“Once Upon a Time in America” is a Crime Drama, Screenplay by Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini and Sergio Leone from the Novel by Harry Grey and Directed by Sergio Leone.
The
film chronicles the lives of best friends David “Noodles” Aaronson (Robert De
Niro) and Maximilian “Max” Bercovicz (James Woods) as they lead a group of
Jewish ghetto youths from being petty criminals to being prominent Jewish
gangsters in New York City's world of organized crime on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan.
The
film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal,
loss and broken relationships.
The film benefits from a fine and varied supporting
cast including, Elizabeth
McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, William Forsythe
and Danny Aiello.
