Once Upon a Time in Hollywood(2019)
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)- RRated R for language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual references
- 2h 41m
Jul 26, 2019
As Hollywood's Golden Age is winding down during the summer of 1969, television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth endeavor to achieve lasting success in Hollywood while meeting several colorful characters along the way.
Release Details
Original Release | Jul 26, 2019 | Wide
2026 Re-release | Oct 30, 2026 | Moderate
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,Dolby Atmos,Dolby Surround 7.1,DTS:X,Datasat,SDDS
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
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Country of Origin: United States, United Kingdom, China
Language: English,Italian,Spanish,German
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Plot Summary
- In February 1969, Hollywood actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of 1950s Western television series Bounty Law, laments to his best friend and former stunt double, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), that his career is over. Dalton got Bounty Law canceled by the networks as he wanted a movie career. Dalton had his diving license taken away for too many drunk driving tickets and so Booth drives him everywhere now.Dalton has lunch with Producer and Agent Marvin Schwarz (Al Pacino) who makes Dalton realize that playing a guest negative role in new network shows is going to ruin his career. Marvin says that the networks are playing an old trick and while Dalton thinks his guest character is being beaten up by the hero of the new show, the audience perceives that Dalton's character from Bounty Law is getting beaten up the hero of the new show. This would eventually lead to the end of Dalton's career as a leading man. Marvin wants Dalton to star in westerns in Italy.Dalton realizes that he officially is designated as a "has been" and he does not want to star in Italian movies. Booth (a war veteran who lives in a trailer with his pit bull, Brandy) drives Dalton around town and relies on him for work due to rumors that Booth killed his wife Billie (Rebecca Gayheart) (and hence no producer would directly work with Booth due to his reputation). Randy Mille (Kurt Russell) refuses to hire Booth as he does not like the vibe that Booth brings on sets. Booth encourages Dalton to seriously consider the movie offer in Italy.Meanwhile, actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and her husband, director Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha), have moved into the house next door to Dalton's. Polanski is the hottest director in the world at that time. Dalton dreams of befriending the couple in order to restore his status as a movie lead. Later that night, Tate and Polanski join Jay Sebring (Emile Hirsch) (a Hollywood hairstylist and friend and ex-boyfriend of Tate) at a celebrity-filled party at the Playboy Mansion. Sebring still has feelings for Tate.At Dalton's house, Booth reminisces on a sparring match he had on the set of The Green Hornet with Bruce Lee (Mike Moh). Bruce Lee claimed that if he had a match with Cassius Clay, he would beat Clay. Booth scoffed at the claim (and calls Bruce a glorified dancer) and Bruce challenged him to a fight. Booth is able to hold off Bruce and match him blow for blow.While fixing the TV antenna atop Dalton's roof, Booth notices a hippie man, Charles Manson, arriving at the Polanski residence. Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) stops by the home of Polanski and Tate looking for record producer Terry Melcher, who used to live there, but is turned away by Sebring.Later, while driving Dalton's car, Booth picks up a young hitchhiker called "Pussycat" (Margaret Qualley), dropping her off at Spahn Ranch, where Booth once filmed Bounty Law. "Pussycat" tries to persuade Booth to stay, but he is suspicious of the large number of hippies squatting on the property, and suspects they are taking advantage of the owner, George Spahn (Bruce Dern) (an 80-year-old nearly blind man who rented his ranch out for Westerns. Charles Manson convinced Spahn to allow him and his followers to live on the ranch). Booth insists on checking on Spahn despite Squeaky's (Dakota Fanning) objections; Spahn dismisses Booth's fears. The other hippies include Katie (Madisen Beaty), Butterfly (Ruby Rose Skotchdopole), Blue (Kansas Bowling), Snake (Sydney Sweeney) and Froggie (Harley Quinn Smith).Returning to the car, Booth discovers that Clem Grogan (James Landry Hébert) has slashed the front tire; Booth brutally beats Grogan and forces him to change the tire. One of the Manson girls, Sundance (Cassidy Vick Hice), goes to fetch Tex Watson (Austin Butler) the leader of the hippies, but by the time Watson arrives on horseback Booth is driving away. Tate goes for a walk and decides to stop at a movie theater to watch herself in The Wrecking Crew.Dalton lands the role of a villain in a new series, Lancer, where he strikes up a conversation with his eight-year-old co-star, Trudi (Julia Butters). During one of his scenes, Dalton struggles with his dialogue due to his alcoholism. After having an emotional breakdown in his trailer, Dalton returns to the set and delivers a powerful performance that impresses the director, Sam Wanamaker (Nicholas Hammond), and Trudi, bolstering Dalton's confidence.After watching Dalton's guest performance on an episode of The F.B.I., casting agent Marvin Schwarz offers Dalton the opportunity to shoot a Spaghetti Western in Italy. Dalton, who considers Spaghetti Westerns to be the bottom of the movie industry, reluctantly agrees, bringing Booth with him for the six-month stint. Dalton films four movies, including Nebraska Jim with Sergio Corbucci, and gets married to Italian starlet Francesca CapucciReturning to Los Angeles, Dalton informs Booth he can no longer afford his services, and they agree to go their separate ways. Returning to Los Angeles on August 8, 1969, Dalton and Booth go out drinking to commemorate their time together. They return to Dalton's home, where Booth smokes an acid-laced cigarette and takes Brandy for a walk.Meanwhile, Tex Watson, Susan Atkins (Mikey Madison), Linda Kasabian (Maya Hawke), and Patricia Krenwinkel (Madisen Beaty) park outside, in their loud 1959 Ford Galaxie, in preparation to murder everyone in Tate's house (their cult leader Charles Manson apparently had told Tex Watson to go to "Terry's old house" (where Tate now stays) and kill everyone inside). Dalton hears the car, comes out, and angrily orders them to leave.They drive off, but Atkins hatches a plan to return and kill Dalton instead. Kasabian deserts the group and the remaining three proceed with Atkins' plan. They break into Dalton's house and confront Booth, who recognizes them from Spahn Ranch. Booth orders Brandy to attack, and together they kill Krenwinkel and Watson and severely injure Atkins.Atkins, gun in hand, stumbles outside, alarming Dalton, who was listening to music on headphones and oblivious to the mayhem inside. Dalton retrieves a flamethrower he had kept from a film shoot and incinerates Atkins. Booth is taken to the hospital for injuries. Sebring engages Dalton in conversation and Tate, over the intercom, invites Dalton up to her house for drinks with her still-alive house-guests, Sebring, Abigail Folger (Samantha Robinson) and Wojciech Frykowski (Costa Ronin).
Storyline
- Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age. 1969. Rick Dalton was once the star of a highly popular TV series but a few bad choices have set his career back, leaving him wondering if he should quit showbiz altogether. His best friend is Cliff Booth, an aging stuntman who was Dalton's stunt-double in movies and TV. His career is largely over. While Booth ekes out an existence, Dalton still lives a life of relative luxury in Hollywood, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. In fact, his neighbours are Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate . — grantss Set in Los Angeles, 1969. Over the hill TV actor Rick Dalton, and his best friend and stunt-double Cliff Booth, strive to reignite their Hollywood careers. Their dwindling careers are juxtaposed with the success of Rick's new next door neighbours: Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. Rick and Cliff become unwittingly entangled with the infamous Manson family in the process. — jmcrighton-892-694446 After a meteoric five-year rise to the top in Hollywood's cut-throat world and a long decade of treading water, fading action star Rick Dalton must now swallow that the rapacious film industry can do without him. Sensing that his career may be nearing its end, Rick and his sympathetic confidant Cliff Booth, a former stunt double, face the grim possibility of a mundane new life in an ever-changing 1969 Los Angeles. To add insult to injury, Dalton's glamorous next-door neighbours-- Roman Polanski , a young director fresh off the triumph of Rosemary's Baby (1968) , and Sharon Tate , the rising star of The Wrecking Crew (1968) --bask in the glory of their success. As a result, Rick must make a tough decision. But none of them realise they are on a collision course with a certain Charles Manson and his army of ferociously zealous believers. Will Hollywood ever be the same after August 9, 1969? — Nick Riganas 2 more See all
