Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Short description
Set in Los Angeles in 1969, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood follows Rick Dalton, a television star whose fame rested on westerns and whose career has since declined. He has never made the move to film stardom, and now scrapes by with guest roles as a villain. At his side is Cliff Booth, his longtime stunt double and closest friend, as both men try to find a place in an industry whose tastes and rules are shifting quickly. Next door to Rick live the director Roman Polanski and his wife, the actress and model Sharon Tate.
Quentin Tarantino directs from his own screenplay and produces alongside David Heyman and Shannon McIntosh. The film is the fifteenth of the sixteen features he has directed in chronological order, following The Hateful Eight and preceding The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Rick, Brad Pitt plays Cliff and Margot Robbie plays Sharon Tate, with Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley and Timothy Olyphant among a credited cast of 108 and a credited crew of 218.
Released in July 2019, the film runs 162 minutes and blends comedy, drama and thriller. Made for 95 million dollars, it took about 394 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.6 out of 10 from roughly 955,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.4 out of 10 from over 15,000. A critics' rating of 7.9 out of 10 from 581 reviews places it slightly above both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the Spahn Ranch scene, the name Randy Starr can be seen on the side of the building. He was a ranch hand and stuntman who died during the trial of Patricia Krenwinkel (an American murderer and former follower of the Charles Manson 'Family').
- Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) watches the film "The Wrecking Crew" (1968), in which she appears, at a cinema. It was decided to use footage from the original film rather than reshooting individual scenes with Robbie as Sharon. Immediately before the film, she watches the trailer for "SS & Co." (1970).
- The film features a scene from the series "Lancer" (1968-1970) titled "The High Riders" (1968). DiCaprio's character is playing a role originally performed by Joe Don Baker (even with the mustache). Sam Wanamaker (1919-1993) directed this episode.
- Scenes featuring DiCaprio's character in "The Great Escape" (John Sturges, 1963) were inserted into the film using digital technology. Tarantino generally avoids computer effects in his work, but this was the only way to do it, as reshooting the scene was impossible due to the film's age and the death of all the actors involved.
- Tim Roth is mentioned in the credits among the members of the "Crew" (i.e., actors whom Tarantino regularly films), although all scenes with his participation were cut during editing.
- Filming took place from June 18 to November 1, 2018.
- Luke Perry's (1966-2019) final role.
- Some scenes involved improvisation, which is rare for Quentin Tarantino films – for example, when Dalton forgets his lines in the new series "Lancer," and then rages in his trailer. Leonardo DiCaprio found it difficult to play Dalton's roles as Dalton would play them, rather than himself, and he suggested that at some point Dalton would not be able to remember his lines, which would be entirely in character. The subsequent scene in the trailer was also improvised.
- Like almost all of Tarantino’s films, this one was shot on 35mm film.
- Blue-eyed Margot Robbie wore brown contact lenses during filming to match Sharon Tate’s eye color.
- The mosaic wall at the airport that the characters walk past partially replicates the mosaic on a wall in the airport from Tarantino's film "Jackie Brown" (1997).
- Margot Robbie, who played Sharon Tate (1943-1969), wore the actual jewelry of her character. The actress was given it by Sharon Tate's sister, Debra.
- The Columbia Pictures logo at the beginning of the film is the one used in 1969, the year the film is set.
- Brad Pitt's character, Cliff Booth, is based on Tom Loflin, the main character in the 1971 film "Billy Jack".
- The voice-over is by Kurt Russell, who played the role of Randy.
- Fragments of the soundtrack from "Torn Curtain" (1966) can be heard twice in the film, pieces that its director, Alfred Hitchcock, did not use in the final version of the film.
- Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Rick Dalton, is inspired by the images of Edd Byrnes, Ty Hardin, and to a lesser extent, William Shatner.
- In the final scene, Cliff Booth, upon identifying the intruder, cannot remember Tex Watson's name, to which he replies: "I'm the devil and I've come to do the devil's work." According to Tex, this is what he said to Sharon Tate and the guests at her house before killing them.
- Delighted by the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino again, and in order to stay within budget, Leonardo DiCaprio agreed to a lower fee than he was accustomed to.
- The war film in which Rick Dalton starred contains at least two references to other films. The excerpt itself, and the poster, are a nod to the film "The Secret Invasion" (1964). At the same time, Dalton's character hides behind red curtains before beginning to deal with the Nazis – the same thing Donnie Donowitz and Omar Ulmer did in a key scene from "Inglourious Basterds" (2009).
- One week before the scheduled release date of the film in China (October 25, 2019), the release was postponed indefinitely.
- The party at the Playboy Mansion was also filmed there. Quentin Tarantino frequently stayed there with the owner of the mansion, American publisher and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner (1926-2017).
- Delighted at the opportunity to work with Tarantino again, and also to stay within budget, Leonardo DiCaprio agreed to have his usual $20 million fee reduced by a quarter.
- The film premiered on May 21, 2019, at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation.
- There is an error in the official Russian title of the film. It would have been more accurate to translate it as "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood."
- Quentin Tarantino spent five years writing the book 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' before realizing that this material was better suited for a screenplay.
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