The influences behind Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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   1963

   The Great Escape

   Film by John Sturges

   Classical Hollywood (late studio era). United States. In English.

   Ensemble war film about the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III, with Steve McQueen as the American 'Cooler King'.

   What it handed down

   To Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

   Direct source, well documented.

   Rick tells Cliff he nearly got Steve McQueen's role in Sturges's film. Tarantino then shows a scene from The Great Escape with DiCaprio digitally inserted in McQueen's place, as a picture of the career Rick missed.

   Where it came from

   • The Great Escape, Paul Brickhill 1950

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