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ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

Directed by Sergio Leone
United States, Italy, 1984
Crime, Drama
  • 229229 minutes

Synopsis

In 1968, David “Noodles” Aaronson returns to NYC, where he once had a career in the criminal underground. Most of his friends are gone, yet he feels his past is unresolved. The city makes him remember his childhood as a tough kid in a Jewish slum until his rise to bootlegger and then Mafia boss.

Synopsis

In 1968, David “Noodles” Aaronson returns to NYC, where he once had a career in the criminal underground. Most of his friends are gone, yet he feels his past is unresolved. The city makes him remember his childhood as a tough kid in a Jewish slum until his rise to bootlegger and then Mafia boss.