Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

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Directed by

Sergio Leone

Starring (View all)

Robert De Niro
Noodles

James Woods
Max

Elizabeth McGovern
Deborah

Treat Williams
Jimmy O'Donnell

Tuesday Weld
Carol

Burt Young
Joe

Joe Pesci
Frankie

Danny Aiello
Police Chief Aiello

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Leonardo Benvenuti
(screenplay)

Piero De Bernardi
(screenplay)

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a classic

17 years, 2 months ago at Aug 5 3:18

doudouce55

2 votes

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

A great classic

13 years, 10 months ago at Dec 20 16:21

johanlefourbe

1 vote

You know, sometimes, before watching a classic, you build up some huge expectations but when you finally watch the damned thing, especially after waiting for so many years, the end-result can let you down a little bit. Well, it didn't happen with this movie, that's for sure. Indeed, I kept hearing about it for many years and, finally, I got my hands on it and I was mesmerized from the beginning un... read more

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14 years, 6 months ago at Apr 10 12:51

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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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Release date: 1 June 1984
UPC: 085392002627

Tags: Crime (33), Drama (30), 1980s (19), 1984 (19), New York (17), Epic (16), Friendship (14), Gangster (14), Rape (13), Gangsters (12), Mafia (12), Usa (11), Violence (11), Italy (11), Childhood (11), Betrayal (10), Death (8), Prostitute (8), Killing (7), (6)

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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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"(1984) A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life."