Burt Young, Danny Aiello, Darlanne Fluegel
Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'N...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 10, 2003
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September 18, 2009Sergio Leone's epic gangster masterpiece is like a fine oil painting. It's slow paced and beautiful, it's just as good as The Godfather in my opinion.
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April 11, 2009"Once Upon a Time in America" is probably the most difficult film I have ever encountered in terms of completing an overall accurate cinematic criticism. This movie just grows in myth and debate as the years come and go. Co-writer/director Sergio Leone (who became an internationa...( read more)
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October 13, 2008Sergio Leone's final film is another enormous epic, but it's not a western. It's a look at four guys that grow up to be gangsters and the way that their lives have been affected by their chosen path. This is the final chapter in Leone's second trilogy (the other films being the m...( read more)
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September 20, 2008Besides The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone's finest work and is above and beyond other crime films of its type--except Goodfellas of course. Nobody beats that.
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April 22, 2008Chronologically anamorphic and a pointed portrait of moral pits, the Prohibition era represented in Leone's expansive film is a landscape housing growth; the growth of friendship, society, efficiency through criminality, and betrayal. The film is a tight deliverance of difficult ...( read more)
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November 1, 2009sits next to The Godfather and Goodfellas as one of the best gangster films of all time. fantastic narrative style with a strong, cohesive plot and deep, emotional characters that provoke both hate and pity. brilliant score from Ennio Morricone as well. I thought some of the s...( read more)
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October 27, 2009This film was a true disappointment. Just a few minutes shy of 4 hours and to say what? And a painfully slow 4 hours it was. Through its many rapes and gunshot wounds, I'm simply left with a sense of its shallowness and emptiness.
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October 22, 2009Leone's sumptuous masterpiece, available now in a four-hour director's cut, a splendorous gangster epic with wonderful performances and a powerful, compelling story about friendship and betrayal that culminates in a really bitter ending.
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September 23, 2009this is great film. I have seen as young boy and took some time to find on dvd. It is worth the veiwing.
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September 12, 2009It's one of the most exciting movies I have ever seen ........... Watch it ...
Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There are times when we don't understand exactly what is happening, but never a time when we don't feel confidence in the film's narrative. full review
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October 26, 2009Heeeeey guys ...... Plz if any one could tell me freom where can i download this movie i'd be thankful .... THNXXXXXXXXXx
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June 11, 2008somehow it might sound odd but i think the america-released shorter one might be better by devoloping in chronicles.
i have no problem with its negative female roles like prostitutes since it was true in that period with gangsters. BUT i do have a complaint of its over-referenced misogynism, even misogynism is one facet of the dark sides among the gangsters, don't you think the occurence of contempting women appears kinda too often? lines like "put a cork in her" which means rape her from behind even that woman seems to fake being raped but actually she enjoys it. it's like every ten mins, i could spot a perversely deragatory comment upon woman. i think it's ok to bare this dark side, but it might be better if sergio lowdowns this over-usage of misogynism (de niro's character seems like a compulsive serial rapist who also ravishes the one-girl he loves since adolescence)to a limit but developes more on the other sides of this gendre. and i do feel wasteful that joe patsy doesn't have more scenes and he seems so talentedly right in this gendre, i believe the movie would be more colorful with more of his performances.
personally i think good fellas or any work from martin scorsesse such as "casino" is much better than "once upon a time in america" despite they're also misogynistic (but to appropriate degree of reality without overdose) -
February 13, 2008Robert de Niro...Sergio Leone...and Ennio Morricone...perfect isnt it?
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April 27, 2007Noodles: "nobody’s gonna love you the way i loved you"
Deborah bu sozun carpici gercekligine katlanamaz, onunla yuzlesmek istemez ve sozun uzerine "Yarin Hollywood’a gidecegim, buraya bunu sana soylemeye geldim" der. Noodles yikilir, buz olur. Askini anlattigi kadin gidecektir.
..Sofor arabayi kullanmaktadir. Onlar arkadadirlar. Deborah Noodles’ı oper, Noodles da ona karsilik verir. Ama Noodles cok soguktur. Yuzunde nefret vardir. Ve onu terkeden Deborah'a buyuk bir nefretle, intikam alircasina tecavuz eder, Deborah butun gucuyle direnir, bagirir ama ona engel olamaz. Tecavuzun igrencligi, zor ve siddet duygusu; film icindeki suresinin uzunluguyla da iliskili olarak yogunluguna gecer bize. Sofor gec de olsa arabayi durdurur. Noodles disari cikar, pantolununu ilikler ve yurur. Deborah’ın ruhu parçalanmıştır...
Sonra ikisini birlikte tren garinda goruruz. Noodles Deborah'i yakalayamaz ve Deborah'i vagonun icinde otururken gorur ve Deborah onun yuzune caminin perdesini kapatir... -
March 16, 2007This was Sergio leone's last film- and it's a whopper, the full version is four hours in length. The film looks at the lives of two gangsters during three periods of their lives, early 20s, in 1933 and in 1968, intercutting between them. The period reconstruction is brilliant, and the music perfectly compliments the superb acting by Robert De Niro and James Woods.
However, it should be noted that this is not a film for the faint of heart- these are cruel and horrid characters- there are two rape scenes which are perhaps amongs the most horrifying ever filmed.
But just take in the masterwork of a great director who had been planning it all of his life. Take in the brilliant acting, directing and that infamous opening with it's endlessly ringing phone!
The ending is perfect! -
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November 8, 2006if you got nothing to do the next 4 hours, see this movie! It's brilliant!
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