Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

8.2	Listal rating
8.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

Sergio Leone

Starring (View all)

Robert De Niro

David 'Noodles' Aaronson

James Woods

Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Deborah Gelly

Frankie Manoldi

Joe

Carol

James Conway O'Donnell

Danny Aiello

Police Chief Vincent Aiello

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Harry Grey

(novel The Hoods)

Leonardo Benvenuti

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a classic

4 years, 9 months ago at Aug 4 22:18

doudouce55

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This is an epic, episodic tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. The movie centers on David 'Noodles' Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his lifelong partners in crime, Max (James Woods), Cockeye (William Forsythe) and Patsy (James Hayden) and their friends, who all grew up in New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s-1930s. In the late 1960s, an eld... read more

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1 year, 1 month ago at Apr 22 20:32

propelas

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In this film by Sergio Leone carried triumphantly away from the desert of the Wild West in appalling quarters of the big city to give us beyond a simple tribute to the gangster film, a complex and deeply human elegy over the loss of innocence. The characters are ordinary people who are desperately trying to survive in misery reaping the maximum benefit from the life they are offered, are outlined ... read more

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2 years, 1 month ago at Apr 10 7:51

wakkala

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So far, I think this has been the longest film I've seen in my life, I had no idea that this movie had 4 versions and just saw the original version of 322 minutes. You do not know when it would end after two hours, I did not got bored seeing as it was in GoodFellas, is significantly better than De Niro's character in this one and the story best fits my personal tastes.

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Description: This movie has a checkered history, having been chopped from its original 227-minute director's cut to 139 minutes for its U.S. release. This longer edition benefits from having the complete story (the short version has huge gaps) about turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrants in America finding their way into lives of crime, as told in ... (more)

Release date : 1 June 1984
UPC: 085392002627

Crime (23), Drama (23), 1980s (16), New York (15), Epic (14), Rape (13), Gangsters (12), Usa (12), Gangster (11), 1984 (11), Friendship (11), Italy (11), Childhood (10), Death (8), Violence (8), Betrayal (8), Mafia (8), Killing (6), Prostitute (6), Western (5)

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"A ton of really good movies were released this year, in case you couldn't tell by my list of honorable mentions. However, at it's most complete, Sergio Leone truly went out with a bang with his final movie. Had it not been tampered with to such a critically panned extent, this would have been nominated, if not won, Best Picture (although it still had to compete with Amadeus)."

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" 40 minutes of scenes will be restored to match the original length shown at Cannes. The Leone family only bought the Italian rights; hopefully there's an English restoration (Variety)."

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" One Sentence Review : This film is a profound expression of truth regarding friendship and betrayal. Such a perfect movie. Director: Sergio Leone Writers: Harry Grey (novel), Leonardo Benvenuti Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern My Rating : 10/10 http://youtu.be/mzhX2PD6Srw"