25 Things You Missed In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has finally arrived, and is already the source of much debate. After a massive opening weekend, odds are you’ve seen the film, but did you catch everything in it?
In Tarantino tradition, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is stuffed to the gills with cameos, references, and allusions to other films and celebrities. Even more than other Tarantino movies, Hollywood history is baked into the story, it can be very easy to miss something.
Don’t despair! Your pals at ScreenRant have you covered with a detailed look at the stuff you may have missed.
Including:
An actor dedicated to capturing the essence of Charles Manson. The unusual opening credit that hints at the thematic intentions of the film. A Tarantino favourite who makes a memorable cameo. A playful insult with some fascinating real life history. A quick cameo by a 60’s icon. The background to Bruce Lee’s most memorable scene. Another Tarantino stalwart with an awesome walk-on. The key to one of the movie’s very best scenes. A prominent prop with a purpose. The tragic true-life story behind Cliff’s marriage. An actor with a cool couple of parents. Some history behind the film’s scenes in Italy. Pitch perfect stunt casting in the movie’s western sequences. The final film of an accomplished actor. A music cue which foreshadows a later plot development. A Hollywood icon who died before his scenes could be completed. Some connections between other films in the Tarantino-verse.
All these and many more in the full video!
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[@wallythewalrusgod2490]

In the scene when the narrator is listing Ricks westerns in Italy, one movie was directed by Antonio Margarehti, this was a fake name used when the Basterds pretended to be Italians in Inglorious Basterds.

[@jolfer1334]

I was waiting for him to say that

[@calvinhobbes3290]

I’m glad someone else caught that! I felt like I was the only one in my theatre who laughed when I heard that director named

[@thecooke147]

Yes! So glad someone else noticed!

[@dansmith498]

MarGARetti

[@hiddenclearinghalloween7261]

You do know the narrator was Kurt Russell right?

[@TheGillyWonka]

Here’s one. Sharon visits the bookstore to pick up Tess of the D’Urbervilles. The novel has a 1979 film adaptation, directed by none other than Roman Polanski and dedicated to the late Sharon Tate herself

[@toddklempan105]

Gill Again Funny, that was the first one I thought of to add, but you beat me to it:) Good catch, little buddy.

[@fairyfreak1]

Sharon actually bought that book for Polanski while they were in Europe. That was the last time he saw her alive (she went back to LA while he stayed behind).

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Great call!

[@mrb4886]

Thanks

[@jaybones8457]

Oooh, that's a good one. Nice work buddy.

[@jordan_sal413]

In all seriousness, the dog deserves an Oscar for this one. When Cliff gave the little “click click” gesture to attack, I was so hyped 😂

[@aylaedip8141]

I absolutely fell in love with that dog. The fierce loyalty between Cliff and Brandy pays off big time in one of the best endings of a movie ever

[@ajmcgill1960]

I love that dog.

[@daveygivens735]

Brandy!

[@patbateman6729]

Brandy your a fine girl

[@wall-e7179]

That "click click" was the kinda "click click" you hear from someone who doesn't own a dog. The only line in the film Pitt didn't nail.

[@scuzzlebutt3048]

Funniest part: Cliff: What was your name again? Tex: "I'm the devil, and I came to do the devil's business" he says, aiming his gun at Cliff. Cliff: "Naw, it was dumber than that,"

[@resdog851]

That line cracked me up. In reality, this was the line that Tex supposedly said before killing Sharon Tate and company when he entered the home. That line was almost said verbatim by Otis Firefly in The Devils Rejects before he killed some guy.

[@MrSlowestD16]

"It was like 'rex' or something..."

[@MrJeffcoley1]

The vibe Pitt is giving in that exchange reminds me of the role Tarantino wrote (but didn't direct). Pitt played the stoned roommate in "True Romance".

[@castoputa]

That was the moment I knew they were going to die hahahahaha

[@chriscrawford1666]

@@resdog851 I'm as real "As a doughnut"

[@MrHootiedean]

Brad Pitt should get at least a Best Supporting Actor nomination if not Oscar win for playing Cliff.

[@sandityche]

Couldn't Agree More! I didn't think it was possible for any role to oust Tyler Durden as my favorite Pitt character, but this one blew me away!!!

[@ghoulboards]

MrHootiedean he was absolutely nutty in this

[@Dylan-et2uz]

yeah but he’s like, the main character

[@MrHootiedean]

@@Dylan-et2uz But he's billed second behind Di Caprio which is enough for the Academy to put him in supporting. Think Django Unchained and Waltz's being billed second but was actually the lead. It will be the same here and hopefully Pitt will win here too.

[@thegood9]

@@sandityche Erm, if Brad in Snatched isn't your fave Brad character, then I don't know what to say...

[@laylover7621]

Everyone is praising Brad Pitt but Leonardo DiCaprio did amazing as well. It was a tough role and he nailed it.

[@Themin1]

both 100%

[@tomaspelc1486]

Tbh, I loved DiCaprio more than Pitt! Such a range of emotions, he was great!

[@brando2066]

Lats Niebling gangs of New York was his best role

[@tintinet]

lay lover I hate DiCaprio, but I have to agree.

[@laylover7621]

@@kcnicky2242 hes talking about dicaprio

[@michaelcarr7170]

Cliff is not afraid of any situation he's in...his character shows real integrity when he insists on checking to see if the old man was okay. I also enjoyed it when he made the hippie that slashed his tire fix the flat...I loved that scene.

[@whittenaw]

Definitely a man's man

[@mary4011]

Good scene but it seems to me Pitt is still got the same face on here as well as in the car with the cult hippie or the face he wears throughout the entire film except at the end with the lsd.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

He has so integrity that he killed his wife...

[@TheRealValus]

@@pagodebregaeforro2803 Or did he?

[@janebeatty9472]

I’m not a Tarantino fan but I loved Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He perfectly captured the very late 60’s and an ending I wish had truly happened.

[@bechelerroseme6821]

Not the portrayal of Bruce Lee. Disrespectful.

[@northshore1000]

I’m with you. This is the only Tarantino movie I’ve seen, because violent content isn’t my thing. But there was such a rave reaction to the period production design that I was highly intrigued. So I watched…with great delight!! The production was exemplary. And the ending was so freakishly satisfying! An alternate universe where evil was thwarted. Loved it! The violence was like a Warner Bros. cartoon but with blood , so it became outrageously entertaining. Acting was brilliant. There was a slow unfolding in the storytelling which I appreciated. Cultural references were fun. Just a dazzling example of smart filmmaking!!!

[@whittenaw]

@@bechelerroseme6821 i agree. I was a little surprised he was portrayed that way.

[@donbvs]

@@northshore1000 I worked in Westwood a couple years after all this went down. Usually had lunch or dinner in the Village near the Bruin Theater. Tarantino's production was sending me back... it was so real. Everything just worked... Hollywood Blvd, the Marantz stereo receiver in DiCaprio's house, the Vanilla Fudge song. Everything was perfect. I flashed back so completely, I've watched the film at least 10 times. Just amazingly good.

[@07foxmulder]

@@bechelerroseme6821Hopefully you’re still crying.

[@ieatzebraarah]

Brandy the dog was hands down the best performance of the film.

[@joanpalko8389]

Brandy was my hero also. What a beautiful and talented girl.

[@josephdocherty7919]

@@joanpalko8389 Best dog in any movie - But I think Cliff Booth (Pitt) is easily the show stealer.

[@kallis2557]

Joseph Docherty Couldn’t agree more, althought Leo was incredible as well, but as you said, Brad really stole the show.

[@monytontana5184]

Cliff+Brandy... Best On Screen Couple of 2019. I find it amusing that "Pitt" had a "Pit"

[@Anguirus2012]

I loved the dog as well.

[@gikyu44]

Everybody’s gangsta until Brad Pitt click clicks

[@rizzo9748]

@. u never know

[@dr.embersfield1551]

@Marc Anthony Are you planning on a next album?

[@TheBigjake04]

Lot of people think they’re tough until they meet someone tougher.

[@rizzo9748]

@@TheBigjake04 well tough people will be still tough even if they meet someone tougher...

[@TheBigjake04]

WF SP not talking about them. Talking about fuckers who think they’re tough. Big difference.

[@babyzillakilla7784]

Anyone else notice that when Rick was describing that the cowboy injured his hip and wasn’t in his prime anyone, Cliff got stabbed in the hip during the hippie attack.

[@Tuning_Spork]

And when the first bash of Krenwinkle's face into the telephone drew blood, that hippie got a beat nick. **rimshot**

[@ParkerBG]

"hippie attack" ... get it? hippie.. cuz he got stabbed in the hip. That scene was loaded with hip puns

[@babyzillakilla7784]

@@ParkerBG ha!!!

[@denianbeaver2008]

One more to add, when Sharon Tate teases Jay Sebring about Jim Morrison making fun of him for listening to Paul Revere and the Raiders. Jay Sebring used to do Jim Morrison's hair. He styled his hair for the famous pic on the cover of The Doors Greatest Hits album.

[@victorhsluiz]

Pitt character says he was a stuntman in Inglorious Basterds (the "Gorlami" scene), and in Once Upon a Time, Rick says that Cliff was "a war hero".

[@mauriliodsb]

vietnam war

[@mrb4886]

There was a stuntman that was killed by one of the "Family". Cliff is part of the payback.

[@mauriliodsb]

@Spruce Bringsteen World war 2* my mistake

[@lo1079]

@@mauriliodsb or Korea?

[@mauriliodsb]

@@lo1079 Tarantino said ww2 when he talked about the controversy that Bruce Lee didn't beat Cliff

[@jontargaryen841]

The amount of details. Tarantino is a living legend.

[@GDDLS]

Movie was terrible... sure, well researched perhaps, to ensure proper context, but definitely not his best moment

[@andryperez3872]

@@GDDLS you need help. saw the movie 4 times one of my favorite films

[@andryperez3872]

@Dapper Don lol

[@fernandolam6209]

Burleon guys the movie was great but that is just his opinion

[@zzzzzz6464]

Agreed 👍👍👍

[@hottytoddyfinsup]

That scene where Rick confronts the hippies...it doesn't get any better than that. I've watched that part about 20 times and laugh my ass off every single time. Brilliant!

[@sgtlamancha805]

Property taxes and goddamn hippies

[@kevinbreese5739]

Something about Tarantino that elevates actor's to another level. Everyone in this film, as with all his films, was phenomenal.

[@BEdwardStover]

For one thing, he reminds them all that they got into this business because they love acting. Multiple times every day everyone joins in, after Tarantino asks why we do this, in chanting Because We LOVE Making Movies!

[@amywarfield8913]

Brad Pitt preformed the best in his whole career in this movie!! This was HIS character. He definitely deserves an Oscar.

[@appletree8441]

Or a smack

[@thefilmer1000]

Not his best performance by any means at all... yea he was good and he was my favorite of the movie but it wasn’t an oscar nominating performance let alone an oscar winning one

[@wrcoles]

Preformed...

[@martimribeiro7538]

just another good one.. not the best.. when it comes to pitt its very hard to find his best role..he is a very versatile actor

[@Biggie123Fol]

Brad Pitts best performance was in Snatch. Inglorious Bastards, Fury and Seven are also up there. Good performance here but made to look better because the film was so poor. He reminded me of his characters in Inglorious Bastards and Friends lol

[@dantoledano4780]

"Who was your favorite actor and why was it brad pitt?"

[@Hom3TownZer0]

Dan Toledano 😂😂😂 nice

[@zsofiakovacs9737]

Because of the rooftop scene of course :D

[@hannehodneaustheim1916]

Just came home from the theatre. Someone in the room "woho"ed when de took his shirt off 😂

[@thethirdman225]

In my case it wasn't. I thought DiCaprio was better.

[@MsMaladjusted]

ha ha ha ha ha

[@p.d.692]

My favorite part was when one of the hippies held a gun and tried to intimidate Cliff. High on acid, Cliff fashions a gun with his hand and points it at his would-be assailant. This had me laughing so hard 😂

[@mikebot9]

I died when he asked if they were real.. haha

[@timratcliff6590]

absolutely best seen in the movie

[@bernstyles]

Tarantino only knows why Tex didnt just shoot Cliff at all, ever, and let himself be killed. Also why a girl in a pool didnt just duck under into the pool shes in, before, during or after being torched.

[@rfjohns1]

@@bernstyles no one ever accused any of the Mansons of being anything other then complete morons

[@Yokai2510]

"Naw. It was something dumber than that.... Something like rex".

[@muhammedsiddiqhoffese2160]

Greatest movie line. EVER

[@ajmcgill1960]

We were laughing so hard. I don't know how many times my husband has said that since seeing the movie. And we've seen the movie several times.

[@juliancp1599]

Here’s one you missed: when rick is reading his book on the lancer set next to the little girl, he talks about easy breezy falling and injuring his hip, which gave him a limp but he survived. At the end, Cliff gets stabbed in the hip and declares that he “might get a limp, but he’ll be alright” (not verbatim) and I think that is a reference to easy breezy in the book.

[@wighto73]

Well spotted!!! I get the feeling there are dozens or hundreds of references, subliminal comments in this movie alone. My guess is that Rick is a QT homage to the legend Clint Eastwood in a way that Clint would love, except for probably the alcoholic bit.

[@allancouceiro9255]

@@wighto73 thousands. millions. but only for real QT fans.

[@slowbro173]

Nice

[@boydegg]

Not verbatim - I see what you did there!

[@derryberry16]

Yeah! There’s tons of layers in this movies. It’s so meta. This piece in the movie you’re talking about shows how much both leads mirror each other. This entire movie is a mirror of Tarantino’s career so far - as Leo says when he’s describing to the little girl where he is in the book “somewhere halfway”.

[@d16024]

Less violent rick ? Dude burned a woman alive with a flamethrower in the movie lol

[@ghoulboards]

Didn’t bash her head in with a can though

[@smexehcougah3]

Gotto go with Elliot here; Rick fetched his flamer is response to being shot at, and had a look of shock and disbelief on his face. Cliff on the other hand.. LSD is definitely a handicap in a fight. It takes someone who already has quite the knack for violence to do what Cliff did under those circumstances as LSD would prevent any adrenaline-fueled responses.

[@dreamweaver1603]

Spiral Feather Cliff was a war hero and a stunt man. I’m pretty sure he is supposed to be a badass. Rick refers to him as Audie Murphy, a little bitty guy who single-handedly held off an entire company of German soldiers while recovering from a bout of Malaria. He suffered from PTSD later in life. Maybe it was the PTSD Rick was referring to, but also his capabilities.

[@smexehcougah3]

@@dreamweaver1603 Yup, I think we're on the same page there.

[@smexehcougah3]

@Crisp Art have you ever taken LSD?

[@robertmaybeth3434]

I'll probably remember "Once upon a time" as the last truly great movie I got to see in a theater. Tarantino really managed to top even himself with this film. It's an under-rated instant classic.

[@johndevalera6014]

The Playboy Mansion in Hombly Hills wasn't bought or owned till late 1971. He'd was still in Chicago! This scene is impossible.

[@charliesmithurst1500]

The young actress, Julia butters was brilliant

[@diannemckenzie3692]

This movie is a gift to those of us growing up in the 60's. It gives us the ending the way it should have been. Thank you, QT!!

[@welles2002]

I couldn't agree more an a love letter to Westerns for sure

[@katiejakey2603]

Exactly

[@lunadexelaju3494]

Yep! The ending made me cry..cuz in real life we would've wanted that ending.

[@autodidact2289]

That ice cube tray brought me back to Mom's chocolate brown fridge!

[@MrTeeye]

@@autodidact2289 Oh, yeah, my ma had the same ice cube tray.

[@drez4726]

Wolf’s Tooth - Good food for mean dogs (rat flavor) I want that logo on a T-shirt

[@julestabaranza1130]

Mean DOGS (Reservoir Dogs).. RAT flavor (Mr Orange)

[@Mobischer]

Right before the dog Action

[@lo1079]

Exactly what my bff said.

[@aussie4x4]

The Wolfe was also the fixer in Pulp Fiction

[@paulkilometer4619]

There was also one with raccoon flavor 😂

[@snakecharmer51]

"You keep me hanging on" by Vanilla Fudge was playing when the dog was pretty much hanging on all the "family" members.

[@MrAlcmj]

Or shall we say, the family jewels

[@firefightergoggie]

I'm still blown away by the Steve McQueen scene at the Playboy mansion party. If you love Steve McQueen, that scene will haunt you.

[@biocykle]

Yeah! Uncanny.

[@sephjnr]

I wish - just for shits and giggles - they could've done some Damian Lewis overdubs for Hilts in the Great Escape in the same way as they did for Leo.

[@AYKarsh]

“Who was your favorite performer, and why was it Brad Pitt?” 😂 Because he plays the coolest guy in the world. I left the theater wanting to BE him (his character) for at least a day

[@tek6423]

Yeah, just like “Snatch” and “Fight Club”

[@swimlaps1]

In this -he's cool, tough, a bad_ss to who crosses him. A type of hero.

[@KnightsWhoSayNi222]

He’s as cool as the other side of the pillow . Think a gun in the face is going to intimidate him??? That’s just another Tuesday to ol cliff booth

[@federicodemasi2486]

Am I the only one noticing that Polanski is going to the party wearing Django's blue dress?

[@GDDLS]

Or the western Django set when they kill the very first Sheriff.?

[@willlarson3112]

that was actually what he wore at his wedding to sharon tate

[@Biggie123Fol]

Maybe that's the outfit he wore when he drugged and rapped that 13 year old girl?????

[@Luvie1980]

@@Biggie123Fol TROLL

[@CapriciousCapricrn]

@Bleek Chain Awe man, you beat me to it!

[@larryfoster4455]

In real life a stuntman (believe his name was Cliff) was lured to the Spohn Ranch for sex, was forced to sign over his expensive cars, then slaughtered and buried there. James Stacy was very much an ascending actor (who in the film rides off on his motorcycle) that had a horrendous motorcycle accident, losing an arm and leg, destroying his career. I was amazed in the brief scene of Manson at the house, the actor actually walked exactly like Charlie did, I was a San Francisco Hippy in the 60's and that one summer Charlie was all over S.F., we tried to avoid him, but that scene in the film brought me right back to seeing him walking past years ago. Also did a flashback, a family member had a 1966 Coupe deVille , a tan color, they left in NorCal with a mechanical glitch, in '67, they asked me to drive it to them in Van Nuy's, where Cliff lived in the film, they let me use it all over L.A.the month I was there, Quentin Tarantino nailed the vibe there, there are probably way more subtleties, I worked on films awhile, then other life got in the way. Brought back memories though.

[@rhodayackez9570]

Shorty Shea is the stunt man who got murdered at Chatsworth. (Spahn Ranch area).. ALSO Hinman signed over some cars.

[@TheChzoronzon]

And the guy that killed the stuntman in real life is the one that gets his teeth mangled by Pitt (a stuntman) and has to change his tire in the movie... good one, QT

[@SRV2013]

James Stacy, I believe, became a US Ambassador.

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Dude how old you

[@larryfoster4455]

@@Azhar_shaikh1 I'll be 72 the 14th of June, but still look around 50, when I was working in movies/L.A. I was 37 and getting parts for 18-26 year old, looks helped mixing with A-list, but I decided to come back to NorCal and restore classic cars, it's a lot more relaxing.

[@Center1240]

Neil Diamond's song, on the car radio, Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, start with the words, "Hot August Night." The events depicted end on August 9, 1969.

[@charleslee8313]

There was one you missed: When listing the movies that Rick makes in Italy, the narrator says one of them was done by "Floyd Ray Wilson" (that, or Floyd is the costar) Floyd Ray Wilson is the boxer who Butch fights (and accidentally kills) in Pulp Fiction.

[@larrysmith1312]

Charles Lee and Antonio Margaretti

[@charleslee8313]

@@larrysmith1312 yes, but people heard that name. They likely missed the one about Floyd.

[@robpaxson4455]

after his "loss" to Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler became an movie star in Italy

[@nomikes4392]

@@robpaxson4455 Loss in quotes is correct

[@robpaxson4455]

@@nomikes4392 still hurts all these yrs later...Marvin was the best

[@ditorosenberg2716]

I’d love to see the 4 hours original uncut movie!

[@therunner8733]

It’s 3 hours and 20 minutes long and I’m dying to see it!

[@myrnajay2785]

Yes!, with snacks ; )

[@heytalvi]

Yep I really want to see this too!

[@seraslovely]

I loved the ending. I had to do a examination of the Manson Murders and the way Sharon Tate went...it hit me hard, so I felt happy that she lived in this movie.

[@JAGADEY]

That was the only reason a big stunt man bashing a girl’s head in could be palatable. knowing the reality of what they succeeded in doing made the fight more heroic that grotesque

[@jinisteffani8035]

I didn't get it...why change the ending like that?....

[@ronh.798]

@@jinisteffani8035 Tarantino seems to enjoy rewriting history. He also felt he had to kill Hitler. Kind of ridiculous.

[@jinisteffani8035]

@@ronh.798 ..I'm just wondering how that would have changed history...maybe Manson wouldn't have got caught, haven't gone to prison...been free to spread his CULTISM to more people...maybe become a democrat congressman...god knows they studied him for 40 years....sometimes you think changing history will be for the better...but it has the opposite effect..

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

@@jinisteffani8035 It's just a movie dude lol

[@misaamane2850]

I thought Rick fled.. but when he came back with the flamethrower, I laughed so hard XDD

[@klew1354]

Misa Amane “I burnt her ass to a crisp” 😆

[@karlsonkowalsky441]

Come on.. Michael Madsen is well known actor, specially for Tarantino fans....his presence was noticed

[@mysticalpineapple7263]

Karlson Kowalsky yep 100%

[@mattludlam2194]

I nudged my buddy in the cinema as soon as I noticed him haha

[@paulcampbell348]

This whole list should have ben edited to 5 things.

[@dwheresmymana]

I noticed almost everything on this video

[@emiliapzful]

He was supposed to play Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction

[@anabriones2175]

You missed When Leo does the scene with holding the little girl captive it’s a nod to Leo’s famous improvised scene in Django unchained , when he is holding broomhilda captive. He later elaborates as rick dalton that the scene is improvised just like it was famously in Django.

[@calebhare2416]

Nice catch👍

[@jdh6752]

What part exactly do you think was improvised?

[@anabriones2175]

JDH the scene where he’s holding broomhilda . He got carried away and cut his hand when he broke the glass. The camera kept rolling and he even put the blood on actress Kerry Washington’s face.

[@jdh6752]

@@anabriones2175 That's not improvisation, it was an accident that Leo just rolled with and Tarantino decided to keep. There are four cutaways before Kerry Washington enters the room and it certainly was not a continuous take after she entered. He did not rub real blood (and glass!!) into her face, and if Kerry says he did then she's lying for the benefit of a good chat show/press junket story. I've read people say "Yeah, you can tell just by her expression it was real". Ummm, there's this thing that actors do called "acting" lol

[@anabriones2175]

JDH he could have cut. He was in the moment , kept acting, and it’s one of his best performances.

[@terryporter1527]

I believe the movie ended like it started with cliff doing most of the work while rick came in the end and gets most the praise. A lot of stuntmen end up like cliff in the hospital while the actor is ok

[@michaelberry1382]

Terry Porter I took it more like Rick finally became the man he portrayed on screen. Got confidence and defended himself. and then to me- meeting up with Tate and Jay- that opened up what appeared to be a closed door for Rick and Cliff to continue their business relationship along with their friendship. I took it like Rick was redeeming himself. (Oh I also envisioned Brandy being doted over by cliff, Rick, Rick’s wife and everyone at the Polanski residence- like tons of porterhouses and “oh who is such a good girl? That right Brandy- your the good girl” 😂

[@zakunick1]

@@michaelberry1382 I see what you did there.

[@AnniePA1960]

Great point, thanks

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

I'm the unknown stuntman who made Eastwood look so fine

[@modgranny]

Unforgettable! One of the best movies I've ever seen. It made me weep at the end and I was emotional for hours afterward. Really touched my soul.

[@JAGADEY]

Donna Rudin I started to roll a tear during the fight scene as I realized what was happening midway.

[@modgranny]

@@JAGADEY So agree! I really didn't get this until the end of the movie tho, you are quick! I think that is why I was so emotional, the complete picture unfolded at the end, the cowboy's career rebirth, life at the time ending on a positive note: the Hollywood fairy tale ending, the unanswered "what if" the Manson killings had never happened. Instead we got tragedy, a stunning dark reality for the 1960s.

[@Faygris]

The girl who sells the LSD cigarettes to Cliff is played by Perla Haney-Jardine, the actress who played B.B. Kiddo (the Bride and Bill's daughter) in Kill Bill Vol. 2. Am I the only one who noticed that right away?

[@jdh6752]

That's so cool - I meant to look up the name of the actress as I thought she gave a really well played naturalistic performance - albeit it in such a brief scene.

[@BlenderDumbass]

I saw 4 movies with her. Kill Bill 2, Spiderman 3, Jobs and this film... When everybody reacted to many many references in the cinema. I was the only one to react at her appearance.

[@DavidArriola]

you are not the only one :)

[@rachelwarrilow4672]

@@suigeneris3347 you're talking about margaret qualley

[@eva-lottegruner3441]

um, no. The cigarette is sold to him by pussycat, and she's played by Margaret Qualley

[@OP-oj9od]

The song the Manson girls are singing when we first meet them scavenging is a song the real Manson family sings in a documentary made of them.

[@zerklang]

Yep. I cheered when that came on. The film also briefly references the Manson - Beach Boys connection.

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

@@zerklang You cheered ? Seek help.

[@zerklang]

@@MiguelBaptista1981 Cheered for the great direction/screenwriting, not for Manson. Obviously.

[@indigosoul732]

@@zerklang not obviously.there are plenty of people who idolize Charlie,so it's fairly disingenuous,or just a huge lack of self awareness,to act as if your comment was obvious.

[@zerklang]

@@indigosoul732 Well, I try not to assume right off the bat that people I interact with are sociopaths. I guess your mileage may vary.

[@Skoora]

Loved the moment where after Rick crushes his scene with the girl and Luke Perry, the 8 year old girl says to him “that’s the best acting I’ve ever seen”. Just hilarious.

[@rogerpattube]

‘…in my ENTIRE LIFE’ 😅

[@BEdwardStover]

Leo's best acting in reacting to her compliment. Made me think she (the character) was extraordinarily empathetic and knew he (the character) needed that sort of reinforcement.

[@tomp3146]

I've seen this movie probably 10 times already. And it just keeps getting better and better... Yes! A rare / emergent classic!

[@davidjaen3032]

When Bratt Pitt enters the house to look for the old man, Tarantino is doing that famous scene from Psycho 😄

[@maryvallettakeith6146]

The way Rick and his new Italian wife walk through the airport at the end mirrors the way Polanski and Tate walked hand in hand and in step at the beginning, signifying, I think, that Rick's luck is about to change.

[@neogeoha1464]

If I am not mistaken, it is also the same part of the airport (multi-colored tiled walls) we see in the opening scene of Jackie Brown.

[@krypton7676]

This movie was so good, this is now a CLASSIC!

[@cgvapors963]

This was one of the best films in years. Good video highlighting some important key parts.

[@mariaalfaro5870]

Incredible Di Caprio's performance. Simply incredible.

[@abc456f]

Never seen him give a bad performance.

[@markmauk8231]

The best performance was without a doubt DiCaprio's, but the greatest character was Cliff.

[@darkcustomxxx7252]

Or the guy who played Steve McQueen was absolutely spot on...scary spot on..

[@danielabebe3633]

True

[@DiceBaseballDigest]

DiCaprio was genius

[@ellarose423]

Leo killed this role. He was insanely good

[@Fa300]

This is the best movie I have ever seen. Every single element of it, every detail reminds me why I love movies so damn much and it makes me feel nostalgic about a time I have never known.

[@bill2953]

May be time to wean off that bong sunshine. The movie was fun but geeze.

[@13eagles55]

I agree totally. Tarantino hits every nuance. I lived it in LA (1969), Tarantino must have lived it also!

[@johndevalera6014]

@@bill2953 I lived in Chatsworth in a fairly new trailer park with Indian streets named beside the Iverson Movie Ranch in 1968-70. It was about a 10 minute walk to Spahn. I used the payphone at the corral quite a bit. It was the era of six party phone lines. Tarantino nailed the era but I don't follow his theme or zeitgeist or whatever. It was a horrific crime at a horrific time in the USA. I was 19. Free,white,& single as we said in those days. Several of the family members would use our laundromat and they looked dirty and spaced. All they talked about was the white album. Too much LSD!!!.

[@gwyld]

The song that the Manson girls sing when they're introduced, is the same crazy chant they did before the real trials. Spooky.

[@danielhurley2894]

This was one of the songs written by "song writer" Charles Manson. He tried to get a record contract with a group of songs like this, but all of the producers he talked to thought that his songs sucked, and that he had no talent. Very perceptive.

[@DavidJCane]

When Rick, Cliff and Rick's new wife arrive back from Italy they walk past the mosaic wall that features in the opening scene of Jackie Brown.

[@pattyamato8758]

Those mosaic walls are and iconic feature of LAX. As soon as you see them in the opening of Jackie Brown, you know you're at LAX, and of course the three in "Once Upon a Time..." are returning from Italy to that airport.

[@rafaelduransanhueza938]

@@pattyamato8758 and the same mosaic shown in The Graduate.

[@pattyamato8758]

@@rafaelduransanhueza938 Cool

[@Lucas-up9wq]

Lmao that's like saying the hollywood sign in this movie is a reference to any movie with it in it.

[@ohrick8707]

Lucas - The Hollywood sign, is world renown. The tiles at LAX... well, you had to be there! More of an Easter Egg, for locals, and some travelers.

[@faustovrz]

When Cliff is arriving at his RV you can hear "Our Feature Presentation" Funky Fanfare playing in the drive-in theater. Tarantino has used it before in Kill Bill and Grindhouse.

[@peter-paulheurkens204]

I had a great revenge feeling when those manson killers walked into the wrong house and got killed in a most gruesome way. I am dutch but do amaricans have that same feeling. If this is true than Tarantino acted here as the therapist for every amarican who after the manson killings was left with a bad \angry feeling. Thank you Quentin.

[@5656moon]

didn't they do that on purpose in the movie because of what sadie said in the car about most tv shows being about murders or something like that

[@corneliushough5373]

Loved the scene when the acid tripping Cliff told the killer that he got his name wrong and said, "no that's not it..it's something stupider" or when he asked him if he was real. Great movie (too long but great)

[@JohnnyRoseofVersailles]

My favorite thing was seeing Brad and Leo together on screen, playing against each other. It was epic.

[@j.wilsoncork896]

What did you miss? Lots! Just one for you here: The FBI episode was real...and the Rick Dalton part was played by Burt Reynolds.

[@bcbhir]

And the director of the spaghetti western Rick is in is directed by Antonio margereti, one the basterds in inglorious basterds. It's also a riff on a spaghetti western Burt Reynolds did called Navajo Joe.

[@randomalexfan5859]

I died laughing when i heard Antonio Margereti being mentioned I love this scene in Inglourious Basterds so much

[@FlamingoKicker]

Reynolds was supposed to have played the part of George Spahn at the dude ranch but died before he filmed it so Bruce Dern took over the part.

[@BabbleOn777]

Yeah, I caught that one and many others they didn't bother going into because unless you were born in the 70's or earlier, yeah...not going to get it no matter how much you try and explain it.

[@Raffterman2003]

@@BabbleOn777 sadly true, now I feel old lmao.

[@mehranghs]

Al Pacino : say hello to my little friend... That movements again

[@Jason-md5pz]

Another clever piece of dialogue, is when DiCaprio is telling Pitt that he’s going to move to a condo to save money and that he might have to move back to Missouri if he doesn’t make it. Pitt is from Missouri.

[@marioahu]

Great movie....didn't even notice it was that long. Enjoyed every minute.

[@cultclassicdeadinside9862]

IDK what's greater : the chemistry between Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, or all the Leonardo DiCaprio memes being used in this video 😂👌

[@bwinford1561]

I know everyone loves "Pulp Fiction" but what Tarantino did with "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" is borderline genius. Tarantino interjects two fictional characters into a docudrama. I don't know if anyone has ever done this before? And he cast the two biggest actors in Hollywood to star in same movie. I don't know how he budgeted that? Anyway LDC and Pitt, 47 and 58 years old, once upon a time were the biggest stars in Hollywood. Genius.

[@BEdwardStover]

Tarantino gets people to work for less money than they otherwise command because they want to work with Tarantino. He got the idea from Bruce Willis, who wanted a role in Pulp Fiction. Tarantino said he couldn't afford him, Willis said they could come to an understanding if he wants to do it. I'm guessing some may get a percent, but most just take less, like Willis, just wanting to do this particular role.

[@skottyo]

Clu Gulagar was the proprietor of the bookshop mentioned during the Maltese falcon scene. He was so good in the Return of the Living Dead that he is one of my favorite actors to this day.

[@tydolla9672]

U forgot the Antonio Margarhetti reference

[@linda10989]

Ikr? I kept waiting for it, but nope!

[@larrysmith1312]

Tyler Tang it was there!!!!

[@tydolla9672]

@@larrysmith1312 time stamp?

[@OCDtea]

Antonio margheriti was a real italian filmmaker. So it's kinda easter egg in inglorious basterds

[@TheBearDrew000]

Thank you for saying this

[@bobzzz44]

You could see the flamethrower in the toolshed when Cliff got his tools to fix the antenna

[@AN-cy7xm]

I felt joy at how the movie ended compared to the real-life ending. As simplistic as this video's explanation of the ending is....I think it explains my feelings. I loved this film, but I dreaded seeing it because I just felt it was going to graphically depict what really happened...So, it makes sense why I felt so elated at the end of the film...

[@lobdsk]

Me too

[@csmarkham]

I had zero knowledge of what it was about other than set in 60s Hollywood. Then I realized I was watching a ‘Manson movie’, and grimaced, wondering where QT was going to take it. Much dread at the Ranch scenes. Then the twist on history and I forehead-smacked, “Ohhhh! ‘Once Upon a Time’!” Made all the sense of the fairy tale ending and I could smile.

[@michaelscoughlin]

Mama Cass was not just a friend to Sharon Tate, IRL she was friends with Terry Melcher and an acquaintance of Charles Manson. So much so that Mama Cass (and John Phillips also of The Mamas and The Papas) were on the witness list for the Charles Manson trial, thought neither one was ever called to testify.

[@georgettemedina1599]

The airport scene with the papparazi is beautiful...so 1960's!

[@Rowebot15]

Leonardo was in Romeo and Juliet. On the Lancer shooting scene, the director refers to Hamlet, and driving through town there is a Romeo and Juliet billboard.

[@csmarkham]

From the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli version, which was Italian, but with a 60’s youth culture take. Fitting into what was happening in and to Hollywood at the time.

[@sarahsmith1116]

It wasn't Brad Pitt,but oh so close. Brandy was beyond incredible and thank you Mr. Tarantino for letting her live. Fantastic ending.

[@bronyk7997]

I must be old or know to much about Hollywood history and the murders because I didn't miss much of these 25 things...

[@serenity2655]

Show off😉

[@bronyk7997]

@@serenity2655 yes I am

[@jayrowe6473]

Yes, I already knew these things, too. I loved that movie.

[@welles2002]

an Easter Egg that no one noticed but I did , Olyphant as James stacy drives off the set on a motorcycle James stacy would later lose his left arm and leg in a Motorcycle accident . His Girlfriend was killed

[@frarfarf]

Wow, hit by a drunk driver

[@bcbhir]

He was also jailed for being a child molester.

[@JButler661]

I noticed that too. When he drove off on the motorcycle, I couldn’t help but wonder of they were going to refer to Stacy’s accident.

[@dirgramsey6132]

Someone listened to Marc Maron

[@lusadler7110]

Yes! Thanks for mentioning. I noticed that, too. The accident happened in the Hollywood Hills - where Dalton and Tate lived. Plus, Stacy was once married to Connie Stevens who is played by Dreama Walker (nailed Stevens' voice). She was the blonde Steve McQueen was telling the story of Tate, Sebring, and Polanski to at the Playboy Mansion party. Even though divorced, Stevens held a fund raiser to help Stacy pay his medical bills.

[@dondee5439]

At the 7:04 mark, the actress who plays Pussycat and dances to the song "Hang on Sloopy" in the film is the real life daughter of actress Andie MacDowell. Her name is Margaret Qualley.

[@brynnduncan3510]

when your 3 cousin audie murphy gets mentioned in your favorite movie

[@nancyhu8033]

Rick Dalton’s “best acting” scene is pretty reminiscent to Calvin Candie’s hammer scene in “Django Unchained.” Love that for Leo and the Tarantino Universe

[@darkgardenrecords9264]

Something the Oscars missed: showing love to Luke Perry, especially with his relevance of being in this film!!

[@JozeeWalz]

Love this movie. My favorite QT film. Even though I wasn't around then, the Nostalgia is so thick it's easy to imagine I was! And that ending to me is a tribute to the victims who have died tragically in the real story. Bittersweet.

[@BEdwardStover]

Tarantino got some of the Hollywood Boulevard businesses to redo their facades to look like 1969. Others he got them to agree to let the studio do it. All of them kept the movie facade, at least for awhile.

[@TheAnadromist]

The Reason Paul Revere and the Raiders feature prominently, apart from their great music, is that they were produced by Terry Melcher, former owner of the Polanski house, and the guy who pissed Manson off.

[@frozenintime1009]

Terry and Mark Lindsay were roommates at that house. After the fear of Manson, Terry moved to England and Mark moved to Beverly Hills

[@dwoodard5717]

I've always thought that Manson sent them to that house because he thought Melcher still lived there. They tried to say it was random in Helter Skelter

[@kevlow9494]

Interesting..

[@jdh6752]

@@dwoodard5717 They were sent to that house because it was one which Tex Watson had been to previously and he knew the layout. Apparently Manson had been to the house looking for Terry after he had moved, but had been sent away by Rudolph Altobelli, who was the owner of the property and was currently living in the guest house at that time. So Manson knew there were some "movie people" staying there, and that was "establishment" enough for him.

[@broken927]

The music on the albums of Paul Revere and the Raiders was performed by L.A. studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, as noted in the documentary of the same name. In Once Upon a Time Sharon Tate goes to watch herself in the movie The Wrecking Crew.

[@louisebodnar9206]

I was strangely moved by Lancer Jim Stacey’s last scene where he gets on his bike foreshadowing his serious accident

[@ramjamflimflam]

Tarentino just knows how to tell great stories...my son and I love em all!!

[@RK-qe3zl]

I love that you say Cliff was the real cowboy after all -- I hadn't thought of it in 'cowboy' terms, but yes, he was the actual real life hero. Loved this movie, can't wait to see it again.

[@mariaalfaro5870]

The glasses actress performing Sharon Tate was wearing were so beautiful, and she looked so sweet and full of personality. Striking scene!

[@Raffterman2003]

You do know that's Margot Robbie aka Harley Quinn, DiCaprios wife in The Wolf of Wall Street, etc.....

[@standfortheflag5703]

Next video - 102 things you missed about Cliff booths shoes

[@mcoteish]

We saw so much of them, I can't imagine anyone missed any details

[@ScreenRant]

Don't tempt us.

[@jacklowe3429]

@@mcoteish Actually, they were supposedly a nod to the shoes Tom Laughlin wore in the "Billy Jack" films. For real.

[@riverschell609]

Joel C Quentin Tarantino has a foot fetish, my dude. It’s well known.

[@msmollyfox]

@Joel C apparently Sharon loved to go barefoot and hated wearing shoes.

[@brucebanner3038]

Don’t forgot that Christopher walken was on the same boat as Natalie wood

[@JacoWium]

Exactly. Conveniently forgotten to promote a dubious theory.

[@scotthilliard7177]

That's right....wasn't Natalie supposedly flirting with him that night?

[@chriscrawford1666]

Awe, There's a tale to be uncovered. I heard recently the police tried to re interview Robert Wagner. He declined.

[@TheChzoronzon]

with a gold watch? (now srly, that's spicy...now I have to dive on that)

[@jondoe8889]

They were all drunk and fighting. No way Natalie would mess with that boat in the dark, choppy waters. She would have called the captain, if it was bothering her. I don't doubt she had an affair with Walken at some point - but I think the reason she was killed was because she walked in on them, having sex. Both guys alluded to being bi in their lives.

[@michellederoo6280]

“Who was your favorite performance in the film? And why was it Brad Pitt?” 😂😂😂

[@moseshoward7072]

This is a brilliant movie. Very rich and heartfelt, like a tapestry or an inspired daydream. Real art of the highest order.

[@alanberent4428]

Number 26. Clu Gulager, from "The Tall Man" and "The Virginian", among many others. He played the book store owner. 91 years old! Probably the oldest cast member.👍👏

[@ajmcgill1960]

I think the last 30 minutes of this film is some of the best stuff I've ever seen and I'm old and I watch a lot of movies. I thought Pitt was excellent and I have never, ever been a huge fan of his. I can honestly say my husband and I love this movie and we see it as not just a love letter to Hollywood, it's a love letter to Sharon Tate and it's the way that night should have ended. Keep on making great films Mr. Tarentino and we will keep watching.

[@jefflockaby702]

Interesting how you described the film as a love letter...because that perfect describes the novel...it was definitely a love letter to Hollywood..the history, the people, the culture...

[@gptiede]

Pitt, DiCaprio, and Robbie all do amazing work, but they are all very accomplished actors. We'd expect no less. So, for me, Julia Butters gives the standout performance. She is only on screen for a few minutes, but she has two very pivotal scenes and does very remarkable work, especially considering she is only 9 years old.

[@BEdwardStover]

She has a future in the biz.

[@akaufmanbmrly1]

I truly loved the film.....The slow burn with the payoff is well worth it.

[@ahill4642]

Matthew Adkins - The payoff is so wildly satisfying you wanna yell. ☺️

[@imthepresident]

You missed the connection between Cliff and Eazy Breezy. Both were near the end of their primes which came to an end when Eazy fell off a horse and injured his hip while Cliff was stabbed in the hip in his encounter with the Manson family.

[@johnhurst7970]

One of my fav scenes - Leo taking the flame thrower and BBQ'ing the manson chick in the pool...

[@davidwest1989]

During the montage of places around L.A. At dusk we see a cinema that's showing Romeo and Juliet. The film that made DiCaprio famous

[@sammyfarrauto9408]

I laughed when squeaky pointed at the door with her foot...Quentin ya goof

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

Maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@swimlaps1]

..going barefoot was "hip" in late 60's. Sharon T. often did, too. (why it's in the film)

[@robertnaber8411]

@@swimlaps1 To show that both her and Pussycat had to walk in some dirt to get to where they are.

[@LoreleiBeatrix]

@@swimlaps1 Well, that and QT is quite well known for his foot fetish--which he has featured in other films like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill...

[@swimlaps1]

@@LoreleiBeatrix Oh! I didnt know.

[@paperchaser29]

Was hoping to hear a mention of longtime TV western star Clu Gulager (now 90+) who played the bookstore proprietor.

[@Ease54]

Who remembers Clu in the Dr. Kildare episode "Tyger, Tyger...", with Yvette Mimieux?

[@suej3959]

I was waiting for that as well. I only remember him from The Virginian. I wouldn’t have recognised him now he’s old, but I saw his name when I googled the cast. I’m going to have to see OUATIH again so I can pick up on all these connections! I had no idea who the Manson girls were played by, not even Dakota Fanning. She looked so different. It’s such a great film, my favourite of Tarantino’s so far.

[@Paul1epee]

Clu (who I know best as Bert the cemetary owner in Return of the Living Dead) is and has been a regular patron of Hollywood grindhouse theater New Beverley Cinema that QT owns now. He is a great guy and always friendly whenever I have met him there. That is definitely where Q knows him from.

[@paperchaser29]

Gimme Monsters That’s a great piece of information. I was 10 when I first noticed him in The Tall Man where he co-starred with Barry Sullivan as his deputy, I believe. Such a distinctive voice.

[@LoreleiBeatrix]

I posted about the same thing. Clu also guest starred in the show The FBI thrice.

[@mmcalifornia8600]

The scene with Kato and Cliff has to set an award for the longest unedited scene. It was beautifully done if you consider the lenght and complexity of that scene.

[@sandrinebonnaire5786]

The mural of Rick Dalton in his driveway looks strangely like Jack Nicholson, who starred in Polanski's Chinatown a few years later.

[@biocykle]

Yup, it's a direct Shining reference...

[@johnf1979]

I personally smiled when I saw Timothy Olyphant in this movie going back to the role of Mickey he played in Scream 2 where Randy, played by Jamie Kennedy, referred to Mickey as "the freaky Tarantino film student". Now all these years later the guy that played that freaky tarantino film student is in a Tarantino film.

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

Ah-hahahaha!

[@saresflores7674]

Brad Pitt did an outstanding job, he deserves a nomination for best supporting actor 👍🏻

[@zerklang]

I thought DiCaprio was the supporting actor, tho.

[@robinjohnson8149]

Yep...he did! And he won!