Once Upon a Time in the West
1969
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Awards
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Score 1984 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Costume Design 1984 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture 1985 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Supporting Actress 1985 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1985 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Direction 1984 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Cinematography 1984 · Nominated
Once Upon a Time in America. Jump to. 11 wins & 13 nominations. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 2015 Nominee Saturn Award. Best DVD/Blu-Ray Special Edition Release. For the "Extended Director's Cut" release. BAFTA Awards. 1985 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Cinematography. Tonino Delli Colli. 1985 Winner BAFTA Film Award.
When Sight & Sound asked several UK critics in 2002 what their favorite films of the last 25 years were, Once Upon a Time in America placed at number 10. In 2015, the film was ranked at number nine on Time Out ' s list of the 50 best gangster films of all time, [58] while in 2021, The Guardian cited it as the fourth greatest mobster film ever made.
With Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams. A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
- Sergio Leone
- 3 min
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- Sergio Leone turned down The Godfather to make it. By his own account, Once Upon a Time in America was Leone's pet project, the one he devoted most of his adult life to making.
- Leone got (reluctant) input from the real Noodles. Once Upon a Time in America was based on The Hoods, a semi-autobiographical novel by Harry Grey (real name: Herschel Goldberg), who'd spent his youth engaged in some of the activities attributed to Noodles (Robert De Niro's character) and his gang.
- Norman Mailer wrote one of the first drafts. The American author, then best known for his novel The Naked and the Dead and for his biography of Marilyn Monroe (the one that asserted she'd been killed by the FBI and CIA), took a stab at turning Leone's massive story outline into a coherent script.
- Despite the title, not much of the film was shot in America. The bulk of the film was shot in Rome, at the famous Cinecittà Studios, where so many of Italy's best post-war movies were produced.
Once Upon a Time in America. Roger Ebert January 01, 1984. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. This was a murdered movie, now brought back to life on home video.
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Jun 1, 1984 · Overview. Review. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Awards. Releases. Related. Share on. facebook. twitter. Synopsis by Yuri German. Though some viewers might be put off by its length, graphic violence, and absence of likable characters, Sergio Leone's final film is also a cinematic masterpiece.
