008
Runtime:	399 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 9641
Keywords:	Time, English, West, Gunfight, Corral, Once, Upon, Drama, Ok, Hud, Westerns
Genre:	Westerns