What Happened to Joe Pesci in Once Upon a Time in America?

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What happened to Joe Pesci in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America? The gangster movie stars Robert De Niro, James Woods and Joe Pesci (Goodfellas & Casino), but Pesci appears in one scene as mobster Frank Molandi, and he then appears briefly near the end of the film, but his appearances is strange and doesn't seem to have a reason to exist.
So what happened? Where did Joe Pesci go in Once Upon a Time in America?
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  • @kencoakley3959
    @kencoakley3959 Жыл бұрын

    A 12 hour "Once Upon A Time In America" would be binge worthy indeed.

  • @Hammi4Real

    @Hammi4Real

    Жыл бұрын

    I almost read that as cringe worthy and I was like, what. Too many comment sections for one day.

  • @alteredpenguin2073

    @alteredpenguin2073

    Жыл бұрын

    12 Hour Once Upon a time in America sounds like it took cocaine to make and red bull to watch

  • @whynottalklikeapirat

    @whynottalklikeapirat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Hammi4Real No binge without cringe these days

  • @Yourdeadmeat69

    @Yourdeadmeat69

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @claw333

    @claw333

    Жыл бұрын

    @Smilebackifyoureugly or maybe just leave it the alone

  • @IvanLendl87
    @IvanLendl87 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite film of all time. There’s allegedly a 9 hour cut of this film somewhere in the late Sergio Leone’s archives. I’ve always assumed Pesci’s character and storyline would’ve been fully developed in that 9 hour cut. The scene in which Max and Noodles talk about “going for a swim” is important b/c it explains why they go to Miami Beach with their women - and where Max lays out his plan to Noodles for robbing the Federal Reserve. Leone probably couldn’t cut Pesci out of the end of the scene without it coming off as terrible editing so he just kept it in as intrigue.

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see that 9 hour cut!

  • @osmanyousif7849

    @osmanyousif7849

    Ай бұрын

    9 HOURS!? Should've been a miniseries then.

  • @gabrieleorlandi8926

    @gabrieleorlandi8926

    Ай бұрын

    yes, because the movie was supposed to be a trilogy, so roughly a 3-hour cut for every chapter

  • @Whisky_Tango_Foxtrot-jc5uq
    @Whisky_Tango_Foxtrot-jc5uq Жыл бұрын

    Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman, appearances in Once Upon a Time in America and A Bronx Tale. Pesci has been in some masterpieces.

  • @cr3292

    @cr3292

    Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed gone fishing and the duffle bag movie not gonna lie

  • @suleymancakr3307

    @suleymancakr3307

    Жыл бұрын

    He played actually like a few minutes in A Bronx Tale

  • @davidolnick1048

    @davidolnick1048

    Жыл бұрын

    You left out: My Cousin Vinny :)

  • @jakep1979

    @jakep1979

    9 ай бұрын

    @@davidolnick1048 Home Alone!

  • @roromoho

    @roromoho

    9 ай бұрын

    Lethal weapon :)

  • @lethaldosagemusic1725
    @lethaldosagemusic1725 Жыл бұрын

    It genuinely makes my heart hurt that we’ll never get to see the full 8-10 hour version of this film, I have the extended version on Blu Ray and even with it being close to 4 1/2 hours long it still feels like there’s so much missing that needs to be shown. I remember reading in an interview somewhere that in the original 8-10 hour version, Pesci’s character was built up as one of the main antagonists of the film, so that makes me believe that there is MUCH more to his second and final appearance on screen

  • @Yourdeadmeat69

    @Yourdeadmeat69

    Жыл бұрын

    You REALLY want to drive yourself nuts? The film was shot in 35mm format. Almost a SQUARE frame aspect ratio. My laserdisc filled the entire screen 1:33 screen-- not because they chopped the sides off pan and scan, , but because they restored the "unsafe" areas top and bottom. "My Favorite Year" and "Black Rain are 2 more movies shot that way. Seen in full aspect ratio, the movie black rain is a completely different feel. Like mint marks on a coin....

  • @dazerrazer3018

    @dazerrazer3018

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Yourdeadmeat69 what do u mean

  • @Yourdeadmeat69

    @Yourdeadmeat69

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dazerrazer3018 Study how thhat rectangle is shot how wide how high.Some films start framing the shot in a square shape and are whittled down to 1:43/1.77/1.85/1/205/1;2.55. The laserdisc for Once Upon a Time was 1:33 -- all other releases were matted to get the typical gun slit we call letterbox.

  • @354Entertainment

    @354Entertainment

    8 ай бұрын

    We need the 9 hour cut!!!!!!!

  • @grimstarr187
    @grimstarr187 Жыл бұрын

    There is an 8 hour un-edited version Sergio intended to release but it had to be cut halfway. The other 4 hours went into greater detail about the life of Frankie Minaldi, similar to the book this was based on "The Hoods." The 8 hour version of the film is said to be locked away in a safe somewhere in Sicily. If anybody knows where I can view the 8 hour version, please let me know.

  • @TheWaynos73

    @TheWaynos73

    Жыл бұрын

    I would love it if they released the 8 hour cut on streaming

  • @batcaveloner1383

    @batcaveloner1383

    2 ай бұрын

    I think the long cut would have explained that the police sgt Holloran that Noodles informed to of his friends bootlegging job was actually on the combination’s payroll. Which is why Frankie had found out that Noodles was the rat who got the gang killed and the liquor wasted. Thus the hit being placed on Noodles.

  • @7SickoZ

    @7SickoZ

    11 күн бұрын

    Truth is it’s an urban myth… that 9 hour film will Never be released

  • @elvisprucelee
    @elvisprucelee Жыл бұрын

    imagine if leone was given the same freedom filmmakers are given today by streaming companies. to tell his story exactly the way he wanted to. 6 part miniseries of 90-minutes each? no problem! or 12 parts? you got it! how about 10 one-hour-long episodes? or 3 seasons full of 45-minute episodes, each exploring one era of their lives, childhood, hayday, old age….we really live in a good age of storytelling now. if only the stories themselves would be as good as back then.

  • @jeffreyval9665

    @jeffreyval9665

    Жыл бұрын

    What r u talking about? Storytelling has been below average for the last 15-20 years. This is the worst Era for movies and television since its inception. Everything today is inferior compared with the past. There are no great young actors or directors anymore, everything is too reliant on cheesy looking cgi. Nobody has come up with anything original for almost 2 decades. Mediocrity is considered great or even genius by the younger less talented people in the industry.

  • @elvisprucelee

    @elvisprucelee

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffreyval9665 see the last sentence of my post. i‘m not talking about the stories being better, but about the freedom that writers and directors have to tell their stories the way they want to. i agreed with you that good stories are rare these days.

  • @birdsteak9267

    @birdsteak9267

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@elvisprucelee They don't have that freedom, Corporation today have more demands than ever, first of, it has to be diverse and there is a quota. Maybe you like rhat diversity BS bur it ruins creativity.

  • @eduardsiger1860

    @eduardsiger1860

    8 ай бұрын

    @@birdsteak9267Robert Eggers is good

  • @birdsteak9267

    @birdsteak9267

    8 ай бұрын

    @@eduardsiger1860 Sure he is good, but if he doesn't include diversity in the future, he will have a hard time in the business.

  • @tryksta7247
    @tryksta7247 Жыл бұрын

    "Weeell, we had a problem; and we tried to do everything we could. Well, you know what I mean; he's gone, and we couldn't do nothing about it. He's gone."

  • @vanovhs
    @vanovhs Жыл бұрын

    Joe Pesci went to get his SHINE BOX to amuse Henry Hill and make him laugh

  • @jtodora
    @jtodora Жыл бұрын

    Once Upon A Time in America is one of my absolute favorite films. I've never considered what happened to Pesci's character, although I've watched the film many times. I now need to watch it again with an eye toward the Pesci character. Thanks for bringing this to my/our attention.

  • @reacbeac8436
    @reacbeac8436 Жыл бұрын

    I can't thank you enough for this video. I always cherished the scene with Joe Pesci and Burt Young in the film and I always wished they were in the movie for much longer. Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @colingoode3702
    @colingoode3702 Жыл бұрын

    Someone needs to find all the missing footage & re-make the whole thing as it was originally intended to create the even better masterpiece it surely would be. Sometimes the studio's don't know best & get it badly wrong. This is a classic example of that.

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    The studios, or "suits" as they are often called can screw up badly much of the time. The bigwigs at Paramount actually wanted Lawrence Olivier for the Godfather, and if you can believe this, Ryan O'Neil or Robert Redford as Michael Corleone!😨

  • @LarryLeeMoniz
    @LarryLeeMoniz Жыл бұрын

    I think Pesci had a much bigger, more important role in the original edit. I believe he just got cut out for time. Quite unfortunate. I would love to see this movie, in Leone's original cut. We need a director's cut of Once Upon A Time In America! Another awesome video CineRanter!

  • @theunknowns44
    @theunknowns44 Жыл бұрын

    It's all speculation until we get to see the original two 6 hour films; at least the 9 hour one that allegedly exists. You would think by now, 40 years later, it would be released - very frustrating.

  • @billyb4790
    @billyb4790 Жыл бұрын

    I think you got the last part right. Max had already agreed with Sharky and Frankie about expanding. Max runs downstairs to follow after Noodles to make up with him, but it's only an act.

  • @snuffthisrooster7043
    @snuffthisrooster7043 Жыл бұрын

    This film should have just been a 10 part miniseries.

  • @rambo8770

    @rambo8770

    Жыл бұрын

    Too good for a miniseries

  • @snuffthisrooster7043

    @snuffthisrooster7043

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rambo8770 Not a miniseries in the modern sense, something more like Fanny and Alexander or Jesus of Nazareth.

  • @luisvaldes1568
    @luisvaldes1568 Жыл бұрын

    Who could forget Pesci making his appearance at the end of A Bronx Tale! Out of nowhere!

  • @ajlambrou8840
    @ajlambrou8840 Жыл бұрын

    The men who tried to kill noodles in the opium den, where the same men sitting nearby Frank during his meeting with noodles and the gang, so he sent them to kill noodles that night

  • @tehf00n
    @tehf00n Жыл бұрын

    I never considered it a dream sequence. To me his end credit smile was the opium getting rid of his rock bottom low from seeing his friend's bodies. I also believe he had an idea that Max wasn't amongst them.

  • @Coram_Deo16

    @Coram_Deo16

    8 ай бұрын

    This is exactly what I figured. I had to re watch and rewind/forward after all the hype that it supposedly was a “dream”. But if you notice, Noodles is wearing the same suit and tie at the end when going to the opium room from the night he made the phone call to police. That was the height of their friendship, either making or breaking it and Noodles knew it. The opium helped him ease the hurt of what he blamed himself for doing, or it made him want to end with only happy memories. Who knows. But I refuse to believe it was all just a dream.

  • @bmccarty2012
    @bmccarty2012 Жыл бұрын

    But there is an indirect reference to Pesci's character toward the end of the film. When Noodles first meets Pesci, there's an exotic-looking white sports car parked outside the restaurant, presumably driven by Pesci's character. The car, maybe an Alpha Romeo, stands out because of it's different color and style. That same white car shows up again near the end of the film, when we see Max's son having fun with some other young people in the driveway of Max's estate. Max's son seems especially close to one young woman, who appears to be driving the same white car. So the car symbolized Frankie's influence to me, and implied a long-term relationship between Max and Frankie, which had now transferred to their offspring. It seemed fitting that Max's son and Frankie's daughter or granddaughter would be coupled up, ensuring a long-term union between the two families. As least, that's how I read it. So that seems like a thread of continuity for Pesci's character.. And it definitely seems to me that the goon's looking for Noodle's were Frankie's men. The square-jawed, Luca Brasi-looking goon of Frankie's appears to be one of Frankie's three goons sitting in the dark corner of the restaurant during the first meeting.

  • @abbatoir397

    @abbatoir397

    Жыл бұрын

    Deborah is not the mother to Max's son. She said that his mother had died from giving birth to him. Plus, when he calls out to her, he only calls her by her name instead of "Mom."

  • @bmccarty2012

    @bmccarty2012

    Жыл бұрын

    @@abbatoir397 Thanks for the clarification.

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@abbatoir397 . If David wasn't her son then why didn't Deborah want Noodles to see him?

  • @doublem1975x

    @doublem1975x

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rockyracoon3233 Cos he looks exactly like young Max which lets Noodles know Max is still alive.

  • @realdeal8225

    @realdeal8225

    9 ай бұрын

    Don't you think Noodles best friend Fat Moe would of told him if his sister Deborah had a kid.. a kid who looked like young Max 😂😂😂 when Noodles first met up with Moe after 30+ years, he said he hasn't seen his sister in years... but the kid must of been around 15/16 when he was going to the prom.

  • @fabianking997
    @fabianking997 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks you for highlighting this subject!! It's a topic that has long since bothered me. Good job

  • @jytte-hilden
    @jytte-hilden Жыл бұрын

    The hospital scene seems clear enough. Noodles didn't want to work with Frankie, Max appeared to aquiesce, and they started working with the union instead. But as is shown, Max never cut the ties to the Italian mob and Frankie was part of the union deal the whole time . The scene underlines that Max is playing his own game and can't be trusted.

  • @Tusc9969
    @Tusc9969 Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, no one knows if it was a dream sequence (not even James Wood himself). Only the director, Sergio Leone knew, but he sadly is not with us anymore. We can only rely on our own interpretation or others’ theories. I personally do not think it was a dream, as I do not believe that having your best friend betray you, steal the love of your life, and then mysteriously disappear/die in front of you is exactly the dream you would have from opium (not too optimistic you know). Not mentioning the fact that it would have been a very spot on interpretation of what the world would have looked like in the 60’s. If this was all a dream, then not only did he perfectly envision what fashion and architecture would look like in the future, but he also heard the famous Beatles song “Yesterday” years before it came out, as you can hear it playing multiple times during the movie. And although it’s just a movie and Leone wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise so that we’re not completely confused (if it was in fact a dream), I still don’t think he would have let that slip. But in the end, that’s just my point of view, and since no real answers have been given, the question remains open for interpretation.

  • @orsoncart1547

    @orsoncart1547

    Жыл бұрын

    “The peculiarity of opium is a drug that makes you imagine the future as the past. Opium creates visions of the future. Other drugs only make you see the past. Thus whilst Noodles dreams how his life could have been and whilst he imagines his future, it gives me, as a European director, the possibility of dreaming inside American myth. And that's it, the ideal combination. We walk together. Noodles with his dream. And me with mine. These are two poems that fuse together. Because, as far as the matters which concern me, Noodles never leaves 1930. He dreams everything. All the film is the opium dream of Noodles through which I dream of the phantoms of cinema and American myths” Sergio Leone

  • @thomasbest8599

    @thomasbest8599

    18 күн бұрын

    @@orsoncart1547 I saw this . At first I was disappointed. Then as I always wondered why Deborah not only let noodles into the dressing . Deborah also dismissed her assistant. She married max ??? I always wondered about that

  • @orsoncart1547

    @orsoncart1547

    18 күн бұрын

    @@thomasbest8599 makes the end scene make perfect sense too, and the title of the film.

  • @vova47
    @vova47 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting point, something I often wondered about myself after multiple viewing of this masterpiece. Someone should interview Pesci and DeNiro about this subject. I bet there was a lot more footage w. Pesci in the original cut.

  • @the110exec.5
    @the110exec.5 Жыл бұрын

    My oversimplified interpretation; Frankie MONALDI😅 is the Big Mob Boss and Treat Williams’ character is the Union Boss. Once the Union boss is corrupted he WORKS for the Mob. In the scene before Treat gets his leg amputated Max is being pitched an idea on buying the trucks they run liquor in, so he can transition into “legitimate business” AKA the UNIONS. Max works for the Union, The Union works for the Mob. The Mob controls it all. Once Max and his flunkies leave Frankie can go upstairs to discuss the GRAND SCHEME. We never SEE👀 FRANKIE MONALDI in person again because we don’t NEED to! EVERYTHING the Crew does here forward is in step with the Mob’s wishes. Also, Frankie is an Embodiment of the Mob; puts a literal face to it, but they ultimately serve the MOB. When the “Senator/Max” is having legal issues and asks Noodles to kill him becuase THE MOB was going to kill him anyway to protect itself, think FRANKIE is THE MOB. 🤷🏾‍♂️ *How I’ve always made sense of it, but I’ve also watched the 3+ hour-cut more than I’d like to admit😅

  • @therealgraffitimouth
    @therealgraffitimouth Жыл бұрын

    So when this film originally aired on television in Italy, they displayed it as a short series. So have in mind if the original film was aired, it was about 4 1/2 hours. now, when showing that on television, you have to also include commercials in that timeslot, which rounds it out to just about eight hours. And with the whole Pesci character have in mind also that it is anonymously Scorsese, who had helped re-edit the longer version so if he would’ve came upon more footage of Pesci, I’m sure he would have used it.

  • @chickencharlie1992
    @chickencharlie1992 Жыл бұрын

    This is the always the fastest four hours of my life. I swear, I never get bored and I only notice more subtle details. I've seen the 2 hour version and it's a travesty. You can tell Leone was going for something epic but you're just not given enough time in each scene to get gripped. Plus that awful cornball ending makes no sense. Noodles leave Max's party, we follow him outside and suddenly BAM an off camera gun shot goes off, noodles turns towards the camera in "shock", freeze frame, roll credits, implying Noodles somehow heard Max kill himself inside the mansion despite being separated by hundreds of yards across the street from the mansion during a loud and crowded party. Ok, maybe he could have heard it but it's so abruptly edited that it sucks all the emotion and artistry right out of the film before the credits roll. The only things not entirely compromised by the shorter cut are the score and production design. The studios basically aborted their baby during the 3rd trimester on a whim and got confused when everyone hated THEM for it specifically instead of the artists who made the film

  • @alexbrown6624
    @alexbrown6624 Жыл бұрын

    The idea behind Joe Pesci part is to show us they were still up and coming and that the mob ultimately controlled them Noodles did not like this but Max did and that’s why Noodles had to disappear , hence his return and how he still worried they would kill him even after all those years away ? This is the greatest movie ever ld love to see the original movie no matter how long it is!

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber61774 ай бұрын

    And this is why people need to read opening credits, Pesci’s not just in the film, he’s given really high billing for a guy who’s in about five minutes of a four hour film.

  • @Monkofmagnesia
    @Monkofmagnesia Жыл бұрын

    Pesci and Deniro were roommates when they were struggling actors an have been friends ever since. Personally, I think Pesci is the far better actor.

  • @eduardsiger1860

    @eduardsiger1860

    8 ай бұрын

    Pesci didn’t seem to have the versatility De Niro had

  • @kevstacey8639

    @kevstacey8639

    3 ай бұрын

    Joe Pesci was a musician before he was an actor, and got his big break when Robert De Niro saw him in this little-known movie and raved about him to Martin Scorsese.

  • @mortykatz2236
    @mortykatz22362 ай бұрын

    I saw the 31/2hr version great work

  • @daveythesearcher
    @daveythesearcher Жыл бұрын

    Never seen this one. Thanks for the tip!

  • @themightyatom1031
    @themightyatom1031 Жыл бұрын

    Watched this film once so desperately need to revist. Just finished watching Boardwalk Empire. Its fantastic and surprised you haven’t done reviews on this as it's based on real-life characters and has many many plots. But I digress lol

  • @NeilFLiversidge
    @NeilFLiversidge Жыл бұрын

    I love your insight.

  • @hussainsetranjiwala402
    @hussainsetranjiwala402 Жыл бұрын

    I always wondered about pesci Character, & thought did they dump him mid flim. Man I really want Leon's Orginal 12 hr Cut!!

  • @adebayox4031
    @adebayox4031 Жыл бұрын

    I believe his presence after the argument was meant to represent a grim reaper kind of foreboding. Remember, he represents a potential rift in their relationship as someone who betrayed his brother and made secret plans with max.. So after the two friends fight and quickly reconcile, agreeing to go swimming, he is a foreshadowing reminder that betrayal and corruption is on the horizon.

  • @TheGeneral92

    @TheGeneral92

    5 ай бұрын

    Don't forget they went "swimming" last time Frankie made secret plans with max to kill Frankie's brother and his men after the diamond robbery by driving the car into the water. A lot of parallels in the movie.

  • @d0nKsTaH
    @d0nKsTaH Жыл бұрын

    Pull a LOTR... they need to release the entire footage as 3 Films

  • @markpascale5756
    @markpascale575610 ай бұрын

    I always took Pesci's last scene as this. The attorney offered the gang work in the union. They turned it down leaving O'Donald needing someone else. Frankie is the symbolism of the Mob who fills the void and takes the work. We know the connection with the Mob and labor unions. With Frankie going up to the room was the hint of the Mob moving in. There wasn't more that needed to be added to the Frankie/Mob story arch. It concluded the Union ties to the Mob.

  • @TheGeneral92

    @TheGeneral92

    5 ай бұрын

    Do you think that scene could've meant Frankie and Max conspired to rip Noodles off taking his share of the funds to do it? Because I believe Max had his mind made up on ripping Noodles off when he chased him down the elevator or at the very least when they were on holiday, that is was never about robbing the federal reserve, Max just wanted Noodles to tip the police to fake his death and steal the funds.

  • @TraphouseBoominOU
    @TraphouseBoominOU Жыл бұрын

    Such a great film

  • @sean5558
    @sean5558 Жыл бұрын

    Once upon a time in America….. now those were some tough Jews

  • @batcaveloner1383

    @batcaveloner1383

    3 ай бұрын

    They grew up in the ghetto lol.

  • @batcaveloner1383

    @batcaveloner1383

    3 ай бұрын

    They grew up in the ghetto lol.

  • @paulgrove7723
    @paulgrove77232 ай бұрын

    Great video. My personal view was that Pesci aka Frankie was the third burnt corpse that was mistaken for Max. He had effectively taken the place of Noodles ... Max had managed to slip away in the final confrontation with police. There again, it could all be a dream 😁

  • @Roberto-tu5re
    @Roberto-tu5re Жыл бұрын

    How strange I was thinking about this scene the other day. I had the unfortunate pleasue of someone talking and eating at the same time and it remided me of Burt Youngs character.

  • @derekoshaughnessy4020
    @derekoshaughnessy4020 Жыл бұрын

    Frankie Monaldi, not Frankie Mondali

  • @jamesbodnarchuk3322
    @jamesbodnarchuk3322 Жыл бұрын

    Sound observation & theories

  • @Junkie4videos
    @Junkie4videos6 ай бұрын

    In the scene where Max is trying to get Noodles to kill him. Max tells Noodles, "That was a Syndicate hit" I think Max went downstairs to distract Noodles because he was already under the mob.

  • @nickpelz4373
    @nickpelz4373 Жыл бұрын

    Frankie Minaldi was a minor but significant character. Also I don't know why people are shocked he was in it given Pesci and DeNiro's penchant for appearing in films together

  • @Trisket
    @Trisket11 ай бұрын

    Change the battery in your smoke detector.

  • @MulToyVerse
    @MulToyVerse Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Another gangster movie featuring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and James Woods.

  • @charlesjonesjr.864
    @charlesjonesjr.8648 күн бұрын

    Telling the story in a linear way truly destroyed it.

  • @aliamjon2550
    @aliamjon25503 ай бұрын

    The problem with the theory of Joe pesci's character giving Jane's woods the idea of robbing the federal reserve is James woods character said it was a dream of his since he was a young boy

  • @frankhernandez4778
    @frankhernandez4778 Жыл бұрын

    I seen this whole movie and didn't realize Joe was even in the movie.

  • @panagiotiskanellopoulos1970
    @panagiotiskanellopoulos19706 ай бұрын

    I've always thought that the second time we see Franky, when Noodles and Max completely ignore him while coincidentally passing by him, we see him because their gang had simply reached that point of success. What I'm trying to say is that maybe Leone chose to include that scene in the 3h 49m cut only to convey the status and power Noodles, Max and the others had acquired for themselves, that they could easily walk by a former associate (former equal) who was left behind, without even noticing him.

  • @raymondfair7822
    @raymondfair7822 Жыл бұрын

    He wanted a 6 hour movie!? Mammamia!

  • @redeyejedi4400
    @redeyejedi4400 Жыл бұрын

    They should release all the footage and split it up in episodes like a tv show.

  • @Illhostility
    @Illhostility Жыл бұрын

    I couldn’t stand this movie, am I crazy? What am I not seeing?

  • @stephannelson8780
    @stephannelson87807 ай бұрын

    One day I really hope they find more footage to release

  • @psychette8846
    @psychette88463 ай бұрын

    Definitely not part of the opium dream as it does not fit the time line. Second theory is spot on.

  • @scott6828
    @scott6828 Жыл бұрын

    I couldn't get past the irritating phone ringing at the beginning of the movie.... that rang for 30 minutes straight.

  • @lowandodor1150

    @lowandodor1150

    Жыл бұрын

    What about the squeaking sign in thee beginning of "Once upon a time in the west"?

  • @danielmcdivitt3467
    @danielmcdivitt3467 Жыл бұрын

    I actually watch this movie for Joe and Burt young

  • @tehgriefer9317
    @tehgriefer93176 күн бұрын

    Main problem here is that Sergio Leone designed and filmed this as two 6 hours movies, then he had to mutilate it as 2 hours and 45 minutes one. Director's cut (almost 5 hours) is a more complete version, But I've heard that there some 8 hours movie rounding there, don't know if it's true or an urban legend.

  • @PAPI11205
    @PAPI11205 Жыл бұрын

    They say Joe Pesci didn’t want to be in this movie, and he done it only to make Robert De Niro his friend happy

  • @digbybaines7813
    @digbybaines7813 Жыл бұрын

    It's not clear Frankie saw Max and Noodles leave. I always thought he was going to give them a new assignment. It was a way of showing they were still working for him.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 Жыл бұрын

    He's a great actor

  • @A_real_Ha_So

    @A_real_Ha_So

    Жыл бұрын

    How is he a great actor? Does he amuse you?

  • @reedpryor7617
    @reedpryor761723 күн бұрын

    Interesting parallel between Once Upon a Time in America and The Godfather in that Pesci in the former and Brando in the latter represent the turning of the mafia from a group of local Hoods to an international syndicate. In The Godfather, that transition is celebrated, and the main vestage of all that is right in the criminal underworld is spearheaded by the man who ushered in that change, Vito Corleone. In Once Upon a Time in America, Pesci's character, Frankie Monaldi, largely has the same aspirations as Vito. 'Organize, restructure, take out our enemies, and achieve prominence away from the streets'. It's that very tide of change that brings an ending to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Monaldi calls them.

  • @epicheavystuff2943
    @epicheavystuff29437 ай бұрын

    I like your last theory about the goons being his I always wondered what happened to the goons in the first scene too

  • @sbarbercrane
    @sbarbercrane8 ай бұрын

    "The four horsemen of the apocolype........

  • @pietrobarile7110
    @pietrobarile71104 ай бұрын

    If the whole film is a hallucination of Noodles, who confuses the present and the future amidst the fumes of opium, then we can think that the character of Joe Pesci represents for Noodles the symbol of the breakdown of his friendship with Max: it is for him that the two argue for the first time and it is with his "presence" that the definitive break occurs between the two, who have too different ideas on what to do after the end of prohibition. If, however, as I believe, all the scenes are real, we can think that Monaldi went to the hospital to propose some kind of deal to Max's gang, similar to the one Sharkey talks about just before. It may even have been him who proposed to Max to fake his death and in the meantime also get rid of his old friends who no longer serve him. Whether real or not, either way, Monaldi only spells trouble for Noodles, hence the creepy music.

  • @googoo-gjoob
    @googoo-gjoob Жыл бұрын

    the 3:49 version is widely available

  • @stevenkunzer7289
    @stevenkunzer72895 ай бұрын

    I would love to see a version of the Godfather films along with Once Upon a Time in America with all filmed scenes, the worst parts of these films is knowing that stuff was cut out of them.

  • @janconner2087
    @janconner2087 Жыл бұрын

    The character is Frankie Minaldi. He was like Luciano setting up his boss

  • @grimstarr187
    @grimstarr187 Жыл бұрын

    Minaldi

  • @urbantime7
    @urbantime7 Жыл бұрын

    Hmm..I see the this movie , have a very good message behind the story ..

  • @bri7757
    @bri7757 Жыл бұрын

    This movie is free on Tubi rn

  • @matthewtuckey
    @matthewtuckey Жыл бұрын

    'Franki Mandali is as big as they come. He's got the combination in the palm of his hand.' This line from Max hints that a shady organisation called The Combination is involved in Max's crew and that the shipments of booze they import connect to Frankie. I thought maybe Max's move into politics - and away from bootlegging - was displeasing to their bigshot partner Frankie. I can't remember, what does the DVD commentary say in the scene where Frankie appears?

  • @Freddieduda
    @Freddieduda Жыл бұрын

    I'll be honest the first time I watched this movie l didn't enjoy it. Then about 10 years later l watched it again and thought it was brilliant. It absolutely bombed at the box office and the studio lost a lot of money. But today this epic movie, Once upon a time in America is regarded as a gangster classic. And rightly so.

  • @djpuplex
    @djpuplex Жыл бұрын

    The movie is loosely based off of the books Hoods

  • @rojimowi
    @rojimowiАй бұрын

    One of a kind!! Roji

  • @danielmcdivitt3467
    @danielmcdivitt3467 Жыл бұрын

    What a cast what a film

  • @user-nz6pl8gz1c
    @user-nz6pl8gz1c10 ай бұрын

    The Detroit Godfather, wasn't Frankie's brother, but just a "friend". He reffered to him as "brother" metaphorically, you know "we're brothers, I loved him like a brother in law"!!!

  • @RichieMcCormick1888
    @RichieMcCormick1888 Жыл бұрын

    Every time I watch this movie I’m obsessed with it and wanting more and now I know why I heard there was 6 hours in total but 12 jeezus

  • @TheGeneral92
    @TheGeneral925 ай бұрын

    It was never about robbing the Federal Reserve, it was about ripping Max off for his share of the money and using the funds to go the rout the lawyer recommended while also faking his death, why he wanted Noodles to tip the cops, Frankie was probably pushing Max to do that, why that sinister scene is shown.

  • @victordomingoakabigfuentes9646
    @victordomingoakabigfuentes9646 Жыл бұрын

    The greatest movie ever…

  • @Tyler-qh9jm
    @Tyler-qh9jm Жыл бұрын

    7 minutes in man, are you seriously going to take an entire 11 minutes of this video to tell me that it was probably cut, like the absolute most basic fact about this movie is that it had HOURS of cut content? Please tell me there's more than that. I feel ripped off like this video could have been called a different name, even 20 different names based on various missing plot lines and have the exact same content.

  • @travisgray8376
    @travisgray8376 Жыл бұрын

    I've only seen the over 4 hours that came out in 2012 that Martin Scorsese restoration I Allsop heard he has another 15 minutes but can't add it through legal reasons. I've also seen 3 hrs. N 49 mins film n the terrible 2 n a half hours the 4 hours n 11 minutes is my favourite.

  • @user-ur4tp5ks5y
    @user-ur4tp5ks5y2 ай бұрын

    I don’t believe Joe and Frank were actually brothers in the familial sense.

  • @CoreyT127
    @CoreyT127 Жыл бұрын

    I tried watching this movie a few times. And i just can't get in to it.

  • @Jimdunne_
    @Jimdunne_3 ай бұрын

    I feel that he was still cooperating and linked to Max behind the scenes. The men who shoot Noodle’s girlfriend on the bed before they torture the red headed friend and go to the opium den are likely a part of this syndicate which is taking organised crime to a much higher and more sophisticated level.

  • @migz_8894
    @migz_8894 Жыл бұрын

    Also the beginning of the movie where they kill the woman and are looking for Noodles isn't really explained or revisited by the end of the movie

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    Those were likely Minaldi's guys looking to kill noodles.

  • @migz_8894

    @migz_8894

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rockyracoon3233 about the diamonds?

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    @@migz_8894. No, about ratting to the police.

  • @TheGrowler55
    @TheGrowler55 Жыл бұрын

    I read the Book....The Hoods, great Book, I also liked the Movie, but to me the Book was better. From Glasgow. 😎

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    Жыл бұрын

    Is there much difference between the book and movie plot wise?

  • @DonAlatenightlivestream
    @DonAlatenightlivestream3 ай бұрын

    Too bad a series wasn’t a thing then

  • @colderbeer
    @colderbeer2 ай бұрын

    Too many plot holes in this film......

  • @kobs2829
    @kobs28293 ай бұрын

    Then again Scorsese isn't directing this

  • @FirstLast-vl1uy
    @FirstLast-vl1uy Жыл бұрын

    I thought he was going to be presented as an antagonist that tears the group apart. In a movie as weird as this, I should of known I couldn't predict the outcome. But wtf? Bert Young was his brother?1 I didnt even realize that. Thats even crazier. I wish I could of seen 12 hours of this movie.

  • @bri7757

    @bri7757

    Жыл бұрын

    Who's he. Joe pescis?

  • @FirstLast-vl1uy

    @FirstLast-vl1uy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bri7757 yea

  • @floydzeppland
    @floydzeppland8 ай бұрын

    The Irishman never comes up in conversation about pesci. Just had to say that lol

  • @BabyBoomerChannel
    @BabyBoomerChannel Жыл бұрын

    There are several things in Noodles’ betrayal that don’t make sense. He calls the Police to rat out Max’s plan (not the Feds). But it’s the Feds who are at the scene with the gangs burned bodies. So, who killed the gang? The Feds or the Police? And who were the assassins who killed Carol and followed Noodles to death he Chinese theatres? And poke the girl in the nipple (?!?!).

  • @djmattn
    @djmattnАй бұрын

    An epic film. Period!!

  • @davidsincere6037
    @davidsincere6037 Жыл бұрын

    I'd seen the movie that was 3 hours and 47 minutes this is a mood point.

  • @dr.2335

    @dr.2335

    Жыл бұрын

    A *mood* point? Who are you, Joey Tribbiani?

  • @romanicvs
    @romanicvs Жыл бұрын

    None knew about Joe Pesci no more after he visited a corn field with his brother and some dudes.

  • @jamesbodnarchuk3322
    @jamesbodnarchuk3322 Жыл бұрын

    109 JW is perturbed His scenes came back 3 min in

  • @nycj3ahudson341
    @nycj3ahudson341 Жыл бұрын

    My opinion? I think Joe Pesci's "disappearance" in this convoluted film can be attributed to a bit of capriciousness on Leone's part...

  • @CsuarezFla
    @CsuarezFla4 ай бұрын

    He didn't really vanish from the movie. The last scene he's in in the movie is when max and noodles leave the hospital when the Union politician is talking to them in the hospital room. Before, Joe pesci is going to meet that guy upstairs in the hospital. Because the mob and the unions are going to be in bed together.

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