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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

★ 7.4 · 14,771 ratings on TMDB

In this town, it can all change… Like that.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster★ 7.4

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

DirectorQuentin Tarantino
CastAustin Butler, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Julia Butters
GenresComedy, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E13historythe 1969 Manson murders never occur – the victims survive and the perpetrators are stopped (history · universal)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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