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Once upon a Time in America

on BBC Two England

Director Sergio Leone 's cinematic swansong, an epic crime drama about two Jewish gangsters in New York - charting their lives from childhood, through their glory years during Prohibition, and their reunion 35 years later. Noodles, an ageing mobster haunted by his memories, is lured back to New York by a mysterious letter. His mind drifts back to his friend Max and their Lower East Side gang's rise to power. Widescreen. Review page 53.
(1984,18) Film trivia: page 57; Teach Yourself James Woods : page 61

Contributors

Director:
Sergio Leone
Unknown:
James Woods
Noodles:
Robert de Niro
Max:
James Woods
Deborah:
Elizabeth McGovem
Jimmy O'Donnell:
Treat Williams
Carol:
Tuesday Weld
Joe:
Burt Young
Frankie:
Joe Pesci
Pol ice chief:
Danny Aiello
Cockeye:
Bill Forsythe
Patsy:
James Hayden
Young Deborah:
Jennifer Connelly

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