Once upon a time in america!

[OpTiCaL]

" At the end, there is the final smile by Noodles, doped up on opium, the only time in the movie that he looks completely happy and at peace. Even though this is an earlier Noodles, this is Leone's way of depicting Noodle's return to normality after 35 years of grief. It is the perfect conclusion to this movie."


The other version on dvd is a single disc with extra's ...only around 3 hours n 30 mins...


...this is the full movie (or should be) as sergio leone first made it...as i said many cuts have been made over the years..thats why 5 versions...even different mixings of the film..as in the layout and timing of the story...one version even replaces the timeline of the story...

...this one is 2 discs and should be 4 hours and 25 mins...

...other ones .. tv version was cut for tv...3 hours n 10 mins...3 hours 46 for one of the origional  versions...and 3 hours 42 for the cable version...

pZ

[Jay ay Beee]

The other version on dvd is a single disc with extra's ...only around 3 hours n 30 mins...

This is the one I have - I thought this was the real full length one

The one shown in cinemas was about 2 hours

[OpTiCaL]

Yeah its all good mate...


...bloody good film anyway


yeah they didnt think that theatrical release would go down too well being that long so  they cut it...


so you get the "ending" now bro ?

[Jay ay Beee]

I understand what you're saying about it

Others say that the ending shows that the whole story was a doped up dream

[OpTiCaL]

Ok mate...


...that excerpt in brackets about the "end" is from Sergio Leone himself describing the film and what he wanted to portray..



pZ

[Jay ay Beee]

" At the end, there is the final smile by Noodles, doped up on opium, the only time in the movie that he looks completely happy and at peace. Even though this is an earlier Noodles, this is Leone's way of depicting Noodle's return to normality after 35 years of grief. It is the perfect conclusion to this movie."

Don't want to sound pedantic but why would Leone refer to himself in the third person?

[OpTiCaL]

lol you do sound pedantic...


..but that was my change to an excerpt taken from an autobiography


 


now stop picking on me...just trying to help ya


haha

pZ