 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazopera kupfura, Leone akanga ava nemaawa gumi okurekodha. Nomupepeti wake, Nino Baragli, Leone akachekerera kusvika kumaawa matanhatu, uye pakutanga aida kubudisa firimu racho muzvikamu zviviri. Vagadziri vacho vakaramba, zvimwe nemhaka yokushaya kubudirira mune zvokutengeserana uye kunotsoropodzwa kwomufananidzo waBernardo Bertolucci une zvikamu zviviri wa1900, uye Leone akamanikidzwa kuupfupisazve. Firimu racho pakutanga raiva nemaminitsi 269 4 maawa nemaminitsi 29, asi apo firimu racho rakatanga kunze kwemakwikwi pa1984 Cannes Film Festival, Leone akanga adzikisira kusvika pamaminitsi 229 maawa matatu nemaminitsi 49 kuti agutse vanogovera, iyo yaiva shanduro yakaratidzwa mumabhaisikopo eEurope. 