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essential information

American past is a feature film directed by Sergio Leon and starred by Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, and tasday Wilder.

Set in the Jewish community of New York, the film tells the story of the protagonist "noodle" growing up from an ignorant teenager to a gangster. It also shows the gangster history of the United States from the 1920s to the 1960s. In February 1984, the film was released in the United States. In 1985, the film won the 8th Japan Film Academy Award for best foreign language film and other awards.

Synopsis

In the United States in the 1920s, a New York teenager nicknamed "noodles" met the clever and cunning max with several friends of his age. They started smuggling. Before long, noodles killed people in a fight and were put in jail. after several years, noodles were released from prison, and their young friends had become mature and strong young people. Under the leadership of Max, they started a series of robbery, theft and extortion activities. With the deepening of criminal activities, Max seems to be carried away by victory. However, the abolition of the prohibition made the illicit drinking business disappear overnight. In order to achieve the final goal, Max even included the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States in the action target. Noodles, who had the experience of iron windows, couldn't bear to see his friends go to destruction. He secretly called the police to force Max to stop. Police and noodle friends launched a fierce gunfight, Max and others were all killed. Noodles in extreme regret and pain, left their own growth place, left the beloved girl, far away. Dozens of years later, when he came back to his hometown, he found that everything in that year was planned by max. He took advantage of noodles and police to get rid of his friends, but he got rid of his shell and swallowed up the huge money of the gang. After a facelift, he became a celebrity in the upper class and took his beloved girl as his own. In the face of many charges, Max begged noodles to kill himself, fantasized about redeeming his sins, escaped the trial of the law, and was rejected by noodles. Max jumped into the garbage shredder and committed suicide.

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Cast list

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