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Scorsese's sprawling saga finds the director confronting themes of mortality and regret. In stark contrast to works like "Goodfellas" or "Casino," it eschews over-stylization in favor of a meditative and occasionally depressing tone. Audiences are still divided as to whether the film's expensive de-aging techniques worked to its benefit or detriment. The film earned a whopping 10 nominations at the Academy Awards, although it failed to take any home. "Stagecoach" goes down in history as the film featuring John Wayne in his breakthrough role as the Ringo Kid. Thornton and his bounty hunters arrive to collect the bodies of the ransomed outlaws; but when all except Thornton ride out of town, they are shot down by Sykes and the peasants from Angel's village. As the Mexicans tie the sacks of gold to their horses, Sykes and the weary Thornton decide to become a team. In 1917, In New York's Little Italy, Vito, now a grown man with a wife and ba...