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“One Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is director Quentin Tarantino’s celebration of late 1960s Hollywood, TV stars, and always sunny Los Angeles. It’s also an unusual buddy film tinged with danger, a revisionist take on history, and a showcase for two of the screen’s most radiant stars.<br /><br />Leonardo DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, star of the recently cancelled TV Western “Bounty Law.” He guest-stars now on other series, usually as the villain, and worries about his career’s downward direction. He also drinks too much. His driver’s license has been revoked for drunk driving. His longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), has become his driver and one-man entourage, seeing to the star’s home repairs and often providing a sounding board for his insecurities.<br /><br />Theirs is a symbiotic relationship. Because there is scandal in Cliff’s past, he must rely on Rick to get him assigned to projects, an increasingly tricky business with Rick’s own stature diminishing. After chauffeuring Rick to his lavish Hollywood Hills home, Cliff returns to his trailer to watch TV with his dog.<br /><br />Rick’s agent, Marvin Schwarzs (Al Pacino), is trying to convince Rick that going to Italy to star in “spaghetti Westerns” will revitalize his career.<br /><br />Tarantino blends his fictional characters with real-life people. New neighbors have moved in next door to Rick: young, up-and-coming actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and her husband, critically acclaimed movie director Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha). Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis), Bruce Lee (Mike Moh), Connie Stevens (Dreama Walker), Charles Manson (Damon Herriman), and Squeaky Fromme (Dakota Fanning) show up at interesting moments, and other real people, famous and infamous, are mentioned in the dialogue.<br /><br />The episodic structure of the film allows us to see Rick, Cliff, and Sharon on their own. Walking along Hollywood Boulevard, Sharon sees her name on the marquee of a theater showing her film “The Wrecking Crew,” and introduces herself to the box office cashier and theater manager as the klutz in the movie. She’s invited in to watch the movie and we see her sitting there, fascinated with her own appearance and delighted that the audience laughs at her slapstick moments. She even mimics the karate moves she learned as that scene plays. Despite being an industry insider, she is as fascinated with movie magic as any other viewer.<br /><br />A lengthy sequence has Cliff picking up a hitchhiker (Margaret Qualley) who happens to be one of Manson’s acolytes and driving her to the Spahn Movie Ranch, which has been taken over by the Manson commune. He inquires about George Spahn, with whom he worked in the past. Things turn from cordial to tense as his request to see his old friend meets with excuses. Alone amid these potentially dangerous people, he perseveres. The scene is quietly foreboding.<br /><br />The considerable wattage of DiCaprio and Pitt enhances the tale. Their blend of looks, personality, and talent shines. When they’re on screen, it’s hard to notice anyone else. The natural, comfortable way their characters talk and understand and accept each other’s vulnerabilities makes their relationship believable. Their friendship is solid.<br /><br />Tarantino fills the film with period references — snippets of radio commercials, trailers for then-current movies, a copy of the once-ubiquitous TV Guide on Rick’s coffee table, openings of the popular TV shows “Mannix” and “The FBI” shown on vintage TV sets, and an endless stream of pop music hits. The movie is Tarantino’s love letter to an era.<br /><br />The approach is episodic, and it works. We get great moments, such as a scene on a backlot when Rick and an 8-year-old actress (Julie Butters), waiting for their scene to be set up, discuss the books they’re reading and Rick becomes impressed with her dedication to her craft. After Rick blows his lines repeatedly during a scene, we see him having a tantrum in his trailer, screaming, throwing things, kicking furniture. A scene on the backlot shows an arrogant Bruce Lee lecturing stuntmen on his superiority until Cliff decides to pit his own skills against Lee’s balletic karate.<br /><br />“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” rated R, is a long film at 2 hours, 41 minutes, but the time breezes by because Tarantino keeps us intrigued constantly. The pacing is casual and allows for the characters to reveal their insecurities and joys and evaluate the directions their lives are taking. The first-rate supporting cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Kurt Russell, the late Luke Perry, Bruce Dern, Lena Dunham, Brenda Vaccaro, Emile Hirsch, and Clu Gulager.<br /><br />One of Tarantino’s best films, “Once Upon a Time…  in Hollywood” tells several stories simultaneously in a time of transition for Hollywood and the nation. Studios were trying to acclimate themselves to a younger demographic and newer directors were on the rise. Tarantino takes a nostalgic look at this time while also infusing a sense of trepidation.<br /><br /> Bonus materials on the 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack include additional scenes and 5 behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes. A digital code on a paper insert in included.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age..