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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood^[a] is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is an international co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, and Al Pacino. They and others comprise a large all-star cast who perform in 'multiple storylines in a modern fairy tale tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age'.^[5][6] The film is set in 1969 Los Angeles, where an aging television actor and his stunt double and longtime friend navigate the changing Hollywood film industry.^[7]

Announced in July 2017, it is the first Tarantino film not distributed by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Tarantino having cut ties following the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein that October. After winning a bidding war, the film was instead distributed by Sony Pictures, which met several of Tarantino's demands including final cut privilege. Pitt, DiCaprio, and Robbie, and Tarantino regulars such as Zoë Bell and Kurt Russell joined the cast between January and June 2018. Principal photography lasted from that June through November around Los Angeles. It is the last film to feature Luke Perry, who died in March 2019.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 26, 2019 and in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2019. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that critics had 'an overall positive view' of the film, calling it 'Tarantino's love letter to '60s L.A.' and praising its casting choices and setting, though some were 'divided on its ending'.^[8]

• 3Character background
  • 3.2Historical characters
• 4Production
• 6Music
  • 6.1Soundtrack
• 7Reception
• 8Controversies
  • 8.2Portrayals of real-life figures

Plot

In February 1969, Hollywood actor Rick Dalton, former star of 1950s Western television series Bounty Law, fears his career is over. Casting agent Marvin Schwarzs advises him to make Spaghetti Westerns, which Dalton feels is beneath him. Dalton's friend and stunt double, Cliff Booth – a war veteran who lives in a trailer with his pit bull, Brandy – drives Dalton around town because Dalton's high-functioning alcoholism has resulted in too many DUIs. Booth struggles to find film work since the death of his wife, whom he is rumored to have murdered. Actress Sharon Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski, have moved into the house next door to Dalton's. Dalton dreams of befriending the couple to restore his status. That night, Tate and Polanski join Jay Sebring at a celebrity-filled party at the Playboy Mansion.

The next day, Booth repairs Dalton's TV antenna. He reminisces about a sparring contest he had with Bruce Lee on The Green Hornet set, which resulted in Booth being fired on the spot. Charles Manson stops by the home of Polanski and Tate looking for record producer Terry Melcher, who used to live there, but is turned away by Sebring. While driving Dalton's car, Booth picks up a young hitchhiker, 'Pussycat'. He drops her off at Spahn Ranch, where Booth once filmed Bounty Law. Booth is suspicious of the large number of hippies living on the property (the Manson Family), and suspects they are taking advantage of the owner, George Spahn. Booth insists on checking on Spahn despite objections from 'Squeaky' Fromme. Spahn dismisses Booth's fears. Returning to the car, Booth discovers that 'Clem' Grogan has slashed a tire; Booth beats him and forces him to change it. One of the girls, 'Sundance', fetches 'Tex' Watson, but by the time Watson arrives on horseback Booth is driving away. Tate goes for a walk and decides to stop at a movie theater to watch herself in The Wrecking Crew.

Dalton lands the role of a villain in the pilot of a new series, Lancer, and strikes up a conversation with his eight-year-old co-star, Trudi Fraser. During one scene, Dalton, hungover, struggles with his dialogue. After having a breakdown in his trailer, Dalton returns to the set and delivers a powerful performance that impresses Fraser and the director, Sam Wanamaker, bolstering Dalton's confidence. After watching Dalton's guest performance on an episode of The F.B.I., Schwarzs books him to star as the lead of Sergio Corbucci's next Western, Nebraska Jim. Dalton takes Booth with him for a six-month stint in Europe, during which he appears in two additional Westerns and a Eurospy comedy, and marries Italian starlet Francesca Capucci.

Returning to Los Angeles, Dalton informs Booth he can no longer afford his services, and they agree to part ways. They go out for drinks and return to Dalton's home, where Capucci is sleeping. Booth smokes an acid-laced cigarette and takes Brandy for a walk. Meanwhile, Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel park outside in preparation to murder everyone in Tate's house. Dalton hears the car and angrily orders them to leave. Changing their original plans, they decide to kill Dalton instead after Atkins reasons that Hollywood 'taught them to murder'. Kasabian drives off, deserting the other three. The others break into Dalton's house and confront Capucci and Booth, who recognizes them from Spahn Ranch. Booth orders Brandy to attack, and together they kill Krenwinkel and Watson and severely injure Atkins. Atkins, gun in hand, stumbles outside, alarming Dalton, who was listening to music on headphones, oblivious to the mayhem. He retrieves a flamethrower kept from a film shoot and incinerates Atkins. After Booth is hospitalized and Capucci goes back to sleep, Sebring engages Dalton in conversation. Tate invites Dalton over for drinks with her houseguests Sebring, Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski.

Cast

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton
• Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth
• Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
• Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring
• Margaret Qualley as 'Pussycat', Manson Family member
• Timothy Olyphant as James Stacy
• Julia Butters as Trudi Fraser
• Austin Butler as Charles 'Tex' Watson, Manson Family member
• Dakota Fanning as Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, Manson Family member
• Bruce Dern as George Spahn
• Mike Moh as Bruce Lee
• Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder
• Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
• Al Pacino as Marvin Schwarzs
• Brenda Vaccaro as Mary Alice Schwarzs
• Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wanamaker
• Samantha Robinson as Abigail Folger
• Rafał Zawierucha as Roman Polanski
• Lorenza Izzo as Francesca Capucci
• Costa Ronin as Wojciech Frykowski
• Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
• Lena Dunham as Catherine 'Gypsy' Share, Manson Family member
• Madisen Beaty as Patricia 'Katie' Krenwinkel, Manson Family member
• Mikey Madison as Susan 'Sadie' Atkins, Manson Family member
• James Landry Hébert as Steve 'Clem' Grogan, Manson Family member
• Maya Hawke as Linda 'Flower Child' Kasabian, Manson Family member
• Victoria Pedretti as Leslie 'Lulu' Van Houten, Manson Family member
• Sydney Sweeney as Dianne 'Snake' Lake, Manson Family member
• Harley Quinn Smith as 'Froggie', Manson Family member
• Dallas Jay Hunter as 'Delilah', Manson Family member
• Kansas Bowling as Sandra 'Blue' Good, Manson Family member
• Parker Love Bowling as 'Tadpole', Manson Family member
• Cassidy Vick Hice as 'Sundance', Manson Family member
• Ruby Rose Skotchdopole as 'Butterfly', Manson Family member
• Danielle Harris as 'Angel', Manson Family member
• Josephine Valentina Clark as Catherine 'Happy Cappy' Gillies, Manson Family member
• Ronnie Zappa as Bobby 'Top Hat' Beausoleil, Manson Family member
• Dyani Del Castillo as 'Pebbles', Manson Family member
• Scoot McNairy as 'Business' Bob Gilbert, a villain on Lancer
• Clifton Collins Jr. as Ernesto 'The Mexican' Vaquero on Lancer
• Marco Rodríguez as the Bartender on Lancer
• Courtney Hoffman as Rebekka
• Heba Thorisdottir as Sonya
• Dreama Walker as Connie Stevens
• Rachel Redleaf as Mama Cass
• Rebecca Rittenhouse as Michelle Phillips
• Rumer Willis as Joanna Pettet
• Spencer Garrett as Allen Kincade, a TV journalist
• Clu Gulager as the Larry Edmunds Bookshop owner
• Martin Kove as a Bounty Law Sheriff
• Rebecca Gayheart as Billie Booth
• Kurt Russell as Randy, a stunt coordinator and the narrator
• Zoë Bell as Janet
• Michael Madsen as Sheriff Hackett on Bounty Law
• Perla Haney-Jardine as a hippie drug dealer
• James Remar as 'Ugly Owl' Hoot, a villain on Bounty Law
• Kate Berlant as the Bruin Theater ticket booth attendant
• Daniella Pick as Daphna Ben-Cobo
• Monica Staggs as Connie
• Tom Hartig as Bill 'Sweet William' Fritsch
• Omar Doom as Donnie, a Hells Angels member on Spahn Ranch
• David Steen as a Straight Satans MC member on Spahn Ranch
• Corey Burton as the Bounty Law Promo Announcer
• Toni Basil as a dancer^[9]
• Rage Stewart as Harvey 'Humble Harve' Miller
• Quentin Tarantino as the audible but unseen director of the Red Apple cigarettes TV commercial. Tarantino can also be heard announcing the title of Bounty Law.^[10]
• Ramón Franco as both a Land Pirate on Lancer and Rubén, the Bruin Theater manager
• Raul Cardona as 'Bad Guy' Delgado, a Land Pirate on Lancer
• Maurice Compte, Vincent Laresca, Lew Temple, Craig Stark, JLouis Mills, Eddie Perez, Gilbert Saldivar, and Keith Jefferson as the other Land Pirates on Lancer.
• Sayuri as Brandy, Cliff Booth's pit bull^[11]

Character background

Fictional characters

Rick Dalton is an actor who starred in the television Western series Bounty Law from 1958 to 1963, based on Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961) which starred Steve McQueen, who serves as one of the inspirations for Dalton.^[12] His attempt to transition to film failed and in 1969 he is struggling. Dalton's relationship with Cliff Booth is based on that of actor Burt Reynolds and his longtime stunt double Hal Needham, who both serve as individual inspirations for the two characters as well.^[13] Dalton is inspired by actors who started their career in Classical Hollywood, but faltered in the 1960s after their type of leading men went out of fashion, including Ty Hardin, who went from being the lead in a successful TV Western to making late-career Spaghetti Westerns. Additionally, Dalton is influenced by George Maharis, Edd Byrnes, Tab Hunter, Vince Edwards, and Fabian Forte.^[14][15] Dalton is also partially inspired by Pete Duel, a western TV actor who died by suicide. Although it is not mentioned in the film, Dalton suffers from undiagnosed bipolar disorder.^[16]Ralph Meeker is another inspiration for Dalton. When Leonardo DiCaprio studied Meeker, he finally saw Dalton.^[17]

Rick Dalton select filmography (Television series and films that are referenced or appear in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood):^[18]

Cliff Booth, Dalton's longtime stunt double and best friend, is an indestructible World War II veteran, former Green Beret, and one of the deadliest men alive. His specialty is knives and close quarters combat.^{[21][22][23][24]}Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt modeled Booth after Billy Jack, a character portrayed in four films by actor Tom Laughlin.^[25] Booth is partially inspired by Gary Kent, who did stunts for a film made on Spahn Ranch, while the Manson Family was living there.^[26] Booth is also partially inspired by Gene LeBell, a martial artist and stuntman who was hired for stunt work on The Green Hornet after complaints by other stuntmen that Bruce Lee was 'kicking the shit out of the stuntmen. They couldn’t convince him that he could go easy and it would still look great on film.'^[27] While Sayuri is the only name cited on the film's poster, the role of Booth's dog Brandy actually required three different pit bulls of varying temperaments, including another female and a more aggressive male for the ending.^[28]

Trudi Fraser, a precocious child actor who stars as Maribella Lancer on Lancer, is inspired by an actual character from that series.^[29] Marvin Schwarz is a Hollywood producer, and Dalton's agent. Tarantino wrote the role of Schwarz specifically for Al Pacino.^[30] Mary Alice Schwarz is Marvin's wife.

Francesca Capucci, an Italian actress who marries Rick Dalton, is portrayed by Lorenza Izzo, who was influenced by and modeled her character after 1960s Italian film actresses and sex symbols, namely Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale. Virna Lisi and Monica Vitti served as influences as well.^[15][31] Billie Booth is Cliff's late wife. The circumstances and rumors surrounding her death echo that of Natalie Wood's.^[15] Daphna Ben-Cobo is an Italian actress who co-stars in one of Dalton's films.

Rebbeka is the costume designer on Lancer, portrayed by Courtney Hoffman who is a professional costume designer, having worked on two of Quentin Tarantino's previous films, Django Unchained, as Christoph Waltz's personal costumer, and The Hateful Eight as the costume designer. Sonja is the make-up artist on Lancer. She is portrayed by Heba Thorisdottir, who is also the head make-up artist on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as well as five other Tarantino films. Janet is Randy's, the stunt coordinator on The Green Hornet, wife and a stunt coordinator herself. Bell is also the head stunt coordinator on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and has done stunt work on four other Tarantino films. For her portrayal of Janet, Zoë Bell was inspired by and channeled Stuntman Mike, the character portrayed by Kurt Russell in Death Proof.^[32]Toni Basil, who choreographed the movie, has an uncredited cameo in a dance scene in the lounge of a Pan Amjetliner.^[9]

Historical characters

Sharon Tate was an actress married to film director Roman Polanski, and in the film is the next door neighbor of Dalton. Margot Robbie did not consult with Polanski in preparation for the role, but read his 1985 autobiography Roman by Polanski.^[33][34] In the film, Tate goes to see a film she stars in, The Wrecking Crew, at the Bruin Theater in Westwood. She convinces the theater's employees that it is actually her who is in the movie after they fail to recognize her. When a film Tarantino wrote the screenplay for, True Romance, was released, he went to see it at the Bruin Theater, where he was eventually able to convince the theater's employees that he was the one who wrote the script.^[35]

Jay Sebring was a Hollywood hairstylist and ex-boyfriend of Tate, with whom he remained close. Sebring was also friends with Bruce Lee and helped him to get his start in Hollywood.^[36] Sebring and Tate once attended a party at Mama Cass' house, in which Charles Manson was also in attendance.^[37] Abigail Folger was an heir to the Folgers coffee fortune and friend of Sharon Tate. Wojciech 'Voytek' Frykowski was a friend of Tate, Sebring, and Roman Polanski's and boyfriend of Folger. Roman Polanski is a film director whose credits include Rosemary's Baby and The Fearless Vampire Killers, where he first met Sharon Tate.^[38]Joanna Pettet was an actress and friend of Sharon Tate.

James Stacy was an actor who starred as Johnny Madrid Lancer on Lancer.^[24] The last shot we see of Stacy in the film is him leaving the Lancer set on a motorcycle. In 1973, Stacy was in a motorcycle accident, which resulted in the death of his passenger and him losing an arm and a leg. His ex-wife, Connie Stevens, who is an actress and is also portrayed in the film, organized a fundraiser for Stacy's recovery.^[39][15]Wayne Maunder was an actor who starred as Scott Lancer on Lancer.^[24] Maunder died during the filming of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Luke Perry, the actor who portrays him, died shortly afterwards. It is Perry's last appearance on screen, TV included.^[40] Luke's son, Jack Perry, appears with his father in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.^[41]Sam Wanamaker was an actor and director who directed the pilot of Lancer, 'The High Riders'. The Land Pirates are characters that appeared on the real pilot of the show.^[20]

Bruce Lee was an actor and martial artist who starred as Kato on The Green Hornet. He trained Sharon Tate in martial arts for The Wrecking Crew. Jay Sebring, Roman Polanski, and Steve McQueen were students of his as well.^[36] On the set of Batman while filming a crossover episode with The Green Hornet there was a fight scene scripted in which Kato loses to Robin portrayed by Burt Ward. When Lee received the script he walked off the set, stating, 'I'm not going to do that.' The scene was rewritten as a draw. Leading up to the fight Lee did not say a word and acted angry, staring at Ward all day. When the cameras rolled, Lee stalked Ward until Ward backed away, leading to Lee laughing and telling Ward that he was 'Lucky it is a TV show.'^[42] In the film, Lee engages in a fight with Cliff Booth on the set of The Green Hornet, which also ends in a draw.^[43]

Steve McQueen was an actor whose credits include The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. Charles Manson attempted to get into the film industry through McQueen. At one point, Manson approached McQueen with a film script he had written, in hopes that McQueen's production company would produce it. When McQueen turned him down, an altercation took place in which McQueen broke Manson's nose.^[44] On the night of the Tate murders, Jay Sebring had invited McQueen over to Tate's house; however, McQueen's date wanted to stay in.^[45] Two months after the Tate murders, it was reported that the police had found a Manson Family hit list with McQueen's name on it.^[46]

Mama Cass and Michelle Phillips were members of the musical group The Mamas and the Papas. The sheet music for 'Straight Shooter', a song by The Mamas and the Papas, was found on the grand piano at the murder scene inside the Tate/Polanski residence on Cielo Drive. The song is also used in the official trailer of the film.^[47] Roman Polanski had an affair with Phillips while he was married to Sharon Tate.^[48] Harvey 'Humble Harve' Miller was a Los Angeles radio DJ, who was convicted of killing his wife.^[49]

Additionally, Tim Roth, James Marsden, and Danny Strong shot scenes for the film but are not included in the theatrical release. Roth portrayed Jay Sebring's English butler Amos Russell, Marsden portrayed Burt Reynolds, and Strong portrayed Dean Martin.^{[50][51][52][53]}

The Manson Family

George Spahn was an 80-year-old nearly blind man who rented his ranch out for Westerns. Charles Manson convinced Spahn to allow him and his followers to live on the ranch. Spahn is responsible for giving many of the Manson Family members their nicknames. Burt Reynolds was initially cast in the role, but died before his scenes could be filmed.^[54][55] Before his death Reynolds was able to do a rehearsal and script reading as Spahn, which was his last performance as an actor. After reading the script and learning that Brad Pitt would be portraying Cliff Booth, Reynolds told Tarantino, 'You gotta have somebody say, 'You're pretty for a stunt guy'. The line appears in the movie, spoken to Booth by Bruce Lee.^[56]

Charles Manson was an American criminal and cult leader. In mid-1967, he started to form what became known as the Manson Family, a commune based in California. Members of the Manson Family committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.^[57]Damon Herriman, the actor who portrays Manson in the film, also portrays Manson in Mindhunter. Manson died during production of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

According to Rudolph Altobelli, who rented the house on Cielo Drive out to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate, and occupied a guest house behind the main residence, on March 23, 1969 Charles Manson showed up to the house looking for Terry Melcher. Melcher had moved out in January. A friend of the Polanskis, photographer Shar okah Hatami also said he saw Manson enter the grounds that day. Hatami approached Manson and asked him what he wanted. He told Hatami he was looking for Melcher. Hatami said that he responded that the house was the Polanski residence and perhaps Melcher lived in the guest house, when Tate came to the door. Altobelli said he told Manson that Melcher no longer lived there.^[58] This happens in the film as well but with Sebring, rather than Altobelli and Hatami.

'Pussycat' is a composite character, with her nickname based on that of Kathryn 'Kitty' Lutesinger, yet modeled after Ruth Ann Moorehouse. Manson would frequently send Moorehouse into the city to lure men with money back to Spahn Ranch.^[59] Lutesinger met Manson and the Family in 1969 through her boyfriend, Bobby Beausoleil.^[60] There is also someone who is only called Pussycat in the book The Family by Ed Sanders. According to those Sanders interviewed for the book, Pussycat underwent an exorcism in San Francisco, in which Charles Manson was present. The real identity of Pussycat is never revealed.^[61]

Lynette 'Squeeky' Fromme was convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford in a 1975 environmental protest inspired by Charles Manson's teachings. Fromme was attempting to impress Manson.^[62] Fromme was assigned as the main caretaker of George Spahn and would attend to his needs, sexual or otherwise.^[59]

On the night of August 8, 1969 Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles 'Tex' Watson, and Sadie Atkins broke into Roman Polanski's and Sharon Tate's house on Cielo Drive. Polanski was not home, but an eight-and-a-half months pregnant Tate was. Also present were Jay Sebring, Wojciech 'Voytek' Frykowski, and Abigail Folger. Watson, Atkins, and Krenwinkle murdered all four of them. Watson also murdered Steven Parent outside in the driveway. This is referenced in the film. However, when they show up to Tate's house to commit the murders they instead end up breaking into Dalton's house after he interrupts them.^[57]Linda Kasabian went along with Watson, Krenwinkle, and Atkins to the home of Sharon Tate on the night of the murders, as she was the only Family member to have a valid driver's license. However, she did not personally murder anyone and stayed outside the whole time. She later testified against everyone at trial in exchange for immunity. In the film, she also goes along with them and does not participate.^[57]

Madisen Beaty previously portrayed Krenwinkel on Aquarius. Tex Watson met Charles Manson through musician Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. The Manson Family lived at Wilson's house for a number of months.^[63] On the night of the Tate murders, Watson told his victims, 'I'm the Devil, and I came to do the devil's business.' In the film, it is a line he says to Cliff Booth.^[64] In the film, Atkins convinces fellow Family members to seek revenge by killing Rick Dalton, star of a TV Western. She says that since TV taught all of them to kill, it is only fitting they go back and kill the guy from TV and, 'My idea is to kill the people who taught us to kill!'^[65][66] This is a reference to real life quotes by members of the Manson Family. Manson Family member Nancy Pitman once said, 'We are what you have made us. We were brought up on your TV. We were brought up watching Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel.'^[67]Sandra Good once said, 'You want to talk about devils and demonic and immorals and evil, go to Hollywood. We don't touch the evil of that world. We don't even skim it.'^[68]

Catherine Gillies volunteered to go with the killers on the night of the Tate murders but was ordered to stay at Spahn Ranch by Charles Manson. Gillies never stopped supporting the Manson Family members who committed the murders and remained upset that she was not chosen to go with them. Gillies died during the filming of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.^[69]

Charles Manson was convicted after three trials of the murders of Sharon Tate and four others on the night of August 8, 1969, despite not being present, due mostly to a theory prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi presented in which Manson was trying to instigate an apocalyptic race war, in which black people would wipe out white people and everyone who was not black, in the end leaving only black Muslims and the Manson Family who would wait out the war in a secret underground city in Death Valley. The black Muslims would eventually look to Manson to lead them. According to Bugliosi and others, Manson referred to the race war as Helter Skelter. Manson got the name from a song on 'The White Album' by the Beatles.^[57][70] Musician and filmmaker Boots Riley has criticized Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for not portraying Helter Skelter or depicting the Family as white supremacists.^[71]

However, according to several members of the Family, including Bobby Beausoleil, the murders were not committed to start Helter Skelter, but rather to appear as copycat murders of Gary Hinman, in order to convince the police that the killer of Hinman was still at large. Beausoleil was in jail and charged with the murder of Hinman. The Family was attempting to get him released.^[72] According to Jay Sebring's friend, protege, and business partner, Jim Markham, the murders were about a drug deal gone bad. He believes Manson was at Tate's house the day before the murders to sell cocaine and marijuana to Sebring and Voytek Frykowski, but the deal ended in the two of them beating Manson up.^[73] In his interview with Truman Capote, Beausoleil said, 'They burned people on dope deals. Sharon Tate and that gang.'^[74]

On July 25, 1969, Beausoleil, along with Atkins and Mary Brunner, went to the home of Gary Hinman. According to Beausoleil, it was to confront Hinman about bad mescaline he had sold to members of the Straight Satans Motorcycle Club. However, according to Brunner, it was to punish Hinman for not joining the Family. In the confrontation, Hinman was murdered and the words 'Political Piggy' were written in blood on the wall. Similar writing in blood was found on the walls of the homes of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Gary Hinman was stabbed 16 times. The victims of the Tate/LaBianca murders were stabbed multiple times as well.^[75][57]

On August 9, 1969, the night after the Tate murders, Leslie Van Houten along with Manson, Steve 'Clem' Grogan, and the four from the previous night drove to the house of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. There Watson, Krenwinkel, and Van Houten murdered the married couple, leaving behind a scene similar to that of the Tate and Hinman murders. Afterwards, Manson directed Kasabian to drive to an apartment complex in order to commit more murders. After arriving there, Manson took off in the car alone, deserting the others and forcing them to hitchhike back to Spahn Ranch. No other murders occurred that night. Although this event does not occur in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it is referenced. However, in the film it is Kasabian, not Manson who drives off deserting the group. As in real life, Watson mentions they can hitchhike back.^[57]

Steve Grogan was convicted of the murder of stuntman Donald 'Shorty' Shea on Spahn Ranch, which he committed with Manson, Watson, and Bruce Davis. Grogan repeatedly beat Shea with a lead pipe. This event is referenced in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. However, in the film the tables are turned and rather than Grogan beating a stuntman, he is instead beat up by a stuntman, Booth.^[57]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is about the film industry and some members of the Manson Family were involved in the industry. Beausoleil is a musician, and was an actor and porn star. He appeared in the documentary filmMondo Hollywood that also featured Jay Sebring. According to Beausoleil, the term 'Manson Family' was not something the group called themselves but rather a term that was coined after the murders. Catherine Share became part of the Family through the film industry. She met Bobby Beausoleil on the set of the Western softcore porn film Ramrodder, in which they both appeared. Beausoleil would later introduce Share to Charles Manson.^[76] Atkins met Manson in San Francisco, where she had been working as an actress, portraying a topless vampire on Anton LaVey's Witches Sabbath Club Show.^[77] LaVey is reported to have been connected to the Manson Family and Roman Polanski through the film industry, appearing with Bobby Beausoleil and Bill Fritsch in the film Lucifer Rising.^[78] LaVey claims to have appeared as the Devil in Rosemary's Baby and says he acted as a consultant on that film as well.^[79][80]

Dianne Lake was the youngest member of the Family, having joined at age 14. She later testified against Manson.^[81] Bill 'Sweet William Tumbleweed' Fritsch was a Hells Angels member, member of the Diggers, and a Manson Family associate. In the film, he appears on Spahn Ranch.^[82] There is a character in the film named Connie who is a horseback riding customer on Spahn Ranch, along with her husband Curt. As one way of earning their keep on Spahn Ranch, the Manson Family would give horseback riding tours to people visiting the ranch.^[59] Sean Baker, Daniel Callister, Sami Henry, Tea Jo, Riley Lucente, Harold Smith, Sarah May Sommers, and Zack Whyel also play members of the Manson Family.

Production

Writing

Tarantino first created the character of stuntman Cliff Booth, including giving him a massive backstory. Tarantino says that he could make five movies on Booth's WWII experiences. Tarantino then realized he needed to create the actor that Booth was the stunt double for, so he created Rick Dalton. Tarantino then decided to have them live next door to Sharon Tate in 1969. The first plot point he developed was the ending, and then moved backwards; this was the first time Tarantino had ever created a story in such a way. At first, he thought of doing an Elmore Leonard-type of story, but realized he was confident enough in his characters to let them be the driving force in the film and just let it be a day in the life of Booth, Dalton, and Tate. He decided he would use sequences from Dalton's films for the action, inspired by Richard Rush's The Stunt Man, which was a dark character comedy but made use of the scenes from the WWI movie they were making within the film as the action.^[83]

Pre-production

On July 11, 2017, it was announced that Quentin Tarantino's next film would be about the Manson Family murders. Harvey and Bob Weinstein would be involved, but it was not known whether The Weinstein Company would distribute the film, as Tarantino sought to cast before sending out a package to studios. Tarantino approached Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence to star in the film. It was also reported that Margot Robbie was being considered for Sharon Tate.^[84]Samuel L. Jackson was also in talks to portray a major role, and Pitt was in talks to portray the detective investigating the murders.^[85]

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, Tarantino cut ties with Weinstein and sought a new distributor, after having worked with Weinstein for his entire career. At this point, Leonardo DiCaprio was revealed to be among a short list of actors Tarantino was considering for the film.^[86] A short time later, reports circulated that studios were still bidding for the film set in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, that Tom Cruise was in talks for one of two lead male roles, and that David Heyman had joined as a producer, who would produce along with Tarantino and Shannon McIntosh.^[87]

On November 11, 2017, Sony Pictures announced they would distribute the film, having beaten Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Annapurna Pictures and Lionsgate.^[88] Tarantino's demands included a $95 million budget, final cut privilege, 'extraordinary creative controls', 25% of first-dollar gross,^[89] and the stipulation that the film rights revert to him after 10 to 20 years^[90]

Casting

In January 2018, DiCaprio signed to star in the film, taking a pay cut to collaborate with Tarantino again.^[91][92] It was also revealed that Al Pacino was being considered for a role.^[93] On February 28, 2018, the film was titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Pitt cast in the role Cruise was also up for.^[94] DiCaprio and Pitt were each paid $10 million.^[95] In March 2018, Robbie, who had expressed interest in working with Tarantino,^[96] signed to co-star as Sharon Tate, while Zoë Bell confirmed that she would also appear.^[97][98][99] In April 2018, Jessica Lange was in talks to play Mary Alice Schwarz, but she dropped out and Brenda Vaccaro replaced her. In May 2018, Burt Reynolds, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, and Michael Madsen joined the cast with the latter three in small roles.^[100]Timothy Olyphant was also cast.^[101] In June 2018, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr., Keith Jefferson, Nicholas Hammond, Pacino, and Scoot McNairy joined the cast.^{[102][103][104]}

Spencer Garrett, James Remar, Brenda Vaccaro, and Mike Moh were announced in July.^[105] In August 2018, Damon Herriman as Charles Manson, and Lena Dunham, Austin Butler, Danny Strong, Rumer Willis, Dreama Walker, and Margaret Qualley were cast in supporting roles.^{[106][107][108][109]}

When casting the three leads, Booth, Dalton, and Tate, Tarantino invited Pitt, DiCaprio, and Robbie to his house to read the only copy of the full script, in order to prevent any leaks. When Butler auditioned he didn't know what character he was auditioning for. Tarantino told him it was for either a villain or a hero on Lancer, when in fact it was for 'Tex' Watson. To prepare for her audition, Maya Hawke practiced with her father, actor Ethan Hawke. She said the audition process was unlike any other except maybe auditioning for drama school, and that during the audition they worked on the scene in many different ways and with many different combinations of people. Willis initially auditioned for two roles, neither of which she got. Later she was offered the part of Joanna Pettet, which she accepted. Sydney Sweeney said initially everyone she auditioned with auditioned for the same character. Then they were told they could do extra credit. She says some people did art work and she wrote a letter in character. Julia Butters says the sitcom she is starring on, American Houswife was on in the background while Tarantino was writing her character, Trudi Fraser. He looked up and said, 'Maybe she can try this.'^[110]

Filming and design

Principal photography began on June 18, 2018, in Los Angeles, California, and wrapped on November 1, 2018.^[111][112] Reynolds died in September 2018 before filming any of his scenes; Bruce Dern was cast as George Spahn in his place.^[55]

Tarantino's directive was to turn the Los Angeles of 2018 into the Los Angeles of 1969 without using CGI. It required months of collaboration with city planners, business owners, set decorators, and construction crews. While filming at Musso & Frank Grill, the owners brought out the original plates. In order to film at the Pussycat Theater, production designer Barbara Ling and her team covered the building's current LED signage and reattached the theater's iconic logo to the front, rebuilding the letters and the neon. Ling said that the lettering on every marquee in the film is historically accurate. To restore Larry Edmund's Bookshop, Ling reproduced the original storefront sign and tracked down period-appropriate merchandise, even recreating book covers. For the Bruin and Fox Village theaters Ling and her team had to restore the theaters and their marquees as well as the storefronts around them. Stan's Donuts, across the street from the Bruin got a complete makeover.^[113]

For Bounty Law, Ling went for a dusty, dirty, early Deadwood look. Ling and her team were able to find one of the last great living Italian artists to do two of the film's posters. Other posters used in the film, as well as the mugs, are part of Tarantino's personal collection. Movie poster artist Steven Chorney created the main poster for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which he created as a reference to The Mod Squad. He also created the posters for Nebraska Jim, Operation Dyn-O-Mite, Uccidimi Subito Ringo Disse il Gringo, Hell-Fire Texas, and Comanche Uprising, which was reprinted for Dalton's home parking spot. Mad Magazine caricaturist Tom Richmond created the covers of MAD and TV Guide featuring Dalton's Jake Cahill for the film. For them, he looked at the work of Jack Davis. Spahn Ranch was recreated in detail on an empty lot over about a three-month period. The Playboy Mansion scene was shot at the actual mansion.^{[114][115][116]}

Tarantino told cinematographer Robert Richardson, 'I want it to feel retro but I want it to be contemporary.' Richardson decided to shoot in Kodak35 millimeter with Panavision cameras and lenses, in order to weave time periods. The two of them discussed using 65mm but it proved too difficult and costly with the use of zooms. For Bounty Law they shot in black and white, and shot brief sequences in Super 8 and 16mmEktachrome. Richardson was able to achieve high color saturation. In the film, Lancer was shot on a retrofitted Western Street backlot at Universal Studios, designed by Ling, who watched an enormous amount of episodes of the show. Richardson crossed Lancer with Alias Smith and Jones to find the retro-future look Tarantino wanted. The way they filmed Lancer wouldn't have been possible in 1969, but Tarantino wanted to put his personal touch on it. Richardson said that filming the movie touched him personally, 'The film speaks to all of us... We are all fragile beings with a limited time to achieve whatever it is we desire... that at any moment that place will shift... So take stock in life and have the courage to believe in yourself.'^[117][114]

For the scene where Cliff Booth pulls up to his trailer and we see an overhead shot of the Van Nuys drive-in theater, a miniature set was used, including toy cars. For some of the driving scenes, Los Angeles freeways would be shut down for hours in order to fill them with vintage cars.^[35]

Pop culture references

Archive footage from many films is included in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, including C.C. and Company, Lady in Cement, Three in the Attic, and The Wrecking Crew, in which Sharon Tate appears as Freya Carlson, as well as audio from Batman. There are three additional scenes that appear but are digitally altered in order to replace the original actors with Rick Dalton. One is from an episode of The F.B.I., entitled 'All the Streets Are Silent,' in which Dalton appears as a character portrayed by Burt Reynolds in the episode. The second is from Death on the Run, in which Dalton's face is imposed over Ty Hardin's, and the third is from The Great Escape, in which Dalton appears as Virgil Hilts, the role made famous by Steve McQueen.^{[118][119][19]} For 14 Fists of McCluskey, a WWII film within the film starring Rick Dalton, footage and music from Hell River is used.^[120] Additionally, Martin Abrahams, Brioni Farrell, Victor Freitag, Nancy Kwan, Dean Martin, Hannes Messemer, Gordon Mitchell, Rod Taylor, Burt Ward, and Adam West also appear via archive footage and sound.

Many famous Los Angeles area locations appear throughout the film, including the Fox Westwood Theater, the Fox Bruin Theater, the Cinerama Dome, El Coyote Cafe, the Musso & Frank Grill, and the Playboy Mansion. Corriganville Movie Ranch appears as well, which stands in for Spahn Ranch. Cliff Booth's trailer is located next to the Van Nuys Drive-In Theater.^[121][29]

Rick Dalton's 1966 Cadillac de Ville is exactly the same car driven by Vic Vega aka Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. It is owned by actor Michael Madsen, who portrayed Mr. Blonde. The 1959 Ford Galaxie driven by the Manson Family in the film is a detailed replica of the actual car used in the Tate/La Bianca murders. Car coordinator Steven Butcher was able to find the actual car used in the murders. He had a meeting with Tarantino about using it and they decided not to because it would be too creepy to have it on set.^[122] The car Booth drives is a 1964 blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible. It is the same year, color, make, and model of the car that Beatrix 'the Bride' Kiddo (Uma Thurman) drives in Kill Bill: Volume 2.^[123]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is filled with many references to the world of entertainment. The title itself is a reference to Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America, both directed by Sergio Leone. Rick Dalton makes films with directors Sergio Corbucci and Antonio Margheriti. A scene from Dalton's film The 14 Fists of McCluskey, where his character burns Nazis with a flamethrower, is a reference to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Cliff Booth is a reference to Brad Pitt's character in Inglourious Basterds, Aldo Raine, who takes the cover of a stuntman. In a scene where Sharon Tate goes into Larry Edmunds Bookshop, she purchases a copy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In real life, Tate gave a copy of the book to Roman Polanski shortly before her death. Years later, Polanski directed the film adaptation of the book, entitled Tess, and dedicated it to Tate. In the bookstore, there is a replica of the Maltese Falcon. The song being sung by members of the Manson Family on the streets of L.A. is 'I'll Never Say Never To Always', which was written by Charles Manson. There is a cover of an issue of Mad Magazine featuring Jake Cahill, Dalton's character in Bounty Law. When Cliff Booth is visiting George Spahn, and tells Spahn his name, Spahn responds, 'John Wilkes who'?, a reference to John Wilkes Booth.^{[19][29][124]}

Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie are mentioned by Allen Kincaid as his guests on his TV program next week. Sam Wanamaker mentions The Big Valley and Bonanza when speaking to Rick Dalton. There is an ad on a bus for Combat! and bus bench ads for Hobo Kelly and George Putnam. A poster for The Golden Stallion hangs on Dalton's wall. Ron Ely is mentioned by Dalton and Marvin Schwarz, who also mentions Mannix. Robert Goulet is seen singing 'MacArthur Park' on TV. Ads on the radio include one for The Illustrated Man and one for Helena Rubinstein's perfume, Heaven Sent. Dalton compares Tex Watson to Dennis Hopper. Dalton appears on Hullabaloo. An issue of Kid Colt Outlaw appears in Cliff Booth's trailer. Dalton is said to have appeared in an episode of Land of the Giants. Randy mentions Andrew V. McLaglen. The Night They Raided Minsky's and Romeo and Juliet are listed on the marquee of a movie theater. George Peppard, George Maharis, and George Chakiris are mentioned by Dalton. Tate is seen playing tracks from Paul Revere & the Raiders' album The Spirit of '67, who she acknowledges are not as cool as Jim Morrison and the Doors. John Wayne appears on the cover of an issue of Time Magazine.^[118]

There are also references to Rosemary's Baby, Pretty Poison, The Virginian, Valley of the Dolls, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Candy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Pendulum, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Killing of Sister George. There is a poster for Don't Make Waves at Sharon Tate's house and one for The Mercenary at the Fox Bruin Theater in Westwood. A Tarantino invented fast food chain, Big Kahuna Burger appears on a billboard. He also introduces two new Tarantino universe brands, Chattanooga Beer, and Wolf's Tooth dog food, which may be a reference to Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe, a character portrayed by Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction. The final scene features Rick Dalton in a commercial for Red Apple cigarettes, a fictional brand invented by Tarantino and appearing in many of his films.^{[19][118][29][123]}

Dalton mentions he owns his house on the advice of 'Eddie O'Brien'. Tate and Polanski's Yorkie Terrier in the film is named 'Sapirstein', which was the name of Tate's Yorkie in real life. She named it after the Satan-worshipping doctor portrayed by Ralph Bellamy in Rosemary's Baby. The floral velvet carrier Tate puts the dog in, is the same own she actually owned. There is a billboard for Tora! Tora! Tora!. The TV show members of the Manson Family are watching on Spahn Ranch is Happening '68. The song being performed is Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon. There is a poster for Joanna. The outfit Margot Robbie is wearing in the Bruin Theater scene is the same outfit Tate wears in Eye of the Devil. One of the films Dalton makes in Italy is Nebraska Jim, which is a riff on Nevada Smith. Another is Kill Me Now Ringo Said the Gringo, inspired by A Pistol for Ringo and The Return of Ringo. Sadie Atkins mentions that the only wholesome TV show in the 1950s was I Love Lucy.^{[123][124][119]}

Mark Lindsey, lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders, whose songs are featured throughout the film, once lived with Terry Melcher and Candice Bergen at 10050 Cielo Drive. There is a radio ad for Love, Hate, and Dishonor, and one for guest stars on a show. The stars named are Bill Cosby, Nancy Sinatra, and the Smothers Brothers. The names Clint Ritchie and Henry Wilcoxon appear on the screen of Marvin Schwarz's home theater. There is a pin-up poster of Anne Francis in Booth's trailer. There's an issue of TV Guide in his trailer with Jack Davis caricatures of Martin Landau and Peter Graves. Wanamaker tells Dalton he should be able to walk into London Fog. In George Spahn's cabin there is a poster of Linda and Abilene. Dalton has a collection of Hopalong Cassidy mugs. On the poster of Dalton's film, Red Blood Red Skin, inspired by Land Raiders, he appears with Telly Savalas. The posters for the two films are the same, except with Dalton replacing George Maharis. The movie advertised at the Cinerama dome is Krakatoa, East of Java. The movie Voytek Frykowski is watching is Teenage Monster.^[125][119]

Release

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2019.^[126][127] It was released theatrically in the United States on July 26, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing.^[128] The film was originally scheduled for release on August 9 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Tate–LaBianca murders.^[129]

A teaser trailer was released on March 20, 2019, featuring 1960s music by The Mamas & the Papas ('Straight Shooter') and by Los Bravos ('Bring a Little Lovin').^[130] The official trailer was released on May 21, 2019 and featured the songs 'Good Thing' by Paul Revere & The Raiders, and 'Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show' by Neil Diamond.^[131] All-in-all, the studio spent around $110 million marketing the film worldwide.^[3]

Music

Soundtrack

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is also the name of the soundtrack to the film. Pitchfork said the music was 'a highlight' and an 'oft-disquieting mixtape of golden-age rock’n’roll, radio DJ patter, and period-specific commercials.'^[132][133]

Track listing

1. Treat Her Right – Roy Head and the Traits
2. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – Bob Seger System
3. Hush – Deep Purple
4. Hector – The Village Callers
5. Son of a Lovin’ Man – Buchanan Brothers
6. Paxton Quigley's Had The Course – Chad & Jeremy
7. Hungry – Paul Revere & the Raiders
8. Good Thing – Paul Revere & the Raiders
9. Choo Choo Train – The Box Tops
10. Jenny Take A Ride – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
11. Kentucky Woman – Deep Purple
12. The Circle Game – Buffy Sainte-Marie
13. Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
14. Bring a Little Lovin’ – Los Bravos
15. Hey Little Girl – Dee Clark
16. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show – Neil Diamond
17. Don't Chase Me Around – Robert Corff
18. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (feat. Mark Lindsay) – Paul Revere & the Raiders
19. California Dreamin’ – José Feliciano
20. Dinamite Jim – I Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
21. Miss Lily Langtry – Maurice Jarre

Charts

Additional music

There are other songs included in the film. Which include 'The Letter' by Joe Cocker, 'Summertime' by Billy Stewart, 'Victorville Blues' by The Harley Hatcher Combo, 'Ready for Action' by Syd Dale, 'Funky Fanfare' by Keith Mansfield, 'The House That Jack Built' by Aretha Franklin, 'Time for Livin' by The Association, 'I Can't Turn You Loose' by Otis Redding, 'Soul Serenade' by Willie Mitchell, 'Out of Time' by The Rolling Stones, 'Straight Shooter' by The Mamas and the Papas, 'Twelve Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)' by The Mamas and the Papas, 'Snoopy vs. the Red Baron' by The Royal Guardsmen, 'Straight Shooter' performed by Samantha Robinson as Abigail Folger, and 'The Green Door' performed by Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton.^[146][147]

Music by Bernard Herrmann originally created for Torn Curtain is used in the Spahn Ranch scene.^[148] Herrman's music from the film included in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is 'The Killing', and 'The Radiogram'. Other music of his that is used is 'The Rocks', and 'The Return' (from Have Gun Will Travel). Other music used are the themes from Hell River by Vojislav Borisavljevic, Against a Crooked Sky by Alexis de Azevedo, Apocalypse Joe by Bruno Nicolai, and Mannix by Lalo Schifrin. Also, 'Paxton Quigley's Had the Course' (from Three in the Attic), 'The Bed' by Ennio Morricone (from Danger: Diabolik), 'Ecce Homo' (from Sartana Does Not Forgive) and 'Mexican Western' (from Any Gun Can Play) by Francesco De Masi, 'Cooler' by Elmer Bernstein (from The Great Escape), 'Freya Bangs', 'Freya', 'Karate Dance', and 'TV Screen' (from The Wrecking Crew,) 'Theme from It's Happening' by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 'Dalton Gang Ride Entrance' performed by Tom Slocum, John Bird, and the Cattle Annie Band (from Cattle Annie and Little Britches), the 'Batman Theme' (from Batman), the 'FBI Theme and Score Cues' (from The FBI), and 'Miss Lilly Langtry' and 'Judge Roy Bean's Theme' by Maurice Jarre (from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean).^[147]

Reception

Box office

As of September 8, 2019, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has grossed $134.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $176.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $310.6 million.^[4] By some estimates, the film will need to gross around $400 million worldwide in order to turn a profit after production, marketing and talent deals.^[149] Other estimates put the break-even point at about $250 million.^[150]

In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross $30–40 million from 3,659 theaters in its opening weekend, with some projections having it as high as $50 million or as low as $25 million.^[151][152] The week of its release, Fandango reported the film was the highest pre-seller of any Tarantino film.^[153] The film made $16.9 million on its first day, including $5.8 million from Thursday night previews (the highest total of Tarantino's career). It went on to debut to $41.1 million, finishing second behind holdover The Lion King and marking Tarantino's largest opening. Comscore reported that 47% of audience members went to see the film because of who the director was (compared to the typical 7%) and 37% went because of the cast (compared to normally 18%).^[3] The film grossed $20 million in its second weekend, representing a 'nice' drop of just 51% and finishing third, and then made $11.6 million and $7.6 million the subsequent weekends.^{[154][155][156]} In its fourth weekend the film made $5 million, bringing its running domestic total to $123.1 million, becoming the second-highest of Tarantino's career behind Django Unchained.^[157]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 489 reviews, with an average rating of 7.81/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Thrillingly unrestrained yet solidly crafted, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood tempers Tarantino's provocative impulses with the clarity of a mature filmmaker's vision.'^[158]Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 61 critics, indicating 'universal acclaim'.^[159] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B' on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 4 out of 5 stars and a 58% 'definite recommend.'^[3]

The Hollywood Reporter said critics had 'an overall positive view' of the film. Some called the film 'Tarantino's love letter to '60s L.A.' and praised its casting choices and setting, though others were 'divided on its ending.'^[8] Writing for ReelViews, James Berardinelli said the film was 'made by a movie-lover for movie-lovers. And even those who don’t qualify may still enjoy the hell out of it.^[160]RogerEbert.com's Brian Tallerico gave the film four out of four stars, calling it 'layered and ambitious, the product of a confident filmmaker working with collaborators completely in tune with his vision'.^[161] Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper described it as 'a brilliant and sometimes outrageously fantastic mash-up of real-life events and characters with pure fiction', also giving it full marks.^[162] Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman called the film a 'heady engrossing collage of a film—but not, in the end, a masterpiece'.^[163]Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film five out of five stars, praising Pitt and DiCaprio's performances and calling the film 'outrageous, disorientating, irresponsible, and also brilliant'.^[164] Steve Pond of TheWrap said: 'Big, brash, ridiculous, too long, and in the end invigorating, the film is a grand playground for its director to fetishize old pop culture and bring his gleeful perversity to the craft of movie-making'.^[165]

Katie Rife of The A.V. Club gave the film a B+, calling it Tarantino's 'wistful midlife crisis movie'.^[166]Richard Brody of The New Yorker called the film an 'obscenely regressive vision of the sixties' that 'celebrates white-male stardom (and behind-the-scenes command) at the expense of everyone else'.^[167] In Little White Lies, Christopher Hooton described the film as 'occasionally tedious' but 'constantly awe-inspiring', noting that it didn't seem to be so much a 'love letter to Hollywood' as an 'obituary for a moment in culture that looks unlikely to ever be resurrected.'^[168]

Awards and honors

Controversies

Fake Wikipedia ending

After the film premiered in Cannes and before its theatrical release, an ending leaked on Wikipedia; however, it was not the actual ending of the film. This fake ending featured the Manson Family kidnapping Tate and her houseguests and taking them to Spahn Ranch, only to be confronted by Dalton, Booth, and Lee. The trio and Tate, who is revealed to be a martial arts master thanks to Lee's training (despite being eight months pregnant at this point in the story), massacre the entire Family - including Charles Manson himself - in a showdown involving kung fu and gunfighting; Booth dies in the altercation. Although editors on Wikipedia who had actually seen the film tried to correct it, they were not able to, as most of the debate was focused on whether or not the page should contain spoilers, not whether the ending was accurate.^[175]

Portrayals of real-life figures

Bruce Lee

The depiction of martial artist Bruce Lee drew criticism. Some fans and contemporaries of Lee took issue with his braggart portrayal.^[176][177] Lee's daughter, Shannon, stated: '[Lee] was continuously marginalized and treated like kind of a nuisance of a human being by white Hollywood, which is how he's treated in the film by Quentin Tarantino.'^[178] Tarantino had not contacted Shannon, who said: 'when I know that he reached out to other people but did not reach out to me, there’s a level of annoyance'.^[179]Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who trained under Lee and appeared in Game of Death with him, stated: 'Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being.'^[180]

Actor Mike Moh, who played Lee, said he was conflicted about the portrayal at first: 'Bruce in my mind was literally a god. ... Bruce didn't always have the most affection for stuntmen; he didn't respect all of them, because he was better than all the stunt guys.'^[181] Moh also stated: 'Tarantino loves Bruce Lee; he reveres him.'^[182] According to Lee's friend and The Green Hornet stuntman Gene LeBell, Lee had a reputation for 'kicking the shit out of the stuntmen. They couldn't convince him that he could go easy and it would still look great on film.'^[27] According to Lee biographer Matthew Polly, 'Bruce was very famous for being very considerate of the people below him on film sets, particularly the stuntmen. ... So in this scene, Bruce Lee is essentially calling out a stuntman and getting him fired because he's the big star. And that's just not who Bruce Lee was as a person.'^[43]

Tarantino responded that Lee was 'kind of an arrogant guy' and asserted that Lee's widow, Linda, wrote in Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew that he could beat Muhammad Ali. The passage was Linda quoting a critic.^[177] She wrote, 'Even the most scathing critics admitted that Bruce's Gungfu was sensational. One critic wrote, 'Those who watched him would bet on Lee to render Cassius Clay (Ali) senseless if they were put in a room and told anything goes.'^[183] Tarantino stated, 'If people are saying, 'Well [Lee] never said he could beat up Muhammad Ali,' well yeah, he did.'^[23] In 1972, Lee himself stated: 'Everybody says I must fight Ali some day. ... Look at my hand. That's a little Chinese hand. He'd kill me.'^[184] Lee's protégé and training partner, Dan Inosanto, also rejected the film's portrayal of Lee.^[177] Polly further stated that Lee 'revered' Ali and that Tarantino's film 'is not only completely inaccurate, it turns Lee into a disrespectful blowhard and jerk.'^[43] Shannon responded to Tarantino by stating: “It’s a little disingenuous for him to say, 'Well, this is how [Lee] was, but this is a fictional movie, so don't worry too much about it.'^[177]

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family in 1969. Tarantino gave an early script to a representative of Roman Polanski, Tate's husband, hoping to assure him that 'he didn’t have anything to worry about'. Tarantino stated: 'When it comes to Polanski, we're talking about a tragedy that would be unfathomable for most human beings.'^[185]

Debra Tate, Sharon's sister, initially opposed the film, saying it was exploitative and perpetuated mistruths: 'To celebrate the killers and the darkest portion of society as being sexy or acceptable in any way, shape or form is just perpetuating the worst of our society.'^[186] However, after Tarantino contacted her and showed her the script, she withdrew her opposition, saying: 'This movie is not what people would expect it to be when you combine the Tarantino and Manson names.' She felt that Tarantino was a 'very stand-up guy'; after visiting the set, she was especially impressed with Robbie, and lent her some of Sharon's jewelry to wear in the film.^[186]

Network Screenplay Pdf

After the Cannes premiere, Tarantino was challenged by Farah Nayeri over the portrayal of Tate. When Nayeri posited that Robbie had few lines, Tarantino responded: 'I reject your hypothesis'. Robbie responded, 'I think the moments on screen show those wonderful sides of [Tate] could be adequately done without speaking.'^[187][188] Tarantino told Deadline: 'I thought it would both be touching and pleasurable and also sad and melancholy to just spend a little time with [Tate], just existing...I wanted you to see Sharon a lot.'^[189]

See also

Notes

1. ^Stylized onscreen as Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and in promotional materials as Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood.

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