Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 American epic crime drama film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. Based on Harry Grey's novel The Hoods, 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.
It was the final film of Leone's career and the first feature film he had directed in thirteen years. The cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and Ennio Morricone provided the film score. It is the final installment in Leone's Once Upon a Time Trilogy, preceded by Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time... the Revolution.
Leone originally intended for the film to be released as two three-hour films, but was convinced by distributors to shorten it to a single 229-minute film. The film's American distributors, The Ladd Company, decided to further shorten it to 139 minutes, and rearrange the scenes into chronological order, without Leone's involvement. The shortened version was a critical and commercial flop in the United States, and critics who had seen both versions harshly criticized the changes that were made. The original "European cut" has remained a critical favorite, and frequently appears in lists of the greatest gangster films of all time.
Once Upon a Time in America (album)
Once Upon a Time in America is the debut album by rapper Smoothe da Hustler. It was released on March 19, 1996 through Profile Records and was entirely produced by New York City-based producer DR Period. The album was met with positive reviews, but failed to sell well, only making in to 93 on the Billboard 200, while faring better on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, peaking at 11. The album produced two singles, "Hustler's Theme" and "Broken Language".
Track listing
Samples
- "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield
- "No One's Gonna Love You" by S.O.S. Band
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by Jeevas
Once Upon A Time In America
by: JeevasSometimes its hard to be there,
Sometimes its hard to lie,
'Cos I'v seen right through the country,
And through the all-seein' eye,
And through the all-seein' eye.
Oh there was a man he sang so pretty,
He loved me for two thousand years,
Why'd he come to New York City?
Once upon a time in America,
Once upon a time in America.
He said, "you all come back again",
He said "Its hard to see",
We belong to all God's countries,
Once upon a time in America,
Once upon a time in America.
They found a piece of paradise,
And built a city there,
Didn't want to see the future,
Once upon a time in America,
Once upon a time in America.
He said you'd all come back again,
This is the land of the free!
We longed to walk God's countries,
Once upon a time in America,
Once upon a time in America.
Once upon a time in America x3
He said you'd all come back again,
This is the land of the free!
We longed to walk God's countries
Once upon a time in America
Once upon a time in America
Once upon a time in America