Here comes a director’s cut for Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America.” Variety is reporting the 1984 film will be fully restored by Italy’s Bologna Cinematheque L’Immagine Ritrovata lab using digital techniques and adding an additional 40 minutes to the original 229-minute movie. The film originally starred Robert De Niro (“Goodfellas,” “Taxi Driver”) and James Woods (“Casino,” “Vampires”). The film is about a former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster who returned to Brooklyn over 30 years later and must confront the ghosts and regrets from his old life. The film received Golden Globes awards for Best Director for Leone and Best Original Score for Ennio Morricone. The 229-minute original film premiered at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. However, the film was released in the United States with only 139 minutes against the wishes of Leone. Warner Brothers recently rereleased the full 229-minute cut of the film in January on Blu-Ray. The children of Leone,...
- 3/11/2011
- LRMonline.com
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' was just released on Blu-ray this January. If you purchased a copy of the disc, you're unfortunately already the unlucky owner of an outdated cut. Variety reports that Andrea and Raffaella Leone (the maestro's children) have picked up the Italian rights to the 1984 gangster tale and will be working with Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata to digitally restore the film. They're also going to be adding 40 minutes of original footage to the new director's cut.
All restoration is being supervised by 'America's' original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai. The film's in good hands with Bologna Cinematheque, who have worked on Leone's epic spaghetti westerns and also manage the Charlie Chaplin archives. An Italian theatrical release and VOD may be on the way, but the Leone family are eyeing up the Cannes and Venice film festivals for a possible 2012 screening.
Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' was just released on Blu-ray this January. If you purchased a copy of the disc, you're unfortunately already the unlucky owner of an outdated cut. Variety reports that Andrea and Raffaella Leone (the maestro's children) have picked up the Italian rights to the 1984 gangster tale and will be working with Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata to digitally restore the film. They're also going to be adding 40 minutes of original footage to the new director's cut.
All restoration is being supervised by 'America's' original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai. The film's in good hands with Bologna Cinematheque, who have worked on Leone's epic spaghetti westerns and also manage the Charlie Chaplin archives. An Italian theatrical release and VOD may be on the way, but the Leone family are eyeing up the Cannes and Venice film festivals for a possible 2012 screening.
- 3/11/2011
- by Alison Nastasi
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' was just released on Blu-ray this January. If you purchased a copy of the disc, you're unfortunately already the unlucky owner of an outdated cut. Variety reports that Andrea and Raffaella Leone (the maestro's children) have picked up the Italian rights to the 1984 gangster tale and will be working with Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata to digitally restore the film. They're also going to be adding 40 minutes of original footage to the new director's cut.
All restoration is being supervised by 'America's' original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai. The film's in good hands with Bologna Cinematheque, who have worked on Leone's epic spaghetti westerns and also manage the Charlie Chaplin archives. An Italian theatrical release and VOD may be on the way, but the Leone family are eyeing up the Cannes and Venice film festivals for a possible 2012 screening.
Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' was just released on Blu-ray this January. If you purchased a copy of the disc, you're unfortunately already the unlucky owner of an outdated cut. Variety reports that Andrea and Raffaella Leone (the maestro's children) have picked up the Italian rights to the 1984 gangster tale and will be working with Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata to digitally restore the film. They're also going to be adding 40 minutes of original footage to the new director's cut.
All restoration is being supervised by 'America's' original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai. The film's in good hands with Bologna Cinematheque, who have worked on Leone's epic spaghetti westerns and also manage the Charlie Chaplin archives. An Italian theatrical release and VOD may be on the way, but the Leone family are eyeing up the Cannes and Venice film festivals for a possible 2012 screening.
- 3/11/2011
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
Sergio Leone's New York gangster epic 'Once Upon a Time in America' is getting the redux treatment. The film will be fully restored by Italy's Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata lab, using digital techniques and adding 40 minutes of original footage to its 229-minute running time.
Leone's children, Andrea and Raffaella Leone, have acquired Italian rights to "Once Upon a Time in America," from Arnon Milchan's New Regency, and now aim to bow their redux version, which is being supervised by the pic's original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai, at either the Cannes or Venice fests in 2012.
Warner Bros. rereleased the 229-minute cut of the pic in January re-remastered on Blu-ray.
Leone's children, Andrea and Raffaella Leone, have acquired Italian rights to "Once Upon a Time in America," from Arnon Milchan's New Regency, and now aim to bow their redux version, which is being supervised by the pic's original sound editor, Fausto Ancillai, at either the Cannes or Venice fests in 2012.
Warner Bros. rereleased the 229-minute cut of the pic in January re-remastered on Blu-ray.
- 3/11/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Sergio Leone has been deceased since 1989, but thanks to his children Andrea and Raffaella Leone, we are still going to see a new, more definitive cut of his classic crime epic Once Upon a Time in America. Apparently the new cut will restore 40 minutes of new footage to the 229 minute version of the film and will now clock in at a little under 4 1/2 hours. The new cut will be supervised by Fausto Ancillai, the sound editor on the original film. Given that Leone shot over ten hours of footage, maybe his children's children will boost the running time to 5 or 6 hours in another 30 years? [Variety]...
- 3/11/2011
- Movieline
Director Sergio Leone's 1984 Italian/American gangster feature, "Once Upon a Time in America", starring actors Robert De Niro and James Woods, will be fully restored by Italy's Bologna Cinemetheque L'Immagine Ritrovata lab, adding 40 minutes of original footage to its 229-minute running time.
Leone's children, Andrea and Raffaella Leone, acquired Italian rights to "Once Upon a Time in America," from Arnon Milchan's New Regency, with the new restoration being supervised by sound editor, Fausto Ancillai.
Rome-based Leone Films are in talks with Sky Italia for the 'redux' version to air, as well as an Italian theatrical release.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Once Upon A Time In America"...
Leone's children, Andrea and Raffaella Leone, acquired Italian rights to "Once Upon a Time in America," from Arnon Milchan's New Regency, with the new restoration being supervised by sound editor, Fausto Ancillai.
Rome-based Leone Films are in talks with Sky Italia for the 'redux' version to air, as well as an Italian theatrical release.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Once Upon A Time In America"...
- 3/11/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone had a massive impact on my childhood and movie education. His Man With No Name trilogy made me fall in love with cinema. That he made Once Upon A Time in the West as well (with a script co-written by Dario Agrento) proves he deserves his place in film history alongside my own affections. He also directed a sprawling and disturbing gangster epic in the early 1980s called Once Upon A Time In America.
Leone died in 1989 but his children Andrea and Raffaella Leone have picked up the Italian rights to his gangster masterpiece and will be teaming with Bologna Cinemetheque L’Immagine Ritrovata for a restoration and re-cut. They also plan to add forty minutes of extra footage into the film. It’s already nearly four hours long in its definitive cut (the 1984 Cannes version). Leone originally envisioned his film as being seen in two parts,...
Leone died in 1989 but his children Andrea and Raffaella Leone have picked up the Italian rights to his gangster masterpiece and will be teaming with Bologna Cinemetheque L’Immagine Ritrovata for a restoration and re-cut. They also plan to add forty minutes of extra footage into the film. It’s already nearly four hours long in its definitive cut (the 1984 Cannes version). Leone originally envisioned his film as being seen in two parts,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
I’ve been told – multiple times – since I was a younger man that Once Upon a Time in America is one of the greatest films ever made. One of the few movies that the brilliant Sergio Leone directed that I have yet to see, it stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and James Woods in their prime, and is in one of my favorite genres, the period piece gangster epic. That more or less sounds like cinematic bliss to me.
I’ve also purposely avoided seeing the film since hearing about it.
Why? Well, doing some reading years ago showed me that Leone‘s children planned to release a “final cut” of sorts for the film; my weird knack of waiting for full versions of previously cut films has left me waiting impatiently for years for it to get released. News has just come in that confirms we’ll be getting this version.
I’ve also purposely avoided seeing the film since hearing about it.
Why? Well, doing some reading years ago showed me that Leone‘s children planned to release a “final cut” of sorts for the film; my weird knack of waiting for full versions of previously cut films has left me waiting impatiently for years for it to get released. News has just come in that confirms we’ll be getting this version.
- 3/10/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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I've always had a special fondness for this film. The last time I saw it on commercial television was near the end of the 1960's around Thanksgiving while visiting my late Aunt Cheta's house in upstate New York, playing on the old Wor Channel 9. It was very late at night and my Aunt got up and found me watching this old black and white film, and sat down to view it with me. When she saw the rather top-heavy actress Graziella Granata,...
This time we feature Richard A. Ekstedt and his take on a classic Italian vampire film presented by Dark Sky Films, Slaughter Of The Vampires. If you dig Hammer, A.I. and Amicus, then read on and discover a truly underrated gem...
I've always had a special fondness for this film. The last time I saw it on commercial television was near the end of the 1960's around Thanksgiving while visiting my late Aunt Cheta's house in upstate New York, playing on the old Wor Channel 9. It was very late at night and my Aunt got up and found me watching this old black and white film, and sat down to view it with me. When she saw the rather top-heavy actress Graziella Granata,...
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