Why doesn't Once Upon A Time in America get more props?

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arguably it is the best movie ever made in america domestically.
yet, i believe it is usually never mentioned because of the rape scene.
plus, the fact the characters like you said offers no payoff to the viewer.


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I have tried to watch this a couple times, but anytime it's on, it will be starting at like 11pm, and I gotta work the next day. then it's never on netflix, nor is it on demand so I can watch it when I'm free. one of the few gangster genre movies I have never seen.


get the uncut version on dvd.
it is worth it and i still plot on cuff'n my lil bro's copy but he guards that motherfukker.


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I only watched it once, 11 years ago. I liked it, but am hesitant to watch it again because I remember it being dry (pause) and 4 hrs long. That's not the type of movie you can throw on whenever like Goodfellas.
 

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I have almost finished watching this movie. was it me, or was there basically no dialogue for the first 30 minutes of the film or so?
 

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and speaking of the two rape scenes, the first one, was that even a rape? that hoe was begging to be smacked around and fukked.
 

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I advise some of y'all to watch the 2 hour cut of the film. The phone ringing scene is trimmed,. there's no opium and a lot of the longer scenes are hella trimmed.
 

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I advise some of y'all to watch the 2 hour cut of the film. The phone ringing scene is trimmed,. there's no opium and a lot of the longer scenes are hella trimmed.
Same thing happened to his westerns. Its why they didn't get the critical success it should have.
 
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