Once Upon A Time In America

"Once Upon A Time In America" is Sergio Leone's acclaimed gangster epic based on the novel "The Hoods" by Harry Grey. This is the 251-minute extended director's cut of the film that has been restored by Cineteca Di Bologna at the L'immagine Ritrovata Laboratory. The story portrays 50 years of riveting underworld history and provides rich roles for a remarkable cast headed by Robert De Niro and James Woods as Noodles and Max, friends since their turn-of-the-century ghetto childhood and partners in a criminal empire during Prohibition. The story is told through a series of flashbacks, which depict their transition from young neighborhood friends who vow to stick together in their life of crime in turn-of-the-century New York City. "Once Upon A Time In America" was the final film of Sergio Leone's illustrious career. (Gary Reber)