 Even at four hours long, the full cut of this film leaves about 45  minutes that Sergio Leone (I) (qv) considered "essential" on the  cutting room floor, including: further explanation of the mob/labor  relationship, Robert De Niro (qv) meeting Tuesday Weld (qv)s  character in the 1968 sequences, and a good deal of footage  featuring Darlanne Fluegel (qv), who played DeNiros girlfriend,  "Eve".