Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
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- discussed in biography
- In Quentin Tarantino
His next film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019), centers on a washed-up actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stuntman (Brad Pitt), both of whom cross paths with Charles Manson in 1969 Los Angeles. The movie received a standing ovation when it premiered at the Cannes film festival. In…
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- history of film
- In History of film: United States
…The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019). Among the Coen brothers’ works were Miller’s Crossing (1990), Fargo (1995), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), No Country for Old Men (2007;
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- Manson
- In Charles Manson
… (1976) and Quentin Tarantino’s fictional Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019) and the documentaries Manson Speaks: Inside the Mind of a Madman (2017), Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes (2018), Errol Morris’s CHAOS: The Manson Murders (2025), and the 2020 miniseries Helter Skelter: An American Myth.
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role of
- Butler
- In Austin Butler: Career shift and stardom
…role in Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood (2019), a dramedy set in Los Angeles in 1969. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and Butler played Tex Watson, a follower of Charles Manson. Also in 2019 Butler appeared in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, a comedic…
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- DiCaprio
- In Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant, Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
…the screen, starring in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. The movie—which centres on a washed-up actor (DiCaprio) and his stunt double (Brad Pitt) in 1969 Los Angeles—received a standing ovation when it premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2019, and, for his performance, DiCaprio later earned his sixth…
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- Dunham
- In Lena Dunham
…later appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019).
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- Lewis
- In Damian Lewis
Steve McQueen in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019). Lewis’s other films included the dramedy Dream Horse (2020). He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2014.
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- Pacino
- In Al Pacino: Academy Award and later films
…colorful characters in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019). He then costarred with De Niro in The Irishman (2019), his first film with director Martin Scorsese. In the mob drama, which received a theatrical release before airing on Netflix, Pacino played labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, whose disappearance in…
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- Pitt
- In Brad Pitt: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and later movies
…later reteamed with Tarantino in Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019), playing the stunt double of a washed-up actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) in 1969 Los Angeles. For his performance, Pitt earned both an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor. Also in 2019 he starred as an astronaut…
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- Qualley
- In Margaret Qualley: Early acting roles
…Pitt’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, she began to book more projects. She portrayed American dancer Ann Reinking in the TV miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and memoirist Joanna Rakoff in My Salinger Year (2020).
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- Robbie
- In Margot Robbie
…Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019). Also that year she played a bank robber in a Dust Bowl drama, Dreamland, which she produced through LuckyChap Entertainment, a production company that she cofounded in 2014.
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- Russell
- In Kurt Russell
…a stunt coordinator in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, a dramedy set in 1969 Los Angeles.
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- Sweeney
- In Sydney Sweeney: Breakthrough parts and stardom
… leader Charles Manson’s “Family,” in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Additionally, she garnered critical acclaim for portraying American former intelligence specialist and whistleblower Reality Winner in the biopic Reality (2023). Her other credits from 2023 include the popular rom-com Anyone but You. The following year Sweeney starred alongside Dakota…
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