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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001)
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Personalities, enthusiasts, actors, writers and others take a look back at Sergio Leone's final film "Once Upon a Time in America", sharing good stories and also sad ones about one of the mo... Read allPersonalities, enthusiasts, actors, writers and others take a look back at Sergio Leone's final film "Once Upon a Time in America", sharing good stories and also sad ones about one of the most important epics of all time. James Woods and the screenwriters talk about their persona... Read allPersonalities, enthusiasts, actors, writers and others take a look back at Sergio Leone's final film "Once Upon a Time in America", sharing good stories and also sad ones about one of the most important epics of all time. James Woods and the screenwriters talk about their personal experiences with the legendary director while admirers, like Quentin Tarantino, open up ... Read all
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  • Director
    • Howard Hill
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    • Howard Hill
  • Stars
    • Carla Leone
    • Piero De Bernardi
    • Enrico Medioli
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    • Howard Hill
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    • Howard Hill
  • Stars
    • Carla Leone
    • Piero De Bernardi
    • Enrico Medioli
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    Carla Leone
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    Piero De Bernardi
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    Enrico Medioli
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    Arnon Milchan
    Arnon Milchan
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    Stuart Kaminsky
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    Quentin Tarantino
    Quentin Tarantino
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    Raffaella Leone
    Raffaella Leone
    • Selfas Self
    Scott Tiler
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    James Woods
    James Woods
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    Leonardo Benvenuti
    • Selfas Self
    Francesca Leone
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    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
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    Christopher Frayling
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    Howard Hill
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    Mickey Knox
    Mickey Knox
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    Andrea Leone
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    Sergio Leone
    Sergio Leone
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    Personalities, enthusiasts, actors, writers and others take a look back at Sergio Leone's final film "Once Upon a Time in America", sharing good stories and also sad ones about one of the most important epics of all time. James Woods and the screenwriters talk about their personal experiences with the legendary director while admirers, like Quentin Tarantino, open up about Leone's influence in their filmmaking. And of course, there's time to cover the infamous topic on the shameful butchering of the film in U.S. at the time of its release, in 1984, which caused not only the uproar from audiences and critics, but also hurt very deeply its most excited creator: the director, who devoted several years in its making. —Rodrigo Amaro
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    • Trivia
      This documentary is featured on the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD for Once Upon a Time in America (1984), released in 2003.
    • Goofs
      When Noodles takes Deborah to the beautiful restaurant, the wide shot reveal of the expansive room shows a very visible camera and boom shadow in the bottom right hand corner.
    • Crazy credits
      This documentary is dedicated to Carla Leone
    • Connections
      Features Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

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    5/10
    Superficial, Lacking In Perspective, and Bad Pronunciations
    This hour long cut and paste job on Leone is serviceable in terms of the background information it provides especially on his westerns and arguably his crowning achievement Once Upon a Time in America.But apart from the presence of Stuart Kaminsky who talks mostly about writing one script, there isn't enough critical presence (say someone like Adrian Martin who has written in depth about that gangster epic) to balance the embarrassing fan boy gushing, complete with flailing gesticulations, of fellow director Quentin Tarantino. The earlier part of Leone's career such as his underrated work in the peplum genre (a long established and typically Italian format which the commentary incorrectly attributes to Americans) is brushed over. And is Leone's stature, considering all the other truly great filmmakers Italy has bestowed on us, really as monumental as the program claims? Last,a pet peeve. Narrating the film himself, writer/director Howard Hill lives up to the stereotype of the arrogant British imperialist who couldn't care less about learning how to pronounce words and names from foreign countries. Would it have been too much to ask that he bothered to pronounce names like Mussolini, Cinecitta and Trastevere correctly?
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    • Release date
      • July 8, 2003 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Érase una vez en América: Sergio Leone
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Italy
    • Production companies
      • CreaTVty
      • Westbrook
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      20 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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