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SUMMARY:Once Upon a Time in America - Blu-ray Disc
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DESCRIPTION:Though some viewers might be put off by its length\, graphic vi
 olence\, and absence of likable characters\, Sergio Leone's final film is a
 lso a cinematic masterpiece. Spanning four decades\, the film tells the sto
 ry of David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals\, chron
 icling their childhoods on New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s\, throug
 h their gangster careers in the 1930s\, and culminating in Noodles' 1968 re
 turn to New York from self-imposed exile\, at which time he learns the trut
 h about the fate of his friends and again confronts the nightmare of his pa
 st. The acting\, the re-creation of the time period\, the cinematography\, 
 and the music are all superb. However\, even more important is Leone's abil
 ity to make the film work on so many different levels: it's both a criticis
 m of gangster-film mythology and a continuation of the director's explorati
 on of the issues of time and history. Strange as it may seem\, the violence
  and gore in the first half of the film turn into a sad elegy about wasted 
 lives and lost love. The film's strengths emerge only in its full 229-minut
 e version -- the 139-minute and other edited versions don't make nearly the
  same impact. ~ Yuri German\, Rovi
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