Once Upon a Time in America 1984

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 229 min

genre: crime

theme: epic

director: Sergio Leone

Score: 8 / 10

Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 epic crime drama film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American venture produced by The Ladd Company, Embassy International Pictures, PSO Enterprises, and Rafran Cinematografica, and distributed by Warner Bros. Based on Harry Grey's novel The Hoods, it chronicles the lives of best friends David "Noodles" Aaronson and Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz as they lead a group of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence as Jewish gangsters in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, together with the rise of mobsters in American society.

Plot

Three thugs enter a Chinese wayang theater, looking for a marked man. The proprietors slip into a hidden opium den and warn a man named "Noodles", but he pays no attention. In a flashback, Noodles observes police removing three disfigured corpses from a street. Although he kills one of the thugs pursuing him, Noodles learns they have murdered Eve, his girlfriend, and that his money has been stolen, so he leaves the city.

Awards

Sølvklumpen for beste utenlandske kinofilm

Cast

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author	Enrico Medioli Ernesto Gastaldi Franco Arcalli Franco Ferrini Harry Grey Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Sergio Leone Stuart M. Kaminsky
award	Sølvklumpen for beste utenlandske kinofilm
contentLocation	Brooklyn New York City
director	Sergio Leone
editor	Nino Baragli
events	organized crime
genre	crime drama
keywords	arrest assassination attempt bootleg bootlegger bury david "noodles" aaronson false identity federal reserve bank fight garbage truck grind home run hunt id international brotherhood of teamsters kill lower east side manhattan marriage proposal murder new life new york federal reserve bank news report old gang open opium opium den petty crimes phone call plan police officer political figure prohibition prohibition in the united states railway station retirement home rum-running street kid suicide mission suitcase full of money train station u.s. secretary of commerce united states secretary of commerce wait want wayang young girl young man
musicBy	Ennio Morricone
producer	Arnon Milchan
productionCompany	Embassy International Pictures PSO International Rafran Cinematografica The Ladd Company
publisher	Warner Bros.
recordedAt	Florida Montreal New Jersey New York City Paris Venice
theme	epic narrative