Revealing mistake: When a man is shot in the head, the bullet hits his hat, and it's very obvious there's no real bullet wound, his hat just opens and reveals a red hat he's wearing.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Danny Aiello, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Treat Williams, Elizabeth McGovern
Noodles is invited to a party, where he reunites with Max, who didn't die and is under a different identity. Max wants Noodles to shoot him - to repay a favour - but Noodles refuses and walks away. We later see a dark figure coming from the house and disappears when a garbage truck drives past - we don't know if Max jumped in or not. A flashback follows this of Noodles second entry to the Chinese hideout where we first saw him. He smokes some opium and grins - suggesting the entire film was an opium dream but we are left in mystery.
Jonny
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Young Noodles: You'll put up, and you'll shut up! You hear nothing, and you see nothing! Just like you did for Bugsy.
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Answer: You have a censored version. The American R1 version has no such censoring.