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10-22-2004, 12:07 PM
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Once Upon A Time in the West question
At the end of this film, the guy with the beard dies after leaving the woman's house with "Harmonica." I didn't catch who shot him and when... can someone clear this up for me?
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10-22-2004, 12:15 PM
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IIRC, Cheyenne was shot when he attacked Morton's train. We don't see the actual attack, only Frank finding Morton just before he dies (after the attack by Cheyenne).
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10-22-2004, 12:29 PM
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The guy with the beard? THE GUY WITH THE BEARD!
[shouts] Jason Robards for chrissakes! 
What Allan said.
 sorry... it's friday.
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10-22-2004, 01:15 PM
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Huh... so he got shot in the abdomen, in a gunfight, rode back to spend some quality platonic time with a woman, all seemingly fine, than quietly rode away to die.
Suspension of disbelief... gotta love it.
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10-22-2004, 01:31 PM
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Hey, he did wince once in awhile! 
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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10-22-2004, 03:23 PM
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In the commentary, they mentioned that he looked paler. I personally didn't notice.  |
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10-22-2004, 03:30 PM
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At the end, in his last conversation with Harmonica, Cheyenne says something like "I ran into Mr. Choo-Choo" when we first see that he's wounded. In the earlier ambush scene aboard the train, Cheyenne referred to Morton as Mr. Choo-Choo, so as others have said, we can presume that Morton was able to shoot him in the big battle that took place off-screen aboard the train.
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10-22-2004, 03:45 PM
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I thought that when Frank shoots at Harmonica and misses, that bullet hit Cheyenne. It never occurred to me that maybe he was shot earlier. I've only seen it twice though.
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10-22-2004, 03:48 PM
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When Cheyenne dies, offscreen, it's a pause in Ennio Morricone's music (Cheyenne's theme) that lets us know the moment he expires.
One of my all time favorite westerns and music scores, superb.
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10-22-2004, 03:55 PM
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The music in that movie, simply put, gives me chills every time! Great stuff!
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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10-22-2004, 04:00 PM
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Oh, Mr Choo-choo, that's what he says...
I guess this is what happens when I split a movie over three viewings... 
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10-22-2004, 08:19 PM
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I thought that when Frank shoots at Harmonica and misses, that bullet hit Cheyenne. It never occurred to me that maybe he was shot earlier. I've only seen it twice though.
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Huh? Even though Cheyenne was indoors with Jill, and shaving, while Frank and Harmonica had their final showdown? |
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