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In Once Upon A Time In America Leone wanted changes in time or location to be marked with specific
links. Many of these links are very imaginative.
A lamp in an opium den
turns into a street light
A key at Fat Moes
links to a locker at a railway station
A Coney Island painting in 1933
Big Apple in 1968
Photograph on side of Car Rental Booth
Noodles driving a rental car to the cemetery/Fat Moe's
Old Noodles
Young Noodles
Reminiscent of Duck, You Sucker?
Not Really!
A model of saving a shipment with salt
The real thing
Max looking at an inscription
Noodles looking at an inscription
A key in the mausoleum
opens a locker at the railway station
Something whistles over Noodles' head
A hand catches it - it's a frisbee
Max offers to take Noodles' bag
Joe says "Be easy with the girl" (Carol)
Carol
The gang go swimming and their car sinks into the water
replaced with a televised image of a car being sprayed with foam
Noodles recognizes the Jimmy on TV
as the same Jimmy the gang rescued from a tank of gasoline
Crowning's men are shot
links to the popping of a cork from a champage bottle
Max & Noodles decide to go swimming again
but this time at the beach
Max's FR drawing in the sand
The Federal Reserve bank
"Crazy" Max looking at the floor
The floor of the Bailey Foundation
A photograph of Deborah
The real thing
A poster of Deborah
The real thing
Noodles looking at David
Max looking at David
Light flares off a gun
the gun goes out of focus
and introduces a montage
The rear lights of the garbage truck
turn into car headlights
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