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Narrated by Jennifer Jason Leigh

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.

Rick Dalton: Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick’s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?

Cliff Booth: Rick’s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he’s the only one there who might have gotten away with murder....

Sharon Tate: She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream and found it. Sharon’s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.

Charles Manson: The ex-con’s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he’s their spiritual leader, but he’d trade it all to be a rock ‘n’ roll star.

Hollywood 1969: You shoulda been there

Reviewer: Michael D.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Movie tie-in book written by Director and Screenplay author
Review: This is a movie novelization of Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He also directed and wrote the original screenplay. Another term is ‘movie tie-in’ which I always associated more with a book that is based upon a screenplay, often not the final shooting script, and is fleshed out into a novel format. The types of writers who usually were assigned this task were often capable writers who could adapt the material in a brief period of time. So, the major studios all had a go-to list of writers they could rely on. I became interested in movie tie-in books around age 10, tracking down the source material used to create Twilight Zone episodes and various sci-fi, horror and fantasy writers who often had their work turned into TV shows or movies. Perfect examples would be Richard Matheson short stories and several of the writers who wrote Star Trek TOS episodes like Harlan Ellison.Movie tie-ins would appear on round paperback spindles in drug stores and supermarkets often weeks before a movie opened nationwide. Some were great, and most were stilted, barely covering basic scenes, and not providing much else. A typical movie tie-in book would be something like “The Towering Inferno” or “Cannonball Run.”Timothy Zahn famously ghosted the first Star Wars novelization, however, on the Ballentine paperback cover which came out months before the movie hit screens it listed George Lucas as author. Many of these books are now collectors’ items if they had additional scenes, or the final script was significantly changed for actual filming or other reasons like limited press runs. Alan Dean Foster’s “Alien” paperback is highly collectible now for many of those reasons. The movie tie-in for “The Omen” was extremely popular, even today; however, the final chapters were lame, disappointing horror fans because the book was so uneven.Philip K. Dick absolutely refused to write a movie tie-in for Blade Runner, forcing the studio to hire a hack writer to bang out a super crappy book. With Blade Runner sequels the original novella by PKD appeared with the original title and Blade Runner graphics.Used bookstores will often have a movie tie-in section so you might find good ones if you look around. Another way is simply finding the source material for a film that you like. Was the movie an original screenplay or based upon a published work like a novel or short story? Usually, movie tie-ins will be published the same year as the movie appears. If the story writer and /or screenplay author and the novelization author are the same person it does get weird because there isn’t any need to give credit to yourself, it has a copywrite for publication.This book is entertaining and provides lots of back stories to the main characters. Additional scenes, thoughts and memories of characters, and descriptions of places and even sights and sounds emanating from TV and radios are throughout the narrative. Scenes of the film are altered or missing. So, when you reflect on the film and after having read this book, you can appreciate both for what you find. Both are complete in their own ways, and they compliment each other very well. The ending of the book is substantially abbreviated, allowing the reader to compare the book ending to the movie ending.If the main characters in this film resonate with you. If the theme and purpose (of the film) had you thinking and you really want to know more about those characters and this time, then check out this book. Another aspect of this book is that the characters have opinions about music and films based upon what the characters like, so you could make the mistake of saying “Tarantino likes blah blah blah film or music” – it is obvious that Tarantino is clueing you in to the character by those things. He personally might have his own set of likes and dislikes. I think one should not compare this book with a Pulitzer Prize winning novel but compare it with other movie tie-in books – on that level, it is a good book and fun to read. The whole ‘Cowboys vs. Hippies’ aspect of the film is less overt in the book, but it’s there if you look for it. The main theme of a love affair with movies during this pivotal moment of course runs through the whole novel and film.

Reviewer: steph
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Complements the movie, but can also stand alone
Review: I loved the movie so decided to read the novel as well. Tarantino provides depth and different insights into the protagonists’ thoughts and points of view, and it is fascinating to read his more descriptive prose in comparison with his screenplays. Some pieces of the narrative arcs presented in the film are introduced in a different order in the novel as well, and we are provided with more details and backstory for Cliff’s dog Brandi and the young actress who plays Mirabella. I would definitely recommend this for any fan of Tarantino’s work or who appreciates the cultural references woven throughout both the book and the film.

Reviewer: Rad Astronaut
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Ignore Negative Bias Reviews…
Review: When I ordered this, I read a bunch of the reviews, and I focused on the few bad ones to see what people happened to dislike about it. Now that I’m 2/3 through the book, I find them to be inaccurate, overly simplistic, and/or written by bitter failed authors.What this book is NOT:It is not a screen play, it is not written with “INT-Day, FADE IN….” Etc.What this book IS: this is Quentin Tarantino novelization of his movie, that partially served as the script (as he’d written it like a novel from the start, and over many years).What’s GOOD about this book:Reading this book has clarified things that sort of glossed by in the movie. Minor details that don’t affect anything, but are really cool to know. And also gives more insight into the characters, as we get to spend more time with them.You also get lost in the fiction within the fiction, as sometimes the narrative is in the world of the show Lancer. (Apparently Tarantino wrote 5 entire episodes of Lancer, and there exists somewhere like a 20hour cut of the movie).What’s BAD about the book:Well, if you’re buying this book and have seen the movie, and then thought “man, I could’ve watched a four hour version of that movie, I just need more Quentin…” then nothing. It’s the movie, plus a ton of more details. It is the same writing as Tarantino’s movies. A lot of obscure old Hollywood references, which if you’re a dink, could seem self indulgent. But seeing as how that anyone who appreciates the movie recognizes that it’s charms comes from this passion for all things Hollywood that formed him as a person. Everything he does is indulgent, but without pretense.This novel is clever, entertaining, and charming. And if you don’t like it you can go pound sand.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Es una experiencia diferente a la película. La novela habla con mucho detalle sobre el cine de los 60. Recomendable para todos los cinéfilos.

Reviewer: Onur
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Kitap, Tarantino’nun “Bir zamanlar Hollywood’da” Filmini detaylı olarak anlatıyor. Filmde detaylarını öğrenemediğimiz bazı olayların da açığa kavuşması da cabası. Deluxe edition’ın (Kalın ciltli) ortasına filmde görmediğimiz bazı kareler fotoğraf olarak ilave edilmiş. Son sayfalarında ise romanın baş kahramanı Rick Dalton’ın oynadığı filmin pilot bölümünün senaryosu ve karikatürleri var.Cildi kaliteli, sadece taşıma esnasında alt tarafta küçük eziklikler oluşmuş ama tolere edilebilir. Tavsiye ederim.

Reviewer: James R. Hunter
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Not only can Tarantino direct crime, gangster and war flicks, but he understands the prose of the pulp novel. While he hasn't reached the level of Raymond Chandler in his making of the LA geography into a character in its own right, he brings forth great descriptions of some the hallmarks of LA as a city that is home to the film industry. Loved it from the first page to the last.

Reviewer: Sugith Varughese
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I really enjoyed the film, particularly in the level of authenticity of the classic fake TV series shown in it. The novel expands much of that content in surprising and literate and incredibly detailed ways. What's most fun is that it's issued as an old-style trade paperback, the kind you'd buy at a drug store in the 70's. Perfect summer read.

Reviewer: Heinrichson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The First Novel" von Quentin Tarantino hat mich von Anfang an in seinen Bann gezogen. Die flüssige Erzählweise macht das Buch zu einem regelrechten Pageturner. Tarantino versteht es, die Geschichte lebendig und mitreißend zu gestalten.Beim Lesen fühlte ich mich sofort in die Epoche des Buches versetzt. Die detaillierte Beschreibung der Umgebung und der Charaktere ermöglichen es, in das Hollywood der damaligen Zeit einzutauchen. Es ist faszinierend, wie Tarantino es schafft, diese Atmosphäre so lebendig zu vermitteln.Besonders interessant fand ich die Unterschiede zwischen dem Buch und dem gleichnamigen Film. Tarantino wählt hier keine 1:1-Adaption, sondern setzt eigene Akzente und schafft so eine neue Perspektive auf die Geschichte. Dies macht das Buch umso spannender, auch für diejenigen, die den Film bereits kennen.Es ist offensichtlich, dass Tarantino ein Meister des Geschichtenerzählens ist. Seine Fähigkeit, Charaktere zum Leben zu erwecken und gleichzeitig eine fesselnde Handlung zu kreieren, ist bewundernswert. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The First Novel" ist ein beeindruckendes Beispiel für sein Talent.Insgesamt kann ich das Buch nur wärmstens empfehlen. Es bietet nicht nur Fans von Quentin Tarantino und seinen Filmen eine fesselnde Lektüre, sondern auch all jenen, die sich für gut erzählte Geschichten und das Flair vergangener Epochen begeistern können.