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'Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood' review: With Tarantino prospecting, there's tarnished gold (and the Manson family) lurking in Hollywood hills

For filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, no truer love exists than one man's love for the cinema. In his new film, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," the writer-director establishes a platonic bond nearly as strong between a fictional actor named Rick Dalton, known primarily for Westerns, and fictional stunt double Cliff Booth, who is also Dalton's driver, assistant and handyman. The stunt man resides with his dog in a trailer behind a drive-in Van Nuys, Calif.; Dalton lives in Benedict Canyon, next door to director Roman Polanski and his pregnant wife, the actress Sharon Tate.

The year is 1969. Dalton's glory days - he came to stardom on a TV series called "Bounty Law" - have fallen

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