Once Upon a Time in America - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Once Upon a Time in America"
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Timing:
3:49 (229 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Claudio Mancini
Executive Producer
Casting
Cis Corman
Casting
Joy Todd
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
Carlo Simi
Art Direction
James T. Singelis
Art Direction
Costume Design
Production Design
Giovanni Natalucci
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Gretchen Rau
Set Decoration
Bruno Cesari
Set Decoration
Osvaldo Desideri
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Gino Zamprioli
Makeup Artist
Manlio Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Nilo Jacoponi
Makeup Artist
Randy Coronato
Makeup Artist
Henry R. Dwork
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Elliot Tyson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jacques Thomas-Gérard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Production Supervisor
Mario Cotone
Production Supervisor
Director of Photography
Musician
Pierluigi Pietroniro
Musician
Camera Operator
Carlo Tafani
Camera Operator
Costumer
Helen P. Butler
Costumer
Dougie Hawkes
Costumer
Sound Effects Editor
Italo Cameracanna
Sound Effects Editor
Daniele Quadroli
Sound Effects Editor
Fernando Caso
Sound Effects Editor
Property Master
Gianni Fiumi
Property Master
Electrician
Edward Cohen
Electrician
Marco Contaldo
Electrician
Jean Courteau
Electrician
Hairstylist
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Giancarlo De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Renata Magnanti
Hairstylist
Vincenzo Cardella
Hairstylist
Randy Coronato
Hairstylist
Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Lombardi
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
First Assistant Director
Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani
First Assistant Director
Assistant Costume Designer
Raffaella Leone
Assistant Costume Designer
Marina Frassine
Assistant Costume Designer
Thanks
Hedy Martinelli
Thanks
Driver
Bobby Marsh
Driver
Production Manager
Ginette Hardy
Production Manager
Boom Operator
Bruno Charier
Boom Operator
Fabio Ancillai
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Franco Ferrini
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Enrico Medioli
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Novel
Harry Grey
Novel
First Assistant Editor
Elvira Tonini
First Assistant Editor
Additional Editor
Zach Staenberg
Additional Editor
Foley Artist
Italo Cameracanna
Foley Artist
Alvaro Gramigna
Foley Artist
Enzo Diliberto
Foley Artist
Construction Coordinator
Tullio Lullo
Construction Coordinator
Joey Litto
Construction Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Ornella Chistolini
Assistant Editor
Patrizia Ceresani
Assistant Editor
Howard Heard
Assistant Editor
Giorgio Venturoli
Assistant Editor
Alessandro Baragli
Assistant Editor
Lizi Gelber
Assistant Editor
Lizi Gelber
Assistant Editor
Lighting Technician
Romano Mancini
Lighting Technician
Props
Steven Kirshoff
Props
Roberto Magagnini
Props
Ronald Fauteux
Props
Martin Cats
Props
Key Grip
Augusto Diamanti
Key Grip
Steve Baker
Key Grip
Normand Guy
Key Grip
Location Manager
Robert Rothbard
Location Manager
Pierre Laberge
Location Manager
Attilio Viti
Location Manager
Grip
Rodney Bauer
Grip
Elio Bosi
Grip
Eraldo Barbona
Grip
Amato Gabotti
Grip
Dolly Grip
Kurt Thompson
Dolly Grip
Painter
Alain Giguère
Painter
Kathy Wolf
Painter
Special Effects
Gabe Videla
Special Effects
Danilo Bollettini
Special Effects
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects
Jacques Godbout
Special Effects
Brian Campbell
Special Effects
Special Effects Technician
André Laperrière
Special Effects Technician
Accountant
Dominique Bruballa
Accountant
Fausto Capozzi
Accountant
Diana Di Michele
Accountant
Lucie Drolet
Accountant
Sergio Rosa
Accountant
Gaffer
Romano Mancini
Gaffer
John Newby
Gaffer
Walter Klymkiw
Gaffer
Carlo Vinciguerra
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Philippe Landoulsi
Assistant Director
Dennis T. Benatar
Assistant Director
Luca Morsella
Assistant Director
Amy Wells
Assistant Director
Special Effects Assistant
Louis Craig
Special Effects Assistant
Olivier Zenenski
Special Effects Assistant
Consulting Producer
Sound Engineer
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound Engineer
Production Assistant
Simona Patitucci
Production Assistant
Antonio Palombi
Production Assistant
Pietro Sassaroli
Production Assistant
Maurizio Cusano
Production Assistant
Eric P. Steckler
Production Assistant
Reuben Gonzalez
Production Assistant
Sound Assistant
Luigi Porto
Sound Assistant
Unit Publicist
Bruce Bahrenburg
Unit Publicist
Eugene Rizzo
Unit Publicist
Production Coordinator
Danièle Rohrbach
Production Coordinator
Gail Kearns
Production Coordinator
Construction Grip
Dan Mahoney
Construction Grip
Production Secretary
Francesca Alatri
Production Secretary
Jennifer W. Shore
Production Secretary
ADR Editor
Massimo Rinchiusi
ADR Editor
Fabio Palmisano
ADR Editor
Extras Casting
Sylvie Bourque
Extras Casting
Flo Gallant
Extras Casting
Unit Manager
Walter Massi
Unit Manager
Executive In Charge Of Production
Fred C. Caruso
Executive In Charge Of Production
Transportation Captain
James Giblin
Transportation Captain
Patrick Hogan
Transportation Captain
Swing
Nello Giorgetti
Swing
Vocals
Edda Dell'Orso
Vocals
Dolby Consultant
Chris David
Dolby Consultant
Assistant Camera
Sandro Battaglia
Assistant Camera
Antonio Scaramuzza
Assistant Camera
Crescenzo G.P. Notarile
Assistant Camera
Extras Casting Assistant
David Bailey
Extras Casting Assistant
Music Director
Head Carpenter
Walter Klymkiw
Head Carpenter
Claude Simard
Head Carpenter
Additional Dialogue
Stuart Kaminsky
Additional Dialogue
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Harry Grey's novel "Once Upon a Time in America" (The Hoods, 1952).
- "Once Upon a Time in America" is the only film by Sergio Leone not shot in his preferred 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
- The film marked the cinematic debut of 14-year-old model Jennifer Connelly.
- The scenes on the Miami Beach waterfront were filmed in St. Petersburg at Don Cesar Beach.
- In the scene where the elderly "Noodles" is watching television, an interview with a character named James Conway O'Donnell is shown. In the film "Goodfellas" (1990), Robert De Niro's character is also named James Conway.
- While preparing for the role of "Noodles", Robert De Niro requested a personal meeting with the famous crime boss Meyer Lansky, whose image he was basing his portrayal on. Unfortunately, he was denied this meeting.
- Claudia Cardinale unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Carol.
- Sergio Leone was initially inspired by Harry Gray's autobiographical novella 'The Hoods' (it took the director years to acquire the rights to it), but as the scale of his vision grew, he brought Norman Mailer and Stuart Kaminsky on board as screenwriters.
- When Stuart Kaminsky began working, he was given a plot outline exceeding 400 pages. During the filming process, 10 hours of footage was cut down to 6. Initially, Sergio Leone wanted to release his film as two three-hour installments, but the studio did not support this idea. The film was reduced to its current length by a new editor, Zack Stenberg, who was specifically brought onto the team for this purpose.
- In the mid-70s, Gérard Depardieu was one of the main contenders for the role of 'Max' or 'Lapsha,' and he promised to develop an American accent if necessary. A total of over 200 actors were considered for the leading roles!
- Robert De Niro's friend, Joe Pesci, was one of the candidates for the role of Max. After an unsuccessful audition, the director offered him to choose any role in the film that he liked – and so Pesci played Frankie.
- One of the actors, James Hayden, passed away shortly before the premiere.
- This film was never fully released in US cinemas, as it was believed at the time that audiences would not go to such a long film (227 minutes). Therefore, Leone was forced to cut the film down to 139 minutes, also removing all the violence. However, later a full version of 229 minutes was released on DVD in the US.
- One of the film's characters, known to everyone as Kosoy, constantly plays a small flute called "Pano." This is a reference to Charles Bronson's character in Leone's other film – "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), who also played constantly, but only on a harmonica.
- The film was released in Soviet cinemas in 1989 in three separate parts. The first part was seen by 27.6 million viewers, the second by 26.6 million, and the third by 23.1 million people.
- Leone was so outraged that the film was cut to 139 minutes for release in the US, and that all the scenes were re-edited in chronological order by Alan Ladd's company, which destroyed the director's vision and dissipated the film's important aura of uncertainty, that he withdrew from filmmaking for the rest of his life. "The tragedy of the film is that it will be destroyed in the country for which it was primarily intended," the director fumed in the summer of 1984. "But you know the distributors, and Ladd is not the worst of them. One distributor from the Middle East said he was willing to buy the film on the condition that we cut out all the scenes with Jews!"
- Filming began on June 14, 1982, and ended on April 22, 1983.
- The episodic role of a passerby in the scene where Lapsha leaves prison was played by the famous Soviet translator Boris Romanovich Izakov (author of translations of Ernest Hemingway, Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and others). He was visiting the United States and ended up on the film set through one of the crew members.
- Robert De Niro suggested that the aging Max have a dazzling smile with pearly white teeth – this was to demonstrate his wealth and vanity. The producers refused to pay for the associated costs, so De Niro covered them himself.
- The hotel to which the newly wealthy Lapsha invited Deborah was filmed in Venice. However, the road they returned home on was on the other side of the ocean – on the coast of New Jersey. The role of the driver was played by the film's producer, Arnon Milchan.
- The film is based on Harry Grey’s novel “Once Upon a Time in America” (The Hoods, 1952).
- While preparing for the role of “Noodles,” Robert De Niro requested a personal meeting with the famous crime boss Meyer Lansky, whose image he was basing his performance on. Unfortunately, he was denied this meeting.
- One of the film’s characters, known to everyone as “Cousin,” constantly plays a small flute called a “Pano.” This is a reference to Charles Bronson’s character in Leone’s other film – “Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968), who also played constantly, but only on a harmonica.
- Leone was so outraged that the film was cut down to 139 minutes for release in the United States, with all the scenes remounted in chronological order by Alan Ladd’s company, which destroyed the director’s intent and dissipated the aura of uncertainty so important to the film, leading him to abandon filmmaking for the rest of his life. “The tragedy of the film is that it will be destroyed in the country for which it was primarily intended,” the director fumed in the summer of 1984. – “But you know distributors, and Ladd is not the worst of them. One distributor from the Middle East said he would buy the film if we cut out all the scenes with Jews!”
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