Stereotypical Sergio Leone film with endless waitings and sight crossings. One of the performances that made Robert de Niro de actor he is and an interesting way of telling a story and the evolution of America during the years of the alcohol prohibition.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Overview
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.
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Release date
23/05/1984
Votes
6,147
Popularity
18.7
Robert De Niro
Noodles
James Woods
Max
Elizabeth McGovern
Deborah
Joe Pesci
Frankie
Burt Young
Joe
Tuesday Weld
Carol
Treat Williams
Jimmy O'Donnell
Danny Aiello
Police Chief Aiello
Richard Bright
Chicken Joe
James Hayden
Patsy
William Forsythe
Cockeye
Darlanne Fluegel
Eve
Larry Rapp
Fat Moe
Richard Foronjy
Whitey
Robert Harper
Sharkey
Dutch Miller
Van Linden
Gerard Murphy
Crowning
Amy Ryder
Peggy
Olga Karlatos
Woman in Puppet Theatre
Mario Brega
Mandy
Ray Dittrich
Trigger
Frank Gio
Beefy
Karen Shallo
Mrs. Aiello
Angelo Florio
Willie the Ape
Scott Schutzman Tiler
Young Noodles
Rusty Jacobs
Young Max / David
Brian Bloom
Young Patsy
Adrian Curran
Young Cockeye
Mike Monetti
Young Fat Moe
Noah Moazezi
Dominic
James Russo
Bugsy
Frankie Caserta
Bugsy's Gang
Joey Marzella
Bugsy's Gang
Clem Caserta
Al Capuano
Frank Sisto
Fred Capuano
Jerry Strivelli
Johnny Capuano
Julie Cohen
Young Peggy
Marvin Scott
Interviewer
Mike Gendel
Irving Gold
Paul Herman
Monkey
Ann Neville
Girl in Coffin
Joey Faye
Adorable Old Man
Linda Ipanema
Nurse Thompson
Tandy Cronyn
Reporter #1
Richard Zobel
Reporter #2
Baxter Harris
Reporter #3
Arnon Milchan
Chauffeur
Bruno Iannone
Thug
Marty Licata
Cemetery Caretaker
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Max's Mother
Estelle Harris
Peggy's Mother
Gerritt Debeer
Drunk
Jennifer Connelly
Young Deborah
Alexander Godfrey
Newstand Man
Cliff Cudney
Mounted Policeman
Paul Farentino
Mounted Policeman #2
Bruce Bahrenburg
Sergeant Halloran
Mort Freeman
Street Singer
Sandra Solberg
Young Deborah's Friend
Jay Zeely
Foreman
Massimo Liti
Young Macrò
Salvatore Billa
Beefy's Thug (uncredited)
Scott Coffey
Bugsy's Gang (uncredited)
Marco Stefanelli
Bugsy's Gang (uncredited)
Bruno Bilotta
Chinese Theater Spectator (uncredited)
Francesca Leone
David's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Chuck Low
Deborah's Father (uncredited)
Nelson Camp
Newspaper Salesman (uncredited)
Susan Spafford
Nurse (uncredited)
Mark Frazer
Pimp (uncredited)
Maria Pia Monicelli
Prostitute (uncredited)
Dario Iori
Speakeasy Banjo Player (uncredited)
Gianni Sanjust
Speakeasy Clarinet Player (uncredited)
Nunzio Giuliani
Speakeasy Drum Player (uncredited)
Ole Jorgensen
Speakeasy Percussionist (uncredited)
Nicola Roberto
Speakeasy Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Alex Serra
Speakeasy Vocalist (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Ryan Paris
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Claudio Mancini
Syndacalist (uncredited)
Ron Nummi
Waiter (uncredited)
Louise Fletcher
Director of Riverdale Cemetery
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**It's an excellent film, which proves the importance of good post-production, and how bad editing can ruin the whole thing.** There are certain films that impress us so much when we see them that we are really surprised when we discover how ignored they were by the great awards. This film is one of them: I was really shocked to find that it wasn't even nominated for an Oscar or a Golden Globe… and I had to read a bit to understand why that happened. The film is perhaps one of the best in Sérgio Leone's extensive filmography, and is often compared to other great gangster films such as "G…
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Told by way of a really potent (and well scored by Morricone) retrospective, this sits us down and takes us through a forty year period in the life of the now down-at-heel "Noodles" (Robert De Niro) and of the development of the city of New York. The contents of an old briefcase serve as an aide memoire as the retrospective illustrates just how he and three of his childhood friends decided that the gutter was not for them, and that using the "system" to get on was the only way. Prohibition, violence, crime, brutality were the currency back then and "Noodles" learned not to have scruples about …
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