Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

  • Director: Sergio Leone
  • Writer: Harry Grey,Leonardo Benvenuti,Piero De Bernardi
  • Countries of origin: Italy, United States
  • Language: English, Italian, French, Yiddish, Hebrew
  • Release date: June 1, 1984
  • Runtime: 3h 49min
  • Sound mix: Mono, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Bilo je nekoč v Ameriki
  • "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​is a feature film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro , James Woods , Elizabeth McGovern , Tuesday Weld and others.
    With the Jewish community in New York City as the background, the film tells the story of the protagonist "Noodles" growing from an ignorant boy to a gangster, and also shows the history of the gang in the United States from the 1920s to the 1960s. In February 1984, the film was released in the United States. In 1985, the film won the 8th Japan Akademi Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and other awards   .

    Details

    • Release date June 1, 1984
    • Filming locations Williamsburg Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies The Ladd Company, Warner Bros., Producers Sales Organization (PSO)

    Box office

    Budget

    $30,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,321,508

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $2,412,014

    Gross worldwide

    $5,473,337

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clement 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      Noodles... I slipped.

      When director Sergio Leone's brother-in-law introduced him to "The Hoods," an autobiographical novel about New York's Jewish gangsters, he immediately thought it was a good point of view to express a European's view of America in order to complete his "The Hoods." American Trilogy. However, I didn’t expect that good things would come and go. It took nearly ten years to fight for the right to adapt the novel. After that, a total of 6 screenwriters, including the director himself, revised the...

    • By Sarina 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      deceive and deceive

      When the self-blaming old Mai Da disappeared into the stirring of the garbage truck, the aged Noodle's complexion became a little blank. At this moment, his face that has suffered from vicissitudes of life is being illuminated more clearly and clearly by a flashlight in the passing young people's motorcade, and his eyes reach the infinite distance with the backs of the young people. Finally, the eyes returned to the self-"I am old".

      Light and shadow are the materials of time, and...

    • By Rasheed 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      Once Upon a Time in America Film Review (1) Plot Summary

      This is actually a better gangster movie than The Godfather trilogy.
       Excluding plot factors first, any movie in the "Once upon a Time in America" ​​and "The Godfather" trilogy is more than two and a half hours long, and the theatrical version of Once upon a Time in America reaches three and a half hours. Twenty-eight minutes an hour. Neither film adopts the fast-paced narrative style of the storm: directors back then had more sculptural power than today's directors, using loops and...

    • By Merle 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      I'm just reposting it for myself

      When sorting out the clippings of the movie pictures in the early years, I turned to Elizabeth Taylor in "Lacey the Dog" (1945 version). At the age of 12, she exuded a kind of innocent beauty, and then, at the age of 12, she also had Jennifer Connelly, who has performed well and was known as "Little Taylor", came to mind, playing the young Daisy in the 1984 film "Once Upon a Time in America". Bora, the scene where she practiced her dance alone in the warehouse, is an eternal image that many...

    • By Cheyenne 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      The four-hour full version of "The Four Seas Brothers"

      After reading Mafia Brothers aka America's Past, it's really half of the classics, and then it's gone. When writing the script, you should consider the length of the film. This kind of epic film, looking back on the infinite beauty of youth for many years, is now only melancholy. I feel that the structure and soundtrack were later borrowed to make a new paradise that is not epic at all. The common point is that the second half of the film was cut miserably.

      The previous opening is the...

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    • By Andres 2023-09-29 09:43:24

      I hate all the movies and literature that cleans up hooligans, etc. hooligans are hooligans, those who applaud will not be sheltered, but ordinary people who are killed at will on the streets. . The three views in this film are extremely wrong, and the uglifying imagination of China reached a disgusting level in 1984, making people think that this is an 1884...

    • By Conner 2023-09-15 08:31:32

      I always felt that it was an obligation to watch the extended version plus 25 minutes of beauty on the big screen. I didn't see how I could be worthy of Leonne, who died because of this film, and how dare I say I love movies. When I watched the street walking around 1:00 am, I deeply realized that the more than four hours in the studio just now was a reunion through time and dimension. As if the dance, the bridge, the swirling music, the feeling of looking back, everything seems to have...

    • By Trycia 2023-08-08 16:02:34

      Was fooled back then. It is now almost certain to be the culmination of the worst male narratives. Each of the men in it is disgusting. The so-called legend is nothing more than a greedy lust for power and a hymn of cruelty to others, and then treats women as trophies like money and power. It's still tragic, and it's still reminiscent. Hurry up and bury it underground to rot. A plate of brightly colored shit is shit after all, and at the heart of this movie is a long rape. These dog things...

    • By Enid 2023-08-04 03:06:19

      Rewatch the Director's Cut at HKIFF in 2015. It is too promiscuous, and the rhythm is completely out of control. The children's performance is very fake, it is an overrated...

    • By Telly 2023-07-23 13:45:37

      Watching the restored 4K version of Once Upon a Time in America on the big screen was my happiest year in...

    Movie plot

    In the United States in the 1920s, a New York teenager nicknamed "Noodles" and a few friends of the same age met the clever and cunning Max. They began to engage in smuggling activities. Soon, the noodles killed and wounded people in a battle and was put in jail.
    After several years, Hou Tiao was released from prison, and his friends at the time have become mature and robust young people. Under Max’s leadership, they resumed their old...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    In order to prepare for the role of "noodles" in the film, Robert De Niro requested a private interview with the elder Meyer Lansky, who was the prototype of the film. Unfortunately, this request was rejected.
    During the filming, Robert De Niro suggested that James Wood should have glamorous clothes and bright teeth, but the producer was worried about the budget overruns, and in the end De Niro paid for the expenses.
    When Robert De Niro...
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    Film investment

    In 1971, Paramount Pictures invited Sergio Lionel to direct the movie "The Godfather", but Lionel was focusing on the revision of the script of "Once Upon a Time in America", so he declined the invitation gently. But when Leoni finished all the preparations and even contacted Robert De Niro to play the leading role, "The Godfather" has been released, so the producer is no longer as successful as "Once Upon a Time in America", which is...
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    Classic Gangster Movies

    "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​is a classic that is worth watching over and over again. The artistic success of the film is very high: the characters in the play are vivid, the plot of the film is meticulously carved, the film screen is very particular, and even each segment is quite original. For example, the pornographic woman Carol colluded with the gang to rob her husband's jewelry store, and to hide her eyes, she actively asked...
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    Unique film perspective

    "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​is a gangster epic movie that describes the conflicts of human nature such as friendship and opposition, loyalty and betrayal. Director Sergio Leone changed the pattern of traditional Hollywood movies and created the image of the underworld people in the United States with a unique perspective. The film is quite imposing, and the violent depiction has a poetic touch. The time span spans 40 years, with...
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    Deep and complex themes

    The film is adapted from David Aronson's autobiographical novel "The Hooligan". The director skillfully and unrestrainedly applies the tactics of a police film to turn this shocking literary work into an intertwined entanglement of love and hatred. The American legend of shameless prince and bravery, despicable betrayal and righteousness, hearty and sad and compassionate. What's commendable is that the film is not just a legend. Its...
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    Excellent soundtrack

    The soundtrack of the film, Enio Morricone, selected instruments that fit the film's "mysterious" and "dreamy" features such as Pai Xiao, with their whimpering, or dreamy and erratic sounds, combined with strings and vocals. The combination makes the music express what the picture can't express. When the old noodles returned to the old place, Morricone used a soothing, soft rhythm and melody. The music cleverly hinted at the changes of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Carol: Hit me!

      Noodles: What, are you crazy?

    • Beefy: [beating up Moe] Who you protecting, you dumb asshole? A stoolie who rats on his own friends? They were your friends too!

    • [Noodles runs into Moe as he is carrying a pile of full plates - crash!]

      Young Noodles: Sorry, Fats!