Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures, it is a co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and China. It features a large ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading actor and his stunt double as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry, with the threat of the Tate murders looming. Announced in July 2017, it is the first Tarantino film not to involve Bob and Harvey Weinstein, as Tarantino ended his partnership with the brothers following the sexual abuse allegations against the latter. After a bidding war, the film was distributed by Sony Pictures, which met Tarantino's demands including final cut privilege. Pitt, DiCaprio, Robbie, Zoë Bell, Kurt Russell, and others joined the cast between January and June 2018. Principal photography lasted from June through November around Los Angeles. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the final film to feature Luke Perry, who died on March 4, 2019, and it is dedicated to his memory. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 26, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on August 14. It grossed $374 million worldwide and received praise from critics for Tarantino's direction and screenplay, the performances (particularly from DiCaprio and Pitt), cinematography, soundtrack, sound design, costume design, and production values. The National Board of Review and the American Film Institute named Once Upon a Time in Hollywood one of the top-ten films of 2019. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was nominated for ten awards at the 92nd Academy Awards, winning two (Best Supporting Actor for Pitt and Best Production Design), and received numerous other accolades. A novelization, written by Tarantino in his debut as an author, was published on June 29, 2021.
DISPATCHER: 10,000 block, Cielo Drive. OFFICER 1: Around what time was it when you confronted the intruder? RICK: It was about midnight. - Around midnight? - Yeah. How do you know it was midnight? RICK: Well, I was, uh... I was in the kitchen. You know, I was making margaritas, and, uh... I heard the sound of a noisy muffler. I looked up at the clock. It said... The kitchen clock said midnight. OFFICER 1: Twelve o'clock exactly? RICK: I mean, it could have been 12:05. - Something like that. - And you didn't see them again until the woman attacked you in the pool. No, no. OFFICER 2: So, what did these perpetrators do? CLIFF: Perpetrators? They were hippie assholes. Two of them burst through the front door there, and the guy hippie said he was the devil. And he said, "I'm here to... do some devil shit." Or... That's not verbatim, but... - OFFICER 2: "Some devil shit"? - CLIFF: Yeah, "devil shit." [SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]
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Hey. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What hospital you going to, Cliff? I'll meet you there, huh? You don't want to meet me in no hospital. Why don't you go take care of your lady. Hey, she just took five fucking sleeping pills. She'll be asleep till Columbus Day. These guys will probably have to come out here again - just to wake her ass up. - Hey, I'm not gonna die. I may get a limp, but I ain't gonna die. - It's not my time yet, man. - All right. So no use waiting in some waiting room. Why don't you go lie naked with that fine creature. Come visit me tomorrow. Bring bagels. You want to do something for me, check on Brandy. She may be a little shook up after that. - She may want to sleep with you. - Are you kidding me? She's sleeping with Francesca right now. You might never get her back. Ha, ha. - We got to go. - All right, then, Cliff. I'll see you tomorrow, then.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
JAY: Hello? Hey. I'm Jay Sebring. I'm a friend of the Polanskis. You're Rick Dalton, right? [CHUCKLING] Yeah. Yeah. I'm Rick Dalton. - Live next door. - Oh, I know. I tease Sharon that she lives next door to Jake Cahill. If she ever wants to put a bounty on Roman, she just has to go next door, right? [LAUGHS] No shit. What the fuck happened? Oh, th-these fucking hippie weirdos, they-they-they broke into my house. What do you mean, like, trying to rob you? We don't know what the fuck they wanted. Were they robbing me? I don't know. Were they freaking out on some bummer trip? Who knows? But they tried to kill my wife and my buddy. - Jesus Christ. Are you serious? - Yeah, I'm fucking serious. Now, my buddy and his dog killed two of them, and then... Well, shit. I-I torched the last one. - "Torched"? - Yeah. I burnt her ass to a crisp. - How'd you do that? - Well, believe it or not, I... I got a flamethrower in my toolshed. Oh, from The Fourteen Fists of McCluskey. Yeah! [LAUGHS] Yeah. Yeah. That's... That's the one. Yeah, it still works too. Thank God. Is everybody okay? Well, the fucking hippies aren't, that's for goddamn sure. Yeah. But I'm fine. You know, my wife's fine. We're just a little shook up, is all. - Oh, my God, that's terrifying. - Yeah. SHARON [ON SPEAKER]: Jay, honey, is everything all right? Everything's okay now, honey. But some hippies broke into the house next door. SHARON: Oh, my God. Oh, that's terrifying. Is everybody okay? I'm talking to your next-door neighbor about it right now. SHARON: Rick Dalton?
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood