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The Borders of Baseball: Using Facebook likes data, the New York Times has created a map that shows the territory held by each baseball team. See where the Munson-Nixon line dividing New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox fans lies, and the precise street-level split in Chicago between the Cubs and White Sox.
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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
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Yankees' Pineda Ejected for Pine Tar on Neck: New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda was ejected from Wednesday night's game against the Boston Red Sox because of a foreign substance on his neck that he was applying to the baseball. Red Sox manager John Farrell asked home plate umpire Jerry Davis to check Pineda, and a shiny schmear of pine tar or a similar substance was obvious on the game broadcast.
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Canadiens Complete 4-Game Sweep of Lightning: The Montreal Canadiens scored with 43 seconds remaining to beat the Tampa Bay Lighting 4-3 and advance to the second round of the playoffs. The 4-0 sweep is the first for Montreal since 1993, the last time the team won the Stanley Cup.
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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
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Albert Pujols Hits 499th, 500th Homer: Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols homered twice at Nationals Park Tuesday to become the 26th member of baseball's 500-home run club. In the first, Pujols crushed a 1-1 changeup from right-hander Taylor Jordan well over the fence in left field for a three-run homer that gave his team the early lead. In the fifth, he took a 1-2 sinker from Jordan and lined one to left-center field, just to the right of the Angels' bullpen, to give the Angels a 6-2 advantage. Pujols, the first player to hit 400 homers in his first 10 seasons, has now homered off 316 pitchers in 36 different ballparks and against 29 of the 30 teams (St. Louis being the lone exception).
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Jaguars Linebacker Suffered Stroke During Game: Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Russell Allen suffered a stroke during a game against the Buffalo Bills in December that is ending his NFL career at age 27. Allen suffered double vision after a collision with Bills center Eric Wood but went back in and finished the game. Two days later after an MRI, a Jaguars doctor told Allen he needed to go to the emergency room. he told MMQB. "I felt something flash -- like they say when you get your bell rung. I didn't lose consciousness. I walked back to the huddle and finished the drive."
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Jon Krakauer: Sherpas, Death and Anger on Everest: Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, assesses the situation on Mount Everest after 12 sherpas were killed April 18 by an avalanche. A detail from the story: "The astounding number of climbers who now attempt to reach the summit on the limited number of days when the weather is favorable presents a new kind of hazard. A notorious photo shot by Ralf Dujmovits in May, 2012, showed more than a 150 people attached to a series of fixed ropes as they ascended the Lhotse Face toward the South Col of Everest, jammed together so tightly that they had to move in lockstep. The static weight of all these people and their gear was well over 30,000 pounds. If some mishap had occurred that caused more than a handful of the climbers to put their full weight on one of the ropes simultaneously, the shock to the anchors securing the ropes to the ice could easily have caused them to fail, resulting in the climbers falling two thousand or more feet to the base of the Lhotse Face. If such an accident should come to pass in the future (which isn't far-fetched), the death count for both members and sherpas would be horrific"
Manchester United Fires David Moyes: Manchester United manager David Moyes has been sacked only 10 months after being the hand-picked successor to Sir Alex Ferguson. Moyes, who left Everton after 11 seasons to take the job, had the team in seventh place with four games remaining, out of the Champions League and in danger of missing the Europa League as well. Man U hasn't missed all European competition in 24 years.
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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
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"That makes two of us, doesnt it Steve?": Mike Vaccaro on New York sports teams, Steve Philllips and Lupica.
Photo of Delino DeShields Jr. After Fastball Rearranged His Face: Houston Astros prospect Delino DeShields Jr. was hit in the face by a 90-mph fastball in a game for Double A Corpus Christi. He suffered a "a non displaced maxillary sinus fracture (left cheek)," according to Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle. The photo he tweeted shows what that experience is like.
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Boston Marathon Begins, One Year After Bombings: Nearly 36,000 runners are participating in the 118th Boston Marathon today, making it the second-largest field in event history. Accommodations were made for 5,000 runners stopped on the course last year to have another chance to compete. Reuters is live-blogging the race.
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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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Bench-Clearing Brawl Between Pirates, Brewers: A slow home run trot on what turned out to be a triple sparked a bench-clearing brawl between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers Sunday. A deep fly to center by Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez stayed in the park and Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole said something to him after he was safe at third. When Pirates outfielder Travis Snider left the bench and said something to Gomez he began throwing haymakers. Gomez, Snider and Brewers coach Jerry Narron were ejected. The game is tied 1-1 in the 8th.
posted by rcade to baseball at 04:11 PM - 12 comments
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
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Who You Gonna Call? NBA Teams Afraid of Ghost: NBA teams that visit Oklahoma City typically stay at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, a 103-year-old building that by legend has its own ghost, Effie the housekeeper. "The place is haunted," Jared Jeffries told the New York Daily News. "It's scary."
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Brewers' Maldanado Knocks Cover Off the Ball: Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldanado hit a grounder that knocked the cover off the ball in Friday's win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Third baseman Pedro Alvarez fielded it and threw to first, but in the words of one announcer, "it flew like a napkin" and Maldanado was safe.
posted by rcade to baseball at 04:06 PM - 5 comments
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
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Braves' Aaron Harang Has No-Hitter Through 7: Atlanta Braves pitcher Aaron Harang has a no-hitter through seven innings tonight on the road against the New York Mets. Harang has thrown 121 pitches and walked six. The Braves lead 1-0.
posted by rcade to baseball at 09:18 PM - 5 comments
Doug Glanville: I Was Racially Profiled in My Driveway: Former Major Leaguer and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville has written an essay for The Atlantic about a troubling experience: "It was an otherwise ordinary snow day in Hartford, Conn., and I was laughing as I headed outside to shovel my driveway. ... The snow had finally stopped coming down and this was my mid-afternoon window of opportunity. Just as I was good-naturedly turning all this over in my mind, my smile disappeared. A police officer from West Hartford had pulled up across the street, exited his vehicle, and begun walking in my direction."
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Craig Sager Has Leukemia, According To His Son: If Craig Sager's son's Twitter is to be believed, the sideline reporter will be starting a treatment for acute leukemia Friday.
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Pro Golfer Attacked by Hornets at Malaysia Open: Pablo Larrazabal was attacked by 30 to 40 hornets on the 14th hole at the Malaysia Open today and dove into a water hazard to save himself. "I ran to the lake, threw my scorecard down, took off my shoes and jumped in the water," he said. "It was the scariest moment of my career, for sure. I've never been so scared." He birdied the hole.
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
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Chris Resop - The Most Interesting Reliever in the World.:
I went looking for these videos in search of a pattern; maybe a pattern of pitch location, or pitch type. What I found was something far more fascinating.
posted by grum@work to baseball at 11:43 PM - 9 comments
Yankees Go Around the Horn for Triple Play: In the second inning of Thursday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees completed an around-the-horn triple play -- third baseman Yangervis Solarte to second baseman Brian Roberts to first baseman Scott Sizemore. Rays batter Sean Rodriguez, who hit the grounder, also hit into a triple play against the Boston Red Sox in 2011.
posted by rcade to baseball at 09:36 PM - 6 comments
Secret Service Once Threatened to Kill Mr. Met: "We have snipers all around the stadium, just in case something were to happen. Like I said, do whatever it is you normally do. Nobody will bother you. But approach the president, and we go for the kill shot. Are we clear?" -- Secret Service agent in 1997 to Mr. Met, as related in Yes, It's Hot in Here: Adventures in the Weird, Woolly World of Sports Mascots
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Minnesota State players refuse to practice as coach Todd Hoffner returns: Football players at Minnesota State Mankato refused to practice for their former head coach Wednesday, greeting his reinstatement by an arbitrator by demanding that the interim coach keep the top job.
posted by BornIcon to football at 08:27 AM - 6 comments
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
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NHL Playoff Pick 'Em, Round 1: Pick the eight teams that will advance out of the first round: Colorado vs. Minnesota, St. Louis vs. Chicago, Anaheim vs. Dallas, San Jose vs. Los Angeles, Boston vs. Detroit, Tampa Bay vs. Montreal, Pittsburgh vs. Columbus, New York vs. Philadelphia. The playoffs begin tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern. One extra point on winning picks for getting the number of games right.
posted by rcade to hockey at 04:53 PM - 13 comments
Escape from Cuba: Yasiel Puig's Untold Journey to the Dodgers: What was this gladiator-size man, with the Popeye forearms and the XXL chest, actually worthto the people bankrolling his defection from Cuba
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Steinbrenner: We Don't Need Stephen Drew: New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said the team's infield injuries have not changed his mind about signing free agent shortstop Stephen Drew, who's looking for a multi-year deal at $14 million per year. "I'm pretty content with our infield right now," he said. "I think guys like Anna and Solarte have been pleasant surprises." David Lennon of Newsday writes, "The Yankees are playing a dangerous game with their lack of infield depth. "But it's only mid-April, and the Yankees seem to be banking on the best-case scenario for their hurting infield."
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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
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Rays' Matt Moore to Have Tommy John Surgery: Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Moore has scheduled Tommy John surgery for next week, ending his 2014 season and making it a challenge for him to be ready by the start of 2015. Moore, 24, has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament. He left the game April 7 with elbow soreness. He was a 17-game winner and All Star for the team last year.
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MLB Admits Error in Calling Gwynn Out at Home: A play at the plate in Sunday's Philadelphia Phillies-Miami Marlins game was decided incorrectly, Major League Baseball officials said. Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis illegally blocked the plate before he had the ball on a Tony Gwynn Jr. slide home Sunday (see the video). Gwynn was called out and it was upheld by replay. The Phillies won 4-3. The new rule states, "unless the catcher is in possession of the ball, the catcher cannot block the pathway of the runner as he is attempting to score."
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"The unofficial king of sports paperbacks", Zander Hollander,: died at 91.
Before televised sports were pervasive and the Internet a nonstop gusher of sports trivia, Mr. Hollander found a niche in the market by annually providing statistics, team rosters, records, schedules and predictions for the coming season in the form of brick-size tomes he titled "Complete Handbooks."
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
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Red Sox Manager Rips Replay After Ejection: Boston Red Sox skipper John Farrell has become the first to be ejected for arguing a replay decision. A day after Major League Baseball announced that a replay call against the Red Sox was decided incorrectly, Farrell watched an inning-ending double play be reversed, putting a Yankees run on the board. He thought the replay of a close play at first against Yankees runner Francisco Cervelli was inconclusive. "It's hard to have any faith in the system," Farrell said.
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Video: Ball Girl Saves Run in Baltimore: A Baltimore Orioles ball girl made a terrific play on a sharp drive down the line by Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday. Unfortunately, it was a fair ball, resulting in a ground rule double that put runners on second and third. Toronto won 11-3.
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Bubba Watson Wins Second Masters in Three Years: Bubba Watson birdied the 8th and 9th holes to separate himself from playing partner Jordan Spieth, birdied the par-5 13th hole after his drive ruffled the leaves of a tree and landed in the fairway, and signed for a final-round 69 to win his second Masters in three years. "A small-town guy named Bubba now has two green jackets," Watson said after he donned the iconic coat in Butler Cabin. "It's pretty wild."


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From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated Gaslight Mystery series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dues…
Sarah's father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society seriously. He refuses to accept his daughter's involvement with an Irish Catholic police detective. But when a member of his private club—the exclusive Knickerbocker—is murdered, Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Frank Malloy to solve the crime as discreetly as possible.
Malloy discovers that the deceased—Chilton Devries—was no gentleman. He's left behind his own unofficial club of sorts, populated by everyone who despised him. As Malloy and Sarah sort through the suspects, it becomes clear to her that her father is evaluating more than the detective's investigative abilities, and that, on a personal level, there is much more at stake for Malloy than discovering who revoked Devries' membership—permanently.
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Once Upon a Time in America
|Once Upon a Time in America
(C'era una volta in America)
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
|Directed by
|Sergio Leone
|Produced by
|Arnon Milchan
|Screenplay by
|Franco Arcalli
Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Franco Ferrini
Ernesto Gastaldi
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Sergio Leone
Enrico Medioli
|Based on
|The Hoods
by Harry Grey
|Robert De Niro
James Woods
Elizabeth McGovern
Joe Pesci
Burt Young
Tuesday Weld
Treat Williams
|Music by
|Ennio Morricone
|Tonino Delli Colli
|Editing by
|Nino Baragli
|The Ladd Company
Embassy International
PSO Enterprises
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros.
|Release dates
|Running time
|229 minutes (European release)
139 minutes (US release)
246 minutes (2012 Blu Ray release)
United States
|$30 million
|Box office
Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian epic crime drama film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. It chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, and the rise of mobsters in American society.
Leone adapted the story from the novel The Hoods, written by Harry Grey, while filming Once Upon a Time in the West. The film went through casting changes and production issues before filming began in 1982.
The original film by the director was 269 minutes (4 hours and 29 minutes) long, but when the film premièred out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival,[1] Leone had cut it to 229 minutes (3 hours and 49 minutes) to appease the distributors. This was the version shown in European cinemas. However, for the US release on June 1, 1984, Once Upon a Time in America was edited further to 139 minutes (2 hours and 19 minutes) by the studio, against the director's wishes. In this shorter version, the flashback narrative was changed, by re-editing the scenes in chronological order. Leone was reportedly heartbroken by the American cut, and never made another film before his death in 1989.
In March 2011, it was announced that the original 269 minutes version was to be re-created by a film lab in Italy under the supervision of Leone's children, who acquired the Italian distribution rights, and the film's original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai, for a premiere in 2012 at either the Cannes Film Festival or the Venice Film Festival.[2][3] The restored film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, but due to unforeseen rights issues for the deleted scenes, the film's restoration ran for 251 minutes.[4][5] However, Martin Scorsese (whose Film Foundation helped with the restoration), stated that he is helping Leone's children gain the rights to the final 24 minutes of deleted scenes for a complete version of Leone's original 269 minute version.
On August 3, 2012, it was reported that the restored film that premiered at the 2012 Cannes film festival has been pulled from circulation pending further restoration work.[6]
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Pre-production
- 4 Production
- 5 Post-production
- 6 Film versions
- 7 Soundtrack
- 8 Critical reception
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 Bibliography
- 12 External links
|This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (May 2012)
The film is presented in non-chronological order. While this plot states the film from the 1920s to the 1960s, the film is largely told through flashbacks from the 1960s.
David "Noodles" Aaronson (Scott Tiler) struggles as a street kid in the Jewish ghetto on the Lower East Side of Manhattan,[7] in 1920. His gang, consisting of Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg (Brian Bloom), Phillip "Cockeye" Stein (Adrian Curran), and little Dominic work for an older boy named Bugsy (James Russo) until they meet Max Bercovicz (Rusty Jacobs) who convinces them that they should form their own operation. The boys establish a suitcase money fund, which they hide in a locker at a train station, giving the key to Fat Moe Gelly (Mike Monetti), a reliable friend who's not part of the operation. Noodles is in love with Deborah (Jennifer Connelly), Fat Moe's sister, who aspires to be a dancer and actress. One day Bugsy attacks the boys and Little Dominic is shot and killed. In a rage, Noodles stabs Bugsy and a police officer who tried to intervene. He is sentenced to prison.
An adult Noodles (Robert De Niro) is released from jail in 1932 and is reacquainted with his old gang: Max (James Woods), Patsy (James Hayden) and Cockeye (William Forsythe), who are now major players in the bootlegging industry during Prohibition. Noodles meets up with Deborah (Elizabeth McGovern) and tries to rekindle a relationship. Meanwhile, the gang meets Carol (Tuesday Weld) during a robbery and she soon becomes Max's girlfriend. The gang prospers financially under prohibition as they engage in bootlegging and also provide muscle for union boss Jimmy Conway O'Donnell (Treat Williams). Noodles tries to impress Deborah on an extravagant date, but feels rejected when she states that she is leaving for the West Coast to further her acting career. On their way home, they kiss in a limousine, but upon Deborah's reluctance to go further, Noodles rapes her. After Deborah leaves, he regrets what he has done.
The gang's financial success is threatened when prohibition is repealed. Max suggests robbing the New York Federal Reserve Bank, but Noodles sees it as suicidal. Carol, who also fears for Max's life, convinces Noodles to call the police on his friends. Later, Noodles learns that Max, Patsy, and Cockeye are killed in a gunfight when cornered by the police. He is consumed with guilt for making the phone call. The same night Noodles discovers Fat Moe horribly beaten and the money from their railway locker suitcase missing. After using drugs in an opium den, Noodles flees the city for Buffalo to live under an assumed name.
In 1968 Noodles receives a letter informing him that the cemetery where his friends are buried has been sold and asking him to make arrangements for their reburial. Realizing that someone has deduced his identity, Noodles returns to Manhattan and stays with Fat Moe above his restaurant. Noodles visits a new mausoleum where his friends are interred and discovers a key, similar to the one for the railway locker the gang had previously used. Going to the locker, he discovers a suitcase full of cash and a note saying the money is a down payment on his next job.
Noodles visits Carol, who lives at a retirement home run by the Bailey Foundation. She tells him that Max caused the gang's death by opening fire on the police. While at the home, Noodles sees a photo of Deborah at the institution's dedication. Noodles tracks down Deborah, who is now a successful Broadway actress. He questions her about Secretary Bailey, an embattled political figure whose name has been mentioned in news reports, telling her that he has received an invitation to a party at Bailey's house. Deborah claims not to know much about Bailey, despite public statements indicating that they have lived together for years. As he is about to leave, Deborah introduces Noodles to Bailey's son David, whom he named after him. David looks the same as the adolescent Max.
Noodles attends the party at Secretary Bailey's house and hides his shock in discovering that Bailey is Max. Max reveals that he faked his own death and stole the gang's money in order to start a new life. Now faced with scandal and corruption accusations Max asks Noodles to kill him. Noodles refuses, despite Max goading him with the fact that he "stole" Noodles's life. As Noodles leaves Secretary Bailey's estate, he looks back to see a man who may be Max come to the end of the driveway. As Noodles watches, a garbage truck drives by the man, who disappears.
|Actor (adult)
|Actor (adolescent)
|David "Noodles" Aaronson
|Robert De Niro
|Scott Tiler
|Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz / Christopher Bailey
|James Woods
|Rusty Jacobs
|Deborah Gelly
|Elizabeth McGovern
|Jennifer Connelly
|Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg
|James Hayden
|Brian Bloom
|Philip "Cockeye" Stein
|William Forsythe
|Adrian Curran
|Tuesday Weld
|Moe "Fats" Gelly
|Larry Rapp
|Mike Monetti
|Frankie Manoldi
|Joe Pesci
|James Conway O'Donnell
|Treat Williams
|James Russo
|Amy Ryder
|Julie Cohen
|Joe Minaldi
|Burt Young
|Chief Vincent Aiello
|Danny Aiello
|Darlanne Fluegel
|Noah Moazezi
|Woman in the Puppet Theatre
|Olga Karlatos
|Cemetery Director (2012 Restoration only)
|Louise Fletcher
During the filming of Once Upon a Time in the West, Sergio Leone read the novel The Hoods, by Harry Grey, a pseudonym for a former gangster-turned-informant whose real name was Harry Goldberg.[8] Leone was intent on making another trilogy about America.[8] He turned down an offer from Paramount Pictures to direct The Godfather to pursue his pet project. Grey met Leone several times in the '60s and '70s, and was a fan of Leone's Westerns. Before his death in 1982, he agreed to the adaptation. One reason that the production took so long was that another producer had optioned the novel and refused to relinquish the property until the late 1970s.
The film begins and ends in 1933, with Noodles hiding in an opium den from Syndicate hitmen. Since the last shot of the movie is of Noodles in a smiling, opium-soaked high, the film can be interpreted as having been a drug-induced dream, with Noodles remembering his past and envisioning the future. In an interview by Noël Simsolo published in 1987, Leone confirms the validity of this interpretation, saying that the scenes set in the 1960s could be seen as an opium dream of Noodles.[9] In his commentary for a DVD of the movie, film historian and critic Richard Schickel states that opium users often report vivid dreams and that these visions have a tendency to explore the user's past and future.[10]
Leone considered many actors for the film in the long development process. Originally in 1975, Gérard Depardieu, who was determined to learn English with a Brooklyn accent for the role, was cast as Max with Jean Gabin playing the older Max. Richard Dreyfuss was cast as Noodles with James Cagney playing the older Noodles. In 1980, Leone spoke of casting Tom Berenger as Noodles with Paul Newman playing the older Noodles. Among actors considered for the role of Max were Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, John Malkovich and John Belushi.
Early in 1981, Brooke Shields was offered the role of Deborah Gelly, after Leone had seen The Blue Lagoon, claiming that "she had the potential to play a mature character." A writers' strike delayed the project, and Shields withdrew before auditions began. Elizabeth McGovern was cast as Deborah and Jennifer Connelly as her younger self.
Joe Pesci was among many to audition for Max. He got the smaller role of Frankie, partly as a favor to his friend De Niro. Danny Aiello auditioned for several roles and was ultimately cast as the police chief who (coincidentally) shares his surname. Claudia Cardinale (who appeared in Once Upon a Time in the West) wanted to play Carol, but Leone was afraid she would not be convincing as a New Yorker and turned her down.
The film was shot between June 14, 1982, and April 22, 1983. Leone tried, as he had with A Fistful of Dynamite, to produce the film with a young director under him. In the early days of the project he courted John Milius, a fan who was enthusiastic about the idea; but Milius was working on The Wind and the Lion and the script for Apocalypse Now, and could not commit to the project. For the film's visual style, Leone used as references the paintings of such artists as Reginald Marsh, Edward Hopper, and Norman Rockwell, as well as (for the 1922 sequences) the photographs of Jacob Riis. F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby influenced Noodles' relationship with Deborah.
Most exteriors were shot in New York City (such as in Williamsburg along South 6th Street, where Fat Moe's restaurant was based, and South 8th Street), but several key scenes were shot elsewhere. Most interiors were shot in Cinecittà in Rome. The beach scene where Max unveils his plan to rob the Federal Reserve was shot in St. Petersburg, Florida. The New York's railway "Grand Central Station" scene in the thirties flashbacks was filmed in the Gare du Nord in Paris.[11] The interiors of the lavish restaurant where Noodles takes Deborah on their date were shot in the Hotel Excelsior in Venice, Italy.[11] The gang's hit on Joe was filmed in Quebec. The view of the Manhattan Bridge shown in the movie's poster can be seen from Washington Street in Brooklyn.[12]
The shooting-script, completed in October 1981 after many delays and a writers' strike between April and July of that year, was 317 pages in length. At the end of filming, Leone had 8 to 10 hours' worth of footage. With his editor, Nino Baragli, Leone trimmed this to almost 6 hours, and he originally wanted to release the film as two movies with three-hour parts.[13] The producers refused (partly due to the commercial and critical failure of Bertolucci's two-part Novecento) and Leone was forced to further shorten his film, resulting in a completed (i.e. scored, dubbed, edited, etc.) film of 229 minutes.[13]
Many people (including film critic Richard Schickel) assume that the flying disc scene was part of a longer sequence.[14] Roger Ebert stated that the purpose of the frisbee scene is to establish the 1960s timeframe.[15]
Film versions[edit]
|This section is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. (August 2009)
There are three abridged versions of the film, two of which are currently available:
- The 229 minute version – When the 'complete' film was shown in America, it was trimmed slightly to secure an 'R' rating. Cuts were made to the two rape scenes, and some violence at the beginning. Noodles' childhood flashback in his meeting with Bailey in 1968 was also excised.
- A network television version of three hours (without commercials) was prepared in the early-to-mid-1990s, retaining the film's non-chronological order but left out key scenes.
- The 139 minute American version was given wide release in America. Heavily edited by the Ladd Company against Leone's wishes, the story was rearranged in chronological order. Most major cuts involved childhood sequences, making the 1933 sections prominent. Noodles' 1968 meeting with Deborah was excised, and the scene with "Secretary Bailey" ended with him shooting himself (albeit offscreen), rather than the garbage truck conclusion of the 229-minute version. This version flopped in the US and many American critics, who knew of Leone's original cut, attacked the short version. Some critics compared shortening the film to shortening Richard Wagner's operas, saying that works of art that are meant to be long should be given the respect they deserve.
In the Soviet Union, the film was theatrically shown in the late 1980s, with other Hollywood blockbusters such as the two King Kong movies. The story was rearranged in chronological order and the movie was shown in two parts, one containing all childhood scenes and the other for adulthood scenes. The parts were run as two movies.[16] Except the rearrangement, no major deletions were made, and the film was rated as "16+" by the Goskino.
A 256 minute restored version adding 26 minutes to the currently available 229 minute version screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This brings the film closest it has ever been to the original run time that Leone crafted.[17]
DVD releases[edit]
The film was released on DVD in the late 1990s. A two-disc special edition was released on DVD in June 2003, and again in January 2011.
Blu-ray Disc releases[edit]
The film was released on Blu-ray Disc in February 2011. The Blu-ray Disc contains a high definition, re-mastered 229 minute cut of the film. A 246-minute cut of the film has been released on Blu-ray in November 2012.[18]
|Once Upon a Time in America
|Soundtrack album by Ennio Morricone
|October 17, 1995
|Contemporary classical
|Musicrama / Koch
|Ennio Morricone
The music was composed by Leone's long-time collaborator, Ennio Morricone. Due to the film's long production, Morricone had finished composing most of the soundtrack before many scenes had been filmed. Some of Morricone's pieces were played on set as filming took place (a technique that Leone used for Once Upon a Time in the West). "Deborah's Theme" was written for another film in the 1970s but rejected; Morricone presented the piece to Leone, who was initially reluctant, considering it too similar to Morricone's main title for Once Upon a Time in the West.
Track listing[edit]
- "Once Upon a Time in America"
- "Poverty"
- "Deborah's Theme"
- "Childhood Memories"
- "Amapola"
- "Friends"
- "Prohibition Dirge"
- "Cockeye's Song"
- "Amapola, Pt. 2"
- "Childhood Poverty"
- "Photographic Memories"
- "Friends"
- "Friendship & Love"
- "Speakeasy"
- "Deborah's Theme-Amapola"
- "Suite from Once Upon a Time in America (Includes Amapola)"
- "Poverty" [temp. version]
- "Unused Theme"
- "Unused Theme" [version 2]
Other information[edit]
Besides the original music, the film used "found" (source) music, including:
- "God Bless America" (written by Irving Berlin, performed by Kate Smith – 1943) – Plays over the opening credits from a radio in Eve's bedroom and briefly at the film's ending. Incidentally, the recording of the song used was not sung until 1943, for the film This is the Army, so its use is a slight anachronism on Leone's part.
- "Yesterday" (written by Lennon–McCartney – 1965) – A muzak version of this piece plays when Noodles first returns to New York in 1968, examining himself in a train station mirror. An instrumental version of the song also plays briefly during the dialogue scene between Noodles and "Bailey" towards the end of the film.
- "Summertime" (written by George Gershwin – 1935) An instrumental version of the aria from the opera Porgy and Bess is playing softly in the background as Noodles explains to "Secretary Bailey" why he could never kill his friend, just before leaving.
- "Amapola" (written by Joseph LaCalle (American lyrics by Albert Gamse) – 1923) – Originally an opera piece, several instrumental versions of this song were played during the film; a jazzy version which played on the gramophone danced to by young Deborah in 1922; a similar version played by Fat Moe's jazz band in the speakeasy in 1932; and a string version, during Noodles' date with Deborah. It has been suggested that Leone used this piece after hearing a version of it in the film Carnal Knowledge, though this has not been confirmed. Both versions are available on the soundtrack.
- "La gazza ladra" overture (Gioachino Rossini – 1817) – Used during the famous baby-switching scene in the hospital.
- "Night and Day" (written and sung by Cole Porter – 1932) – Played by a jazz band during the beach scene before the beachgoers receive word of Prohibition's repeal and during Secretary Bailey's party in 1968.
- "St. James Infirmary Blues" is used during the prohibition 'funeral' at the gang's speakeasy.
Once Upon a Time in America was disqualified, on a technicality, from Oscar consideration.[19] In the original American print, Morricone's name was accidentally omitted from the opening credits by the producers.
One unique aspect of this score is Ennio's incorporation of Gheorghe Zamfir, who plays a pan flute. At times this music is used to convey remembrance, at other times terror. Zamfir's flute playing was used to haunting effect in Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock.[20]
Critical reception[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Costume Design – Gabriella Pescucci (Won)
- Best Score – Ennio Morricone (Won)
- Best Director – Sergio Leone
- Best Supporting Actress – Tuesday Weld
- Best Cinematography - Tonino Delli Colli
- Best Director – Sergio Leone
- Best Original Score – Ennio Morricone
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- Best Music – Ennio Morricone
American Film Institute lists
- AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Ennio Morricone (Nominated)[21]
- AFI's 10 Top 10 – Gangster Film (Nominated)[22]
- AFI's 10 Top 10 -Epic Film (Nominated)[23]
Reception and legacy[edit]
The film premiered at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival in April[1] and, according to Howard Hughes' book Crimewave: A Filmgoer's Guide to Great Crime Movies, received a "15 minute standing ovation".[13] Several sneak premieres in Canada and the US gained a mixed reception at best (some suspect due to studio tampering). The film was cut again – without the supervision of Sergio Leone – to 139 minutes for cinema distribution in the United States.[13] Roger Ebert wrote in his 1984 review that the uncut version was "an epic poem of violence and greed" but described the American theatrical version as a "travesty".[24] Ebert's television movie critic partner Gene Siskel considered the uncut version to be the best movie of 1984.[25]
The uncut film is considered to be far superior to the edited version shown in America. James Woods, who considers Once Upon a Time in America Leone's finest work, mentions in the DVD documentary that one critic dubbed the film the worst of 1984, only to see the original cut years later and call it the best of the 1980s. Ebert, in his review of Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, called the original uncut version of Once Upon a Time in America the best film depicting the Prohibition era.[26] When Sight & Sound asked several UK critics what their favorite films of the last 25 years were in 2002 as a reaction to its earlier poll, Once Upon a Time in America placed at number 10.[27] Movie Room Reviews gave the film four stars and said "The film remains one of the most ambitious attempts of a legendary director, and fans of Leone's work will find it a suitable addition to their movie collections."[28]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Once Upon a Time in America". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ Variety (March 10, 2011): "'Once Upon a Time' to be restored" Retrieved 2011-04-21
- ^ The Film Forum (Mar 13, 2011): "Once Upon a Time in America – 269 minute version in 2012" Retrieved 2011-04-21
- ^ Gallman, Brett (2012-04-24). "'Once Upon a Time in America,' Other Director's Cuts Worth Watching – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58952.html
- ^ Paley, Tony (2012-08-03). "Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America is withdrawn from circulation". The Guardian (London).
- ^ Joe Klein, Peter Blauner: A Film Grows in Brooklyn. New York Magazine, January 24, 1983, p. 3, pp.16–17. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ^ a b Hughes Crime Wave:The Filmgoers' guide to the great crime movies pp.156–157.
- ^ Simsolo, Noël (1987). Conversations avec Sergio Leone. Paris: Stock. ISBN 2-234-02049-2.
- ^ Once Upon a Time in America commentary with film historian Richard Schikel
- ^ a b The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations http://movie-locations.com/movies/o/onceamerica.html
- ^ Washington Street, Brooklyn | New York
- ^ a b c d Hughes Crimewave: The Filmgoers' guide to the great crime movies p.163.
- ^ Once Upon a Time in America DVD audio commentary
- ^ Once Upon A Time In America, January 1, 1984, film review by Roger Ebert. Accessed September 13, 2008.
- ^ Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone Documentary
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (2012-05-16). "Another chance for 'Once' – Entertainment News, Film Festivals, Media". Variety. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/11/17/extended-edition-of-once-upon-a-time-in-america-set-for-blu-ray-release-this-december/
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Other reviews by Messrob Torikian (2003-08-25). "Once Upon a Time in America (1984)". Soundtrack. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees
- ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
- ^ http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=10
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1 January 1984). "Once Upon A Time in America". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Siskel, Gene. "Siskel and Ebert Top Ten Films (1980–1998)". Gene Siskel Official website. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Roger Ebert 1987 review of The Untouchables
- ^ "Modern Times". British Film Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ Mandell, Zack (2013). "'80s Movie Month: "Once Upon a Time in America" Review". Movie Room Reviews (Movie Room Reviews). Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- Hughes, Howard (2002). Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' guide to the great crime movies.
External links[edit]
- Once Upon a Time in America at the Internet Movie Database
- Once Upon a Time in America at Rotten Tomatoes
- Once Upon a Time in America at Box Office Mojo
- Once Upon a Time in America at AllMovie
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