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Simi died in Rome in 2000. |
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Some of his costumes and set designs where exhibited at the Autry Centre / Museum of the American West in Los Angeles in 2005. |
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Italian production designer and costume designer, who worked frequently with Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci, giving their spaghetti westerns a unique look. Most famous for his costume and set designs for Once Upon A Time in The West Simi also built the town of 'El Paso' in the Almeria desert for Leone's second Western, For a Few Dollars More. Built around a massive bank, with vistas of the Tabernas desert visible between buildings, the set still exists, as a tourist attraction called "Mini Hollywood." Simi played the bank manager in that film: it was his only acting role. Simi died in Rome in 2000. Some of his costumes and set designs where exhibited at the Autry Centre / Museum of the American West in Los Angeles in 2005.