Once Upon a Time in America (2003)
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Director:Sergio Leone
Studio:Warner Home Video
Rating:4.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-01-01
Last Seen:2015-03-04
Purchased On:2006-01-01
ASIN:B0000DI87S
UPC:0085393190927
Price:26.98
Genre:Gangsters
Release:2003-10-06
Location:0037
Duration:226
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby
Features:Dubbed
Subtitled
Custom 1:Copied
Sergio Leone  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Robert deNiro, James Woods  ...  
Summary: 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 flashback by an aging Jewish gangster named Noodles (Robert De Niro). On the other hand, it's almost four hours long, and this sometimes-indulgent Sergio Leone film is no Godfather. Still, it is notable for the contrast between Leone's elegiac take on the gangster film and his occasional explosive action, as well as for the mix of the stoic, inexpressive De Niro and the hyperactive James Woods as his lifelong friend and rival. --Marshall Fine