@@praba991ify learn your history 5 people were murdered. When Leo goes to Sharon Tate's house you see him in the courtyard surrounded by Sharon Tate and three others before they go inside.
@@praba991ify Sadly all four were killed but Sharon was the last to die. She pleaded to spare her & her baby but those crazy hippie monsters were so brainwashed they killed her any way. All of that to please Charlie .
That’s where the title made sense to me. What kind of stories include “Once Upon a Time…”? It’s a fairy tale of a better, less tragic reality. This is such a weird movie in that I love it more and more each time I watch it and I can’t pinpoint exactly why
best line is when cliff says "if anyone accidentally kills someone they go to prison, its called manslaughter" still makes me laugh after multiple viewings
For me it's Cliff's, "Don't cry in front of the Mexicans." I laugh every time. Second would be the flamethrower wrangler when Rick asks if they can do anything about the heat, "It's a flamethrower."
Sharon Tate's sister was initially against the release of the movie, but once she saw it she gave it full endorsement and said it was like seeing her sister alive again.
I love Tarantino and his rewriting history. He’s a huge John Ford fan and UB, DU and OUATIH are the epitome of “When legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
The portrayal of Sharon Tate in this movie is far and away the sweetest, most genuine, nicest character from any of Tarantino’s movies. It’s so heartwarming When she’s smiling and taking in the adoration from the crowd reacting to her movie
I'm especially impressed by the fact that her character in the movie is ridiculous and the crowd obviously laugh at her and she doesn't have the beginning of an ego bruise, she's genuinely glad to bring happiness in their lives.
In the theater I kept thinking, “Are they really gonna make us relive what happens to these people especially Sharon and her baby?!?” The relief how they flipped it was glorious. I was actually nervous leading up to that scene. On a side note. Cassie cracks me up. “Is he a stuntman too?”, referring to Bruce Lee. She’s too much.
I regret not seeing it in the theater before I knew stuff about the plot. I can only imagine having the Tate-LaBianca murders hanging over you the whole time.
I appreciate that you picked up on Sharon’s portrayal as being kind and sweet to everyone she encountered. A lot of people miss that QT put a lot into showing how Sharon Tate was a pure, innocent, up and coming actress. He highlighted how much of a loss it was. Great movie and great reaction.
@@OrangePony75 I live in Mexico. Literally the last thing anyone wants to do here is cry in front of Mexicans. There’s even a song about it that goes: la vida no vale nada, asi llorando se acaba. Unrelated to the above: when a Mariachi goes to Hell, he is forced to play Cielito Lindo for eternity. Canta y no llores, my friend.
I've seen everything QT has ever made but the violence at the end still caught me off guard. Knowing the true story it was cathartic to watch extreme violence against the Manson family
Yes. AGAINST the Manson Family. Even though I had seen Inglorious Bastards I wasn't prepared for him to alter history once again. If he's smart, next time he does a film about a historical figure or event, he won't alter history, as we'll all be expecting it.
Absolutely.. Not super familiar but still knowing the real story..QT's changing history was a real shock.. Plus the film itself was just so deliberately slow and deliberate up to that point.. Then BAM.. Everything goes to hell in just split second then the film is literally at the end very much a different structure than most movies would try and do.
the unwritten taboo against showing explicit and gratuitous violence by men against women on screen being completely broken in an extended scene by the usual hero Brad Pitt of all people was pretty funny. He smashes her face against like five different surfaces, and then against the phone, with screaming and action music on the background. It's not what you usually see in a movie like this at all. Usually non-gore-horror movies go to lengths to avoid shoving gruesome violence by protagonist men against women even if the women are antagonists and "deserve" it, or at least the scenes are softened up somehow.
In Basterds and in Django, the heroes took their revenge. In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rick and Cliff take our revenge on the Manson Family killers. All three are revenge fantasies (four if you include Kill Bill), but this is OUR fantasy vengeance against those who took the lives of Sharon Tate and her friends that night. That’s why it’s so cathartic and satisfying.
I saw this in a theater with a largely older crowd. During the final fight, people were jumping up and down cheering with joy. Because we weren't watching what really happened. The sad part is that Sharon Tate wanted to be very famous. And she became famous. Margo Robbie did an AMAZING job playing her.
The Manson family murders were a turning point in American optimism, especially in Hollywood. A lot of people see it as the moment that idealism ended in the film industry. Like you say the film is a rewriting of that loss of innocence, a "what if" that shows a desire to erase the cynicism that followed into the 70s.
It's nuts because the 60s were such a revolutionary time in society, and this put an end to the 'peace and love' movement big time. The ending may be different but the result is the same, Rick Dalton representing the Nixon era conservationism winning over counter-culture. This event in August and the Altamont concert stabbing in December 1969 really was the wave receding.
Imagine if Hollywood still had Idealism... They would probably be trying to push Culture into what they view as a "Brighter Future". It would probably be all sorts of Pro LGBTQIA+#@^$ nonsense, where everything HAS to be inclusive and non offensive. Errrrrrr.
I believe the Manson family murders also ushered in/inspired the slasher movie genre as well as the devil worship/cult films throughout the 70s and early 80s.
That’s fascinating! And I think that cynicism help movies like Star Wars and Superman have such an impact. (Besides being well made movies) Audiences were ready for optimism again.
Love this film. Madisen Beaty (the redhead) is my wife's cousin. She was so psyched to get cussed out by DiCaprio. 😂 Also, to get killed by Brad Pitt, who she previously acted with as a child in Benjamin Button.
Wow, that's so cool! And so meta, because she was a real-life child actor ("The word 'actress' is ridiculous") who worked alongside a big star, and part of this movie was about a child actor working alongside a (former) big star.
Cassie; I loved how you felt the depth of Rick and Cliff's friendship and your compassion for Rick when he was struggling with the scene in "Lancer". At Spahn's Ranch, you asked about Cliff, "Does he have a weapon?" Cliff Booth is a weapon!
I surprised myself by spontaneously bursting into tears during the credits. I’ve been fascinated by what really happened on Cielo Dr. for decades and Tarantino’s vision was dreamy. Violent but dreamy.
I can't help but feel like all the movies Cassie has watched for this channel has helped prepare her properly for a movie like Once Upon a time in Hollywood. This feels like a movie she would not have enjoyed a year and a half ago.
This movie made me cry for 'what might have been'. The audience in the theater was full of us oldies, who knew all the story. We were expecting what we 'knew' was coming...and then QT decided to take a left turn and everything changed. We were cheering, screaming, clapping and crying at the finale. What a great moment in film.
sadly, most dont know the true meaning of this films ending. To us older ones who know the story, the revenge against those pricks is almost cathartic....those dirty bastards. Still one of the worst crimes in this countries history.....
@@randallrhoads3271 Are normal Americans really so parasocially attached to the life of some actress in Hollywood (who was also the partner of infamous Polanski the nonce) that they have trauma about the incident ? Very weird and cultish.
Same thing in my theater. I was so nervous leading up to that scene. I had leaned over to the lady I was with saying he has to ‘Tarantino’ this. Was glorious.
@@Bos396 It's not impressive to recreate something you do all the time when you feel like shit. Is it a great moment? yes, is it great acting no, it's the reality of how actors treat themselves behind closed doors.
It was very strange because people didn't know if they were supposed to laugh out loud XD, some of them did, others looked around nervously and others seemed to be in shock. That's what so amazing about Tarantino movies, they will always generate complex emotions. Not knowing how to react to something is typical when you go watch his movies. And I loved them for it.
I literally jumped out of my seat. There were probably ten other people in the theater. We were this close to chest bumping and high fiving. Only Tarantino can do that to an audience.🤣
Having the Manson Family get their comeuppance in such a brutal way was _truly cathartic_ for those aware of what they did that night. 😔 So glad you enjoyed it. 😌
The Asian guy Cliff was fighting was the legendary Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh). At the time, Bruce Lee was the star of the TV series "The Green Hornet" and went on to be the most iconic actor in martial arts movies. The Bruce Lee character was talking about how if he fought Cassius Clay, he would destroy him. Clay would later change his name to Muhhamad Ali, arguably the most well known boxer in the history of the world.
@@scroopynoopers248 Game of Death is pretty awful until you get to the great fights at the end. I'd substitute Way of the Dragon aka Return of the Dragon with Bruce vs Chuck Norris. The best way to watch the Game of Death fights is the documentary Bruce Lee: A Warriors Journey. It presents the fights the way Lee originally intended according to his notes and those who were on set. It totally changes the end of the last fight.
The music score in the final scene is from the 1971 movie western "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean." That movie begins with a message on the screen; "this isn't the way it was. It is the way it should have been." By referencing the Roy Bean movie in the final scenes of "Once Upon a Time" Tarantino is declaring that this is what he wished would have happened - the Manson murders fail and his beloved era of 60s would continue.
Great comment!!!Didn't know that about Judge Roy Bean.Thank you!!!!I know he used "Putting out the Fire" by David Bowie fron the film "Cat People" starring Nastassja Kinski in the end of Inglorious Basterds and the German Tank Scene music from Kelly's Heroes in that film too.
The Bride's kids are in the movie. Perla Janey (B.B. in Kill Bill) played the hippie who sold Cliff the acid cigarette. Maya Hawke (Uma Thurman's actual daughter) played the Manson Family member who chickened out, and drove off.
I could watch a 6+ hour long cut of this film of just the main characters being themselves. This movie really has great late 60s L.A. world-building. It may not be Tarantino's most fun movie, but imo it is his best movie.
@@existenceisrelative I don’t get what you mean by idealized. Surely all movies that attempt to represent a place in time are attempts to recreate that place or time? Having lived through that period, the production design and art direction seemed pretty accurate, as far as these things go. There’s a shit ton of little authentic details that I picked up on (and I’m sure there are some I missed). Maybe you meant “visualized” instead of “idealized”.
@@MarcosElMalo2 No. It's his childhood era, and there's a minimum of ugliness and complication. I definitely meant idealized. The fact that your nostalgia glasses are set to the same frequency doesn't really change things.
I was a senior in high school in 1969 and have watched and read a lot about the Manson "family" so it helps knowing quite a bit of the true story combined with Tarantino's style. My brother-in-law was an L.A. attorney working in the D.A.'s office. Some of them, including him (and my sister) were able to attend a some of the trials and had some really crazy stories to tell about Manson and the girls. That first shot of Manson in the movie, shown here at 12:15 is really creepy as he looks quite a bit like Charlie did back then. I sure like QT's alternate ending much better than the real one. RIP to all of the victims.
You need to read CHOAS: Charles Manson, the CIS, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neil. Many people lied on the stand. The narrative of the trail is not what happened. What we know about the Manson murders is a lie. Did you know that Jack Ruby and Manson had the same Doctor who was CIA Mkultra.
I imagine this story is a stuntman’s fantasy on how he’d handle the Manson Family if he’d been there to stop it. Sort of like “if I was the 7/11 clerk when those bandits walked in that night, It’d go down like this “ Brilliant movie . Made with love
No kidding! It's all summed up when she said, "Where's Rick?" In the movies, it's all done by the stuntman. Then Rick shows up with the flame thrower to finish it off with his closeup. But let's give it up for Brandy!
If you grew up during the time of the Manson murders this movie is especially enthralling. If the street name "Cielo Drive" sends shivers down your spine, you know what I'm talking about. Those little details in the movie are huge clues to anyone who's familiar with this story. The buildup in this movie was insane. We all know how this story ends and when you start to see signs like Sharon being 8 months pregnant and the weather starting to get really hot, because you heard and read those details in the media hundreds of times, you're reminded of what's going to happen soon. When that song "you're out of time" comes on I'm about to burst outta my seat. You're wondering how the hell Quentin Tarantino is going to tell this horrible event in a tactful manner? It was just the most evil thing that happened when I was a kid. It was just so tragic. So, when this movie ended the way it did, and you realized why it was called "Once upon a time" in Hollywood, because it was a fairytale. And when you heard Sharon's voice over the intercom saying "is everyone ok?", "would you like to come up to the house?", for brief moment, it was like waking up from a bad nightmare. It was amazing to watch the first time. Wish I could erase my memory of it and watch it again. Totally blown away with how well everything was done. They replicated sounds on the television sets that I haven't heard in decades. The amazing detail, in all areas of this production, really brought me back. I truly was back in the 1970's for a couple hours.
I was 21 years old when Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered in 1969. I remember the entire thing and anyone too young to remember needs to research it all first. It will enhance your viewing of this movie. For a few minutes, I was able to forget what actually happened when I watched this.
I know it’s great how even thought I know about it and all that stuff QT managed to make me forget what this movie was all about and quiet a few time during the movie I caught myself having an anxious feeling thinking about how it was going to end only to have it be what it was and then the end when the four are together gave me a kinda somber feeling. Such a great movie.
Such a pleasure that this movie landed for you! For me personally, it might even be my favorite QT film. A beautiful love letter to 60's-70's Hollywood. At the cinema, in Hollywood is where Quentin spent his childhood. And he paints a beautiful picture of that era in this movie.
Yea its like how once upon a time in the West has a bittersweet ending about the end of an era, the cowboy era, the train has a arrived and towns are being built and they're going to have to move on. This is like hat except the ending of an era the glory days of cinema and the western lol its insanely meta but its also so genius they work the Manson family into the plot because they lived on an abandoned western set and were the people who ended the era of the 60s You know Quentin had this idea in his head a LONG time i would imagine
Same. The Rick/Cliff relationship is just so perfectly done. It’s a really beautiful film that hits on a whole different level than QT films usually hit. It’s rare I run into someone who enjoyed it.
I loved this movie. I've heard people say they felt every minute of this movie but I didn't. Not once did I think "how much longer is this". Another Tarantino masterpiece
I felt every minute of this film, but in a great and immersive way. Was a youngling in the 70's, and I could *feel* the scenery, so real. The streets, the ranch, the sets...it felt so visceral and alive. If others were bored, they missed out and I *feel* for them. imho
I believe this is Tarantino's best work to date, and it has quickly became one of my favorite movies of all time. Also, the pairing of Pitt and DiCaprio on screen is pure genius.
I literally remember thinking to myself "oh yeah! this is a tarantino movie!" during the final scene the first time I saw it in the theatre. If you're a die hard fan of QT the ending instantly makes sense. Inglorious Bastards, Django... he makes movies that tell the story that he wish happened, "fairytale" versions of histoy. Ending it with the title on screen just hammers the nail home. I never ever thought he could make a movie that could top Django, Pulp, Inglorious Bastards or Jackie Brown or me (my top four QT movies in that order). But after my fifth rewatch I offically deided that OUATIH is my favorite. Just an incredible piece of filmmaking.
On first viewing, I wasn't sure what to make of it, because for whatever reason, the movie I expected and the movie I watched were somewhat different. However, there was enough there to make me want to give it another chance, and I'm VERY glad I did. Since then I've watched it probably 8-10 times and I love it -- it's become one of my top 20 movies of all time, and my second favorite Tarantino movie after Pulp Fiction. It's one of those movies where I can put it on and sort of sink into it - it's almost a "comfort movie". And it makes absolutely clear to me what a f***ing great actor Leonardo DiCaprio has become over time.
Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth’s partnership is based on the partnership of Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham. Hal was Burt’s stunt double and they shared a house together for several years while they worked on movies.
Never knew that.. Very very cool.. Makes sense especially since Reynolds was up for a role.. Not sure if it was the Dern or Pacino role.. But I think it was the Dern role, unfortunately Burt passed before he could film the role.
Hal even got the script idea for “Smokey and the Bandit” while he was living in Burt’s guest house. He said he’d bought some Coors beer, and Burt’s maid kept stealing it. When he caught her, she explained that she took some because she was from the East Coast, where Coors couldn’t be legally shipped.
@@bobcobb3654 lol.. Had never heard the maid part that I recall.. But I think I knew they lived together, just never drew the connection to this flick. Watched an excellent doc on Needham I think was on the Smoky Blu called "The Bandit".
Also Gary Kent another stunt double who was also a WWII bet. He actually met Charles Manson. Rick Dalton also based on all the classic Hollywood actors who's careers faltered in the 60's
"Anything we can do about that heat?" was an outtake from Leo actually complaining about the heat being let off from the Flamethrower. lol It was perfect so they used that in the movie even though it wasn't his line.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this film, which is a favorite of mine. The Asian actor whom Cliff fights with is Bruce Lee (who died very young in 1973), one of the greatest martial arts fighters ever. This scene is controversial among Bruce's family and fans because it makes him look like an obnoxious braggart. Cliff calls him Kato at one point because Bruce played a character named Kato on the Green Hornet TV show in the late '60s. It also would help you to know more about Manson and what really happened that night. Sadly, Sharon Tate was indeed pregnant when she was killed.
I know a lot of people complain about the scene with Bruce Lee and how Cliff got a couple of good licks in on him . The whole scene was meant to show how tough Cliff was and was able to go toe to toe with Bruce ,which sets up the fight with the Manson family and how he was able to handle himself in that fight.
She wasn't just pregnant, they cut the baby out and killed it. It was a horrific horror show beyond murder. It should also be noted that Polansky made Rosemary's Baby right before the murders, and a couple years after the murders, he did an intensely graphic version of Macbeth, which includes a moving picture depiction of Macduff being "from his mother's womb... untimely ripped" (medieval cesarean). Pretty messed up. (It's arguably the best Macbeth though.)
@@ravissary79 Susan Atkins said she thought about cutting the baby out but didn't follow through with it. It later was determined that the baby died while still in Sharon's womb. Regardless, the Manson Family killed both Sharon Tate and her child.
I was a little boy in the early 1970s in Colorado. I watched TV all the time and because of the things I saw on the news I thought the Viet Nam War was right over the mountain and the Manson Family was going to come in the middle of the night and get met me. These things shaped my world view. They scared and scarred me. I wept at the end of Once Upon A Time... because it felt like Quentin Tarantino waved a magic wand and fixed a major hurt of my childhood. Someone said "cathartic" earlier in the comments and that's precisely what it was. My third favorite--make that SECOND favorite--QT movie.
What I love about this movie is that its title's importance didn't hit me until it came up in the end. It's called once upon a time in Hollywood because it really is a fairytale, one with a happy ending in which everyone's okay and everything gets tied up in a neat bow, and it's all the more bittersweet because of how things actually turned out.
It ties in neatly with a bunch of themes in the film, including the Spaghetti Western theme (Once Upon a Time in the West is a famous Spaghetti Western). It's a great title!
And we also have once upon a time in Mexico and once upon a time in Shanghai, and Once upon a time in America and a shitload more from all over the world. All is an homage to Once upon a time in the West. The best western ever made if you ask me. But you could throw the fairy tale angle in there and it would have truth to it. 😊 Its another of Quentins takes on the reality of things. What he would have loved to have seen. And im down with that 100%. 😎
Everything in this movie is an expression of love-love for Hollywood, for friendship, for cars, for beauty, and for the possibility of redemption through rewriting the story. Tarantino managed to write an encomium to this decade and to his own life of collecting memories through film. It’s the purest kind of art because every scene is an end in itself, like Sharon watching her own movie, or Cliff driving at night, or Brandy being a good dog. Beauty and innocence win, and nothing is a means to an end anymore: Tarantino’s picture of the Kantian Kingdom of Ends.
One of my favorite things about this movie - aside from the Manson family getting absolutely obliterated - was that they barely acknowledged Charles Manson himself. It's like Tarantino was stripping away any power or mystique Charlie had and just made him a useless throwaway character.
This is an amazing movie! Just so you know, Kurt Russell - who is also in the movie as you know - is also the narrator. Also, there is NOTHING to kick off the evening like an acid-laced joint! Plus, knowing what those hippies were going to do, it was AWESOME to see them get their just rewards, right?! Brandie is a GOOD DOG!
"Bunch of GD F'n hippies. . . " gets me every time. I love that he's got an ice cold pitcher full of Margarita while he's dressing down Tex Watson lol.
Pulp Fiction was my favorite QT film for years and years... I liked them all, but nothing ever topped Pulp... till this one. This is a masterpiece in so many ways and I love the twisting 'history' idea. The characters, the acting, the cinematography are top notch and the insane battle at the end made the theater scream and laugh all that the same time.
This movie is essentially two things: 1. Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Hollywood and the movie & TV industry, especially of his youth, and 2. Quentin’s love letter to one of his earliest celebrity crushes, Sharon Tate, and a complete reimagining of the events of that horrific night in August 1969. Quentin was only 6 years old when the Manson Family murders occurred, but amazingly he and his crew were able to recreate much of the feel of late 1960s Hollywood, including Hollywood Blvd as it was then. The drive-in depicted, the Van Nuys Drive-In, was a real drive-in theater in Van Nuys, CA, in the San Fernando Valley (it was closed in 1996 and demolished within a few years after that), but it was recreated by a combination of detailed models crafted by the team of Oscar-winning special effects maestro John Dykstra and some creative camera work at a still-active drive-in in the southern part of Los Angeles County, the Paramount Drive-In. The theater Sharon Tate goes to see herself in is a real theater near UCLA (and a very popular one), the Regent Bruin Theater in Westwood Village, directly across the street from another very popular theater, the Regent Village Theater. The Village Theater in particular is very famous for hosting movie premieres, which it has done for decades. Both theaters were built in the 1930s and have been very active and popular ever since, much like the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. And that’s the real Sharon Tate that Margot Robbie watches, in the 1968 movie THE WRECKING CREW, with Dean Martin and Nancy Kwan, which was released on December 25, 1968, just a couple months prior to the February 1969 date of that scene. The clip of Rick in THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) is an actual clip from that film, but with Leo’s face digitally superimposed over Steve McQueen’s face. Likewise the episode of The FBI that Rick and Cliff watch is an actual episode of that show but with Leo inserted into it. The episode is All the Streets Are Silent, which actually first aired in 1965 as part of The FBI's first season. We actually see much of the episode's pre-titles sequence. Original shots of guest star Burt Reynolds are substituted with DiCaprio playing Rick Dalton. Also, the Asian guy who fights Cliff is Bruce Lee, who in 1969 was a rising star but not yet the international superstar he would become just a couple years later. (Of course it’s not the real Bruce Lee, it’s actor Mike Moh playing him. Bruce Lee’s real daughter was apparently not too happy with this portrayal of her father and considered it a bit of an insult, even though it’s clearly fantasy.) Rick Dalton is a fictional character (as is Cliff), but the Dalton character is based on a number of actors who were popular in previous years but whose careers began to wane by the late 60s, in particular Edd “Kookie” Byrnes (Google him), who died in January 2020, just months after this film was released. All the restaurants they go to in this film (Musso & Frank Grill on Hollywood Blvd., Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks, and El Coyote on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles, were then and still are very open and popular. Although the scene at the Playboy Mansion exemplifies the type of lifestyle the many celebrities in the scene experienced, in reality Hugh Hefner didn’t buy the Playboy Mansion until 1974, 5 years after this movie’s events. It did become the site of many a wild party, but not in 1969. Lastly, the KFI radio snippets heard on the car radio and over the end credits are actual on-air recordings from that era. The Red Apple cigarette brand that Rick does a TV commercial for, however, is a QT creation that has been seen in other QT movies.
Great explanation. I'd also like to add that the plot of whether Cliff Booth killed his wife or not is also derived from another Hollywood news item. It's inspired by an actor named Robert Wagner who was suspected to have killed his wife Natalie Wood. They were arguing on a yacht because Robert got jealous when Natalie was talking to Christopher Walken. After the argument, everything went silent and Natalie was found dead floating in the water. Robert says she slipped by accident and Christopher Walken says he didn't see anything. Robert Wagner was never charged with anything but many people in Hollywood believes he is the killer. It is a rumor that persists up to this day.
It’s such a great buddy movie. Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” is another good one I think you might enjoy. And probably the happiest ending you could get from Tarantino.
Love how Rick and Cliff are basically doing a reaction video to Rick's episode of FBI. This is a "slice of life" movie. In other words, you just hang out with these characters for a few days. There's no pressing, urgent, ticking-clock problem that needs to be solved. But it's fun hanging out with these characters. That's why people watch reaction videos by the way. Because they like hanging out with the reactor. Your channel gets so many views because you're a fun person to hang out with, Cassie.
If you can take it, Helter Skelter with Steve Railsback as Manson tells the tale. Bad subject. Great movie. In this, Margot played Sharon based very closely on how she was regarded by everyone around her...the sweetest and most down-to-earth...and looking forward to the birth of their first child in less than a month from when she was killed.
@@alucard624 Fun fact, QT was getting railed by Tate's sister for "yet another movie on her families tragedy" QT sent her the script, she approved and even loaned the production some of Sharon's jewelry and perfume to use on set. I almost did not watch this film, but Im glad I did, the "what if" made me cry a little bit, showed it to my wife as she too was not wanting to watch another Manson movie. She too cried.
I'm 70 and lived in L.A. in the mid 60's. I understand every reference and all the characters big or small. I applaud you watching this movie but you were SO lost not knowing anything about the time or the zeitgeist. I understand why your friends thought it was boring. They had no idea what was happening also. It's the best movie I've seen in 20 years...but then again I was there.
I grew up in Southern California in this time period, I was little, but the music, the radio stations and announcers were so on point, memories flooded back. Loved it.
The “Terry” that Manson was looking for was record producer Terry Melcher. Manson was introduced to Terry Melcher by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, whom Manson had met. Manson, in addition to being a lunatic, fancied himself a musician, and actually wrote two songs that The Beach Boys recorded. Terry Melcher had offered to record a record with Manson, until he found out how nuts he was. That made Manson mad, so he sent his “family” to kill everyone at 10500 Cielo Drive, Terry’s old house. Sharon Tate, her unborn child, Jay Seibrig, Abagail Folger, (Folger’s coffee heiress), Wojciech Frykowski, along with Steven Parent, were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. 😢
Thank you for this. I was 10 years old in 1969 and I remember hearing about the Manson family murders. The references to "Charlie" was to Charles Manson. Yes that was Al Pacino, in a terrific performance. And yes, Sharon Tate was pregnant when she and her unborn child were murdered. I grew up in the hollywood area; my father was an actor. All the settings are true to life as I remember them. Great film. And the guy that Cliff is fighting and throws into the car was supposed to be Bruce Lee. Look him up. Oh, and Tex really did say when he entered the Tate residence, "I am the Devil and am here to do the Devil's work", or something like that. it all came out at the trials.
I think it adds depth to the character of Cliff. If he only would be always be in control, he would be one dimensional. But I think, they show quite often that he is not always in control. The Bruce Lee scene is one example. Yes, he is physically in control. And I think that scene is based on a true story (or at least an legend). However, if he would be in control, he would not care about Bruce being a big mouth. He would let it pass, because it has nothing to do with himself. I would not say, Cliff is in control, I would say he is very confident. But maybe not very smart to see the consequences of his actions (like the risk of losing a job). He doesn't go the safe way, and sometimes that has backfired on him. He seems to be the guy that talks less and let the action speak. He's a stunt double after all. But this edge, this: We know what he is capable of (or we assume...), makes him interesting and gives him an extra dimension. If this was not a Tarantino movie, I would have rooted for Rick failing as an actor and maybe killing himself (make it a tragedy) and Cliff going to jail. But this two guys under pressure. One in his profession, the other by the police. And then let old Hollywood go down in flames. But it is a Tarantino style happy ending. He rewrote history. Not as elegant as in IB, but he did. But sometimes it is necessary to imagine a happier story than reality, because reality was the worst.
For more background on the Manson story I recommend the film Helter Skelter. It is based on the book of the same name by Vincent Bugliosi, who was the prosecuting attorney in the murder trial. Because Charles Manson was not present at the murders they almost had nothing to convict him with. A truly terrifying story.
The TV was on because it's an old pet owner trick, to leave the TV or radio on so your pets can be comforted by hearing people talk while you're away for so long. Also how his dog ate more and better food than he did. You can tell he loves that animal
This was Brad Pitt's movie. He absolutely is the true star of this movie. The little girl in the scene where she and Leo are prepping their dialog, she was amazing!
This is definitely a true movie lover's movie. A lot of references to many specific different events, people and places. Anyone not familiar with the lore would definitely be bored. My opinion Leonardo crushed it best in Django Unchained, this one close second
I'm so happy you liked it!! And I'm so glad you did your homework so this movie made sense. It's just like you described: how my imagination changes horrible events to happy endings.
My favorite thing about this movie is the music Tarantino uses at the end as the credits begin. It was originally written for a movie called "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" which is not for all tastes but hits really hard if you're head's hooked up a certain way. The title theme of "Roy Bean" plays over a text card at the beginning that says, in essence, that what follows may not be how it was but it's how it should have been. Just about a perfect summary of Tarantino's movie, I'd say. I saw "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" for the first time at the cinema in Westwood where we see Margot Robbie watch Sharon Tate's movie, which was awesome. I was positively dreading seeing pregnant Sharon get carved up by the Manson girls but the instant that one Manson girl took off in the car I realized Tarantino was pulling an "Inglourious Basterds" and giving us a better ending and I was SO happy! Then when the music from "Roy Bean" started at the end I started crying 'cuz I remembered right where he got it from. I think it's tied with "Jackie Brown" as my favorite Tarantino movie. Tarantino wrote half a dozen episodes of "Bounty Law" as research and he's said he'd love to make them for Netflix or somebody, shoot them in black and white just like the way the clips at the beginning of this movie looked. He has said he doubts that Leonardo will be down for that, but Tarantino would still like to do it. There's something kind of amazing about the half-hour western series that were all over TV back then - you really had to have your shit together to tell a good 23 minute story every week. Even average episodes can be quite instructive in that regard, not to mention entertaining.
I love the look of old L.A/Hollywood. Tarantino did a great job recapturing the place and time....even to the radio programs playing in the background, real stations and their disc jockeys " the real Don Steele ".
I really had no idea what this movie about when I saw it, but I did know a little bit about the Manson murders. Knowing enough to figure it out as the movie went on was the perfect experience, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
As a very serious student of the Manson Family case for more than 40 years, the ending really choked me up, which is something I was NOT expecting. I've seen this film half a dozen times and, every time I watch it, I get a lump in my throat at the end. I LOVE this movie and it has replaced "Pulp Fiction" as my favorite Tarantino film, something I thought was not possible. I really enjoyed the journey with you. 😀
Oh Cassie, thank you SO MUCH for watching and reacting to this movie!! I bought it on DVD after seeing it only 1 time in the movie theatre up here in Canada (I loved it that much). I agree with you it was nice how this movie captured the more innocent Hollywood of the late 60's. Oh and much like Inglourious Basterds the altered ending of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was refreshing and more positive than the actual events of that evening back in history.
And, because he did what he did, Roman Polansky is gonna put him in more films, Roman Polanski‘s films. Meaning, Rick Dalton‘s gonna become a huge star again so he and Cliff can continue working together and they all lived happily ever after.
My favorite movie by Quentin Tarantino! The dialogue is so rememberable and talked about today. The hard work of rebuilding the original city. Rick and cliffs broship is perfect! 🎥
This is my favorite Tarantino. I knew it had been nominated so I convinced my parents to rent it with me. I was just excited to see Leo portraying an actor because I knew exactly how he was feeling as an actor. My parents knew about the Manson murders and Sharon Tate and told me when she was introduced in the movie. So towards the end I was worried about seeing the murders. Then the bait and switch of Brad Pitt destroying the hippies, we were not expecting it and laughed so hard being relieved that at least in the movie Sharon gets to live and the hippies don’t get to hurt anyone. Also Francesca and the dog crack me up.
I was in HS during the 80s, every girl in my grade was reading Helter Skelter, 15 years after this event, people still hadn't gotten it out of their brains. Excellent film. One of Tarantino's best imo. Pitt and Leo's chemistry is so great on screen. I love that he's still using Zoe Bell and Kurt Russell. Check out Deathproof, another gem from Tarantino, starring Zoe and Kurt (among others).
My theory is that Death Proof is a movie WITHIN this OUATIH universe. It would be what Cliff & Rick & the others would watch in theater, later in the 70's. Kurt's character here is Stuntman Mike (he's playing him in the "film" Death Proof).
@@Dirtbag_Deluxe I know, but some of them (Kill Bill, From Dusk, Death Proof) are movies WITHIN that universe. Meaning that Tarantino characters like Clarence, Vincent, Jules, Mia Wallace go to the theater to WATCH them.
Having some background information about the whole Charles Manson cult before watching this movie I think is very crucial to fully grasping what happens.
1969 marked and incredible era in pop culture. Probably the most important year in rock history, with bands like The Beatles releasing Abbey Road and filming their rooftop concert, Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma, and Led Zeppelin releasing their first two albums the same year, the moon landing, Woodstock Festival, a year after Martin Luther King’s assassination, films Rosemary’s Baby, The Night of The Living Dead, 2001 A Space Odyssey, In The Heat of The Night, To Sir With Love, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Sound of Music, Vietnam, activitsm, marches against segregation, Elvis’s comeback after service, Monty Python’s debut, I could go on and on. It was the most amazing era.
Amazing reaction! At first I was worried if you would find this film boring like your friend told you. Glad that you get it. This is one of Tarantino’s best works, especially how he twisted the ending to raise the spirit of Hollywood people. What happened in the actual event was such a tragic and horrific nightmare.
I cried some at the very end of this in the theater, but my friend I was with then and I both couldn't stop breaking up in laughter a few minutes before the end. I am intrigued about what Cassie will think.
I know the end fight scene seems harsh, but take my word for it, this would’ve been too good for the Manson Family. Sharon Tate was 8+ months pregnant, and begged for the life of her baby, but the Manson murderers butchered her anyway.
Abigail Folger was stabbed 28 times while she cried for her mother. She was 25 years old. As violent and brutal as that end fight scene was and even tho it never happened, those three murderers deserved it.
Yeah, what they did was absolutely horrific, I don't understand how you could do that to another person. From what I've read Sharon actually asked them to keep her alive until she gave birth then they could kill her, all she cared about was the life of her poor unborn baby, she didn't care what happened to her. I'm generally not pro death penalty, but the Manson family people DEFINITELY deserved it. It's a pity there was a moratorium placed on the death penalty in CA in the early 70's so everyone was resentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
@@DW-wp8lo Charlie , who they thought was Christ, ordered it and only one of them had a conscious and valued life, Linda Kasabian. The story of free love and drugs run amuck.
Cassie, one of the really fun things about following your reactions for over a year is seeing how your appreciation of films has evolved. I don't think it would have been possible for you to have appreciated this film a year ago, but now you have other movie references to connect it to (which is very important for Tarrentini movies) and a deeper appreciation of different aspects of movies. I hope you have been enjoying this journey s much as your fans!
When I saw this for the first time, I was initially disappointed that the end did such a change with history, but since then I have to admit it was a nice, wistful dream of what might have been and a tribute in some ways to Voytek, Stephen, Abigail, Jay, Sharon, Rosemary and Leno.
I go to the movies to see worlds that interest me. And a world where old Hollywood persists a little longer without this era-ending tragedy…that’s one I’d like to see.
This movie is mesmerizing, one of my favorites. And when Brad's character is remembering in the roof what happened in the studio, the guy in black he fought is supposed to be Bruce Lee(Kato, from the Green Hornet)
The real story was so heartbreaking and horrible. The end to this movie was obviously what we all wished had really happened. I remember the first time watching this movie I didn’t really know how to feel, but I watched it again and really liked it.
I love your reaction to the final scene. I was 11 when the Tete, LaBianca murders happen. Manson and his family should’ve gotten the death penalty instead of life in prison, but that’s just my opinion.
They did initially got death sentences at their trial but the sentences were overturned when the death penalty was deemed unconsitutional and their sentences were changed to life with possiblity of parole. Manson and one of the girls(Susan Atkins) have since died. the other 2 girls and Tex Watson are still in prison and numerous attempts at parole have all been denied.
If you like Leonardo, you just have to watch "The Departed" - one of my absolute favourite Leonardo movies .... Or "The Revenant" (he won an Oscar for that performance)
I love Leonardo's role in the movie "Catch me if you can". It's really a great movie with great performances and lots of laughs too, with some serious and sad moments.
So glad you liked this movie, Cassie! I loved it. This is another example of Tarantino taking something from history and changing the story, for a better outcome. Inglorious Basterds and Jango Unchained are both like that. Like, in those films, the bad guys get their just deserts! Great film! It was an homage to Hollywood, for Tarantino, as I understand it.
This was from the time when I was young, so the real characters and settings were familiar to me. This is my favorite Tarantino movie, and I loved how the ending was happy in this movie. Pitt & DiCaprio both gave such excellent performances.
The wife of Kurt Russell’s character (the New Zealand last) is Zoe Bell. One of the most legendary Hollywood Stuntwoman. She was Uma’s stunt double in the the Kill Bill movies.
Ive never seen a more perfect rendition of the 60s--even the ads on radio TV billboards The moves at the theaters are right on. I actually have a DVD of CC and Company(the biker film with Joe Namath) that was on the previews when Sharon was watching herself
You and your sister are the BEST movie reactors I have seen. Was doing all music reactions until recently started checking out multiple movie reactors. Great job not being soooo annoying(like others are) and discussing all the right things within the reaction.
This is my favorite Tarantino movie, so I'm glad to see you liked it as well! _Jackie Brown_ is somewhat similar in feel to this: much more sincere and mature than most of Tarantino's films.
Hey there! Love the Channel! Professional Stunt Performer here. To answer your question about are Rick and Cliff based on real people. In a way yes. Hal Needham (Cliff) one of the biggest, if not the top of the heap Legends in the Stunt Industry. Was Burt Reynolds (Rick) Stunt Double. For a long time Hal lived in Burt’s guest house. They did so many movies together including Smokey and Bandit, which Hal directed. You should watch “Hooper” about the greatest stuntman alive. It is essentially Burt playing Hal. With Hal directing. And of course Sally Field. Hal has an autobiography if you are interested. So glad to see you drop a reaction to this!
The kids (Maya Hawke (the Manson Family girl who drove the car away at the end as she chickened out) and Rumer Willis (who played the Sharon Tate's friend, I always thought it was a the ticket girl, lol) of Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis (both in Pulp Fiction) were in this QT movie here which must have been something for Quentin Tarantino as I thought this was cool too. He directed their Mom and/or Dad years before and now the kids now. Also, Andie MacDowell's (Groundhog's Day and St. Elmo's Fire) daughter who's name is Margaret Qualley (playing Pussycat who was a Manson Family girl who wanted to hook up with Cliff Booth) was in this movie too. She did great!
That final scene where the four people who actually died in real life go out and greet Leo's character, a case of "if only", gets to me.
Only the lady died
@@praba991ify learn your history 5 people were murdered. When Leo goes to Sharon Tate's house you see him in the courtyard surrounded by Sharon Tate and three others before they go inside.
It gets to me too every single time.Like what could've been if God showed up at just the right time.
@@praba991ify Sadly all four were killed but Sharon was the last to die. She pleaded to spare her & her baby but those crazy hippie monsters were so brainwashed they killed her any way. All of that to please Charlie .
That’s where the title made sense to me. What kind of stories include “Once Upon a Time…”? It’s a fairy tale of a better, less tragic reality. This is such a weird movie in that I love it more and more each time I watch it and I can’t pinpoint exactly why
best line is when cliff says "if anyone accidentally kills someone they go to prison, its called manslaughter" still makes me laugh after multiple viewings
For me it's Cliff's, "Don't cry in front of the Mexicans." I laugh every time. Second would be the flamethrower wrangler when Rick asks if they can do anything about the heat, "It's a flamethrower."
@@CorsetGrace Me too!
I think this exchange from the end is my favourite:
Jay Sebring: "Is everyone OK?"
Rick: "Well the f*ckin' hippies aren't, that's for goddamn sure."
Yep, that whole exchange reminds me of the stupid crap young boys say to each other. It always makes me cringe and laugh at the same time.
"nah, it was dumber than that."
Sharon Tate's sister was initially against the release of the movie, but once she saw it she gave it full endorsement and said it was like seeing her sister alive again.
she was ok with it earlier. she lent margot some of sharon's old jewelry to wear in the film
I can only imagine what that must’ve been like. That’s really wonderful.
Tarantino let her read the script. I think it’s a nice thing to say about Sharon. Remember her for her life, not just her death.
@@coyotefever105 The part where her murderers are utterly brutalized and perish in horrific ways probably sold her too lol 😏
I love Tarantino and his rewriting history. He’s a huge John Ford fan and UB, DU and OUATIH are the epitome of “When legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
The portrayal of Sharon Tate in this movie is far and away the sweetest, most genuine, nicest character from any of Tarantino’s movies. It’s so heartwarming When she’s smiling and taking in the adoration from the crowd reacting to her movie
I agree and Margot Robbie plays her so well!
I'm especially impressed by the fact that her character in the movie is ridiculous and the crowd obviously laugh at her and she doesn't have the beginning of an ego bruise, she's genuinely glad to bring happiness in their lives.
Tate's family said they loved the portrayal because her part in the movie was about something OTHER than her death.
When she watches her movie was the cutest scene in any movie I've ever seen.
Her feet were hot too
In the theater I kept thinking, “Are they really gonna make us relive what happens to these people especially Sharon and her baby?!?” The relief how they flipped it was glorious. I was actually nervous leading up to that scene. On a side note. Cassie cracks me up. “Is he a stuntman too?”, referring to Bruce Lee. She’s too much.
Indeed. I was like: AHAHAHAHAH. AHAHAHAHAHA..... You serious?
I regret not seeing it in the theater before I knew stuff about the plot. I can only imagine having the Tate-LaBianca murders hanging over you the whole time.
I appreciate that you picked up on Sharon’s portrayal as being kind and sweet to everyone she encountered. A lot of people miss that QT put a lot into showing how Sharon Tate was a pure, innocent, up and coming actress. He highlighted how much of a loss it was. Great movie and great reaction.
I hate it. It makes her look dumb as Hell. I'm betting she was far more intelligent than as portrayed.
“Don’t cry in front of the Mexicans.”
That line really cracks me up for some reason. 🤣
It's because they'll never let you forget it, haha.
Reminds me of "Please Captain, not in front of the Klingons"
Same here, and I AM mexican.
Last thing you wanna do is look like you're gonna cry in front of Mexicans. We'll immediately hit you with that "quiere llorar! Quiere llorar!" Lmao
@@OrangePony75 I live in Mexico. Literally the last thing anyone wants to do here is cry in front of Mexicans. There’s even a song about it that goes: la vida no vale nada, asi llorando se acaba.
Unrelated to the above: when a Mariachi goes to Hell, he is forced to play Cielito Lindo for eternity. Canta y no llores, my friend.
I've seen everything QT has ever made but the violence at the end still caught me off guard. Knowing the true story it was cathartic to watch extreme violence against the Manson family
Yes. AGAINST the Manson Family. Even though I had seen Inglorious Bastards I wasn't prepared for him to alter history once again.
If he's smart, next time he does a film about a historical figure or event, he won't alter history, as we'll all be expecting it.
Absolutely.. Not super familiar but still knowing the real story..QT's changing history was a real shock.. Plus the film itself was just so deliberately slow and deliberate up to that point.. Then BAM.. Everything goes to hell in just split second then the film is literally at the end very much a different structure than most movies would try and do.
Knowing the Manson Family story, I watched that ending with a big ass smile on my face. Seeing the Manson family get absolutely wrecked was beautiful.
the unwritten taboo against showing explicit and gratuitous violence by men against women on screen being completely broken in an extended scene by the usual hero Brad Pitt of all people was pretty funny. He smashes her face against like five different surfaces, and then against the phone, with screaming and action music on the background. It's not what you usually see in a movie like this at all. Usually non-gore-horror movies go to lengths to avoid shoving gruesome violence by protagonist men against women even if the women are antagonists and "deserve" it, or at least the scenes are softened up somehow.
In Basterds and in Django, the heroes took their revenge. In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rick and Cliff take our revenge on the Manson Family killers. All three are revenge fantasies (four if you include Kill Bill), but this is OUR fantasy vengeance against those who took the lives of Sharon Tate and her friends that night. That’s why it’s so cathartic and satisfying.
The more I watch this film the more I conclude it's a MASTERPIECE of cinema.
I saw this in a theater with a largely older crowd. During the final fight, people were jumping up and down cheering with joy. Because we weren't watching what really happened.
The sad part is that Sharon Tate wanted to be very famous. And she became famous.
Margo Robbie did an AMAZING job playing her.
I was Cheering when Brad clicked his dog into action!!!!From then on I was saying to myself,we're gonna get the good ending!!!!
We had some cheers as well along with a very loud “Thank God!” from me. I was really worried leading up to that scene.
The Manson family murders were a turning point in American optimism, especially in Hollywood. A lot of people see it as the moment that idealism ended in the film industry. Like you say the film is a rewriting of that loss of innocence, a "what if" that shows a desire to erase the cynicism that followed into the 70s.
It's nuts because the 60s were such a revolutionary time in society, and this put an end to the 'peace and love' movement big time. The ending may be different but the result is the same, Rick Dalton representing the Nixon era conservationism winning over counter-culture. This event in August and the Altamont concert stabbing in December 1969 really was the wave receding.
And a form of Catharsis. This is what we all wish had happened.
Imagine if Hollywood still had Idealism...
They would probably be trying to push Culture into what they view as a "Brighter Future".
It would probably be all sorts of Pro LGBTQIA+#@^$ nonsense, where everything HAS to be inclusive and non offensive.
Errrrrrr.
I believe the Manson family murders also ushered in/inspired the slasher movie genre as well as the devil worship/cult films throughout the 70s and early 80s.
That’s fascinating! And I think that cynicism help movies like Star Wars and Superman have such an impact. (Besides being well made movies) Audiences were ready for optimism again.
Love this film. Madisen Beaty (the redhead) is my wife's cousin. She was so psyched to get cussed out by DiCaprio. 😂 Also, to get killed by Brad Pitt, who she previously acted with as a child in Benjamin Button.
Wow, that's so cool! And so meta, because she was a real-life child actor ("The word 'actress' is ridiculous") who worked alongside a big star, and part of this movie was about a child actor working alongside a (former) big star.
That is so sick. She did such a great job! What an honor to be on set with any of the people involved in this film.
That's awesome! Tell her she did a great job! I would have been over the moon (I'm not an actor, but if..) to have acted with DiCaprio and Brad!!
@@Johnny_Socko The word "actress" isn't ridiculous unless you're a woke feminist lunatic.
When he hit her with that can of dog food I freaking died laughing at the theater 😂😂😂
Cassie; I loved how you felt the depth of Rick and Cliff's friendship and your compassion for Rick when he was struggling with the scene in "Lancer".
At Spahn's Ranch, you asked about Cliff, "Does he have a weapon?"
Cliff Booth is a weapon!
I loved this movie and actually cried at the very end, for the "if only" moment. What if they had lived.
Oh man I thought I was the only one that was in tears at the end.
@@Latnman101 I'm in the club, too.....
I was crying with chills running all over my body… it was like I was watching ghosts…
I surprised myself by spontaneously bursting into tears during the credits. I’ve been fascinated by what really happened on Cielo Dr. for decades and Tarantino’s vision was dreamy. Violent but dreamy.
her baby would be 53 years old.
I can't help but feel like all the movies Cassie has watched for this channel has helped prepare her properly for a movie like Once Upon a time in Hollywood. This feels like a movie she would not have enjoyed a year and a half ago.
Agreed
Still, she didn't know Bruce Lee. Some more things to learn....
@@Jon.A.Scholt Yes-she must watch Enter the Dragon. And maybe Game of Death, where Lee wears the yellow jumpsuit like the one Uma wore in Kill Bill.
This movie made me cry for 'what might have been'. The audience in the theater was full of us oldies, who knew all the story. We were expecting what we 'knew' was coming...and then QT decided to take a left turn and everything changed. We were cheering, screaming, clapping and crying at the finale. What a great moment in film.
Almost teared up reading your comment
sadly, most dont know the true meaning of this films ending. To us older ones who know the story, the revenge against those pricks is almost cathartic....those dirty bastards. Still one of the worst crimes in this countries history.....
@@randallrhoads3271 And now Leslie Van Houten is being released. What an interesting development.
@@randallrhoads3271 Are normal Americans really so parasocially attached to the life of some actress in Hollywood (who was also the partner of infamous Polanski the nonce) that they have trauma about the incident ? Very weird and cultish.
Same thing in my theater. I was so nervous leading up to that scene. I had leaned over to the lady I was with saying he has to ‘Tarantino’ this. Was glorious.
This was absolutely Tarantino daydreaming a happy ending to a tragic story, and I loved it.
The scene where Di Caprio was mad at himself for not remembing lines was fantastic
It’s was mainly improv… he’s that good
@@Bos396 It's not impressive to recreate something you do all the time when you feel like shit. Is it a great moment? yes, is it great acting no, it's the reality of how actors treat themselves behind closed doors.
Rick talking into the mirror while looking at the camera is the best 4th wall break ever imo
Pure Gold acting, this Alone rewards an oscar. An actor as an actor in a Film scene to forget his line ❤
@@evanward4303 I don't really see it as a 4th wall break, more like a trick to insert a POV shot, we're seeing him as he sees himself in the mirror
Hahaha, I can't wait for her reaction to the ending. Took everyone by surprise in the theatre I was in and we were all roaring with laughter.
Hans!
May depend on how much she knows about the whole Manson murders thing. Still shocking though. 😂
It was very strange because people didn't know if they were supposed to laugh out loud XD, some of them did, others looked around nervously and others seemed to be in shock.
That's what so amazing about Tarantino movies, they will always generate complex emotions. Not knowing how to react to something is typical when you go watch his movies. And I loved them for it.
Must have been an audience from an asylum apparently, if you all were laughing at the ending. Geez!
I literally jumped out of my seat. There were probably ten other people in the theater. We were this close to chest bumping and high fiving. Only Tarantino can do that to an audience.🤣
Having the Manson Family get their comeuppance in such a brutal way was _truly cathartic_ for those aware of what they did that night. 😔 So glad you enjoyed it. 😌
The Asian guy Cliff was fighting was the legendary Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh). At the time, Bruce Lee was the star of the TV series "The Green Hornet" and went on to be the most iconic actor in martial arts movies. The Bruce Lee character was talking about how if he fought Cassius Clay, he would destroy him. Clay would later change his name to Muhhamad Ali, arguably the most well known boxer in the history of the world.
Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon, didn't like the way her father was portrayed in this film.
I highly recommend that Cassie watch some Bruce Lee movies. Game of death and of course Enter the Dragon.
@@richardb6260 Good for her, because that bit was racist white man fantasy BS.
@@scroopynoopers248 Game of Death is pretty awful until you get to the great fights at the end. I'd substitute Way of the Dragon aka Return of the Dragon with Bruce vs Chuck Norris.
The best way to watch the Game of Death fights is the documentary Bruce Lee: A Warriors Journey. It presents the fights the way Lee originally intended according to his notes and those who were on set. It totally changes the end of the last fight.
@@scroopynoopers248 Game of death ? You must be joking , right ? Its not a bruce lee movie and its a terrible movie !
The music score in the final scene is from the 1971 movie western "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean." That movie begins with a message on the screen; "this isn't the way it was. It is the way it should have been." By referencing the Roy Bean movie in the final scenes of "Once Upon a Time" Tarantino is declaring that this is what he wished would have happened - the Manson murders fail and his beloved era of 60s would continue.
Great comment!!!Didn't know that about Judge Roy Bean.Thank you!!!!I know he used "Putting out the Fire" by David Bowie fron the film "Cat People" starring Nastassja Kinski in the end of Inglorious Basterds and the German Tank Scene music from Kelly's Heroes in that film too.
The Bride's kids are in the movie. Perla Janey (B.B. in Kill Bill) played the hippie who sold Cliff the acid cigarette. Maya Hawke (Uma Thurman's actual daughter) played the Manson Family member who chickened out, and drove off.
So much history of Hollywood woven into this masterpiece. Tarantino's best work to date. Loved this movie.
I could watch a 6+ hour long cut of this film of just the main characters being themselves. This movie really has great late 60s L.A. world-building. It may not be Tarantino's most fun movie, but imo it is his best movie.
I personally think that being in Tarantino's idealized version of the past was plenty of fun.
@@existenceisrelative Personally I find "Death Proof" to be the one Tarantino film I can watch anytime. The others I have to be in the mood for.
@@existenceisrelative I don’t get what you mean by idealized. Surely all movies that attempt to represent a place in time are attempts to recreate that place or time? Having lived through that period, the production design and art direction seemed pretty accurate, as far as these things go. There’s a shit ton of little authentic details that I picked up on (and I’m sure there are some I missed).
Maybe you meant “visualized” instead of “idealized”.
@@MarcosElMalo2 No. It's his childhood era, and there's a minimum of ugliness and complication. I definitely meant idealized. The fact that your nostalgia glasses are set to the same frequency doesn't really change things.
I was a senior in high school in 1969 and have watched and read a lot about the Manson "family" so it helps knowing quite a bit of the true story combined with Tarantino's style. My brother-in-law was an L.A. attorney working in the D.A.'s office. Some of them, including him (and my sister) were able to attend a some of the trials and had some really crazy stories to tell about Manson and the girls. That first shot of Manson in the movie, shown here at 12:15 is really creepy as he looks quite a bit like Charlie did back then. I sure like QT's alternate ending much better than the real one. RIP to all of the victims.
If you read how they were killed in real events.Tarantino alternative ending killed them the same way.
You need to read CHOAS: Charles Manson, the CIS, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neil. Many people lied on the stand. The narrative of the trail is not what happened. What we know about the Manson murders is a lie. Did you know that Jack Ruby and Manson had the same Doctor who was CIA Mkultra.
The real Manson had waaay crazier eyes.
“You came to the wrong house.” This is a wonderful channel.
I imagine this story is a stuntman’s fantasy on how he’d handle the Manson Family if he’d been there to stop it.
Sort of like “if I was the 7/11 clerk when those bandits walked in that night, It’d go down like this “
Brilliant movie . Made with love
Your user name 😂
The character is a two time Medal of Honor winner according to the novelization. It's more of an alternate history.
@@willrobinson5350 same name as the character ?
No kidding! It's all summed up when she said, "Where's Rick?" In the movies, it's all done by the stuntman. Then Rick shows up with the flame thrower to finish it off with his closeup. But let's give it up for Brandy!
I agree wit ye 1000%!!
If you grew up during the time of the Manson murders this movie is especially enthralling. If the street name "Cielo Drive" sends shivers down your spine, you know what I'm talking about. Those little details in the movie are huge clues to anyone who's familiar with this story. The buildup in this movie was insane. We all know how this story ends and when you start to see signs like Sharon being 8 months pregnant and the weather starting to get really hot, because you heard and read those details in the media hundreds of times, you're reminded of what's going to happen soon. When that song "you're out of time" comes on I'm about to burst outta my seat. You're wondering how the hell Quentin Tarantino is going to tell this horrible event in a tactful manner? It was just the most evil thing that happened when I was a kid. It was just so tragic. So, when this movie ended the way it did, and you realized why it was called "Once upon a time" in Hollywood, because it was a fairytale. And when you heard Sharon's voice over the intercom saying "is everyone ok?", "would you like to come up to the house?", for brief moment, it was like waking up from a bad nightmare. It was amazing to watch the first time. Wish I could erase my memory of it and watch it again. Totally blown away with how well everything was done. They replicated sounds on the television sets that I haven't heard in decades. The amazing detail, in all areas of this production, really brought me back. I truly was back in the 1970's for a couple hours.
I was 21 years old when Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered in 1969. I remember the entire thing and anyone too young to remember needs to research it all first. It will enhance your viewing of this movie. For a few minutes, I was able to forget what actually happened when I watched this.
@@lemorab1what are you old actually?.
@@MugMan556 lemonrab1 would be 75 today.
@@DividedPixels404 wow Thanks!!!!.
I know it’s great how even thought I know about it and all that stuff QT managed to make me forget what this movie was all about and quiet a few time during the movie I caught myself having an anxious feeling thinking about how it was going to end only to have it be what it was and then the end when the four are together gave me a kinda somber feeling. Such a great movie.
Such a pleasure that this movie landed for you! For me personally, it might even be my favorite QT film. A beautiful love letter to 60's-70's Hollywood. At the cinema, in Hollywood is where Quentin spent his childhood. And he paints a beautiful picture of that era in this movie.
Yea its like how once upon a time in the West has a bittersweet ending about the end of an era, the cowboy era, the train has a arrived and towns are being built and they're going to have to move on. This is like hat except the ending of an era the glory days of cinema and the western lol its insanely meta but its also so genius they work the Manson family into the plot because they lived on an abandoned western set and were the people who ended the era of the 60s
You know Quentin had this idea in his head a LONG time i would imagine
Same. The Rick/Cliff relationship is just so perfectly done. It’s a really beautiful film that hits on a whole different level than QT films usually hit. It’s rare I run into someone who enjoyed it.
I loved this movie. I've heard people say they felt every minute of this movie but I didn't. Not once did I think "how much longer is this". Another Tarantino masterpiece
I kinda understand the people who were bored by it, but only in theory.
Perhaps younger people who weren't aware of the real people portrayed in the movie?, they'd miss quite a lot if they didn't know anything about them.
indeed. masterpieces is all he makes
A movie that i can watch countless times
I felt every minute of this film, but in a great and immersive way. Was a youngling in the 70's, and I could *feel* the scenery, so real. The streets, the ranch, the sets...it felt so visceral and alive.
If others were bored, they missed out and I *feel* for them. imho
I believe this is Tarantino's best work to date, and it has quickly became one of my favorite movies of all time.
Also, the pairing of Pitt and DiCaprio on screen is pure genius.
I literally remember thinking to myself "oh yeah! this is a tarantino movie!" during the final scene the first time I saw it in the theatre.
If you're a die hard fan of QT the ending instantly makes sense. Inglorious Bastards, Django... he makes movies that tell the story that he wish happened, "fairytale" versions of histoy. Ending it with the title on screen just hammers the nail home.
I never ever thought he could make a movie that could top Django, Pulp, Inglorious Bastards or Jackie Brown or me (my top four QT movies in that order). But after my fifth rewatch I offically deided that OUATIH is my favorite. Just an incredible piece of filmmaking.
On first viewing, I wasn't sure what to make of it, because for whatever reason, the movie I expected and the movie I watched were somewhat different. However, there was enough there to make me want to give it another chance, and I'm VERY glad I did. Since then I've watched it probably 8-10 times and I love it -- it's become one of my top 20 movies of all time, and my second favorite Tarantino movie after Pulp Fiction. It's one of those movies where I can put it on and sort of sink into it - it's almost a "comfort movie". And it makes absolutely clear to me what a f***ing great actor Leonardo DiCaprio has become over time.
@@randysavage7392 agreed! this movie supercedes all of the rest....
I love Tarantino and he’s done some amazing movies but I agree with you whole heartedly. Hands down his best.
Honestly this might be my favorite DiCaprio film ever. I just really, realy enjoyed it. Inception and Aviator are also two of my favorites.
Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth’s partnership is based on the partnership of Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham. Hal was Burt’s stunt double and they shared a house together for several years while they worked on movies.
Never knew that.. Very very cool.. Makes sense especially since Reynolds was up for a role.. Not sure if it was the Dern or Pacino role.. But I think it was the Dern role, unfortunately Burt passed before he could film the role.
The fight scene, however, seems to be loosely based on stuntman Gene LeBell
Hal even got the script idea for “Smokey and the Bandit” while he was living in Burt’s guest house. He said he’d bought some Coors beer, and Burt’s maid kept stealing it. When he caught her, she explained that she took some because she was from the East Coast, where Coors couldn’t be legally shipped.
@@bobcobb3654 lol.. Had never heard the maid part that I recall.. But I think I knew they lived together, just never drew the connection to this flick. Watched an excellent doc on Needham I think was on the Smoky Blu called "The Bandit".
Also Gary Kent another stunt double who was also a WWII bet. He actually met Charles Manson.
Rick Dalton also based on all the classic Hollywood actors who's careers faltered in the 60's
"Anything we can do about that heat?" was an outtake from Leo actually complaining about the heat being let off from the Flamethrower. lol It was perfect so they used that in the movie even though it wasn't his line.
I loved the response "its a flame thrower".
I really wish Leo would make a movie called the 14 Fists of McKluskey now
@@davidbopp4288 I want him to do a handful of Bounty Law episodes also.
@@davidbopp4288 With Tarantino Directing of course. That would be fantastic!
Really? LoL, that's hilarious. Art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this film, which is a favorite of mine. The Asian actor whom Cliff fights with is Bruce Lee (who died very young in 1973), one of the greatest martial arts fighters ever. This scene is controversial among Bruce's family and fans because it makes him look like an obnoxious braggart. Cliff calls him Kato at one point because Bruce played a character named Kato on the Green Hornet TV show in the late '60s. It also would help you to know more about Manson and what really happened that night. Sadly, Sharon Tate was indeed pregnant when she was killed.
She doesn't know who BRUCE LEE is!?!?! HOW DARE SHE?!?! 😲😲😲😲
I know a lot of people complain about the scene with Bruce Lee and how Cliff got a couple of good licks in on him . The whole scene was meant to show how tough Cliff was and was able to go toe to toe with Bruce ,which sets up the fight with the Manson family and how he was able to handle himself in that fight.
Tarantino says in an interview if you're a part of Bruce's family its completely understandable and he apologized to them. He went on to say anyone who's not related to Bruce can fu©k off.
She wasn't just pregnant, they cut the baby out and killed it. It was a horrific horror show beyond murder.
It should also be noted that Polansky made Rosemary's Baby right before the murders, and a couple years after the murders, he did an intensely graphic version of Macbeth, which includes a moving picture depiction of Macduff being "from his mother's womb... untimely ripped" (medieval cesarean).
Pretty messed up.
(It's arguably the best Macbeth though.)
@@ravissary79 Susan Atkins said she thought about cutting the baby out but didn't follow through with it. It later was determined that the baby died while still in Sharon's womb. Regardless, the Manson Family killed both Sharon Tate and her child.
I was a little boy in the early 1970s in Colorado.
I watched TV all the time and because of the things I saw on the news I thought the Viet Nam War was right over the mountain and the Manson Family was going to come in the middle of the night and get met me.
These things shaped my world view. They scared and scarred me.
I wept at the end of Once Upon A Time... because it felt like Quentin Tarantino waved a magic wand and fixed a major hurt of my childhood.
Someone said "cathartic" earlier in the comments and that's precisely what it was.
My third favorite--make that SECOND favorite--QT movie.
What I love about this movie is that its title's importance didn't hit me until it came up in the end. It's called once upon a time in Hollywood because it really is a fairytale, one with a happy ending in which everyone's okay and everything gets tied up in a neat bow, and it's all the more bittersweet because of how things actually turned out.
It ties in neatly with a bunch of themes in the film, including the Spaghetti Western theme (Once Upon a Time in the West is a famous Spaghetti Western). It's a great title!
And we also have once upon a time in Mexico and once upon a time in Shanghai, and Once upon a time in America and a shitload more from all over the world. All is an homage to Once upon a time in the West. The best western ever made if you ask me. But you could throw the fairy tale angle in there and it would have truth to it. 😊
Its another of Quentins takes on the reality of things. What he would have loved to have seen. And im down with that 100%. 😎
Bingo. The second the title came up at the end, it made perfect sense.
Everything in this movie is an expression of love-love for Hollywood, for friendship, for cars, for beauty, and for the possibility of redemption through rewriting the story. Tarantino managed to write an encomium to this decade and to his own life of collecting memories through film. It’s the purest kind of art because every scene is an end in itself, like Sharon watching her own movie, or Cliff driving at night, or Brandy being a good dog. Beauty and innocence win, and nothing is a means to an end anymore: Tarantino’s picture of the Kantian Kingdom of Ends.
This reaction was 🔥. It made me realize 2 things...1, that you saw this movie at the right time, and 2, that you are a student of the art of film.
One of my favorite things about this movie - aside from the Manson family getting absolutely obliterated - was that they barely acknowledged Charles Manson himself. It's like Tarantino was stripping away any power or mystique Charlie had and just made him a useless throwaway character.
This is an amazing movie! Just so you know, Kurt Russell - who is also in the movie as you know - is also the narrator. Also, there is NOTHING to kick off the evening like an acid-laced joint! Plus, knowing what those hippies were going to do, it was AWESOME to see them get their just rewards, right?! Brandie is a GOOD DOG!
The short scene of Rick Dalton shuffling to the shed after jumping out of the pool had me laughing so hard.
"Bunch of GD F'n hippies. . . " gets me every time. I love that he's got an ice cold pitcher full of Margarita while he's dressing down Tex Watson lol.
Pulp Fiction was my favorite QT film for years and years... I liked them all, but nothing ever topped Pulp... till this one. This is a masterpiece in so many ways and I love the twisting 'history' idea. The characters, the acting, the cinematography are top notch and the insane battle at the end made the theater scream and laugh all that the same time.
This movie is essentially two things: 1. Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Hollywood and the movie & TV industry, especially of his youth, and 2. Quentin’s love letter to one of his earliest celebrity crushes, Sharon Tate, and a complete reimagining of the events of that horrific night in August 1969.
Quentin was only 6 years old when the Manson Family murders occurred, but amazingly he and his crew were able to recreate much of the feel of late 1960s Hollywood, including Hollywood Blvd as it was then. The drive-in depicted, the Van Nuys Drive-In, was a real drive-in theater in Van Nuys, CA, in the San Fernando Valley (it was closed in 1996 and demolished within a few years after that), but it was recreated by a combination of detailed models crafted by the team of Oscar-winning special effects maestro John Dykstra and some creative camera work at a still-active drive-in in the southern part of Los Angeles County, the Paramount Drive-In.
The theater Sharon Tate goes to see herself in is a real theater near UCLA (and a very popular one), the Regent Bruin Theater in Westwood Village, directly across the street from another very popular theater, the Regent Village Theater. The Village Theater in particular is very famous for hosting movie premieres, which it has done for decades. Both theaters were built in the 1930s and have been very active and popular ever since, much like the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. And that’s the real Sharon Tate that Margot Robbie watches, in the 1968 movie THE WRECKING CREW, with Dean Martin and Nancy Kwan, which was released on December 25, 1968, just a couple months prior to the February 1969 date of that scene.
The clip of Rick in THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) is an actual clip from that film, but with Leo’s face digitally superimposed over Steve McQueen’s face. Likewise the episode of The FBI that Rick and Cliff watch is an actual episode of that show but with Leo inserted into it. The episode is All the Streets Are Silent, which actually first aired in 1965 as part of The FBI's first season. We actually see much of the episode's pre-titles sequence. Original shots of guest star Burt Reynolds are substituted with DiCaprio playing Rick Dalton.
Also, the Asian guy who fights Cliff is Bruce Lee, who in 1969 was a rising star but not yet the international superstar he would become just a couple years later. (Of course it’s not the real Bruce Lee, it’s actor Mike Moh playing him. Bruce Lee’s real daughter was apparently not too happy with this portrayal of her father and considered it a bit of an insult, even though it’s clearly fantasy.)
Rick Dalton is a fictional character (as is Cliff), but the Dalton character is based on a number of actors who were popular in previous years but whose careers began to wane by the late 60s, in particular Edd “Kookie” Byrnes (Google him), who died in January 2020, just months after this film was released.
All the restaurants they go to in this film (Musso & Frank Grill on Hollywood Blvd., Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks, and El Coyote on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles, were then and still are very open and popular.
Although the scene at the Playboy Mansion exemplifies the type of lifestyle the many celebrities in the scene experienced, in reality Hugh Hefner didn’t buy the Playboy Mansion until 1974, 5 years after this movie’s events. It did become the site of many a wild party, but not in 1969.
Lastly, the KFI radio snippets heard on the car radio and over the end credits are actual on-air recordings from that era. The Red Apple cigarette brand that Rick does a TV commercial for, however, is a QT creation that has been seen in other QT movies.
Great explanation. I'd also like to add that the plot of whether Cliff Booth killed his wife or not is also derived from another Hollywood news item. It's inspired by an actor named Robert Wagner who was suspected to have killed his wife Natalie Wood. They were arguing on a yacht because Robert got jealous when Natalie was talking to Christopher Walken. After the argument, everything went silent and Natalie was found dead floating in the water.
Robert says she slipped by accident and Christopher Walken says he didn't see anything. Robert Wagner was never charged with anything but many people in Hollywood believes he is the killer. It is a rumor that persists up to this day.
Tarantino also wrote a novel that goes into much deeper detail about the characters, it's actually a really interesting read.
It’s such a great buddy movie. Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” is another good one I think you might enjoy. And probably the happiest ending you could get from Tarantino.
Love how Rick and Cliff are basically doing a reaction video to Rick's episode of FBI. This is a "slice of life" movie. In other words, you just hang out with these characters for a few days. There's no pressing, urgent, ticking-clock problem that needs to be solved. But it's fun hanging out with these characters. That's why people watch reaction videos by the way. Because they like hanging out with the reactor. Your channel gets so many views because you're a fun person to hang out with, Cassie.
If you can take it, Helter Skelter with Steve Railsback as Manson tells the tale. Bad subject. Great movie. In this, Margot played Sharon based very closely on how she was regarded by everyone around her...the sweetest and most down-to-earth...and looking forward to the birth of their first child in less than a month from when she was killed.
Margot did a great job portraying Tate. That scene at the end with the alternate history of her and Jay Sebring being alive was so well done.
@@alucard624 Fun fact, QT was getting railed by Tate's sister for "yet another movie on her families tragedy" QT sent her the script, she approved and even loaned the production some of Sharon's jewelry and perfume to use on set. I almost did not watch this film, but Im glad I did, the "what if" made me cry a little bit, showed it to my wife as she too was not wanting to watch another Manson movie. She too cried.
Yes the original Helter Skelter is a good flick, the 2004 remake is decent as well.
I'm 70 and lived in L.A. in the mid 60's. I understand every reference and all the characters big or small. I applaud you watching this movie but you were SO lost not knowing anything about the time or the zeitgeist. I understand why your friends thought it was boring. They had no idea what was happening also. It's the best movie I've seen in 20 years...but then again I was there.
I grew up in Southern California in this time period, I was little, but the music, the radio stations and announcers were so on point, memories flooded back. Loved it.
The last 20 minutes of this movie are perhaps the greatest scenes ever put to film.
Plus whoopin that hippie
I fully agree with you 1000%!!
The “Terry” that Manson was looking for was record producer Terry Melcher. Manson was introduced to Terry Melcher by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, whom Manson had met. Manson, in addition to being a lunatic, fancied himself a musician, and actually wrote two songs that The Beach Boys recorded. Terry Melcher had offered to record a record with Manson, until he found out how nuts he was. That made Manson mad, so he sent his “family” to kill everyone at 10500 Cielo Drive, Terry’s old house. Sharon Tate, her unborn child, Jay Seibrig, Abagail Folger, (Folger’s coffee heiress), Wojciech Frykowski, along with Steven Parent, were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. 😢
Thank you for this. I was 10 years old in 1969 and I remember hearing about the Manson family murders. The references to "Charlie" was to Charles Manson. Yes that was Al Pacino, in a terrific performance. And yes, Sharon Tate was pregnant when she and her unborn child were murdered. I grew up in the hollywood area; my father was an actor. All the settings are true to life as I remember them. Great film. And the guy that Cliff is fighting and throws into the car was supposed to be Bruce Lee. Look him up. Oh, and Tex really did say when he entered the Tate residence, "I am the Devil and am here to do the Devil's work", or something like that. it all came out at the trials.
I think it adds depth to the character of Cliff. If he only would be always be in control, he would be one dimensional. But I think, they show quite often that he is not always in control. The Bruce Lee scene is one example. Yes, he is physically in control. And I think that scene is based on a true story (or at least an legend). However, if he would be in control, he would not care about Bruce being a big mouth. He would let it pass, because it has nothing to do with himself. I would not say, Cliff is in control, I would say he is very confident. But maybe not very smart to see the consequences of his actions (like the risk of losing a job). He doesn't go the safe way, and sometimes that has backfired on him. He seems to be the guy that talks less and let the action speak. He's a stunt double after all. But this edge, this: We know what he is capable of (or we assume...), makes him interesting and gives him an extra dimension.
If this was not a Tarantino movie, I would have rooted for Rick failing as an actor and maybe killing himself (make it a tragedy) and Cliff going to jail. But this two guys under pressure. One in his profession, the other by the police. And then let old Hollywood go down in flames.
But it is a Tarantino style happy ending. He rewrote history. Not as elegant as in IB, but he did. But sometimes it is necessary to imagine a happier story than reality, because reality was the worst.
Interesting and intriguing.
For more background on the Manson story I recommend the film Helter Skelter. It is based on the book of the same name by Vincent Bugliosi, who was the prosecuting attorney in the murder trial. Because Charles Manson was not present at the murders they almost had nothing to convict him with. A truly terrifying story.
My favourite book. The way Tarantino turned the actual killings on their head is genius.
I love Brad Pitt's opening line "I try"
And the last line
"Cliff, your a good friend"
"I try"
Awesome!!!Love that line!!!I use it myself now in memory of a great film character.Cliff Booth.
The TV was on because it's an old pet owner trick, to leave the TV or radio on so your pets can be comforted by hearing people talk while you're away for so long. Also how his dog ate more and better food than he did. You can tell he loves that animal
"Don't cry in front of the Mexicans." His acting scene with the little girl is one of the best I've ever seen.
That line makes me crack up every time lol
@@TheGoodChap And we don't know why exactly which makes it classically absurdly funny.
That little girl has impressed me with everything I have seen her in - a talent that is off-scale high!
This was Brad Pitt's movie. He absolutely is the true star of this movie.
The little girl in the scene where she and Leo are prepping their dialog, she was amazing!
This is definitely a true movie lover's movie. A lot of references to many specific different events, people and places. Anyone not familiar with the lore would definitely be bored. My opinion Leonardo crushed it best in Django Unchained, this one close second
Must see is DiCaprio's first movie: Critters 3.
watching Kurt Russel in The Hateful Eight was even better. What an actor.
@@channel55andaboxoftissues16 Yeah that movie was full of legendary actors and I was surprised that Kurt Russel was my favorite performance.
@@One.Zero.One101 then leonardo di caprio mimicked that same performance in this.
I'm so happy you liked it!! And I'm so glad you did your homework so this movie made sense. It's just like you described: how my imagination changes horrible events to happy endings.
My favorite thing about this movie is the music Tarantino uses at the end as the credits begin. It was originally written for a movie called "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" which is not for all tastes but hits really hard if you're head's hooked up a certain way. The title theme of "Roy Bean" plays over a text card at the beginning that says, in essence, that what follows may not be how it was but it's how it should have been. Just about a perfect summary of Tarantino's movie, I'd say.
I saw "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" for the first time at the cinema in Westwood where we see Margot Robbie watch Sharon Tate's movie, which was awesome. I was positively dreading seeing pregnant Sharon get carved up by the Manson girls but the instant that one Manson girl took off in the car I realized Tarantino was pulling an "Inglourious Basterds" and giving us a better ending and I was SO happy! Then when the music from "Roy Bean" started at the end I started crying 'cuz I remembered right where he got it from. I think it's tied with "Jackie Brown" as my favorite Tarantino movie.
Tarantino wrote half a dozen episodes of "Bounty Law" as research and he's said he'd love to make them for Netflix or somebody, shoot them in black and white just like the way the clips at the beginning of this movie looked. He has said he doubts that Leonardo will be down for that, but Tarantino would still like to do it. There's something kind of amazing about the half-hour western series that were all over TV back then - you really had to have your shit together to tell a good 23 minute story every week. Even average episodes can be quite instructive in that regard, not to mention entertaining.
"He was in fight club, he's gonna kill him"😂
I love the look of old L.A/Hollywood. Tarantino did a great job recapturing the place and time....even to the radio programs playing in the background, real stations and their disc jockeys " the real Don Steele ".
And no CGI using
I really had no idea what this movie about when I saw it, but I did know a little bit about the Manson murders. Knowing enough to figure it out as the movie went on was the perfect experience, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
As a very serious student of the Manson Family case for more than 40 years, the ending really choked me up, which is something I was NOT expecting. I've seen this film half a dozen times and, every time I watch it, I get a lump in my throat at the end. I LOVE this movie and it has replaced "Pulp Fiction" as my favorite Tarantino film, something I thought was not possible. I really enjoyed the journey with you. 😀
Oh Cassie, thank you SO MUCH for watching and reacting to this movie!! I bought it on DVD after seeing it only 1 time in the movie theatre up here in Canada (I loved it that much). I agree with you it was nice how this movie captured the more innocent Hollywood of the late 60's. Oh and much like Inglourious Basterds the altered ending of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was refreshing and more positive than the actual events of that evening back in history.
I Love that about Quentin's Historically based Films!!!!
And, because he did what he did, Roman Polansky is gonna put him in more films, Roman Polanski‘s films. Meaning, Rick Dalton‘s gonna become a huge star again so he and Cliff can continue working together and they all lived happily ever after.
My favorite movie by Quentin Tarantino! The dialogue is so rememberable and talked about today. The hard work of rebuilding the original city. Rick and cliffs broship is perfect! 🎥
This is my favorite Tarantino. I knew it had been nominated so I convinced my parents to rent it with me. I was just excited to see Leo portraying an actor because I knew exactly how he was feeling as an actor. My parents knew about the Manson murders and Sharon Tate and told me when she was introduced in the movie. So towards the end I was worried about seeing the murders. Then the bait and switch of Brad Pitt destroying the hippies, we were not expecting it and laughed so hard being relieved that at least in the movie Sharon gets to live and the hippies don’t get to hurt anyone. Also Francesca and the dog crack me up.
Bunch of goddamn fu*kin hippies.
I was in HS during the 80s, every girl in my grade was reading Helter Skelter, 15 years after this event, people still hadn't gotten it out of their brains. Excellent film. One of Tarantino's best imo. Pitt and Leo's chemistry is so great on screen. I love that he's still using Zoe Bell and Kurt Russell. Check out Deathproof, another gem from Tarantino, starring Zoe and Kurt (among others).
My theory is that Death Proof is a movie WITHIN this OUATIH universe. It would be what Cliff & Rick & the others would watch in theater, later in the 70's.
Kurt's character here is Stuntman Mike (he's playing him in the "film" Death Proof).
@@ghostofyourmom all of Tarantino's movies take place in the same universe. Just sometimes different places and time frames.
@@Dirtbag_Deluxe I know, but some of them (Kill Bill, From Dusk, Death Proof) are movies WITHIN that universe. Meaning that Tarantino characters like Clarence, Vincent, Jules, Mia Wallace go to the theater to WATCH them.
Having some background information about the whole Charles Manson cult before watching this movie I think is very crucial to fully grasping what happens.
1969 marked and incredible era in pop culture. Probably the most important year in rock history, with bands like The Beatles releasing Abbey Road and filming their rooftop concert, Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma, and Led Zeppelin releasing their first two albums the same year, the moon landing, Woodstock Festival, a year after Martin Luther King’s assassination, films Rosemary’s Baby, The Night of The Living Dead, 2001 A Space Odyssey, In The Heat of The Night, To Sir With Love, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Sound of Music, Vietnam, activitsm, marches against segregation, Elvis’s comeback after service, Monty Python’s debut, I could go on and on. It was the most amazing era.
In the heat of the night in 1967
@@lexkanyima2195 Yes but those movies were relevant during that era (1967-1969)
Amazing reaction! At first I was worried if you would find this film boring like your friend told you. Glad that you get it. This is one of Tarantino’s best works, especially how he twisted the ending to raise the spirit of Hollywood people. What happened in the actual event was such a tragic and horrific nightmare.
I cried some at the very end of this in the theater, but my friend I was with then and I both couldn't stop breaking up in laughter a few minutes before the end. I am intrigued about what Cassie will think.
I know the end fight scene seems harsh, but take my word for it, this would’ve been too good for the Manson Family.
Sharon Tate was 8+ months pregnant, and begged for the life of her baby, but the Manson murderers butchered her anyway.
Abigail Folger was stabbed 28 times while she cried for her mother. She was 25 years old. As violent and brutal as that end fight scene was and even tho it never happened, those three murderers deserved it.
Yeah, what they did was absolutely horrific, I don't understand how you could do that to another person. From what I've read Sharon actually asked them to keep her alive until she gave birth then they could kill her, all she cared about was the life of her poor unborn baby, she didn't care what happened to her. I'm generally not pro death penalty, but the Manson family people DEFINITELY deserved it. It's a pity there was a moratorium placed on the death penalty in CA in the early 70's so everyone was resentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
@@DW-wp8lo Charlie , who they thought was Christ, ordered it and only one of them had a conscious and valued life, Linda Kasabian. The story of free love and drugs run amuck.
I agree.What the Manson clan did was Horrible.They were just evil.
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is a great movie with Leo in it.
Cassie, one of the really fun things about following your reactions for over a year is seeing how your appreciation of films has evolved. I don't think it would have been possible for you to have appreciated this film a year ago, but now you have other movie references to connect it to (which is very important for Tarrentini movies) and a deeper appreciation of different aspects of movies. I hope you have been enjoying this journey s much as your fans!
I lived near Los Angeles during this time, and I remember this story well.
I cried at the end of the film, and I don't cry.
When I saw this for the first time, I was initially disappointed that the end did such a change with history, but since then I have to admit it was a nice, wistful dream of what might have been and a tribute in some ways to Voytek, Stephen, Abigail, Jay, Sharon, Rosemary and Leno.
Inglorious Basterds changed history as well.
I go to the movies to see worlds that interest me. And a world where old Hollywood persists a little longer without this era-ending tragedy…that’s one I’d like to see.
Oh you need to watch some Bruce Lee films
The Big Boss, Fist of Fury aka The Chinese Connection, Way of the Dragon, and especially Enter the Dragon
This movie is mesmerizing, one of my favorites. And when Brad's character is remembering in the roof what happened in the studio, the guy in black he fought is supposed to be Bruce Lee(Kato, from the Green Hornet)
I had to scroll way down to see if someone clued Cassie in to who Bruce Lee was. Maybe she is just to young to know.
@@laudanum669 true, she should watch Enter The Dragon.
@@robertombricen7966 And so say we all!
Yes! Tarantino gave us the ending we all wished had really happened. I thank him for that!
The real story was so heartbreaking and horrible. The end to this movie was obviously what we all wished had really happened. I remember the first time watching this movie I didn’t really know how to feel, but I watched it again and really liked it.
"Is everybody ok"? "The fu**ing hippies aren't, that's for goddamn sure" One of the funniest lines in movie history. lol
I love your reaction to the final scene. I was 11 when the Tete, LaBianca murders happen. Manson and his family should’ve gotten the death penalty instead of life in prison, but that’s just my opinion.
ive heard the entrance to the Melrose Place building is just 15 mins away from a Manson murder crime scene
They did initially got death sentences at their trial but the sentences were overturned when the death penalty was deemed unconsitutional and their sentences were changed to life with possiblity of parole. Manson and one of the girls(Susan Atkins) have since died. the other 2 girls and Tex Watson are still in prison and numerous attempts at parole have all been denied.
People only care about the manson family because they killed famous people no one would care if they killed someone who was not famous
This is Quentin's version of what we wished could have happened in real life for Sharon and her friends fates. Great film making
If you like Leonardo, you just have to watch "The Departed" - one of my absolute favourite Leonardo movies .... Or "The Revenant" (he won an Oscar for that performance)
Omg she should definitely watch The Revenant!
@@bb-cc8hh absolutely... And Wolf of Wall Street same nighy lol
@@ShifuCareaga That would be interesting :)
" You came to the wrong house." understatement of the century 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love Leonardo's role in the movie "Catch me if you can". It's really a great movie with great performances and lots of laughs too, with some serious and sad moments.
So glad you liked this movie, Cassie! I loved it. This is another example of Tarantino taking something from history and changing the story, for a better outcome. Inglorious Basterds and Jango Unchained are both like that. Like, in those films, the bad guys get their just deserts! Great film! It was an homage to Hollywood, for Tarantino, as I understand it.
This was from the time when I was young, so the real characters and settings were familiar to me. This is my favorite Tarantino movie, and I loved how the ending was happy in this movie. Pitt & DiCaprio both gave such excellent performances.
The wife of Kurt Russell’s character (the New Zealand last) is Zoe Bell. One of the most legendary Hollywood Stuntwoman. She was Uma’s stunt double in the the Kill Bill movies.
Also the double for Lucy Lawless in Xena.
Ive never seen a more perfect rendition of the 60s--even the ads on radio TV billboards The moves at the theaters are right on. I actually have a DVD of CC and Company(the biker film with Joe Namath) that was on the previews when Sharon was watching herself
"Mystic River" is a great movie by Clint Eastwood. Great cast 🔥
You and your sister are the BEST movie reactors I have seen. Was doing all music reactions until recently started checking out multiple movie reactors. Great job not being soooo annoying(like others are) and discussing all the right things within the reaction.
This is my favorite Tarantino movie, so I'm glad to see you liked it as well! _Jackie Brown_ is somewhat similar in feel to this: much more sincere and mature than most of Tarantino's films.
Hey there! Love the Channel! Professional Stunt Performer here. To answer your question about are Rick and Cliff based on real people. In a way yes. Hal Needham (Cliff) one of the biggest, if not the top of the heap Legends in the Stunt Industry. Was Burt Reynolds (Rick) Stunt Double. For a long time Hal lived in Burt’s guest house. They did so many movies together including Smokey and Bandit, which Hal directed. You should watch “Hooper” about the greatest stuntman alive. It is essentially Burt playing Hal. With Hal directing. And of course Sally Field. Hal has an autobiography if you are interested. So glad to see you drop a reaction to this!
The kids (Maya Hawke (the Manson Family girl who drove the car away at the end as she chickened out) and Rumer Willis (who played the Sharon Tate's friend, I always thought it was a the ticket girl, lol) of Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis (both in Pulp Fiction) were in this QT movie here which must have been something for Quentin Tarantino as I thought this was cool too. He directed their Mom and/or Dad years before and now the kids now.
Also, Andie MacDowell's (Groundhog's Day and St. Elmo's Fire) daughter who's name is Margaret Qualley (playing Pussycat who was a Manson Family girl who wanted to hook up with Cliff Booth) was in this movie too. She did great!