Once Upon a Time
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Once Upon a Time may refer to:
- "Once upon a timeOnce upon a time"Once upon a time" is a stock phrase that has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language, and seems to have become a widely accepted convention for opening oral narratives by around 1600. These stories often then end with ".....
", a stock phrase used to open the telling of a story in the English language.
Film
- Once Upon a Time (1918 film), a film directed by Thomas Bentley
- Once Upon a Time (1922 film), a film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Once Upon a Time (1944 film)Once Upon a Time (1944 film)Once Upon a Time is a 1944 fantasy film. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who needs money desperately to save his theater.-Plot:Jerry Flynn has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater...
, a film starring Cary Grant - Once Upon a Time (1976 film)Once Upon a Time (1976 film)Once Upon a Time is a 1973 West German animated musical film written and directed by Roberto Gavioli and Rolf Kauka. The story is based on the German fairytale "Frau Holle", or "Mother Hulda".-Plot:...
, an animated film by Rolf Kauka - Once Upon a Time (1994 film)Once Upon a Time (1994 film)Once Upon a Time or Once Upon a Time... This Morning is a 1994 Thai drama film directed by Bhandit Rittakol.-Cast:*Ronnarong Buranat*Martang Jantranee*Santisuk Promsiri *Chintara Sukapatana*Charlie Trairat...
, a Thai film - Once Upon a Time (2008 film)Once Upon a Time (2008 film)Once Upon a Time is a 2008 South Korean film, directed by Jeong Yong-ki and adapted from a screenplay by Cheon Seong-il. The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and a jazz singer, respectively, who each plot to steal a valuable...
, a South Korean film or Once Upon a Time, a 1970 French film - WindariaWindaria-Release and marketing:Windaria was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. In 1987, Harmony Gold licensed Windaria for release in the United States, changing the title to Once Upon A Time and trimming the movie from its 101-minute running time to 95 minutes. The English language version...
or Once Upon a Time, a 1986 Japanese anime film
Music
- Once Upon a Time (Claudia Christian album)
- Once Upon a Time (Donna Summer album)Once Upon a Time (Donna Summer album)- Charts :AlbumSingle-Certifications:- Cover versions, appearances in other media etc. :"Sweet Romance" has been sampled by Ilacoin for his underground hit "By a Stranger", which had guest appearances from Labba and Black Rob and featured on Grand Theft Auto III...
- "Once Upon a Time" (Donna Summer song)
- Once Upon a Time (Dreadzone album)Once Upon a Time (Dreadzone album)Once Upon a Time is the fifth studio album by British band Dreadzone. It was released in 2005 on Functional Records.-Track listing:#"First Steps " - 0:57#"King Dub Rock" - 5:28#"Once Upon a Time " - 5:31#"Iron Shirt" - 5:02...
- Once Upon a Time (Jadis E.P.)
- Once Upon a Time (Kingston Trio album)Once Upon a Time (Kingston Trio album)Once Upon a Time is a live album by the American folk music group The Kingston Trio, recorded in 1966 and released in 1969 . It was originally released as a double-LP and reached number 163 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart...
- Once Upon a Time (The Lettermen album)Once Upon a Time (The Lettermen album)Once Upon a Time is an album recorded by The Lettermen. It was released in 1962. This album, combined with their debut A Song for Young Love, was remastered and put out on CD.-Track listing:#"Time Was"...
- Once Upon a Time (S.H.E album)Once Upon a Time (S.H.E album)Once Upon A Time is the seventh studio album by Taiwanese Mandopop girl group S.H.E. It was released on 25 November 2005 by HIM International Music...
- Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album)Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album)Once Upon a Time is the seventh studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1985.Although already successful in their native UK and Europe, the band had also now become popular in the US, mainly due to the Keith Forsey-penned "Don't You " which appeared on The Breakfast Club soundtrack and had become...
- Once Upon a Time: The SinglesOnce Upon a Time: The SinglesOnce Upon a Time: The Singles is Siouxsie and the Banshees's 1981 compilation album featuring the band's UK single releases to date. The album featured several songs that had been released as singles yet had not appeared on any of the Banshees' four albums.In 2002, Q Magazine named Once Upon A...
, a 1981 album by Siouxsie Sioux - "Once Upon a Time" (song)Once Upon a Time (song)"Once Upon a Time" is a song with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams from the 1962 musical All American. In the musical, the song was performed by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie, and their version appears on the Broadway Cast recording...
, a song by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse, from the musical All American - "Once Upon a Time" (Air song)Once Upon a Time (Air song)"Once Upon a Time" is a song by the French duo Air and is the second track on their 2007 studio album Pocket Symphony. The radio edit version of the song was released as the first single from that album in January 2007 via digital download stores...
- "Once Upon a Time" (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells song)Once Upon a Time (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells song)"Once Upon a Time" is a 1964 single released by Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells from their sole duet album, Together.Written by Clarence Paul, Barney Ales, Dave Hamilton and William "Mickey" Stevenson, the song discussed how the two narrators felt lonely until they met each other referring to their past...
- "Once Upon a Time" (The Pogues song)Once Upon a Time (The Pogues song)Once upon a Time was a single released by The Pogues in 1993 from their sixth album, Waiting for Herb. The song was the bands last ever single to chart in the UK, making number 66, before the band broke up in 1996 following the release of their seventh and final album, Pogue Mahone. The song was...
- "Once Upon a Time", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from Adore
Television
- "Once Upon a Time" (Charmed), a 2001 episode of the television series Charmed
- "Once Upon a Time" (The Prisoner)Once Upon a Time (The Prisoner)"Once Upon a Time" is the title of the 16th episode of the British science fiction-allegorical series, The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six...
, 1968 episode - "Once Upon a Time" (Star Trek: Voyager)Once Upon a Time (Star Trek: Voyager)"Once Upon a Time" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the fifth episode of the fifth season. The episode has an average rating of 4/5 on the official Star Trek website .-Plot:...
, 2007 episode - "Once Upon a Time" (The Twilight Zone)Once Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone)"Once Upon a Time" is a 1961 episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Woodrow Mulligan is a grumpy janitor in 1890, dissatisfied with his time and place: a backwater town called "Harmony" with seventeen-cent cuts of meat, two-dollar hats, livestock freely...
, 1961 episode - Once Upon a Time...Once Upon a Time...Once Upon a Time… is a French educational animation franchise, created by Procidis. There are seven distinct series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge...
, seven French animated didactic TV series, produced from 1978–2008 - Once Upon a Time (TV series)Once Upon a Time (TV series)Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series that premiered on Sunday October 23, 2011, on ABC. New episodes air Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT....
, a 2011 American TV series - Once Upon a Time (animated series), a 1989–1900 South Korean animated TV series produced by Hanho IndustryHanho IndustryHanho Industry Co, Ltd. is a Korea's chemical, toy, entertainment company. headquartered in Samseong-Dong Gangnam-Gu Seoul, Korea. established in 1984. It had family, education, toy and game, chemical, animation, and entertainment products. The toy brand name is Oeoe Toy...
- "Once Upon a Time", a 2011 episode of season 6 of the American television series Dexter
Other uses
- Once Upon a Time (game)Once Upon a Time (game)Once Upon a Time is a card game produced by Atlas Games, originally released in 1994 with a second edition published in 1995. One object of Once Upon a Time is to tell a fairy tale as a group....
, a game by Atlas Games - Once Upon a Time (novel series), a series of novels published by Simon Pulse
- Once Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Time (Fabbri Publishing)Fabbri's Once Upon a Time series was based on the popular Story Teller series. Like its predecessor, it was a collection of storybooks that came with cassette tapes...
, a collection of audio Fairy Tales published by Fabbri.
See also
- Once on a Time, a 1989 short story by Nadine GordimerNadine GordimerNadine Gordimer is a South African writer and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".Her writing has long dealt...
- Once on a TimeOnce on a TimeOnce On A Time is a fairy tale created by A. A. Milne .Written in 1917, Milne's own introduction begins 'This is an odd book', and indeed it is very difficult to classify...
, a 1917 novel by A. A. Milne - Once Upon a Time in the WestOnce Upon a Time in the WestOnce Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a...
, a 1968 film by Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time… the Revolution, a 1971 film by Sergio Leone
- Once Upon a Time in AmericaOnce Upon a Time in AmericaOnce Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian epic crime film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime...
, a 1984 film by Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, a 2003 South Korean war film
- Once Upon a Time in ChinaOnce Upon a Time in ChinaOnce Upon a Time in China is a Hong Kong martial arts action/adventure film franchise directed, written, and produced by Tsui Hark. The stories are based on the life of the legendary kung fu master, Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung...
, a series of six movies about Wong Fei Hung, written by Tsui Hark - Once Upon a Time in High SchoolOnce Upon a Time in High SchoolOnce Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do is a 2004 South Korean drama film. The background of the film is set in a high school in South Korea, 1978...
, a 2004 South Korean drama film - Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, a 2001 Indian film directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar
- Once Upon a Time in ManilaOnce Upon a Time in Manila-Background:Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from dangerous situations, just in the nick of time. Cynthia Luster is Lt. Cynthia Wang, is a Royal Hong Kong Police on the look-out for Nikita, the infamous gang leader. Amparo Lagman...
, a 1994 Filipino action film - Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi...
, a 2003 film directed by Robert Rodriguez - Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands is a 2002 film directed and co-written by Shane Meadows and set in an anonymous town in the Midlands. It was filmed on location in Nottingham.-Plot:...
, a 2002 British film starring Robert Carlyle - Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a MidnightEdgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a MidnightEdgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight is a one man play starring John Astin as Edgar Allan Poe. Astin said, of why he wanted to do a play on Poe, "I feel that Poe, through his own tortured existence, gained deep insight into the nature of the universe, along with an intense love and appreciation...
- Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasMickey's Once Upon a ChristmasMickey's Once Upon a Christmas is a direct-to-video animated Christmas movie made by Walt Disney Home Video in 1999. The video features Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Pete, Goofy, Max, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Scrooge McDuck, Mortimer Mouse, Figaro the Kitten and Chip 'n...
- Once Upon a Christmas (disambiguation)
- Once Upon a CrimeOnce Upon A CrimeOnce Upon a Crime is a 1992 ensemble comedy film starring, among others; Richard Lewis, John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young and Ornella Muti. The film was directed by Eugene Levy.- Plot :...
- Once Upon an EraOnce Upon an EraOnce upon an Era is the first demo by the folk metal band Waylander. It was released in 1994. It is notable for being the only Waylander recording to feature original bassist Jason Barriskill.-Track listing:# Born to the Fight# Once upon an Era...
- Once Upon a ForestOnce Upon a ForestOnce Upon a Forest is an animated film produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with HTV Cymru/Wales, Ltd. and released on June 18, 1993 by 20th Century Fox....
- Once Upon a MattressOnce Upon a MattressOnce Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway...
- "Once Upon a Planet" (TAS episode)
- Once Upon a StarOnce Upon a StarOnce Upon a Star is an album released in 1975 by the Scottish group Bay City Rollers. The album featured a British #1 hit single, "Bye Bye Baby", and marked the first time the group performed its own music, rather than relying on session musicians ....
- Once Upon a Texas TrainOnce Upon a Texas TrainOnce Upon a Texas Train is 1988 made-for-TV movie directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Willie Nelson as John Henry Lee and Richard Widmark as Captain Oren Hayes....
- "Once Upon a Time Machine"
- Once Upon a Time When I Was ColoredOnce Upon a Time When I Was ColoredOnce Upon a Time When I Was Colored is a memoir by Clifton Taulbert, first published in 1989. Taulbert writes about his life experiences from his childhood in a small Mississippi town during the segregated 1950s to his emigration North in 1962 at the age of 17...
- Once Upon an IslandOnce Upon an IslandOnce Upon an Island is a non-fiction book written by David ConoverPublisher: Crown Publishers Inc., New York The book is a first person account of how one man followed his dream of owning and living on his own island.- Plot summary :...
- Once Upon the Cross
- Once Upon A...Once Upon A...Once Upon A... is a compilation/greatest hits album released by Cinderella in 1997, with their biggest hits plus a previously unreleased track, and a Janis Joplin cover from the 1991 album, Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell.-Track listing:...
, a compilation album by Cinderella