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There was also the myth of the western films. But my films are borrowed not from the story of the West in America but from the story of cinema.

Sergio Leone

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Sergio Leone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 3
Died: 1989
Died: April 30
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The Eternal City
Bob Robertson
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