Hmmm, I emailed my next pick to the commish, but anyway here it is:
In the western category, 6 Degrees of Troy McClure select Once Upon a Time in the West.
Sergio Leone's next film after The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and the only western that rivals it. Similar to Unforgiven, it's about the decline of the west; a war by proxy between a railroad baron and a former prostitute / widow who's holding onto her husband's strategically valuable land, fought by Frank, the railroad's hired gun, played by Henry Fonda, and a strange alliance between a down-and-outgunman named Cheyenne, and a mysterious stranger known as Harmonica, played by Jason Robards and Charles Bronson, respectively.
Brilliant Morricone score, wonderful acting by all actors, and my favorite story out of any western.
I knew this one would drop a few rounds, but now it's at the point where it's the highest ranking movie on the IMDB top 250 that isn't picked, so I'm not taking a chance on it dropping further.
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