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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: OpTiCaL on June 16, 2003, 11:37:25 AM
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Oh my god..this is one of my fav de niro films of all time...
...finally available on dvd! has been deleted off shelves for years...
...ordered mah copy already...
...who else checked this film...its long but amazing story...
...gotta have open mind tho as its old...classic ish
pZ
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That shit is GANGSTA! One of my all time favourites. It was on TV over here a few months back as well but i missed it, :'(. So is it out on DVD now or in a few weeks?
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don't think I have ever heard of this one, but dinero is one of the best actors imo. What year did it come out, and what is the basic plot of the movie?
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i'm gettin' it fo sho
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Was made in 1984...amazing film...directed by sergio leone who turned down directing the godfather in favour of this film...
...Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams
Directed by: Sergio Leone
From Sergio Leone comes an immense saga which spans four decades in the lives of Jewish gangsters in New York's Lower East Side, starring Robert De Niro, James Woods and Joe Pesci. Leone's commanding epic traces the destinies of four men from childhood on the streets through their violent rise to power and maturity during Prohibition as fully fledged hoods. De Niro is magnificent as "Noodles" Aaronson, one of the four, forced by murder and betrayal to flee New York in 1933. When he is mysteriously summoned back in 1968, he discovers that the tragic and bloody events surrounding his betrayal are not as they once seemed...
ive preordered it ...out on 23rd june for dvd.
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i'm gettin' it fo sho
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"The reason that I feel this is the best gangster movie is because none have the combination of style and substance that this films brings. It's not just about gangsters, its a look inside the soul of Noodles. Robert de Niro gives such a wonderful understated performance that the character of Noodles sticks with you. I can still remember Noodles just by a certain look in de Niro's eyes, a sort of calm depression, a look that has the weariness of the world in it. This is a movie where the mood of repressed sadness will linger long after the film has ended. Very few films are as powerful."
Some people say this film is too long...and yes it is probably one of the longest movies ive watched but its impeccable in its storytelling, if you pay attention and stick with the unfolding plot the intricacy, detail and way in which you are brought into "noodles" life and made part of it is fantastic...
...its heartwarming in places when comeraderie and friendship is displayed, sickening in some of the way violence is portrayed (you'll see what i mean), and downright truthful in the way it shows human fallability and change.
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000092T6K.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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anything like that de niro film bronx tale we watched boo?
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imma checc this out! is it better then Casino? im out!!!
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^^Much better.
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anything like that de niro film bronx tale we watched boo?
Better...longer...deeper...more violent in ways...
ya gotta get your hands on a copy...wont be disappointed!
:)
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I've had this on DVD since last September!
What a fucking film - I never get the ending though.
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Dont know if its the same film mate...there are 5 vhs versoins of this film that i know of...ranging from the made 4 tv edit...to the normal 3 hrs n 20 mins up to the 4 hrs n 30 mins version...
...ive had it on vhs for yeard...but ever since ive had a dvd its been a deleted item cos they were preparing for the big double dvd set...
"Title ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA*
Format 2DVD-Rgn 2:Europe Region Help
Released 30/06/2003
Catno D020026
Running Time Minutes
Certification 18 - By Ordering this title you confirm that you are at least 18 Years Old
Availability We will endeavour to dispatch this title to arrive in the week of release. In some cases release dates may change.
Price: £13.99
Postage: FREE (UK Only)
Total: £13.99
Stars:
Direction:
Robert De Niro
Elizabeth McGovern
Joe Pesci
Tuesday Weld
Treat Williams
James Woods
Burt Young
Sergio Leone
Synopsis:
A violent and passionate gangster film, tracing the destinies of four friends from childhood in the old Jewish quarter of New York, to their maturity as notorious gangsters. "
and if you notice no time has been put down as confirmed yet :-\
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Oh and i dont wanna explain the ending..cos its will ruin it for anyone else...
...think back to the day you first saw pulp fiction and thought wtf...if you along the same lines then youll know what im talking about...
essentially the end is not the end but the end is somewhere else in the film
...an if ya meant anything else just ask ;)
lol
pZ
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I've had this since I started Uni in september - My brother ordered it for me - I'll try and find out where from later
It's the full version - the same one shown on BBC 2 about 6 months back
It has profiles of DeNiro, Woods and Leone. That is the only special feature on my DVD.
What I meant about the ending is does him smiling mean the whole thing was a doped up dream?
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" 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
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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
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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 ?
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I understand what you're saying about it
Others say that the ending shows that the whole story was a doped up dream
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Ok mate...
...that excerpt in brackets about the "end" is from Sergio Leone himself describing the film and what he wanted to portray..
pZ
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" 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?
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lol you do sound pedantic...
..but that was my change to an excerpt taken from an autobiography
;D
now stop picking on me...just trying to help ya ;)
haha
pZ