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From left: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino in Quentin Tarantino's ninth film, “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood." (ANDREW COOPER/COLUMBIA PICTURES)

Writer/director Quentin Tarantino spent some of his childhood in Hollywood in the 1960s. His fond memories of the era inform “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” a love letter to Los Angeles in 1969.

For fans of Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time” may be a disappointment because it has a different tone than his previous films. The movie, a couple of days in the life of fictional TV actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stuntman, driver, and best friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), is relaxed, laid-back, largely plotless and far less violent than what we’ve come to expect from the filmmaker.

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Brad Pitt (left) and Leonardo DiCaprio are directed by Quentin Tarantino on the set of his ninth film, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood." (ANDREW COOPER/COLUMBIA PICTURES)

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Brad Pitt stars in Quentin Tarantino's “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." (ANDREW COOPER/COLUMBIA PICTURES)

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Leonardo DiCaprio stars in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." (ANDREW COOPER/COLUMBIA PICTURES)

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Margot Robbie stars as Sharon Tate in "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood." (ANDREW SCOTT/COLUMBIA PICTURES)

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