Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (July 2019)

[LaLaLand]

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Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.

Official Website (https://www.onceuponatimeinhollywood.movie/)

The movie will heavily revolve around the heavily-changing film and TV business within Hollywood in 1969, whilst also including the "counter-culture" aspect of that time with the youth culture/Hippies and in particular, perhaps the most infamous group of Hippies, The Manson Family.

Confirmed Castings

Fictional:
1. Leonardo Dicaprio as Rick Dalton
2. Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth
3. Al Pacino as Marvin Shwarz

Real historical/Hollywood stars:
1. Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
2. Rafał Zawierucha as Roman Polanski
3. Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring
4. Costa Ronin as Wojciech Frykowski
5. Samantha Robinson as Abigail Folger
6. Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
7. Mike Moh as Bruce Lee
8. Rumer Willis as Joanna Pettet
9. Timothy Olyphant as "Johnny Madrid" (actor James Stacy's character in "Lancer")
10. Luke Perry as "Scott Lancer" (actor Wayne Maunder's character in "Lancer")
11. Dreama Walker as Connie Stevens
12. Rachel Redleaf as "Mama" Cass Elliot
13. Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wanamaker
14. Bruce Dern as George Spahn

The Manson Family:
1. Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
2. Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
3. Margaret Qualley as "Pussycat"
4. James Landry Hebert as Steve "Clem" Grogan
5. Austin Butler as Charles "Tex" Watson
6. Lena Dunham as Catherine "Gypsy" Share
7. Victoria Pedretti as Leslie "Lulu" Van Houten
8. Madisen Beaty as Patricia "Katie" Krenwinkel
9. Mikey Madison as Susan "Sadie" Atkins
10. Harley Quinn Smith as TBC Manson girl
11. Kansas Bowling as Sandra "Blue" Good
12. Parker Love Bowling as TBC Manson girl
13. Sydney Sweeney as TBC Manson girl

Others:
1. Michael Madsen as TBC Western actor
2. Spencer Garrett as Hollywood reporter Allen Kincade
3. Maya Hawke as "Flower Child"
4. Clifton Collins Jr. as Ernesto "The Mexican" Vaquero
5. Maurice Compte as Land Pirate Mao
6. Lew Temple as Land Pirate Lew
7. Lorenza Izzo as Italian siren Francesca Cappucci

Official Poster:

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Official trailer:

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[MB.]

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[Ammi]

..what MB said....I love Tarantino but....

[LaLaLand]

Pitt and DiCaprio:

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[LaLaLand]

The cast is incredible.

- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Brad Pitt
- Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
- Al Pacino as Leo's character's agent
- Burt Reynolds as George Spahn (the old blind guy who let the Manson Family live on his old movie set ranch)
- Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
- Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder
- Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wannamaker
- Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring (Hollywood hairstylist, murdered with Tate)
- Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson family, tried to assasinate US president Gerald Ford)

Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Timothy Olyphant, James Marsden, James Remar and many more also feature.

[rusticgal]

Brad Pitt always reminded me of a young Robert Redford...and he looks like him there too...

[rusticgal]

The cast is incredible.

- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Brad Pitt
- Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
- Burt Reynolds as George Spahn (the old blind guy who let the Manson Family live on his old movie set ranch)
- Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
- Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder
- Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring (murdered with Tate)
- Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson family, tried to assasinate US president Gerald Ford)

Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Timothy Olyphant, James Marsden, James Remar and many more also feature.


All the big names just love being associated with a Tarentino film...they are all just gripping brilliant films...

[LaLaLand]

Brad Pitt always reminded me of a young Robert Redford...and he looks like him there too...

Right!? I had to actually do a double-take because I didn't realise it was him at first :laugh:

[Tony Montana]

The cast is incredible.

- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Brad Pitt
- Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
- Al Pacino
- Burt Reynolds as George Spahn (the old blind guy who let the Manson Family live on his old movie set ranch)
- Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
- Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder
- Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wannamaker
- Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring (murdered with Tate)
- Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson family, tried to assasinate US president Gerald Ford)

Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Timothy Olyphant, James Marsden, James Remar and many more also feature.

What a Great Cast!

[LaLaLand]

Also, Mike Moh stars as Bruce Lee.

LOVE that there's actual, real "of that time" movie stars, directors, industry people and even Manson Family members being played in this. Hopefully Damian Lewis will be a convincing Steve McQueen!

I'm just very happy QT has finally decided to step away from the Westerns!

[LaLaLand]

First pic of Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate:

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[Alf]

Is it about paedophilia?

[LaLaLand]

Is it about paedophilia?

No, it's about Hollywood during the Manson Family's reign of terror and the Tate/LaBianca murders.

[Beso]

Sounds dandy....

[Niamh.]

Brad Pitt always reminded me of a young Robert Redford...and he looks like him there too...The older he's getting the more he's looking like him I think.

Looking forward to this, I love Tarantinos films

[Ammi]

Brad Pitt always reminded me of a young Robert Redford...and he looks like him there too...

...also Leonardo has a slight look of Jack Nicholson about him, I think...

[Shaun]

Looks good to me, still haven't seen the Hateful Eight though :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

More castings announced:

- Lena Dunham as Catherine Share (Manson Family member)
- Rumer Willis as actress Joanna Pettet
- Dreama Walker as actress Connie Stevens
- Maya Hawke (Ethan & Uma Thurman's daughter) will play "Flower Child" (?)
- Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
- Austin Butler as Charles "Tex" Watson (Manson's right-hand man)
- Rafal Zawierucha as Roman Polanski

This cast is huuuge!

[Tom4784]

More castings announced:

- Lena Dunham as Catherine Share (Manson Family member)
- Rumer Willis as actress Joanna Pettet
- Dreama Walker as actress Connie Stevens
- Maya Hawke (Ethan & Uma Thurman's daughter) will play "Flower Child" (?)
- Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
- Austin Butler as Charles "Tex" Watson (Manson's right-hand man)
- Rafal Zawierucha as Roman Polanski

This cast is huuuge!

The idea of this film is already gross and they decide to add THAT to the cast?

[LaLaLand]

Burt Reynolds, who plays George Spahn in the movie (owner of the Ranch that The Family lived on when the murders took place) passed away today.

How this affects the production idk. Hopefully he's done all of his parts and has one last big hit posthumously.

[LaLaLand]

Confirmed: Burt Reynolds sadly did not film any of his parts before his death, therefore ranch owner George Spahn will be re-cast.

[LaLaLand]

Bruce Dern is taking over Reynold's role as George Spahn.

Bruce ofc was in The Hateful Eight and Django previously.

[Jase.]

Could that cast be ANY more glitzy/a-listy?! :joker:

[LaLaLand]

Couple of recent set photos, I'm guessing this movie is set over a lengthy period of time as Margot is playing Sharon both pregnant and not, also Leo has a wig here where he didn't in the official released promo shot of him and Brad. Leo looks so different :laugh2:-

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[LaLaLand]

Pretty much everything you need to know summed up here:

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Cannot wait for this.

[LaLaLand]

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[LaLaLand]

Full Vanity Fair exclusive article with HQ set pics: Here (https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/01/preview-quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood?utm_brand=vf&utm_source=facebook&mbid=social_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&fbclid=IwAR0oOzCv9KQcP9WS3UH8k0AeNwXC-jLN1YEh7HMlFFzWb9XiXRW0Szclxn0)

Quentin Tarantino was six years old and living in the Los Angeles area when, in the summer of 1969, hell broke loose. You know this story: five people murdered over the course of two days that August, shot and stabbed by a clan of hippie impressionables in anticipation of Helter Skelter, Charles Manson’s idea of holy terror. It’s a Hollywood tale—not least because its most famous victim, the pregnant actress Sharon Tate, was the wife of director Roman Polanski, which put the terror square in the back lot’s backyard.

But it’s a Hollywood story for bigger reasons. This was an era, not merely an event; a lifestyle, a people, a widespread obsession—not merely a spot on a timeline or map. The city is a sprawl. So was 1969. And so is the work of Quentin Tarantino, whose last three movies were violent but (mass Nazi execution notwithstanding) playful excursions into history, all of them riffs on the deviant style and rough talkiness of the Westerns Tarantino loves, even the Dirty Dozen-esque World War II picture Inglourious Basterds, in which a motley troop of American badasses, a mock-Tennessean Brad Pitt at its helm, takes its grievances out on Nazi skulls.

Now he’s back with a Western of a different stripe: an old-school L.A. story à la Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, the kind of city epic only a nostalgic of Tarantino’s wit and peculiarity could attempt to really do justice. Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a faded TV Western star and Pitt as his stunt double, is, as its sand-battered title suggests, a throwback. For Los Angeles, sure, but also for Tarantino, who, after traveling as far and wide as the Third Reich and the Shaolin Temple, is bringing it home.

Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood will be released July 26.

Cannot freaking wait :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[LaLaLand]

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[Strictly Jake]

Brad Pitt looks fit! Last time I saw him on anything he looked like a homeless druggy

[LaLaLand]

Haha he's definitely got a look of young Robert Redford in this movie!

[LaLaLand]

An on-location Sunset Blvd/LA video I found taken during filming last July. It looks exactly as it did in 1969, down to the cars, fashion, signage, the Pussycat Theatre (where Tarantino worked his first job as a teenager)!! I absolutely love it.

Eerily, the song playing in this is Charles Manson's song "Look At Your Game Girl". :skull:

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Just to give some reference, the ACTUAL street they've transformed how it was in the early 1970's. The accuracy is incredible.

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[LaLaLand]

Trailer is expected to drop any day now... :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

I've also just realised that in this picture is Tate and her three friends who were all murdered that terrible night by the Manson Family. Sharon Tate (Margot obviously), celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring (behind Margot in striped pants), Abigail Folger and her boyfriend Wojciech Frykowski. So this scene is shot on the night of and just before their murders.

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I don't know how much of the incident will be depicted in the film, Tarantino actually met with Tate's sister before filming began to get her blessing for the movie, which he got, which makes me think it's not going to be a usual Quentin bloodbath affair.

HOWEVER some are wondering whether or not this movie will be similar to Inglorious Basters in the sense that it's revised, semi-fictional history, so Sharon Tate may be alive at the end of this movie. Who knows!

[Tony Montana]

Can't wait for the trailer

[Tony Montana]

Brad Pitt looks fit! Last time I saw him on anything he looked like a homeless druggy

Haha he's definitely got a look of young Robert Redford in this movie!

He looks young in this film. To think he's 55

[LaLaLand]

"Set" walkabout vlog:

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Hard to call it a set when it's actual, real Hollywood/Los Angeles :laugh2:. Looks incredible.

[LaLaLand]

Apparently, there is buzz that Lana Del Rey is contributing to the soundtrack. She reportedly had a meeting with Tarantino himself and someone from Paramount Studios and on top of this has posted recording studio stills on social media.

If true, this is SO fitting for the movie and the themes going on within. LDR's style of melancholy, nostalgic Hollywood is absolutely perfect for this. Wow.

[Strictly Jake]

Oh wow yeah Lana songs would defo suit this movie!

I can't wait to go and see this

[LaLaLand]

Oh wow yeah Lana songs would defo suit this movie!

I can't wait to go and see this

Yeah same. I'm so excited.

Tarantino definitely has an ear for creating an amazing soundtrack for his movies so fingers crossed Lana is in there somewhere. I can think of so many that could fit that she's already done too. "Freak" came to mind straight away, seeing as the video is basically her as a "Manson girl".

[Marsh.]

Brad Pitt looks freakish.

[LaLaLand]

Brad Pitt looks freakish.

Angelina's curse? :hehe:

[Oliver_W]

The idea of this film is already gross and they decide to add THAT to the cast?
Yeah I think every hates Lena Dunham tbh

[LaLaLand]

Yeah I think every hates Lena Dunham tbh

Yeah I'm not in favour of her, but it seems her part is somewhat minor thankfully, just one of the non-murderous girls from the Manson Family (Catherine "Gypsy" Share, not involved with Tate etc).

[LaLaLand]

Kurt Russell revealed his role in OUATIH: “I play a stunt double coordinator, who used to be a stunt double, but that now is the boss.” And in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Zoë Bell revealed hers: “I play the stunt coordinator’s wife.”
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Bell also discussed how Tarantino had hired her to oversee the stunts on OUATIH, making her the first solo female stunt coordinator on a major feature. When he came to her with the idea, she was planning to take a year off to dedicate herself to AFI's Directing Workshop for Women: "Ultimately, I thought [OUATIH] is family. It’s Quentin. Also, women don’t often step into this role.”
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Kurt Russell continued to touch on other aspects of the film: “Tarantino loves the Hollywood industry, and that can be seen in this movie. He’s in his game here, in his style." Russell also acknowledged similarities between his role as a stunt coordinator and one of his previous characters: “The whole Tarantino universe is connected. In Death Proof I played Stuntman Mike, who also was a stunt double… so my character in this film probably knew him!” Regarding the ending of OUATIH: “What happens at the end of the movie is genius. It even surprised me, and I know [Tarantino]."

Finding little tidbits like this. Dakota Fanning has also been described as a "powerhouse" in this movie, she plays Squeaky - one of the Family's most prolific members (she once attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford).

[Oliver_W]

It sounds like this film is gonna be great! Brill director, awesome cast, interesting story ... why are people being negative?

[LaLaLand]

It sounds like this film is gonna be great! Brill director, awesome cast, interesting story ... why are people being negative?

A few reasons probably, but...

A) People just don't like Tarantino. He's probably the most polarising director of the past 30-odd years. Some absolutely love his films (me), others think his work is awful, including sensationalised violence and what not. "Marmite". Also he was a Weinstein guy, which doesn't help.

B) In regards to this movie in particular, I think many are sketchy because of the Manson/Tate stuff. Like, it really happened. People really were killed in such awful, horrific ways and many are worried this will glorify it. This movie though has the blessing of Sharon Tate's sister, so I don't think this is the case at all. The Hilary Duff Netflix movie however has not, and Sharon's sister is appalled by it.

[LaLaLand]

I hadn't seen this before, so this is my first glimpse at everybody's favourite Lena Dunham playing Catherine Share in the movie. The other lady is Margaret Qualley who plays "Kitty Kat" (probably a nod to OG Manson girl Kitty).

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Brad Pitt was filming with them on this day so we know that Brad interacts with "The Family" at least, in some way, shape or form. Looks like this was at Spahn's Movie Ranch (where The Family lived for a while, they used to film all of the old Western TV series and movies there). Seems like Brad and Leo meet Manson's mob innocently through "work" to begin with perhaps?

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[LaLaLand]

150 days to go... Not that I'm counting down... (I am)!

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[LaLaLand]

& still not a trailer or poster in sight. :sad:

[Tony Montana]

& still not a trailer or poster in sight. :sad:

They're just teasing us now :fist:

[LaLaLand]

They're just teasing us now :fist:

Apparently because it's not a big "blockbuster" (though I'd argue it was being a Tarantino movie, demand for more on this is massive) there's no rush for promotion.

Likely that it will premiere at Cannes in May though.

[Marsh.]

Oh I thought they were all playing Old Hollywood stars. Are the majority of them fictional bar Tate/Manson?

[LaLaLand]

Oh I thought they were all playing Old Hollywood stars. Are the majority of them fictional bar Tate/Manson?

It's a mix.

Like you've got Sharon Tate and Manson obvs and the real murder victims.

Then real members of the Manson family ("Squeaky" Fromme, Catherine Share, "Tex" Watson etc) alongside some fictional members "based on" real members ("Kitty", "Lulu", "Katie")

Then you've got like Roman Polanski, Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen, Sam Wanamaker, Connie Stevens etc - real old Hollywood stars.

& then of course Brad & Leo's characters are fictional to create a story around based in Hollywood at that time who work/interact with all of the above in one way or another. Pacino plays Leo's character's fictional Hollywood agent, too.

[Tony Montana]

Apparently because it's not a big "blockbuster" (though I'd argue it was being a Tarantino movie, demand for more on this is massive) there's no rush for promotion.

Likely that it will premiere at Cannes in May though.

I hope it wins the Palme d'Or if it premieres in Cannes

[LaLaLand]

I hope it wins the Palme d'Or if it premieres in Cannes

Be great for his career, it's a brave decision for him as Inglorious... premiered at Cannes was not too well received. He must feel confident with this.

Can see it doing well next Awards season too as it panders to "Hollywood".

[Wizard.]

Why does Brad Pitt look like Ryan Gosling

[Tony Montana]

Be great for his career, it's a brave decision for him as Inglorious... premiered at Cannes was not too well received. He must feel confident with this.

Can see it doing well next Awards season too as it panders to "Hollywood".

It's definitely got ''Oscar nominated'' written all over it. I'd be truly gobsmacked if it was snubbed

[Marsh.]

Why does Brad Pitt look like Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling after he's been put through the wash?

[Tony Montana]

Why does Brad Pitt look like Ryan Gosling

He looks like a young Robert Redford

[LaLaLand]

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[LaLaLand]

Yeah apparently this movie is a cert to premiere at Cannes, "locked in".

Still no trailer, poster or general promotion besides the Vanity Fair article in this thread from January, with less than 150 days 'til release. Very slow.

[LaLaLand]

Tragically, this movie will be Luke Perry’s final role following his death.

He plays Wayne Maunder, who was the star of the Western TV show “Lancer”.

Very sad.

[Tony Montana]

Tragically, this movie will be Luke Perry’s final role following his death.

He plays Wayne Maunder, who was the star of the Western TV show “Lancer”.

Very sad.

RIP to Luke

Hopefully he gave a Phenomenal and Memorable Performance

[Tony Montana]

I’m still waiting for that damn trailer too, Jonnii

They’re taking the piss

[Tony Montana]

I’m gonna beat you to that trailer

[rusticgal]

He looks like a young Robert Redford


He always has looked like a young Robert Redford...:lovedup:

[LaLaLand]

I’m gonna beat you to that trailer

:joker::joker: I honestly don't mind if you do! I'm just so eager for SOMETHING now. Just to hold me over for a while longer.

Even a poster would suffice! :bawling:

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[Tony Montana]

:joker::joker: I honestly don't mind if you do! I'm just so eager for SOMETHING now. Just to hold me over for a while longer.

Even a poster would suffice! :bawling:

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Yeah it's frustrating not being kept up to date

I reckon the trailer will drop at the end of march

[LaLaLand]

I hope so! I have a feeling we're in for a treat.

[LaLaLand]

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We're SO close!

[Tony Montana]

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We're SO close!

I thought you came to post the trailer

[LaLaLand]

Hahaha sorry, hopefully within the next fortnight I shall be unless you beat me to it!

[LaLaLand]

Everyone on this movie, from the set photos, looked like they had such a good time. Hopefully that all shows through in the movie. Happy actors = top notch performances?

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[Tony Montana]

Hahaha sorry, hopefully within the next fortnight I shall be unless you beat me to it!

May the best man win

[Tony Montana]

Everyone on this movie, from the set photos, looked like they had such a good time. Hopefully that all shows through in the movie. Happy actors = top notch performances?

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She’s gorgeous

[LaLaLand]

"The Haunting of Sharon Tate" starring Hilary Duff is out April 5, and as much as the idea and plot surrounding it has been criticised, the early screenings have saw it getting so much praise and it's won some awards already. Intrigued to see it now actually, just as pre-OUATIH hype.

Poster:

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[LaLaLand]

Some interesting stuff I found out reading a prediction post about this movie, character links and inclusion explanations:

But if you’re familiar at all with Hollywood in 1969, and with the era of Manson, there’s actually a lot of information you can glean from the casting announcements.

For starters, the inclusion of Bruce Lee and Steve McQueen. Both actors were clients of Jay Sebring, a world-renowned hair stylist who was a major fixture in 1960s Los Angeles. Sebring was known for bringing European hair techniques to America, and he established a name for himself when we popularized the feathering and layering of male hair, which was dubbed the “Sebring Look.” Other famous clients included Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Kirk Douglas, and Warren Beatty, who based his character in Shampoo after Sebring. Sharon Tate dated Sebring prior to her relationship with Roman Polanski; despite their break-up, Tate and Sebring remained close, and she was a fixture in his posh salon. Writer Dominick Dunne once wrote that Tate “would often be sitting in a chair, just to be with Jay as he worked.”

That Lee and McQueen will appear in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is even more interesting than that. Sebring was an instrumental figure in Lee’s career. An amateur kung fu enthusiast, he saw the tape of an exhibition Lee did in 1964, which he showed to producer William Dozier, a client. This led to Lee getting cast as Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet. After The Green Hornet was canceled, Sebring helped Lee find work teaching kung fu to Hollywood stars, including Steve McQueen and Roman Polanski. When Tate and Sebring were murdered in Tate’s Benedict Canyon home on August 9, 1969, Lee was only a short distance away in his own neighboring abode. McQueen, on the other hand, was allegedly invited to dinner with Sebring and Tate on the night of the murders, but skipped when he ran into an attractive woman and spent the night with her instead. McQueen’s close call with death spooked him so bad that he went into a state of paranoia. His then-wife Neile Adams recalled that, after the murders, McQueen “became more paranoid and wouldn’t let me go anywhere without a gun.”

We can assume that Lee and McQueen’s inclusion means that Jay Sebring will be a major fixture in Tarantino’s film. That could mean that actors like Olyphant and Marsden – whose characters are not-yet announced – could be playing some of his high-profile clients. Olyphant, in particular, recalls a young Warren Beatty. It could also mean that the bulk of Tate’s story in the film is in tandem with Sebring; that’s why she was seen driving his car.

[LaLaLand]

Also, this could be totally fake but I've seen this flying about in various places.

I don't know who those men are or why they're by the poster or why the poster is even there... But those two pictures of Leo and Brad are brand new...

Apparently, "the leaked poster":

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Close up:

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[LaLaLand]

There's a bit of a buzz online/on social media that the trailer is dropping on Monday [18th].

Yet to find a legit source or confirmation but Trailer Track (basically a movie trailer predictor/announcer that are ALWAYS correct, they've got releases almost down to a formula) has said there's no confirmation "yet" but could all change before Monday of course.

If true, 5 days to wait.

[LaLaLand]

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AAAAAARRGHHHH!! It's coming!!!

From Trailer Track: The first teaser trailer for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which clocks in at just over 90 seconds, has been rated today by Alberta Film Ratings and should be landing sometime in the next seven days! They mention that due to the timing and rating, there's a good chance it'll play theatrically next week with Jordan Peele's 'Us.'

[Tony Montana]

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AAAAAARRGHHHH!! It's coming!!!

Perched as **** :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::dance::dance:

[LaLaLand]

Great move having it shown before "Us" in theatres seeing as that movie is expected to be another smash hit just like "Get Out" was for Jordan Peele.

Quentin getting that promo :clap2:

[LaLaLand]

I just read that AS WELL AS the actual streets of Los Angeles/Hollywood being transformed back to how they were 50 years ago, this movie has had OVER 100 different individual sets built for it. :skull:

Many also think that this movie could be 3+ hours long as they're expecting a real "epic" of a story with so many intertwining characters and subplots.

I just hope it doesn't seem mish-mash and it's done properly. Would hate for there to be unnecessary characters or things just in "for the sake of it".

[LaLaLand]

This is pretty cool, all of the confirmed castings side by side with the real life characters they'll be playing in the movie, scroll through there's quite a few.

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[LaLaLand]

Literally me

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[Tony Montana]

Literally me

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About ****ing time :dance::dance::cheer2::cheer2::elephant::elephant: :clap1::clap1:

[LaLaLand]

I think we're the only two who care about this at the mo Tony pal, wait until July and suddenly everyone will be talking about it! :laugh2:

Trailer could be here within 24 hours :omgno:

[Tony Montana]

I think we're the only two who care about this at the mo Tony pal, wait until July and suddenly everyone will be talking about it! :laugh2:

Trailer could be here within 24 hours :omgno:

It's their loss Jonnii, Perched for the trailer tomorrow :dance::dance::cheer2::cheer2:

[Tony Montana]

This is pretty cool, all of the confirmed castings side by side with the real life characters they'll be playing in the movie, scroll through there's quite a few.

p/BvCqYxflxhM

Why didn't they show Leo, Brad and Al?

[LaLaLand]

Why didn't they show Leo, Brad and Al?

Because their characters are fictional.

[Tony Montana]

Because their characters are fictional.

Oh yeah I forgot about that

[Tony Montana]

This is definitely one of the best ensemble casts ever

[LaLaLand]

Fictional characters we know of thus far:

1. Leonardo DiCaprio - fictional star of TV Western "Bounty Law" called "Rick Dalton"
2. Brad Pitt - Rick's long-time bestie and stuntman "Cliff Booth"
3. Al Pacino - Rick's agent "Marvin Shwarz"
4. Scoot McNairy - a fictional cowboy character on Rick's Western show, called "Business Bob Gilbert"
5. Maya Hawke - plays "Flower Child" - could be anything, could be a fictional Manson girl.
6. Clifton Collins Jr - possibly another Western character from "Bounty Law", called "Ernesto 'The Mexican' Vaquero"
7. Spencer Garrett - plays a Hollywood reporter called "Allen Kincade"
8. Keith Jefferson - plays "Land Pirate Keith"
9. Eddie Perez - plays "Land Pirate Eddie"
10. Kurt Russell - fictional stunt coordinator
11. Zoe Bell - plays a fictional stuntwoman, married to Kurt's character

[LaLaLand]

This is definitely one of the best ensemble casts ever

Absolutely, it's shocking how good a cast it is in some ways. I'm like "how did he manage all of these in one movie!?"

We still don't know what roles the likes of amazing Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Timothy Olyphant, James Marsden, James Remar etc will be playing. Quite like the suspense.

[Tony Montana]

Absolutely, it's shocking how good a cast it is in some ways. I'm like "how did he manage all of these in one movie!?"

We still don't know what roles the likes of amazing Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Timothy Olyphant, James Marsden, James Remar etc will be playing. Quite like the suspense.

Unfortunately, I think they’ll only have cameos. There are far too many characters already. I hope I’m wrong and Madsen and Roth play big roles.

Do you know how long the run time is? It’s gotta be at least 2 hrs 40-50 mins

[LaLaLand]

Unfortunately, I think they’ll only have cameos. There are far too many characters already. I hope I’m wrong and Madsen and Roth play big roles.

Do you know how long the run time is? It’s gotta be at least 2 hrs 40-50 mins

Probably just cameos yeah, but I mean, they're "still in it" which is great.

Well many think judging by the amount of cast and how QT has said this will be an "epic", we could be looking at near the 2h30/3 hour mark runtime. Here for it though! If it tells a good story then it's all good.

[Tony Montana]

Probably just cameos yeah, but I mean, they're "still in it" which is great.

Well many think judging by the amount of cast and how QT has said this will be an "epic", we could be looking at near the 2h30/3 hour mark runtime. Here for it though! If it tells a good story then it's all good.

Hopefully it will be 3 hrs

I haven’t seen the hateful eight yet, have you? Is it any good?

[LaLaLand]

Hopefully it will be 3 hrs

I haven’t seen the hateful eight yet, have you? Is it any good?

I have yeah, it's very "niche" but I liked it. It's a mystery/crime thing, like a "Whodunnit?". Worth a watch like!

[Tony Montana]

I have yeah, it's very "niche" but I liked it. It's a mystery/crime thing, like a "Whodunnit?". Worth a watch like!

I’ll watch it this week, it has Tarantino’s usual suspects- Samuel, Tim, Michael and Kurt so it should be great

It’s the only Tarantino flick I haven’t watched

What are your top 5 Tarantino characters?

1. Beatrix Kiddo
2. Hans Landa
3. Stuntman Mike
4. Mr Blonde
5. Butch Coolidge

Are mine

[LaLaLand]

I’ll watch it this week, it has Tarantino’s usual suspects- Samuel, Tim, Michael and Kurt so it should be great

It’s the only Tarantino flick I haven’t watched

What are your top 5 Tarantino characters?

1. Beatrix Kiddo
2. Hans Landa
3. Stuntman Mike
4. Mr Blonde
5. Butch Coolidge

Are mine

It's full on "Western", probably my least fav of QT's but still good.

Ooh that's a good question!

1. Jules Winnifield
2. Beatrix
3. Jackie Brown
4. Elle Driver
5. Vincent Vega

For me, off the top of my head. Loads more I love though but they stand out.

[Tony Montana]

It's full on "Western", probably my least fav of QT's but still good.

Ooh that's a good question!

1. Jules Winnifield
2. Beatrix
3. Jackie Brown
4. Elle Driver
5. Vincent Vega

For me, off the top of my head. Loads more I love though but they stand out.

Nice list. I love Jules and Vincent, but I've always preferred Butch to them. He seems to be less known than them two and Mia. To me, he's the main protagonist and the closest thing the film comes to a ''hero''

Love that you've included Elle Driver. She's highly underrated and one of the most sadistic, badass characters created by Quentin.

[LaLaLand]

Nice list. I love Jules and Vincent, but I've always preferred Butch to them. He seems to be less known than them two and Mia. To me, he's the main protagonist and the closest thing the film comes to a ''hero''

Love that you've included Elle Driver. She's highly underrated and one of the most sadistic, badass characters created by Quentin.

I actually don't dislike a single character in PF. Actually no, Butch's girlfriend annoys me a bit just because she's so like feeble, but everyone else is brilliant.

Elle is such a badass. Daryl Hannah played her perfectly tbh.

[Tony Montana]

I actually don't dislike a single character in PF. Actually no, Butch's girlfriend annoys me a bit just because she's so like feeble, but everyone else is brilliant.



Even Maynard and Zed?

[LaLaLand]

They’re absolutely vile characters but they serve their purpose and are brilliant “bad guys”, especially Zed. You just wanna smack him yano?

[Tony Montana]

They’re absolutely vile characters but they serve their purpose and are brilliant “bad guys”, especially Zed. You just wanna smack him yano?

I wish Tarantino had showed us just a little bit of Zed's Torture.

[LaLaLand]

Ha yeah, Marcellus “goin’ Medieval on his ass” if I’ve remember the quote properly? Brilliant.

[Tony Montana]

Ha yeah, Marcellus “goin’ Medieval on his ass” if I’ve remember the quote properly? Brilliant.

I've always had it in my head that his men had used the pliers to pull out each of his tooth and then used the blowtorch to cauterize the wound, prolonging his torture

God knows what else they did with him, but that's up to the viewers imagination.

In the original script, the Wolf got involved, so it probably got extremely messy with him.

[LaLaLand]

Well whenever Harvey Kietel is involved, **** goes down! :laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

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So maybe NOT tomorrow... :sad:

I'm going to be like a dog on heat waiting every day for 1pm to come and aggressively refresh YouTube :laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

Well, the "leaked poster" was real! It could just be a teaser poster, QT does this with all of his movies. Like a pre-poster, just for hype and promotion that's much simpler than the actual official poster.

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[LaLaLand]

HQ poster:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D18PyK7UwAAtMb0.jpg:large

[LaLaLand]

With the trailer being attached to "Us", it's going to be here Thursday at the latest.

"Us" is released Friday but has some screenings the day before, where the trailer will debut.

COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS! :omgno:

I still don't have a damn clue what kind of movie this is going to be, especially from that poster. The trailer 'could' reveal all.

[LaLaLand]

Trailer update:

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Many are seeing this "teaser poster" as a marketing ploy aimed at casual fans, basically just obviously selling the fact that this movie has both Leo and Brad starring. Clever.

[Tony Montana]

With the trailer being attached to "Us", it's going to be here Thursday at the latest.

"Us" is released Friday but has some screenings the day before, where the trailer will debut.

COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS! :omgno:

I still don't have a damn clue what kind of movie this is going to be, especially from that poster. The trailer 'could' reveal all.

I'd imagine it will be a Crime/Thriller type film

Maybe similar to LA Confidential

[LaLaLand]

Another of my favourite movies!

Have you noticed Brad's badly photoshopped head on the poster? :skull: :laugh2:

[Tony Montana]

Another of my favourite movies!

Have you noticed Brad's badly photoshopped head on the poster? :skull: :laugh2:

Yeah that's a complete and utter mess :facepalm: It's like they thought nobody would notice :facepalm:

[LaLaLand]

Right? It's as if they've stuck his head from one pic... onto his own body in another... Baffled :laugh2:

[Tony Montana]

Is Quentin gonna retire after this film? I think I recall him saying that during the Hateful Eight.

[LaLaLand]

He said he’s only doing 10 films, this is his 9th because he counts both Kill Bill’s as one movie so. We’ve got at least one more from him after this.

I don’t see it though. I think if this is a smash hit, and the next one, he’ll just carry on!

[LaLaLand]

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:love:

[Tony Montana]

I thought you had posted the trailer for a second

[Tony Montana]

He said he’s only doing 10 films, this is his 9th because he counts both Kill Bill’s as one movie so. We’ve got at least one more from him after this.

I don’t see it though. I think if this is a smash hit, and the next one, he’ll just carry on!

He can't retire yet without winning an Oscar first

[LaLaLand]

I wish!

The 3 leads have been shown now in "character teasers" (not posters)... So the trailer could be here tomorrow... Unless there's another one or two of these (Manson? Pacino?) and the trailer comes Thursday/Friday.

HQ Margot, she's so beautiful wow:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2AjczoUcAAhDFY.jpg:large

[LaLaLand]

If this movie, like QT says, is "similar in style to Pulp Fiction", I think these posters could be a tease as to what the different chapters/stories will be, like in PF you had the three different stories running side-by-side (Butch/Jules/Vincent).

So in this, using a similar formula to PF, we could have three new ones that connect in the form of Leo/Brad/Margot (Cliff/Rick/Sharon), separate "lives" that intertwine through various factors within the setting of Hollywood 1969.

- We already know Brad's character is Sharon's next door neighbour
- Brad/Leo will most likely both "work" acting at the movie ranch where "The Family" lived
- Tate obviously killed by The Family
- Bruce Lee was also a neighbour of Tate's, so will be a neighbour of Leo's character. Lee was also a suspect in the murder too for a period of time, accused by Polanski (another character) because of a pair of glasses found as evidence (Google it).
- Lee taught martial arts/stage combat to Tate - will he be teaching Leo too?
- Leo/Brad could be clients of Jay Sebring in the movie - Tate's ex and friend who was murdered with her.
- All three leads could be clients of Pacino's manager character.
- Then you have Steve McQueen (another "student" of Bruce Lee), who SHOULD have been at the dinner party when the murders took place, but instead by some stroke of fate met a woman and decided to spend the evening with her instead. Apparently this messed with McQueen's head from then on unsurprisingly. He carried a small gun everywhere he went afterwards according to his wife, terrified.

Giving myself a headache but there's so many possible connections and tie-ins that could overlap and intertwine. I'm very curious to see where this goes.

[LaLaLand]

Confirmed: This movie will premiere at Cannes. :clap2:

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[Tony Montana]

It's definitely a strong contender to win the Palme d'or

[LaLaLand]

As of now it is looking that the premiere will take place on May 21 — exactly 25 years to the day that his Pulp Fiction played on the Croisette before winning the Palme d'Or in 1994.

Nice little touch that, history repeated?

[Tony Montana]

Nice little touch that, history repeated?

:fc:

[LaLaLand]

It's definitely a strong contender to win the Palme d'or

:fc:

[Tony Montana]

It's actually a crime that Quentin hasn't won an Oscar

Him, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher and Christopher Nolan should've all had one by now.

[LaLaLand]

It's actually a crime that Quentin hasn't won an Oscar

Him, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher and Christopher Nolan should've all had one by now.

Tarantino has actually won 2 Oscars, both "Best Original Screenplay" - one for Pulp Fiction and the other for Django. He has been nominated also for 3 others.

However, this could easily be a big player next Awards season as it panders in a way to Hollywood and the industry, just like La La Land did, another major award-winner.

[Tony Montana]

Tarantino has actually won 2 Oscars, both "Best Original Screenplay" - one for Pulp Fiction and the other for Django. He has been nominated also for 3 others.

However, this could easily be a big player next Awards season as it panders in a way to Hollywood and the industry, just like La La Land did, another major award-winner.

I meant for Best Director, I know he's won for two Best Original Screenplays, but he should've won Best Director for PF

[LaLaLand]

I meant for Best Director, I know he's won for two Best Original Screenplays, but he should've won Best Director for PF

Ahhh I get you! 100% agree. It's totally a one of a kind film, totally ripped up the rule book too. Should have swept the boards at the Awards.

[Tony Montana]

Ahhh I get you! 100% agree. It's totally a one of a kind film, totally ripped up the rule book too. Should have swept the boards at the Awards.

94 was an amazing year at the Oscars. Forrest Gump was great, but Pulp and Shawshank deserved it far more imo.

[LaLaLand]

I still can't believe that initially, Shawshank was as a box office flop. It only got it's success from word-of-mouth and VHS sales! Travesty! :omgno:

[user104658]

I still can't believe that initially, Shawshank was as a box office flop. It only got it's success from word-of-mouth and VHS sales! Travesty! :omgno:To be fair it's a hard sell in terms of cinema promotion... "So it's about these guys in prison and mostly they just live in prison for like decades, the guy likes carving rocks and works at the library. And it's based on a relatively obscure King story" and they can't even share that he escapes without spoiling the whole film.

Like... On paper it doesn't sound very interesting. I guess it's just that by the time it came out on home release, those who HAD seen it in the cinema were like "It's actually a masterpiece!" so people were then interested...

[LaLaLand]

True! I'm glad it's now considered a classic though, amazingly moving film. The end makes me blub a little bit, the scene on the beach! :love:

[LaLaLand]

Any soundtrack predictions for this movie guys!? QT's soundtracks are stuff of legend obviously, intrigued to see the route he goes with this being pre-1969.

What do we think will play over the trailer?

EDIT: WOW 6 pages already!? I need to get out more :laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

Official website is LIVE (https://www.onceuponatimeinhollywood.movie/)

^^ Click ^^

Full typewriter text:

EXT - THE SET OF "BOUNTY LAW" - DAY

This is to be filmed in 16mm B/W, circa 1961.

A publicity interview on the set of the western TV show "Bounty Law." Sitting right beside each other in two directors chairs are series lead RICK DALTON and his stunt double CLIFF BOOTH. They are both wearing identical cowboy outfits, and Cliff sports his "Rick Wig", which gives him the same pompadour as Dalton.

A TV INTERVIEWER sits in a chair in front of the two men, turned around facing the camera.

TV INTERVIEWER
(to Camera)

It's happening :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

TRAILER is here!!

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[Tony Montana]

That trailer looks phenomenal, well worth the wait I'd say

Looks like it will be a mix of Crime and Action with a touch of Comedy. Don't know why but I got Dazed and Confused teas.

Since it's a Tarantino flick, I imagine the storyline will be out of chronological order.

Bruce Lee :love:

I can't get that song out of my head. Any ideas what it's called, Jonnii?

[LaLaLand]

That trailer looks phenomenal, well worth the wait I'd say

Looks like it will be a mix of Crime and Action with a touch of Comedy. Don't know why but I got Dazed and Confused teas.

Since it's a Tarantino flick, I imagine the storyline will be out of chronological order.

Bruce Lee :love:

I can't get that song out of my head. Any ideas what it's called, Jonnii?

It's incredible. It's everything I hoped it would be honestly, a real throwback to that era. It's just a teaser so we get really nothing in terms of character connections, but it looks almost as if it could be Pulp Fiction 1969. Amazing.

Although, I think this is typical Tarantino tactics in that this teaser makes it look like it's all fun and tongue-in-cheek... As we know QT movies 99% of the time (besides maybe "Jackie Brown") have excessive violence, blood etc so I don't see this as any different. I think we're in for a shock in terms of this vs. actual plot. If you remember, the original teaser for "Inglorious..." was very "tongue in cheek" despite the obvious plot... The actual movie was SO very dark. :omgno:

The guy who plays Bruce Lee has absolutely nailed it and I'm glad that they've not made Manson look immediately sinister, he almost looks goofy in this teaser. Margot looks phenomenal!!

I cannot wait!! This just looks like such a wild ride. Constantly replaying it :hehe:

The song:

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[LaLaLand]

I've updated the very first post of this thread 5 pages back with all of the new information about this movie.

[Tony Montana]

I've updated the very first post of this thread 5 pages back with all of the new information about this movie.

:clap1:

Hopefully with the trailer out this will get more users interested in the film besides me and you :joker::joker:

[LaLaLand]

:clap1:

Hopefully with the trailer out this will get more users interested in the film besides me and you :joker::joker:

Hopefully mate! :joker::joker:

The new "blurb" on the website gives us a bit of a hint of what to expect:

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.

MULTIPLE storylines = Pulp Fiction-type structure.

"The final moments of Hollywood's golden age" = Many would argue that the glitz and glamour of Hollywood came to an end because of Charles Manson and his cronies, at the same time killing the Hippie movement dead in it's tracks with their actions. Hippies were no longer seen as these peaceful, loving people from then on.

[LaLaLand]

There's a huge debate online over what Leo's character says at the end of the trailer after thanking the young girl for her comment on his acting.

He clearly says (which has been confirmed) "Rick ****ing Dalton", but some are adament he says "Great ****ing note".

Basically the new Yanni/Laurel :skull::laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

Three things we may have missed from the trailer:

1. Our first main look at Manson's girls. I love how accurately filthy they look, bad skin included! Girl in the front smiling is Margaret Qualley (who I today found out is the daughter of Andie McDowell!!) who is also in the on-set picture I shared a few pages back of Lena Dunham (ew). She plays an inspired-but-fictional character called Kitty Kat.

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2. Jay Sebring (played by Emile Hirsch) being trained by Bruce Lee at his home:

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3. Perhaps the most interesting - the director is Sam Wanamaker (played by The Sound of Music's Nicholas Hammond), Timothy Olyphant is to the right in the red shirt and cowboy hat and just past him in the doorway also in cowboy gear is Luke Perry (RIP) which confirms their roles as fellow characters in Leo's TV show.

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4. Sharon (Margot) partying with The Mamas & the Papas' Cass Elliot (right) and Michelle Phillips. The two guys immediately behind could easily be the "Papas" - John Phillips (R in the frilly suit) and Denny Doherty (L). Pretty cool.

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[LaLaLand]

ALSO - extremely interesting:

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This movie could potentially span the whole 60's, wow.

[Babayaro.]

Really intrigued by this. When is it expected to be released?

[LaLaLand]

Really intrigued by this. When is it expected to be released?

July 26th in the States, not sure about elsewhere.

[James]

Really intrigued by this. When is it expected to be released?

14th August 2019 in the UK according to IMDB.

https://www.imdb.com/calendar/?region=gb

[LaLaLand]

14th August 2019 in the UK according to IMDB.

https://www.imdb.com/calendar/?region=gb

The wait will torture me!

Hopefully though, it goes down a storm over in the USA and is something worth waiting for! :fc:

[Tony Montana]

The wait will torture me!

Hopefully though, it goes down a storm over in the USA and is something worth waiting for! :fc:

Don't worry, Jonnii, before you know it, it will already be August.

The year is going fast, it's already ****ing March.

[Babayaro.]

July 26th in the States, not sure about elsewhere.

Perfect. I'll be in the States then!

[LaLaLand]

Don't worry, Jonnii, before you know it, it will already be August.

The year is going fast, it's already ****ing March.

Very true, flying by!

P.s just call me Jonny - "Jonnii" was me trying to be young and hip a decade ago... Need to see if I can just change my name :joker::joker:

[Tony Montana]

Very true, flying by!

P.s just call me Jonny - "Jonnii" was me trying to be young and hip a decade ago... Need to see if I can just change my name :joker::joker:

Will do, Jonny

Just ask Josy or James to change your username

[LaLaLand]

Holy **** this has blown my mind, the attention to detail even in the teaser...

The clip [teaser trailer], released Wednesday, kicks off with the jangling guitar and bass groove of “Straight Shooter,” a track by the group the Mamas and the Papas found on their 1966 debut.

At first listen, the song perfectly sums up the sunny L.A. scene before the specter of Manson and his followers cast a pall over the peace and love. But the soundtrack has a more sinister implication. When investigators combed through the living room where Sharon Tate lay dead at 10050 Cielo Drive on the morning after the murders, they found a grand piano mere feet from her body. Resting on the music stand was the sheet music for “Straight Shooter.”

:omgno::omgno::omgno::omgno:

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From a VERY interesting article which has taught me a few things including how Polanski and Michelle Phillips had an affair, John Phillips threatened Roman with a meat cleaver over it and basically Roman thought John had killed Sharon in revenge. RP would go around to John/Michelle's house to try and find blood in their car! A whole new dynamic :skull: https://people.com/music/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-trailer-chilling-musical-secret/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

[Beso]

14th August 2019 in the UK according to IMDB.

https://www.imdb.com/calendar/?region=gb

No point on perching just yet then.

[LaLaLand]

Michael Madsen interview, talks about OUATIH, confirms his role. Around the 4:30 mark:

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- He's playing an actor who plays the Sheriff in Leo's character's Western TV show, "Bounty Law"
- Leo's character on his show is a Bounty Hunter
- All of Madsen's scenes in the movie are in black and white, which probably means ALL of the "Bounty Law" sequences will be too (like at the beginning of the teaser)
- Confirms (?) The Manson Murders "are in there"
- The movie is "about the 60's, a lot of things happened in the 60's... The Manson murders was just one of those things, but that's not really what it's about... It's more about the 60's of America"
- Tarantino's biggest movie budget EVER [around the $100 MILLION mark!]
- He could just have the wrong year, but he says that the streets of Hollywood that were transformed back to how they looked in the 60's, "looked how they were in 1967 and 1968"... Doesn't mention 1969. This adds fuel to the rumour of it spanning a whole decade.

[LaLaLand]

Lots of little bits of info seems to be coming out slowly about castings.

Timothy Olyphant is playing TV Western star James Stacy, who played Wayne Maunder's brother in the classic Western TV show "Lancer" (which we know Tarantino bought the rights to).

Wayne Maunder of course is being played by Luke Perry (RIP) in this movie.

James Stacy was also married to actress Connie Stevens, who is being played in this movie by Dreama Walker. They were neighbours of Tate/Polanski.

We know Rumer Willis (Bruce/Demi's daughter) is playing actress Joanna Pettet, she links into the "story" as she was very good friends with Sharon Tate and actually had lunch with her just hours before the murder.

[LaLaLand]

This is interesting re: plot too...

Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton:
An actor who starred in the Western television series Bounty Law from 1958 to 1963. His attempt to transition to movies has not worked out and in 1969 he is struggling, doing guest roles on other people's programs while contemplating moving to Italy, which has become a hotbed for low-budget Westerns.

So the teaser "Western" clips were from pre-1963... Interestiiiing...

I've added a "Confirmed castings" list to the original post too, will keep it updated if I remember. The cast is HUGE.

[LaLaLand]

IDK how true this is but that's a very cool poster, very "trippy".

EDIT: It IS fan-made, but very, very cool. I love it.

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HQ:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2SfUOYWwAEub2Q.jpg:large

[LaLaLand]

However...

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It's a bloody spectacular poster, fits the theme perfectly and even pays homage to the old Leone "Once Upon a Time in..." posters in it's layout AND old Hollywood posters like, for example, off the top of my head "My Fair Lady". Perfect really so I hope it "somehow" gets used unless they have one already planned. Hopefully nowhere near the same as the teasers...

[Tony Montana]

That poster looks epic as ****

[LaLaLand]

Doesn't it just Tony! There's another too by the same people, much more simplistic but still very 1960s! These should have been the teaser (simplistic) and the official poster!!:

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HQ:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2SgIoYWwAEUInF.jpg

[LaLaLand]

Nice little "Easter Egg" here, or perhaps "Tarantino-universe" link, the Western set from the teaser was used in Django:

https://i5.imageban.ru/thumbs/2019.03.23/cdd65f926021ae38d3a950091ae58814.jpg

[LaLaLand]

The Mamas & The Papas' "Straight Shooter" is officially on the soundtrack. Opens the teaser and was Tate's favourite song. The sheet music for this song was also on the piano when the murders took place in Tate's home. :skull:

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[Tony Montana]

Nice little "Easter Egg" here, or perhaps "Tarantino-universe" link, the Western set from the teaser was used in Django:

https://i5.imageban.ru/thumbs/2019.03.23/cdd65f926021ae38d3a950091ae58814.jpg

Wow you have amazing eagle eyes

[LaLaLand]

Wow you have amazing eagle eyes

I didn't even notice, found this online on a random movie forum! Saved it and couldn't remember which exact site I got it from so can't correctly give credit, oops. Very clever though.

[LaLaLand]

I love how they could easily link loads of QT films.

"Bounty Law" to Django, because in this "universe", Django could have really happened at the time of the American Civil War, so this show could be set in the same time and same "town" as Django. Imagine if there's a character playing a character of Django in the fake TV show! :omgno:

Also, this movie takes place like 24 years after WW2 ended with Hitler and co being blown to smithereens by "The Basterds", Shoshanna and double-crossing Landa, theoretically.

[Marsh.]

The soundtrack looks brilliant. :clap1:

[LaLaLand]

When the official Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Twitter posted the trailer today, the tagline included featured this excerpt: “Experience a version of 1969.” The emphasis on version is mine, but again, I can’t help but think this is yet another clue hinting at a film set in some sort of alternate reality. A reality where the terrible events of August 9, 1969 didn’t happen at all. And as that title implies, this is “once upon a time.” This is not reality – it’s a fairy tale.

Kind of sums up my thinking this. Link (https://www.slashfilm.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-theory/)

[Marsh.]

So Sharon will survive and her baby grow up as Hollywood royalty?

[LaLaLand]

So Sharon will survive and her baby grow up as Hollywood royalty?

Literally anything is possible with Quentin.

As I've said before, Sharon's sister has personally approved this project which probably means that the murders either don't happen OR they happen off-screen if they do. She's a staunch advocate for her sister and is against any form of glorification of the events, understandably.

The vibe of this movie is pretty much "end of an era" in many respects, the dreaminess of the 60's as we knew it pretty much ended that night (60's America/California anyway).

I'm very intrigued to see what spin he's going with though...

[LaLaLand]

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She has the exact same bikini, good job.

[Brother Leon]

Leonardo DiCaprio hasn’t been in a bad movie yet. Don’t think he will start with this either.

[LaLaLand]

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[Tony Montana]

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:skull:

Mess

Nice avi btw Jonnii

[LaLaLand]

Mess

Nice avi btw Jonnii

Cheers! Thought it was time for an overhaul. Name will hopefully be changing soon too, seeing as I've become somewhat of a movie-nerd on this forum I'm going with "Hollywood". :joker:

[Tony Montana]

Cheers! Thought it was time for an overhaul. Name will hopefully be changing soon too, seeing as I've become somewhat of a movie-nerd on this forum I'm going with "Hollywood". :joker:

How long did you have your avi for? And who was it?

[Tony Montana]

''Hollywood'' would be a great username tho

[LaLaLand]

How long did you have your avi for? And who was it?

It was Miley Cyrus from when she went all scandalous, so from about 2013? I don't even like Miley Cyrus I just thought it was eye catching with the tongue! :joker::joker:

I think I had Prince's logo before that for a while!

[Tony Montana]

It was Miley Cyrus from when she went all scandalous, so from about 2013? I don't even like Miley Cyrus I just thought it was eye catching with the tongue! :joker::joker:

I think I had Prince's logo before that for a while!

Wow I never even realised that was Miley, I thought it may have been some character from an old sitcom or something :joker:

Prince tho :worship::clap1:

[LaLaLand]

I guess things are gonna be really quiet on this front for a month or two now.

Found this article though which was interesting, gives dates re: things picked up in the trailer (movie marquees on the cinemas, Bruce Lee's costume, the "Hullaballoo" show etc) that clarifies it being a multi-year storyline and not just set in the Summer of 1969...

Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Teaser Drops Timely Clues It Goes Back Way Before the Manson Murders (https://www.thewrap.com/tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-teaser-drops-timely-clues/)

Brief summary:

1. Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard decked out for a new film called “Krakatoa: East of Java.” The film debuted on March 14, 1969.
2. We see a marquee for “The Night They Raided Minsky’s". “Minsky’s” came out December 22 1968.
3. Bruce Lee is clearly dressed as Kato, his character on “The Green Hornet”. That show ended in March 1967.
4. Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) dancing on the goofy real-life NBC show “Hulabaloo". “Hulabaloo” ended in April 1966.
5. Billboard for Zeffirelli's "Romeo & Juliet". That movie was released October 8 1968.

Not to mention that Leo's show "Bounty Law" ended pre-1965, supposedly.

[LaLaLand]

According to a recent report by Showbiz411 writer Roger Friedman, OUATIH's status remains "not a lock" for the Cannes Film Festival, likely due to Tarantino still editing the movie. This comes just prior to a Cannes related article from Variety, which states: "insiders say only a handful of films have been told officially that they’ve landed a slot." To be ready in time, Tarantino has been editing and working hard according to fest director Thierry Frémaux, who will announce the official lineup next week on Thursday, April 18.

Oop.

[LaLaLand]

2 days until we find out if this movie will play Cannes, here's hoping! QT has been frantically editing for the past few months to make sure it's ready in time. :fc:

[LaLaLand]

MAJOR update!!

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#PierreLescure president of the Cannes Film Festival just said 5 minutes ago, that Tarantino will be in Cannes and that the film lasts between 2H30 and 3H00

2h30-3h runtime!! :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

Quentin Tarantino has offered some new Once Upon a Time in Hollywood character details – specifically in regards to the roles played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. ... According to Tarantino, DiCaprio’s character is a self-pitying has-been, and Pitt plays “one of the deadliest guys alive.”

According to the director, DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is “a man full of inner turmoil and self-pity for not being in a better position, career-wise. But as is Rick’s way, he blames everybody but himself.” This will no doubt lead to several comical situations, some of which have already been teased in the film’s trailer.

As for Pitt’s Cliff Booth, Tarantino describes the character as an “indestructible…World War II hero and one of the deadliest guys alive.” The director adds: “He could kill you with a spoon, a piece of paper or a business card. Consequently, he is a rather Zen dude who is troubled by very little.” Pitt can also excel at comedy, given the right material – as he did in Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds. I’m sold on all of this, and I’d like to see this movie immediately.

:think:

[Tony Montana]

''one of the deadliest guys alive''

Sounds intriguing and cool.

Perched

[Tony Montana]

It's a good thing the film is more than 2hrs

2hrs wouldn't do justice to it.

[LaLaLand]

''one of the deadliest guys alive''

Sounds intriguing and cool.

Perched

Does doesn't it? This must be why he gets to fight Bruce Lee :joker:

It's a good thing the film is more than 2hrs

2hrs wouldn't do justice to it.

I think we're in for a real "saga" with this one, I can't wait.

We could see the fall of old Hollywood (Westerns) and rise of the new, changing, independent cinema. The beginnings and progression of Manson's madness from possible Beach Boy to cult leader and of course, Tate's cruelly cut-short career.

[Tony Montana]

Apparently there's a very strong chance Kurt Russel's character is Stuntman Mike :amazed:

So here for this if true :fc::clap1: Mike is one of Tarantino's best characters and is criminally underrated.

There's a very real possibility that Kurt Russell's character in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Stuntman Mike from Death Proof. In the age of multiverses and shared cinematic universes, it's hardly unprecedented for characters to cross over into other films - something Tarantino's been doing since Reservoir Dogs.

In 2007, Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released a double feature throwback to grindhouse pictures of the 1970s aptly titled Grindhouse. Rodriguez's no holds-barred zombie film Planet Terror opens up the twofer, and after a series of fake movie trailers from directors like Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright, Tarantino's Death Proof is the second and final film. It centers around a Hollywood stuntman-turned-killer named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) whose weapons of choice are a 1971 Chevy Nova and a 1969 Dodge Charger. Giving new meaning to road rage, Stuntman Mike proves his talent behind the wheel of a car in Death Proof, but his Hollywood connections make it very possible he might have some kind of role to play in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-hollywood-kurt-russell-stuntman-mike/

[LaLaLand]

Apparently there's a very strong chance Kurt Russel's character is Stuntman Mike :amazed:

So here for this if true :fc::clap1: Mike is one of Tarantino's best characters and is criminally underrated.



https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-hollywood-kurt-russell-stuntman-mike/

:omgno::omgno::omgno: This would be incredible. Redemption for Death Proof!! Such a good movie. People who didn't like it simply didn't "get it", like it was meant to be amateur and "bad", but that's what makes it so good! :hehe:

[LaLaLand]

AMAZING new article of an interview with producer David Heyman, spoiler tags added because it's quite hefty:

The first thing you need to know about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is that it is not a Charles Manson-murders movie, according to producer David Heyman.

“That’s one of the big misconceptions to clarify,” he tells EW. As part of EW’s Summer Movie Preview, Heyman and producer Shannon McIntosh, who’s worked with Tarantino for more than two decades, cleared up some mystery around the plot of Tarantino’s anticipated movie and teased some intriguing details.

Set in 1969, Once Upon a Time brings together Leonardo DiCaprio as fading Western TV star Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt as his stunt double Cliff Booth, two friends navigating an industry and era in flux, painstakingly re-created on location in Los Angeles by Tarantino. But Charles Manson and his deadly cult do play an important role in the film; Australian actor Damon Herriman plays the infamous cult leader, while Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning, and Lena Dunham play members of his Manson Family.

“It’s about the loss of innocence that came about in 1969 with the Manson family,” explains McIntosh. There’s the starry Margot Robbie as It Girl and eventual Manson-family victim Sharon Tate, who lives next door to Rick. “It’s the three classes of Hollywood,” says Heyman. “There’s the high Hollywood of Sharon, the declining star of Rick, and there’s Cliff, who lives farther out and with more humble means.”

But first thing’s first — pairing DiCaprio and Pitt together for the first time in a feature is one of the biggest draws of the project. For McIntosh, who worked with Pitt on Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and DiCaprio on Django Unchained, bringing the two together finally was “absolutely magnetic.”

“I can’t wait for the world to see Brad’s performance in this,” she says. “He’s so wonderful and charismatic and I think he is the Brad that people fell in love with years ago. Especially when he’s going toe-to-toe with Leo, his performance is amazing, he looks great and I think people will be reminded why he is the movie star that we know he is.”

And there’s an interesting dynamic between the two characters, Heyman explains. DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is “not the movie star that he had hoped to be, so he’s struggling — he’s a working actor, but he’s not a movie star.” On the flip side, Pitt’s Cliff is “at ease, and comfortable with who he is” as Dalton’s stuntman.

“These are two people who have a history together and the loyalty that they have for one another is really potent,” Heyman says. “It’s really a film about that friendship and about the power of that friendship as they go on their journeys together and separately.”

And then there’s Robbie as the beautiful Tate. “[Sharon Tate] has been mythologized in some way through the murders but we get to see her as a person and we get to see her delight and enthusiasm and her sweetness,” Heyman explains. “She represents an innocence and innocence lost in some way, and that innocence is very much — that sweetness, that goodness, that delight with the movies, with her, with her life — is something that we experience.”

The role was prepared very carefully by both Tarantino and Robbie, who had the blessing of Tate’s sister Debra Tate. McIntosh said Robbie “wanted to honor Sharon’s memory and she really drilled down to make sure that she got the best performance and was really embracing all that Sharon was.”

She added that Tarantino “absolutely embraced Debra Tate, and that was very important to him and to us that she’d be comfortable with what we’re doing because obviously anyone thinking that we’re making it a Manson movie, which we’re not, but he was very sensitive to that and remains sensitive to that.”

But there’s also change afoot in 1969, a year that marked a major transition in Hollywood as it was shifting out of the Golden Age and with the expansion of television, into new, uncharted territory. For Rick and Cliff, it means a time for personal transformation as well.

“They’re going to have to reinvent themselves, and the extent to which they are able to will determine their futures. What I love about this, it’s just so singularly told because it’s Quentin Tarantino turning his eye on his hometown. Nobody else could have made this film,” Heyman says.

Los Angeles has always been home turf for Tarantino, and majorly featured in his first three films; Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown. But since then, he has travelled to further regions in his subsequent tales and it has taken Tarantino until this, his ninth film, to explore the Los Angeles of his childhood (he was 6 years old when the movie takes place) and the industry that so inspired him that he’s known to be a walking film encyclopedia.

“This is Quentin’s most personal film,” Heyman explains. “This is his memories of growing up in Los Angeles and being a fan of Hollywood.”

To transport audiences back to the Los Angeles of his childhood, Tarantino and his team transformed many of the city’s iconic locations on Hollywood Boulevard to their 1969 versions. There’s the renowned Grauman’s Chinese Theaters, the Aquarius Theatre on Sunset Blvd, and Sherman Oaks’ classic Mexican restaurant hangout Casa Vega. And there’s L.A.’s airport LAX, which Heyman quipped that they didn’t have to do much with as its 1969 self still pretty much exists today (and the airport’s renovations were held off until the film was done shooting, McIntosh added).

There’s also the music — the producers didn’t want to give away the magic of Tarantino’s soundtrack, but McIntosh said that KHJ, the radio station that dominated Los Angeles in 1969, and Boss Radio’s Boss Angeles will feature prominently as the characters travel through the story.

All of this culminates not only in Tarantino’s most personal film, but also his most moving one, Heyman says. It has his trademark sharp humor and style, but it’s “really moving, because it’s such a personal story,” the producer explains, drawing comparisons to Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-winning movie Roma.

Tarantino is deep into finishing the film for its July 26 release, but there have been discussions about whether it’ll debut at Cannes next month, 25 years after Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’Or, putting Tarantino on the map.

“We’re going to see if it’s ready,” Heyman says. “I know films are being announced, we have a little bit more time to decide. If we can get it ready, we will go. We’d like to go, of course, but at the same time, the film’s got to be all that it can be.”

Consider our appetite sufficiently whetted for Tarantino’s romp through the Hollywood of his memories.

:omgno: I'm SO pumped now!

Main bits:

- Manson & his Family play an important role
- It's about the loss of innocence caused by Manson and co
- "Three Classes of Hollywood" - Shining stars like Tate, has-beens like Rick and humble, "on the outskirts" types like Cliff
- Leo is struggling career-wise, wants more than anything to be an A-lister, unhappy where he is currently
- Brad is happy where he is and doesn't mind being in the background, humble
- Friendship is a key theme between the two protagonists
- We get to see Sharon Tate humanised rather than as this "myth" she's become because of her murder, she's sweet, enthusiastic and delightful. Sharon embodies the aforementioned "loss of innocence" vibe with this movie
- Industry changes by 1969 means personal transformation and reinvention for Brad and Leo to the point where it will determine their whole futures
- QT's most personal and "moving" movie
- Classic 60's LA radio stations KHJ and Boss Angeles feature prominently and alter with the changing years throughout the 60's - so a setting over the entire decade pretty much confirmed. We could be in for an AMAZING soundtrack here!
- Compared to Cuaron's "Roma" in terms of it being QT's love letter to his hometown of Los Angeles

[LaLaLand]

New shots:

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[LaLaLand]

In a new interview, Margot Robbie tells @deadline that she expects to be joining the cast in Cannes next month.

This comes just after producer David Heyman told EW: "If we can get it ready, we will go. We’d like to go, of course, but at the same time, the film’s got to be all that it can be.”

Cannes director Thierry Frémaux has seen a large part of OUATIH and is "really, really, really focused" on having it ready in time.

Regarding a possible premiere for Tarantino on the 25th anniversary of Pulp Fiction's Cannes debut, Frémaux has said he "can easily offer him that gift."

Cross EVERYTHING :fc:

[LaLaLand]

It’s official - OUATIH will premiere at Cannes and has a runtime of 2h45 :clap2:

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[Tony Montana]

That's great news. :clap2:

[LaLaLand]

This actress Lorena Izzo who plays an Italian actress in the movie called Francesca Cappucci (based on Sofia Loren and the like) says this movie is like a cross between Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds. Her character has pretty much just arrived in America from Italy and is possibly romantically linked to Leo’s character.

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[LaLaLand]

The official statement from Cannes:

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino (2 hrs 45)

“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes! Like for Inglourious Basterds, he’ll definitely be there – 25 years after the Palme d’or for Pulp Fiction – with a finished film screened in 35mm and his cast in tow (Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt). His film is a love letter to the Hollywood of his childhood, a rock music tour of 1969, and an ode to cinema as a whole.

In addition to thanking Quentin and his crew for spending days and nights in the editing room, the Festival wants to give special thanks to the teams at Sony Pictures, who made all of this possible.”

[LaLaLand]

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:joker::joker::joker:

[LaLaLand]

The press/interviews have begun! It's so close!

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[LaLaLand]

New shot of Robbie as Tate sitting in Jay Sebring’s salon:

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[LaLaLand]

Brad Pitt smartens up in coat as co-star Margot Robbie exudes sixties sophistication during Once Upon A Time In Hollywood photo shoot (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6989605/Brad-Pitt-smartens-coat-Margot-Robbie-exudes-sixties-sophistication-photo-shoot.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

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[LaLaLand]

Margot Robbie talks about her role in the upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to People magazine:

Margot Robbie got a very important blessing to play Manson family murder victim Sharon Tate.

The actress, 28, prepared for her role in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by talking to Tate’s family members and friends.

“They all said how kind, loving, and good-hearted she was,” Robbie, 28, tells PEOPLE in the latest issue. “I was fortunate enough to step on to set with Debra Tate’s blessing, Sharon’s sister.”

Tate, just 26 at the time of her death, was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child — a boy — when she was stabbed in her home by Charles Manson’s followers.

In the Quentin Tarantino-directed film, Leonardo DiCaprio, 44, plays actor Rick Dalton, while Brad Pitt, 55, stars as his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. The two are struggling with a changing Hollywood in the 1960s and Tate is Dalton’s next door neighbor.

Robbie, who worked with DiCaprio six years earlier on The Wolf of Wall Street, says it was a thrill to watch DiCaprio and Pitt team up.

“Leo and Brad are both so talented, it was great to see them evolve into their characters,” she says. “They were quite the duo.”

But for Robbie, the most important part of filming was being able to show audiences the real Sharon Tate.

“It was immensely important for me to honor Sharon’s generous spirit,” she says. “I felt an enormous sense of responsibility. She really was such a beautiful character to play.”

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opens in theaters on July 26.

[LaLaLand]

A very interesting theory, predicts we're "in for a shock" when we actually see this film. Possible though! :omgno:

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[LaLaLand]

These have started to crop up around LA/Sunset Boulevard, VERY clever marketing! :clap2: More to come I assume over the next few weeks, perhaps a re-hash of Valley of the Dolls/The Wrecking Crew posters with Robbie as Tate?

The Aquarius mural on Sunset Blvd features a new poster of DiCaprio's character in a fictional Italian film: "Columbia - Euro presenta Rick Dalton and Margaret Lee in OPERAZIONE DYN-O-MITE!" The movie appears to be a Eurospy film, or "Spaghetti spy film;" a genre of spy flicks produced across Europe (mostly in Italy) during the James Bond craze of the mid-'60s that British actress Margaret Lee frequently starred in.

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[LaLaLand]

This year's Cannes schedule is being revealed tomorrow morning, so we will get an official date for this movie's world premiere then!

[LaLaLand]

OUATIH will make it’s world premiere at Cannes on the 21st of May, just 12 days away!!

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[LaLaLand]

A recent photoshoot Margot did for a French magazine that's VERY 1960's and very "Sharon". She's so beautiful! Could easily be 2020's Best Actress Oscar from this movie.

Flick through:

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[LaLaLand]

Another lot of fictional promo posters have been put up!

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HQ:

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[LaLaLand]

A new trailer, 2 mins 26 seconds precisely in length, has been rated ready for release next week. Probably will be Tuesday for the Cannes premiere.

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Hopefully we get some “plot” from this and then maybe too the official poster will finally be revealed. :fc:

[LaLaLand]

Interview with Mike Moh, who plays Bruce Lee, all about the movie:

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[Tony Montana]

A new trailer, 2 mins 26 seconds precisely in length, has been rated ready for release next week. Probably will be Tuesday for the Cannes premiere.

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Hopefully we get some “plot” from this and then maybe too the official poster will finally be revealed. :fc:

Perched :dance::dance:

[Tony Montana]

OUATIH will make it’s world premiere at Cannes on the 21st of May, just 12 days away!!

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And now only 3 days away! :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

Perched :dance::dance:

Nice to see you popping in again Tony, saves me looking like I'm talking to myself. :joker:

[Tony Montana]

Interview with Mike Moh, who plays Bruce Lee, all about the movie:

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I hope he nails the Bruce Lee role. If he does, i reckon this film will put him on the map.

[Tony Montana]

Nice to see you popping in again Tony, saves me looking like I'm talking to myself. :joker:

Sorry about that. :laugh: I kept meaning to.

[LaLaLand]

Haha don't worry!

Yes 3 days until we get a new trailer, Cannes reviews, possibly spoilers too. Loads of new stuff! Don't think I can cope! :laugh2:

[Tony Montana]

Haha don't worry!

Yes 3 days until we get a new trailer, Cannes reviews, possibly spoilers too. Loads of new stuff! Don't think I can cope! :laugh2:

I can't wait to see the whole cast at Cannes :cheer2::cheer2:

His last film to show at Cannes was Inglorious Basterds, wasn't it?

[LaLaLand]

I can't wait to see the whole cast at Cannes :cheer2::cheer2:

His last film to show at Cannes was Inglorious Basterds, wasn't it?

It was yeah.

It's also 25 years since PF premiered there and won the Palme d'Or... Hopefully history repeats on this anniversary! :fc:

[Tony Montana]

It was yeah.

It's also 25 years since PF premiered there and won the Palme d'Or... Hopefully history repeats on this anniversary! :fc:

Cheers.

Yeah hopefully history repeats itself.

[LaLaLand]

Hopefully!!

I'm going to try and avoid spoiler reviews and just ready the general ones, I want to know the plot. I even wrote up a plot idea I had the other day (saddo :joker:), possibility:

My theory is all to do with "the price of fame".

So this movie begins like the teaser trailer did in black and white with Cliff and Rick being interviewed on the set of "Bounty Law", they're really successful, Western TV shows are booming and very popular. Cut to a few years later, they're struggling as the industry is rapidly changing, they can't get work outside of what they're "known for", which is speedily going out of fashion as the 60's draws to an end. Rick wants to be this big A-Lister but can't get any work because he's seen as this washed-up cowboy TV star of years gone by and is stuck doing these Westerns that nobody wants to watch anymore.

These TV shows are filmed at... Spahn Ranch, where the Manson Family lives. Through working there, they encounter Manson and co (I see Cliff being very into the whole lifestyle of the family, he seems pretty hippie-ish so could possibly be the big connection to Manson, friends/party pals maybe) and long-story-short, find out what they're plotting to do at Tate's house which is coincidentally next door to where Rick lives up on Cielo Drive.

The line between fiction and reality begins to blur for him. Leo's character, who over the course of the movie is becoming more and more depressed, miserable, desperate etc, obsessed with becoming this big star, sees this opportunity to intercept the Family at Tate's house, lures them in and kills them in what he believes is his "big moment" that will make him a name that will go down in history. If this was a movie, he'd be the hero. He takes various steps in preparation for his "big role" - combat training with Bruce Lee, for example.

This does happen, he becomes a name never to be forgotten and massacres Manson and co in typical bloody, brutal Tarantino fashion (maybe Cliff gets killed too) but Sharon is spared her life anyway... However, he's now also a mass murderer and he ends up in prison at the end of the movie (or even death row) as there's not enough evidence to prove that the Family were out to kill that night or something along those lines.

He's now "infamous".

Movie ends with montage shots of Rick in his prison cell being interviewed by the SAME GUY that interviewed him and Cliff at the start of the movie, this time thought the questions are about reality and not fiction on the TV show. As they talk, Sharon is shown maybe with her son at home happy or perhaps winning an acting award, "what should have been". Movie fades out...

[LaLaLand]

HQ fictional "Uccidimi Subito Ringo, Disse Il Gringo" (Kill Me Now Ringo, Said the Gringo) poster, starring Rick Dalton:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D68nKqkWwAE5Cut.jpg

I REALLY hope the official poster for this movie is along these lines, same artist! :fc:

[Tony Montana]

That looks amazing!

[LaLaLand]

The trailer *could* be dropping tomorrow apparently, it's not 100% Tuesday :omgno:

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(Could also mean it could be Weds, Thurs or Fri though, too)

[Tony Montana]

Hopefully it's tomorrow.

[LaLaLand]

Tarantino himself has released this letter urging critics/audience at the premiere tomorrow not to spoil the movie after watching, probably something to do with how the whole Manson/Tate thing pans out I assume, it's going to be another "Inglorious..." with revisionist history... Or maybe not?:

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Critics are pressed though, seeing their ass about it on Twitter so I wouldn't be surprised if the knives are out tomorrow and we get some real nit-picky reviews just because of this.

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[LaLaLand]

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[Tony Montana]

Wow he really wants this to be kept top secret. Must be a masterpiece of a film then.

[Tony Montana]

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:joker::joker::joker:

[LaLaLand]

ANOTHER new Rick Dalton poster, "Nebraska Jim":

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7BaGHOV4AEYMDA.jpg

[LaLaLand]

Well this looks promising!! :fc:

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[LaLaLand]

Another!! Rick Dalton is Joe Tanner in... "TANNER":

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7B8MvrWsAEEsvU.jpg:large

[Tony Montana]

Posters look incredible. I take it Quentin is paying homage to the Pulp Magazines.

[Tony Montana]

Well this looks promising!! :fc:

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Wow he better not disappoint us.

[LaLaLand]

Posters look incredible. I take it Quentin is paying homage to the Pulp Magazines.

Yeah those and classic early 60's movie posters.

What's funny is they're references to real movies, "Nebraska Jim" was the other title for a movie called "Savage Gringo"/"Ringo de Nebraska" (which ties into the other poster), released in 1966!

IMDB link (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060901/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1)

[Strictly Jake]

Really looking forward to this film

[LaLaLand]

Ah nice to see more interest!

The full, proper, red-band trailer is expected to drop tomorrow Jake, to coincide with the world premiere at Cannes tomorrow night (premiering about 7pm UK time).

Then of course initial reviews will immediately follow!

[LaLaLand]

The artist signed on the posters is Renato Casaro, 83 years old, famous for creating the posters for movies like Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, Red Sonja, Conan the Barbarian, Rambo 2 and Quadrophenia among many others. Very cool!

If he's doing the official, main poster we're in for a treat.

https://www.mauvais-genres.com/26192-large_default/never-say-never-again-original-movie-poster-23x33-in-1983-james-bond-sean-connery.jpg

[LaLaLand]

Some new insights:

This is what the press notes Sony distributed said about the movie:

“It is a character-driven story, dealing with mature issues of unfulfilled expectations that inevitably confront us all as we age. In Hollywood, this struggle is particularly dramatic, as success and failure live side by side. In Once Upon a Time…, they do so literally as well as figuratively. Uniting two of today’s greatest stars in a first-ever pairing and recreating an entire lost era, the film is big cinema made for the big screen. A true original in a landscape of sequels and superheroes. Set in 1969, Tarantino recreates the time and place of his formative years, when everything – the United States, the city of Los Angeles, the Hollywood star system, even the movies themselves – was at an inflection point, and no one knew where the pieces would land. All this is not entirely dissimilar from the changes buffeting Hollywood today.”

Also, Hammond talked to somebody who saw the film and they said this:

All I have been told by someone who has seen it and is connected to the film’s campaign is that it is “not what you expect it to be” and then describes it rather mysteriously as a “fairy tale.” Intriguing, but they said nothing else.

[LaLaLand]

TRAILER!!!!! omg

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It looks as if Brad's character becomes a member of Manson's Family :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

The premiere is now underway!

Brad, Leo, QT & Margot on the Red Carpet:

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-quentin-tarantino-and-margot-robbie-the-picture-id1150760556?s=2048x2048

Initial reviews expected within 3/4 hours :omgno:

[LaLaLand]

Initial reviews are (as expected) diverse, but the majority are extremely positive.

Will post some Tweets later but the general consensus is that this is very Pulp Fiction, authentic, unsettling and very "Tarantino". Also a very touching movie.

Brad Pitt is apparently incredible in this and the not-to-be-spoiled ending is excellent, a real "pay off" according to many who have left the screening wanting a drink/a lie down! :laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

The amount of 5* reviews coming out for this are incredible!! I'm so happy!!

The Guardian's "dazzling" 5* review:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/21/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-tarantino-dazzling-dicaprio-pitt

Variety call it a "masterwork":

https://www.slashfilm.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review/

Vanity Fair loved it:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/05/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-quentin-tarantino-brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio?verso=true

5* from Cinevue:

https://cine-vue.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review.html

[LaLaLand]

It's at 92 on Metacritic with 6 reviews... This is looking VERY favourable for the Palme d'Or!

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/critic-reviews

[LaLaLand]

93% Approval currently on Rotten Tomatoes with 14 reviews :omgno:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once_upon_a_time_in_hollywood

[Tony Montana]

TRAILER!!!!! omg

ELeMaP8EPAA

It looks as if Brad's character becomes a member of Manson's Family :omgno:

Just watched it! Looks amazing and even better than the first. Love that we saw more of the cast, especially Kurt and Timothy.

Unlikely but i'm still hoping Kurt will be playing Stuntman Mike.

[Tony Montana]

Initial reviews are (as expected) diverse, but the majority are extremely positive.

Will post some Tweets later but the general consensus is that this is very Pulp Fiction, authentic, unsettling and very "Tarantino". Also a very touching movie.

Brad Pitt is apparently incredible in this and the not-to-be-spoiled ending is excellent, a real "pay off" according to many who have left the screening wanting a drink/a lie down! :laugh2:

I really hope this film will match (or even succeed) Pulp Fiction. We need a film that is shocking, thrilling, quotable and one hell of a ride this generation to match PF and I have a feeling it could be this.

[Tony Montana]

It received a 7 minute standing ovation after it premiered at Cannes. :clap1:

The crowd that was able to get into the Cannes Film Festival’s world premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood gave the film a seven-minute standing ovation at the end of one of the most anticipated screenings at the prestigious festival in recent years.

“Thank you for being such a fantastic audience for the first time we’ve ever showed it to an audience,” Tarantino told the crowd after the screening in very brief remarks, thanking the studio, producers, cast and crew.

It was an enthusiastic response to the film, Tarantino’s ninth and most recent film in Cannes since Inglourious Basterds in 2009. He won the Palme d’Or 25 years ago for Pulp Fiction.

https://deadline.com/2019/05/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-cannes-standing-ovation-quentin-tarantino-premiere-1202620039/