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    ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

    Sep 01, 2019 4 minutes
    IAN FREER

    OUT NOW/ 161 MINS RATED MA15+

    DIRECTOR Quentin Tarantino

    CAST Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Al Pacino

    PLOT LA, 1969. TV actor Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt) are increasingly yesterday’s men. The new Hollywood is embodied by Rick’s neighbour, rising star Sharon Tate (Robbie). Their fates will collide in the most unexpected way.

    features perhaps the most Quentin Tarantino-y shot of any Quentin Tarantino movie yet: wannabe movie star Sharon Tate (Robbie) with her dirty bare feet up on a cinema seat watching pretty much forgotten 1969 James Bond rip-off starring Dean Martin. Yet foot fetishisms and cult movies are not the only QT Nicholas Hammond as film director Sam Wanamaker) and the joy of radio are all present and correct. is a heady compendium of Tarantino inspirations, ideas and motifs, brilliantly made and perfectly performed, but perhaps lacking the zip, fun and intensity to make it your new favourite Tarantino flick.

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