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Once Upon a Time in America
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Discover the iconic Once Upon a Time in America Film Poster and immerse yourself in an unforgettable cinematic epic. This captivating poster evokes all the emotional depth of this timeless masterpiece directed by Sergio Leone. The poster takes viewers on a fascinating journey through the dark and mysterious streets of New York, revealing the film's haunting atmosphere. Warm tones and dramatic nuances reflect the visual palette of the feature film, creating a feeling of intensity and passion.
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Once Upon a Time in America (C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, starring Robert De Niro and James Woods.
The film is an Italian-American project[3] produced by The Ladd Company, Embassy International Pictures, PSO Enterprises and Rafran Cinematografica, and distributed by Warner Bros. Based on the novel The Hoods by Harry Grey, it chronicles the lives of best friends David "Noodles" Aaronson and Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz, leading a group of young ghetto Jews who become prominent Jewish gangsters in the world of organized crime in New York. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, as well as the rise of mobsters in American society.
It is the last film Leone made before his death five years later, and his first feature film in 13 years. It is also the third part of Leone's Once Upon a Time trilogy, which includes Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Once Upon a Revolution (1971). The cinematography was done by Tonino Delli Colli, and the film's music by Ennio Morricone. Leone originally envisioned two three-hour films, then a single 269-minute version (4 hours and 29 minutes), but the distributors convinced him to shorten it to 229 minutes (3 hours and 49 minutes). The American distributors, The Ladd Company, shortened it further to 139 minutes (2 hours and 19 minutes) and rearranged the scenes in chronological order, without Leone's participation.
The American cut was a critical and commercial failure in the United States, and critics who had seen both versions harshly condemned the changes made. The original "European cut" has remained a critical favorite and frequently appears in lists of the greatest films of all time, particularly in the area of gangsterism.
In 1933, three thugs search for a man named "Noodles", torturing people for information. They enter a wayang theater, where the owners slip into a hidden opium den in the building and warn Noodles. He is listless, drugged and grabbing a newspaper featuring the disappearance of smugglers Patrick Goldberg, Philip Stein and Maximilian Bercovicz. He remembers watching the police remove his corpses, Max burned beyond recognition. The Noodles escape capture and leave the town alone and penniless.
In 1918, David "Noodles" Aaronson and his friends "Patsy" Goldberg, "Cockeye" Stein and Dominic fight as street children on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, committing petty crimes for local boss Bugsy. Max foils one of their robberies but the loot was stolen from him by a corrupt police officer, Whitey. They later blackmail the officer, catching him sleeping with Peggy, a prostitute, and the five young people create a gang with the same level of police protection as Bugsy. Max and Noodles become best friends.
The group rises through the ranks after implementing Noodles' idea of hiding bootleg alcohol. They hide half of their income in a train station locker, giving the key to "Fat Moe", a friend who is not directly involved in their activities. Noodles is in love with Moe's sister, Deborah, who dreams of becoming a dancer and actress. Bugsy, now a rival, ends up ambushing the boys and shoots Dominic, who dies in Noodles' arms. In a fit of rage, Noodles kills Bugsy and injures a police officer and is sentenced to prison.
Noodles was released in 1930 and joined his friends, now successful bootleggers during Prohibition. His first job with them is a diamond heist using a jewelry employee and an occasional prostitute named Carol as an informant. During the robbery, Carol goads Noodles into hitting her, after which he rapes her; she later becomes Max's moll. The fact that the job was commissioned by a Union figure to eliminate competition falls badly on Noodles who, unlike Max, dislikes hierarchy and lacks political ambition. The gang protects Teamsters union boss Jimmy O'Donnell, but Noodles later rejects Max's plan to deepen those ties.
Seeking to form a true intimacy with Deborah, Noodles takes her on a lavish date, where she reveals her plans to pursue a career in Hollywood. On the way home, a frustrated noodle rapes her in a limousine. He later encounters Deborah's distancing when he watches her board the train to California.
The gang's success ended with the 1933 repeal of Prohibition. Max suggests a heist of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which Noodles and Carol consider a suicide mission. Carol convinces Noodles to notify the police of a lesser offense, hoping that a brief incarceration will cool Max's ambition. After Noodles called the police, Max knocked him out during a seemingly impromptu argument. This leads to the events shown in the prologue: upon regaining consciousness and learning that Max, Patsy and Cockeye have been killed by the police, a guilt-ridden noodle hides in the opium den. He rescues Moe but discovers that his new girlfriend Eve has been murdered and the money from the train locker has disappeared. With his gang killed and himself hunted by Syndicate thugs, Noodles moves to Buffalo under an alias.
In 1968, Noodles was belatedly informed that Beth Israel Cemetery was being redeveloped and requested to rebury his loved ones. Upon investigation, the rabbi who sent the letter informs him that the bodies of his three dead friends have since been transferred to Riverdale. Realizing that someone has deduced his identity, Noodles returns to Manhattan and stays with Moe. Inside the Riverdale Mausoleum, Noodles finds a key to the train locker. The legend on the memorial plaque falsely states that the mausoleum was erected by Noodles himself.
The locker reveals a suitcase full of money, and a note indicating that it is a deposit on his next job. Noodles watches the news of an assassination attempt on controversial U.S. Commerce Secretary Christopher Bailey. The report shows Jimmy O'Donnell, still a Teamsters boss, walking away from Bailey's corruption scandal. Noodles finds Carol in a nursing home run by the Bailey Foundation. She tells him that Max manipulated them into reporting him to the police and opened fire first, wishing to die young rather than in an insane asylum like his father.
After spotting her in the retirement home's dedication photo, Noodles finds Deborah, still an actress.[a] He tells her about his invitation to a party at Bailey's mansion. Deborah admits to being Bailey's lover and begs Noodles to leave before being confronted with hurtful revelations. Ignoring Deborah's advice, Noodles sees Bailey's son just outside, who obviously looks like a young Max.
At the party, Noodles meets Bailey, who reveals that he is actually Max and that he faked his death with the help of the police and the Syndicate, stole the gang's money, and reinvented himself as as a self-made politician connected to the Teamsters. He confirms having made Deborah his mistress years earlier. Faced with ruin and the specter of a Teamster assassination, Max reveals that his job for Noodles is to kill him. Noodles, stubbornly referring to him by his identity Bailey, refuses, explaining that in his eyes, Max died with the gang. As Noodles leaves the estate, a garbage truck drives off and a man, presumably Max, walks from the entrance towards Noodles until the truck passes between them. Noodles sees the truck's auger conveyor crushing the trash, but the man is nowhere to be found.
The epilogue returns to 1933 with Noodles entering the opium den after the death of his friends, taking the drug and smiling broadly.
