After talking about Once Upon A Time in America with DC, I started to think why it did not win any Academy Awards. Now, I haven't seen any other films released in 1984 but surley this film deserved Oscars. Does anybody know why it wasn't even nominated? Thanks.
The film did not do well in theaters due to the fact that it was released as a 2 hour version, cutting out a lot of scenes that were important to the plot of the movie. Many people walked away very confused after watching the edited version in the theaters which resulted in poor box office sales. So the film wound up being shut out of the Oscars and therefore did not receive any nominations.
Plus a U.S. distributor did NOT file the proper paperwork so that the movie score could be put up for nomination for an Academy Award.