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A
faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success
in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Director: Quentin
Tarantino
Writer: Quentin
Tarantino
Stars: Leonardo
DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
Summaries
A
faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success
in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
—Bob
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.
1969.
Rick Dalton was once the star of a highly popular TV series but a few bad
choices have set his career back, leaving him wondering if he should quit
showbiz altogether. His best friend is Cliff Booth, an aging stuntman who was
Dalton's stunt-double in movies and TV. His career is largely over. While Booth
ekes out an existence, Dalton still lives a life of relative luxury in
Hollywood, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. In fact, his neighbours
are Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate.
—grants
Set
in Los Angeles, 1969. Over the hill TV actor, Rick Dalton, and his best friend
and stunt-double, Cliff Booth, strive to reignite their careers as their
failure is juxtaposed with the success of Rick's new next door neighbours:
Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. Rick and Cliff become unwittingly entangled
with the infamous Manson family in the process.
—jmcrighton-892-694446
After
a meteoric five-year rise to the top in the cut-throat world of dazzling
Hollywood and a long decade of treading water, the once-young-and-popular
action star, Rick Dalton, finds it difficult to swallow that the rapacious and
always hungry for new blood film industry can do without him. Sensing that his
career may be nearing its end, Rick along with his sympathetic confidant and
former stunt double, Cliff Booth, face the grim possibility of a mundane new
life in an ever-changing 1969 Los Angeles. Now, unlike his glamorous next-door
neighbours--the young director fresh off the triumphant success of Rosemary's
Baby (1968), Roman Polanski, and the rising star of The Wrecking Crew (1968),
Sharon Tate--Rick has to make a difficult decision. Of course, none of them is
aware that their fates, and their very lives, are on a collision course with a
certain Charles Manson, and his army of ferociously zealous believers. Will
Hollywood ever be the same after August 9, 1969?
—Nick
Riganas
Actor
Rick Dalton gained fame and fortune by starring in a 1950s television Western,
but is now struggling to find meaningful work in a Hollywood that he doesn't
recognize anymore. He spends most of his time drinking and palling around with
Cliff Booth, his easygoing best friend and longtime stunt double. Rick also
happens to live next door to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate -- the filmmaker
and budding actress whose futures will forever be altered by members of the
Manson Family.
—Jwelch5742
Synopsis
The
film opens with a clip from an old Western TV series, "Bounty Law."
It features action star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) in the lead role as
Jake Cahill, a renegade bounty hunter. Following the clip is an interview with
Rick and his stuntman, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), both of whom describe Cliff's
role as essentially carrying Rick's load.
Saturday,
February 8th, 1969
Rick
and Cliff are in a restaurant where Rick is met by producer Marvin Schwarz (Al
Pacino). He is a fan of Rick's work, having seen a double feature presentation
of his where he plays an action star, including one where he is a GI that
incinerates Nazis with a flamethrower (which he kept). Marvin also brings up a
cheesy music video Rick was featured in. "Bounty Law" has since been
canceled because of Rick's ongoing alcoholism (which is also why Cliff is his
driver), and now Rick has booked a gig as a villain on the series
"Lancer." Marvin thinks Rick ought to fly to Rome and shoot Spaghetti
Westerns. Rick complains to Cliff about how this means that his career is going
downhill, and he is now a has-been.
Cliff
drives Rick home, where they learn that Rick's new neighbors are director Roman
Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha) and his wife, rising starlet Sharon Tate (Margot
Robbie). Rick's mood turns around since he thinks that a big-time director like
Polanski (hot off directing the recent thriller "Rosemary's Baby")
can help reinvigorate his career. He goes to rehearse his lines for
"Lancer" for the night. Cliff then drives home to his trailer, where
he lives alone with his dog Brandy.
Polanski
brings Sharon to a party at the Playboy Mansion, where they meet with their
friends Jay Sebring (Emile Hirsch), Steve McQueen (Damien Lewis), and Michelle
Phillips (Rebecca Rittenhouse). Sharon goes dancing, while McQueen talks to
Connie Stevens (Dreama Walker). He notes that Sharon is using Polanski to make
Jay jealous, and Connie thinks that Sharon has a type - short men that
"look like 12-year-old boys".
Sunday,
February 9th, 1969
After
Polanski leaves, Sharon hangs out with Jay at her house. Visiting them is
Charles Manson (Damon Herriman), claiming that he is coming to see his friends,
the previous owners of the house that Polanski and Sharon now live in. He
apologizes for the error and leaves.
Cliff
brings Rick to the set of "Lancer" for the day's shoot. He goes back to
Rick's house after he asks Cliff to fix the antenna on his roof. He happens to
spot Manson as he leaves, and he smiles and waves at Cliff. We then see a
flashback to Rick talking to an old friend of his, Randy (Kurt Russell), into
getting Cliff a gig. Randy shows reluctance since it is rumored that Cliff
murdered his wife Billie (Rebecca Gayheart) and got away with it. The alleged
incident is shown on a boat where Billie was nagging Cliff endlessly, but it
cuts away before we see if Cliff really did shoot Billie with the harpoon gun
he was holding. Randy brings Cliff to the set, where he meets Bruce Lee (Mike
Moh), talking about wanting to fight boxer Muhammad Ali. When Lee catches Cliff
laughing at what he's saying, he challenges him to a fight to see who knocks
who on the ground first. Lee gets Cliff down first, and he retaliates by
grabbing Lee and slamming him into a car. The two then go hand-to-hand until
Janet (Zoe Bell), Randy's wife and fellow stunt coordinator comes in and is
pissed to see Cliff and Lee fighting, and the huge dent that Cliff left in
there, meaning he's fired.
In
the present, Sharon drives through Hollywood, where she goes to a local
bookstore, and then goes to the local movie theater and sees that a film she is
featured in, "The Wrecking Crew," is playing. She goes to the box
office and asks for a ticket, but then asks if she gets any privilege for
starring in the film. The manager comes out and recognizes Sharon from
"Valley of the Dolls," and he invites her in. Throughout the film,
Sharon listens to the audience's enthusiastic reactions to her performance,
with laughter and cheering at the right moments.
Meanwhile,
Rick goes through his hair and make-up for "Lancer." He then sits
down next to his eight-year-old co-star Trudi (Julia Butters), who is a method
actor. Rick smokes a cigarette near her as she reads her book. They have a
conversation about the books they are reading, and Rick has a small breakdown
over his perceived decline in stardom. Shooting begins, and Rick works with the
series lead actor, James Stacey (Timothy Olyphant), who plays protagonist
Johnny Madrid. During the take, Rick forgets his lines due to being drunk. He
goes to his trailer and has a meltdown, but then vows to do better.
Elsewhere,
Cliff drives home from Rick's place and sees a hitchhiker called Pussycat
(Margaret Qualley), whom Cliff has noticed throughout the weekend. He picks her
up and agrees to take her to the Spahn Ranch, where Cliff used to shoot films
with Rick. When they get there, Cliff sees that the place has become some kind
of commune for hippies, mostly consisting of women. Pussycat tells Cliff that
he should stick around to meet Manson, but he wants to speak with the ranch's
elderly owner, George Spahn (Bruce Dern). The women warn Cliff that Spahn is
sleeping, but he goes over to his house anyway. He is met by Lynette
"Squeaky" Fromme (Dakota Fanning), who also reiterates that Spahn is
asleep because she just had sex with him. Cliff goes to wake Spahn up, but he
doesn't recognize Cliff since he is blind. He asks Spahn if the women there are
taking advantage of him, but Spahn denies it and tells Cliff to leave. Outside,
Cliff sees one of the male hippie's stuck a knife in his front tire. He gets
his stuff out and orders the man to fix it, but is given a "fuck
you." Cliff responds by decking the guy hard in the face three times in
front of the other women. One of the Manson girls gets a horse and runs to get
Tex Watson (Austin Butler), but Cliff is already driving away by the time he
arrives.
Back
on the "Lancer" set, Rick shoots a scene where he has Trudi's
character hostage, and Scott Lancer, played by Wayne Maunder (Luke Perry),
comes to intervene. Rick improvises his slimy villain character and has a
moment where he throws Trudi off of him. After the take, he is praised by both
the director and Trudi, who tells Rick that it was the best acting she has ever
seen in her life. The comment even moves Rick to tears.
Cliff
and Rick go back to the latter's house to watch the episode of FBI her appears
in. As they are watching, we cross cut to Schwaz, who makes a phone call
regarding Ricks' career. The screen fades to black.
Six
months later.
A
voice-over from Randy states that Rick and Cliff ended up flying to Rome to
shoot the Spaghetti Western films. While there, Rick met and married Italian
film actress Francesca Capucci (Lorenza Izzo).
August
8th, 1969
Rick
and Cliff have returned to Los Angeles, but now feel that it is time for them
to go their separate ways. They spend one last night having drinks and hang out
at Rick's home with Francesca. Meanwhile, Sharon, now very pregnant, is having
a small gathering with Jay and their friends Wojciech Frykowski (Costa Ronin)
and Abigail Folger (Samantha Robinson).
Cliff
takes out a cigarette he bought from Pussycat that was dipped in acid, and he
proceeds to smoke it to trip out. Outside, Tex drives in front of the houses
with fellow "family" members Patricia Krenwinkel, AKA Katie (Madisen
Beaty), Susan Atkins, AKA Sadie (Mikey Madison), and Linda Kasabian, AKA
Flowerchild (Maya Hawke). They arrive intending to kill Sharon and her friends,
but a drunk Rick comes out and angrily yells at them because their car's busted
muffler is making too much noise. He orders them to leave, even as Katie
appears to be reaching for her gun, but Tex drives away. At the bottom of the
hill, the four recognize Rick from TV, and Sadie suggests that they kill him
and whoever else is in his house. The others agree, but as they start walking
there, Flowerchild says she forgot her knife. Tex gives her the car keys to get
it, but she ends up ditching them and driving away. The three then proceed to
carry out their plan.
The
Manson trio walks up to Rick's house. Tex and Katie break in through the front
door, while Sadie goes in through the side. Cliff sees them, but because he is
tripping, he is neither frightened nor absolutely sure of what he is seeing.
Even as Tex draws his gun on Cliff, he instead sics Brandy on Tex, who
viciously chomps into Tex's arm and groin. Sadie tries to run up to Cliff with
her knife, but he chucks a can of dog food at her, which smashes into her face.
Cliff stomps Tex's face in until he is dead before grabbing Katie and brutally
smashing her face against the hard furniture until she is dead too. Brandy gets
a few bites into Sadie as well, but she runs out the back glass door, flailing
and shrieking into the pool, where Rick is lounging. He then comes out with his
flamethrower and torches Sadie, who burns to death in his pool. In the chaos,
Cliff gets stabbed in his right hip by Katie, but non-fatally.
Paramedics
and police arrive at the scene. Cliff is taken to the hospital for his
injuries, while Francesca is freaked out by the ordeal. After Rick says bye to
Cliff, he sees Jay calling to him from Sharon's gate. Rick explains what
happened, and Jay recognizes Rick from TV. Jay tells Sharon who her neighbor
is, and they invite him to come over for a drink. Rick agrees, and he finally
meets Sharon and her friends.
Taglines: The 9th
Film from Quentin Tarantino.
Genres: Comedy |
Drama
Motion
Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated
R for language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual
references
User
Reviews
In
short it had all the elements I seek in a movie.
It
had action, it had violence, it had an atmosphere, it actually mocked
Hollywood, it had Playboy bunnies, Margot's legs were spectacularly exciting
and thin and in a microskirt OH MY Did I mention I love violence? heck, I love
dogs.
Great
movie.
Details
Country: USA | UK |
China
Language: English |
Italian | Spanish | German
Release
Date:
26 July 2019 (USA)
Also Known
As: Once Upon a
Time... In Hollywood
Filming
Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Box
Office
Budget: $90,000,000
(estimated)
Opening
Weekend USA: $41,082,018, 28 July 2019
Gross USA:
$142,502,728
Cumulative
Worldwide Gross: $374,343,626
Company
Credits
Production
Co: Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films
Technical
Specs
Runtime: 161 min
Sound Mix: Dolby
Digital | Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)| Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround 7.1
Color: Color |
Black and White
Aspect
Ratio:
2.39 : 1
