Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood Additional Footage

I have only seen one movie twice this year and that was Us. Until now. The re-release of One Upon A Time In ... Hollywood with additional footage gave me the perfect opportunity to see this brilliant movie again. If I was going to see the film a third time (and I'm not) I would not bother with the new scenes which only bookend the main feature. 

At the start we see two fake commercials for Red Apple cigarettes and Chattanooga beer. Both are pretty hammy. The normal film then plays in it's entirety. After the closing credits there is the longest and best of the additional scenes as the filming of Lancer (the TV pilot that we see earlier in production) takes in the two brothers meeting the girl for the first time. This finishes with the director shouting to Julia Butters "Watch Out Hayley Mills".

I just wish that they had placed this scene at an appropriate time in the main movie for one big reason. It takes away the superb last scene of the movie when Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) at last meets Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and her friends at Polanski's house next door. It doesn't sound much, but in the context of the film together with some great dialogue, it gives us that feeling of closure that was all so important. Especially that  for two and half hours the movie has only one violent moment, only to be followed in the penultimate section by something truly awful. Thank goodness for that very last scene, only for that to dissipate in the mind with that new footage.

However, the movie does stand up to viewing second time around, if only for those scenes where someone is driving around Hollywood. This time I could appreciate more the billboards, the neon advertising and the cinemas advertising the latest films of 1969. There are also two standout scenes that elevate the film to Oscar worthiness. The first, and best, is like a short movie in itself. Cliff Booth (played by a never better Brad Pitt) picks up Pussycat, a hippie girl (played by a terrific Margaret Qualley) and gives her a lift to the Spahn Movie Ranch where he once performed  as a stunt man eight years before. A lot has changed and the tension ramps up as Cliff investigates. A fantastic half hour of real time on one set. Brilliant.

What I also didn't realise was that the film has no original score. Just thirty six songs from the sixties, many I knew, a lot I didn't. Thirty six are listed on Tunefind, although thirty seven are on screenrant (listed below). However there are only thirty one on the soundtrack album. This has one glaring omission. Out  of Time (the movie featuring the track from the 1966 album "Aftermath" by the Rolling Stones and not the number one version from Chris Farlowe that Mick Jagger produced) fails to make the soundtrack album. It was one of my favourite songs from the sixties and brings back vivid memories from that time.

Mary Ramos has apparently been Tarantino's music supervisor for twenty seven years and has tracked down the rights for all the songs in the movie. I was amazed to hear the opening song Treat Her Right by Roy Head and the Traits. I have a feeling that I may have had a 45 rpm recording of the song but I do know it was played a lot at parties in 1965. Although I may not have heard it for over 50 years. California Dreamin' is by Jose Feliciano and not The Mamas and The Papas and Kentucky Woman is the Deep Purple version and not Neil Diamond. Mrs Robinson is there but the songs I have not heard for years include The Letter by Joe Cocker, and Jenny Take a Ride by Mitch Ryder. The website https://ultimateclassicrock.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-music/ is a good place to visit. These are the songs:

1. Treat Her Right - Roy Head & The Traits (1965)
2. The Green Door - Jim Lowe (1956), performed by Leonardo DiCaprio
3. I'll Never Say Never To Always - Charles Manson (1970)
4. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
5. The Letter - Joe Cocker (1970)
6. Summertime - Billy Stewart (1966)
7. Funky Fanfare - Keith Manfield (1969)
8. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man - The Bob Seger System (1968)
9. The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (1968)
10. MacArthur Park - Robert Goulet (1970)
11. Paxton Quigley’s Had the Course - Chad & Jeremy (1968)
12. Hush - Deep Purple (1968)
13. Son of a Lovin’ Man - Buchanan Brothers (1969)
14. Choo Choo Train - The Box Tops (1968)
15. Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (1968)
16. Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders (1966)
17. Time for Livin' - The Association (1968)
18. Hungry - Paul Revere & the Raiders (1966)
19. The Circle Game - Buffy Sainte-Marie (1967)
20. Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1965)
21. Can't Turn You Lose - Otis Redding (1967)
22. Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell (1968)
23. Bring a Little Lovin’ - Los Bravos (1966)
24. Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (1969)
25. Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark (1959)
26. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon - Paul Revere & the Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay (1969)
27. Don’t Chase Me Around - Robert Corff (1970)
28. California Dreamin’ - Jose Feliciano (1968)
29. Dinamite Jim (English Version) - I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni (1966)
30. Out of Time - The Rolling Stones (1966)
31. Straight Shooter - The Mamas & The Papas (1966)
32. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) - The Mamas & The Papas (1968)
33. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsman (1966)
34. You Keep Me Hangin’ On - Vanilla Fudge (1967)
35. Miss Lily Langtry - Maurice Jarre (1972)
36. Judge Roy Bean’s Theme - Maurice Jarre (1972)
37. Batman Theme - Neal Hefti (1966)