[LaLaLand]

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

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

Spoiler:

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:



Official trailer:

Youtube video

[MB.]

[Ammi]

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

[MB.]

Originally Posted by MB.

Well the joke's on me, because I just saw this and quite liked it!

Spoiler:

It didn't drag as I thought a 2hr30m+ Tarantino film might (I didn't even make it through The Hateful Eight, which attests to how short my attention span can be). I'd read a spoiler about the ending, or at least I thought I had - I knew Sharon Tate didn't die, but for some reason I thought that the actor and the stuntman were killed in her place. imho that ending would have been more thematically appropriate (old Hollywood chivalry and heroism dying out and being replaced by the senseless violence of Vietnam and the 70s, etc etc), and it was slightly odd to have a mostly-happy, mostly-peaceful ending to a Tarantino film.

With the ending considered, I still stand by my initial fears that the film would be more about a glamourised fantasy of the 60s than anything actually about Sharon Tate, and I don't see why her story was rewritten and depicted peripherally through a film about Leonardo DiCaprio having a midlife crisis/Brad Pitt overfeeding his dog. But in spite of that, as a fairly fluffy (by Tarantino's standards) film about 60s Hollywood, I can't say I didn't enjoy it. And anyone who says the best character was anyone other than Janet (aka the "WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO TO MY CAR?" lady) is a dirty rotten liar.

I still have no idea who Luke Perry played despite having Googled and Wikipedia'd it, mind you

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by MB.

Well the joke's on me, because I just saw this and quite liked it!

Spoiler:

It didn't drag as I thought a 2hr30m+ Tarantino film might (I didn't even make it through The Hateful Eight, which attests to how short my attention span can be). I'd read a spoiler about the ending, or at least I thought I had - I knew Sharon Tate didn't die, but for some reason I thought that the actor and the stuntman were killed in her place. imho that ending would have been more thematically appropriate (old Hollywood chivalry and heroism dying out and being replaced by the senseless violence of Vietnam and the 70s, etc etc), and it was slightly odd to have a mostly-happy, mostly-peaceful ending to a Tarantino film.

With the ending considered, I still stand by my initial fears that the film would be more about a glamourised fantasy of the 60s than anything actually about Sharon Tate, and I don't see why her story was rewritten and depicted peripherally through a film about Leonardo DiCaprio having a midlife crisis/Brad Pitt overfeeding his dog. But in spite of that, as a fairly fluffy (by Tarantino's standards) film about 60s Hollywood, I can't say I didn't enjoy it. And anyone who says the best character was anyone other than Janet (aka the "WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO TO MY CAR?" lady) is a dirty rotten liar.

I still have no idea who Luke Perry played despite having Googled and Wikipedia'd it, mind you

I’m glad it exceeded your initially very low expectations MB!

I believe the reasoning for his inclusion of Sharon as a secondary character in this is because there’s a theme running through the movie of “an end of an era” and eventual loss of innocence that was the 60’s hippy movement. Sharon and co’s murders basically personified these themes in real life. That weekend, the 60’s died a death, for want of a better word. He also wanted to celebrate her life seeing as she’s become sadly more famous for her brutal death, and in most cases less famous than her murderers. She was shaping up to be the next big thing at the time. Very sad.

I’ve seen the Janet clip too so I know exactly what you’re referring to, hilarious!

Great review!

[LaLaLand]

Pitt and DiCaprio:

[rusticgal]

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

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

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

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

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]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

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...

[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]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

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...

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

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]

Originally Posted by Alf

Is it about paedophilia?

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

[parmnion]

Sounds dandy....

[Shaun]

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

[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]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

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?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

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]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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]

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.