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Once Upon a Time in America

( Catalog Number 20026 )
(1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 - 226 min. - Color
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A desperate and angry man takes the law into his own hands in a personal vendetta against the criminal world of New York City. His actions cause him to be the target of not only the thugs he is after, but also of the police and the CIA.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. Spanning four decades, the film tells the story of David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals, chronicling their childhoods on New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, through their gangster careers in the 1930s, and culminating in Noodles' 1968 return to New York from self-imposed exile, at which time he learns the truth about the fate of his friends and again confronts the nightmare of his past. The acting, the re-creation of the time period, the cinematography, and the music are all superb. However, even more important is Leone's ability to make the film work on so many different levels: it's both a criticism of gangster-film mythology and a continuation of the director's exploration of the issues of time and history. Strange as it may seem, the violence and gore in the first half of the film turn into a sad elegy about wasted lives and lost love. The film's strengths emerge only in its full 227-minute version the 139-minute and other edited versions don't make nearly the same impact. --- Yuri German

Once Upon a Time in America was initially released in the US as a 2 1/4-hour, brutally studio-edited version of Sergio Leone's 3 3/4-hour masterpiece. The attempt to organize Leone's epic chronologically was devastating, losing the functions of memory and history that were key to the original film's epic structure. The film ranges from nostalgic to tragic, with healthy amounts of comedy, drama, and romance. Spanning five decades in the lives of two men, played by Robert De Niro and James Woods, the sprawling story, which moves fluidly among 1921, 1933, and 1968 on New York City's gangster-ruled Lower East Side, is memorably conveyed through flashbacks, flash-forwards, dreams, and fantasies. Driven by themes of guilt, honor, betrayal, and redemption, Leone makes clever use of aural and visual cues to dissolve time frames. The determined and languid pace, the byzantine non-linear plot structure, the lack of a nerve-calming voice-over narration, and the decidedly anti-heroic qualities of the leads create a complex and ambiguous gangster story without a pat conclusion. The sooty cinematography matches the grimy nature of the people and places, while the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is appropriately haunting. Both DeNiro and Woods are predictably watchable; Woods has the flashier role, but DeNiro's is more emotionally complex. This is Leone's gangster film to end all gangster films, a work of tremendous intellectual depth and emotional range. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Once Upon a Time in America

Robert De Niro - David "Noodles" Aaronson
James Woods - Max
Elizabeth McGovern - Deborah
Treat Williams - Jimmy O'Donnell
Tuesday Weld - Carol
Burt Young - Joe
Joe Pesci - Frankie Monaldi
Danny Aiello - Police Chief Aiello
Bill Forsythe - Cockeye
James P. Hayden - Patsy
Darlanne Fluegel - Eve
Larry Rapp - Fat Moe
Amy Ryder - Peggy
Scott Tiler - Young Noodles
Rusty Jacobs - Young Max
Jennifer Connelly - Young Deborah
Adrian Curran - Young Cockeye
Brian Bloom - Young Patsy
Julie Cohen - Young Peggy
Noah Moazezi - Dominic
James Russo - Bugsy
Karen Shallo - Mrs. Aiello
Marcia Jean Kurtz - Max's Mother
Sergio Leone - Ticket Agent
Marvin Scott - Interviewer
Jerry Strivelli - Johnny Capuano
Arnon Milchan - Chauffeur
Gerard Murphy - Crowning
Dutch Miller - Van Linden
Richard Zobel - Reporter
Cliff Cudney - Mounted Policeman
Cis Corman
Ray Dittrich - Trigger
Paul Farentino - 2nd Mounted Policeman
Joey Faye - Adorable Old Man
Mario Brega - Mandy
Scott Coffey
Richard Bright - Chicken Joe
Clem Caserta - Al Capuano
Olga Karlatos - Woman in the Puppet Theater
Paul Herman - Monkey
Estelle Harris - Peggy's Mother
Bruno Iannone - Thug
Linda Ipanema - Nurse Thompson
Angelo Florio - Willie the Ape
Mort Freeman
Richard Foronjy - Whitey
Baxter Harris - Reporter
Frank Gio - Beefy
Robert Harper - Sharkey

Crew for Once Upon a Time in America

Claudio Mancini - Producer / Executive Producer
Arnon Milchan - Producer
Franco Arcalli - Screenwriter
Leo Benvenuti - Screenwriter
Piero De Bernardi - Screenwriter
Franco Ferrini - Screenwriter
Stuart Kaminsky - Screenwriter / Dialogue Writer
Sergio Leone - Screenwriter / Director
Enrico Medioli - Screenwriter
Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer
Ennio Morricone - Composer (Music Score)
Nino Baragli - Editor
Walter Massi - Production Designer
Carlo Simi - Art Director
James T. Singelis - Art Director
Fred Caruso - Executive Producer
Giovanni Natalucci - Set Designer
Gratchen Rau - Set Designer
Gabriella Pescucci - Costume Designer
Nilo Jacoponi - Makeup
Manilo Rocchetti - Makeup
Giovanni Corridori - Special Effects
Dennis Benatar - First Assistant Director
Robert Benmussa - Consultant/advisor
Mario Cotone - Supervisor/Manager
Benito Stefanelli - Stunts
Cis Corman - Casting
Joy Todd - Casting

Feature Details

Title: Once Upon a Time in America
Feature Release Date: 1984
Genre: Action
Color: Color
Runtime: 226 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Catalog Number: 20026
UPC: Does not apply
ISBN: 1-55847-369-6
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Warner Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 20026-C
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Tuesday Weld and Joe Pesci in...

Once Upon a Time in America

( Catalog Number 20026 )
(1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 - 226 min. - Color
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A desperate and angry man takes the law into his own hands in a personal vendetta against the criminal world of New York City. His actions cause him to be the target of not only the thugs he is after, but also of the police and the CIA.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. Spanning four decades, the film tells the story of David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals, chronicling their childhoods on New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, through their gangster careers in the 1930s, and culminating in Noodles' 1968 return to New York from self-imposed exile, at which time he learns the truth about the fate of his friends and again confronts the nightmare of his past. The acting, the re-creation of the time period, the cinematography, and the music are all superb. However, even more important is Leone's ability to make the film work on so many different levels: it's both a criticism of gangster-film mythology and a continuation of the director's exploration of the issues of time and history. Strange as it may seem, the violence and gore in the first half of the film turn into a sad elegy about wasted lives and lost love. The film's strengths emerge only in its full 227-minute version the 139-minute and other edited versions don't make nearly the same impact. --- Yuri German

Once Upon a Time in America was initially released in the US as a 2 1/4-hour, brutally studio-edited version of Sergio Leone's 3 3/4-hour masterpiece. The attempt to organize Leone's epic chronologically was devastating, losing the functions of memory and history that were key to the original film's epic structure. The film ranges from nostalgic to tragic, with healthy amounts of comedy, drama, and romance. Spanning five decades in the lives of two men, played by Robert De Niro and James Woods, the sprawling story, which moves fluidly among 1921, 1933, and 1968 on New York City's gangster-ruled Lower East Side, is memorably conveyed through flashbacks, flash-forwards, dreams, and fantasies. Driven by themes of guilt, honor, betrayal, and redemption, Leone makes clever use of aural and visual cues to dissolve time frames. The determined and languid pace, the byzantine non-linear plot structure, the lack of a nerve-calming voice-over narration, and the decidedly anti-heroic qualities of the leads create a complex and ambiguous gangster story without a pat conclusion. The sooty cinematography matches the grimy nature of the people and places, while the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is appropriately haunting. Both DeNiro and Woods are predictably watchable; Woods has the flashier role, but DeNiro's is more emotionally complex. This is Leone's gangster film to end all gangster films, a work of tremendous intellectual depth and emotional range. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Once Upon a Time in America

Robert De Niro - David "Noodles" Aaronson
James Woods - Max
Elizabeth McGovern - Deborah
Treat Williams - Jimmy O'Donnell
Tuesday Weld - Carol
Burt Young - Joe
Joe Pesci - Frankie Monaldi
Danny Aiello - Police Chief Aiello
Bill Forsythe - Cockeye
James P. Hayden - Patsy
Darlanne Fluegel - Eve
Larry Rapp - Fat Moe
Amy Ryder - Peggy
Scott Tiler - Young Noodles
Rusty Jacobs - Young Max
Jennifer Connelly - Young Deborah
Adrian Curran - Young Cockeye
Brian Bloom - Young Patsy
Julie Cohen - Young Peggy
Noah Moazezi - Dominic
James Russo - Bugsy
Karen Shallo - Mrs. Aiello
Marcia Jean Kurtz - Max's Mother
Sergio Leone - Ticket Agent
Marvin Scott - Interviewer
Jerry Strivelli - Johnny Capuano
Arnon Milchan - Chauffeur
Gerard Murphy - Crowning
Dutch Miller - Van Linden
Richard Zobel - Reporter
Cliff Cudney - Mounted Policeman
Cis Corman
Ray Dittrich - Trigger
Paul Farentino - 2nd Mounted Policeman
Joey Faye - Adorable Old Man
Mario Brega - Mandy
Scott Coffey
Richard Bright - Chicken Joe
Clem Caserta - Al Capuano
Olga Karlatos - Woman in the Puppet Theater
Paul Herman - Monkey
Estelle Harris - Peggy's Mother
Bruno Iannone - Thug
Linda Ipanema - Nurse Thompson
Angelo Florio - Willie the Ape
Mort Freeman
Richard Foronjy - Whitey
Baxter Harris - Reporter
Frank Gio - Beefy
Robert Harper - Sharkey

Crew for Once Upon a Time in America

Claudio Mancini - Producer / Executive Producer
Arnon Milchan - Producer
Franco Arcalli - Screenwriter
Leo Benvenuti - Screenwriter
Piero De Bernardi - Screenwriter
Franco Ferrini - Screenwriter
Stuart Kaminsky - Screenwriter / Dialogue Writer
Sergio Leone - Screenwriter / Director
Enrico Medioli - Screenwriter
Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer
Ennio Morricone - Composer (Music Score)
Nino Baragli - Editor
Walter Massi - Production Designer
Carlo Simi - Art Director
James T. Singelis - Art Director
Fred Caruso - Executive Producer
Giovanni Natalucci - Set Designer
Gratchen Rau - Set Designer
Gabriella Pescucci - Costume Designer
Nilo Jacoponi - Makeup
Manilo Rocchetti - Makeup
Giovanni Corridori - Special Effects
Dennis Benatar - First Assistant Director
Robert Benmussa - Consultant/advisor
Mario Cotone - Supervisor/Manager
Benito Stefanelli - Stunts
Cis Corman - Casting
Joy Todd - Casting

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