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" For his first film in several years, director Sergio Leone conceived of a slow, elegiac study of gangster activity in New York. Set during three time periods, 1923, 1933 and 1968--Once Upon a Time in America concentrates primarily upon Robert DeNiro and James Woods, childhood friends who become powerful Jewish crime bosses. The American distributors of Once Upon a Time in America ruthlessly hacked and rearranged the film into an incoherent 143 minutes. Leone's "director's cut," running 2"

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" Points: 19 Chosen by: Aprakadabra (6), Wetzneer (3), - WreckMe - (10) Previous rank: it wasn't selected IMDB top 250 rank: 80"
“I have seen many movies, good and bad. One thing for certain, Once Upon a Time in America is more than good. It is amazing, a true milestone in the crime drama genre. The cinematography, images, scenery and locations are all superb and quite sweeping, while Ennio Morricone's score ranks up there with his very best. While the film clocks in at nearly four hours long, it never feels boring to me while the pace is quite elegiac everything else just compels you. I will admit, this is another film you need to see more than once to understand/appreciate it.
Sergio Leone's direction is also superb, the story is always compelling and rich and the dialogue is very thought-provoking. The characters are wonderful if different. Unlike The Godfather(not a bad thing by the way), Once Upon a Ti” read more