Quentin Tarantino’s luxury hardcover novelty edition Once upon a time in hollywood dropped this week – and for those obsessed with the 2019 Oscar-winning photo, it’s packed with plenty of goodies.

Over the summer, his Tarantino film novelization was released by HarperCollins and was an instant hit, debuting at No.1 on The New York Times fictional bestseller list. The publisher has shipped 200,000 copies of the consumer edition, which continues to sell. For the hardback, HarperCollins is releasing 85,000 copies, a fair amount considering the paperback wasn’t released until the end of June.

The original version offered fans of the 1969 Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Hollywood tale several scenes that weren’t in the movie, which better fleshed out the three main characters, including Margot Robbie’s Sharon Tate.

However, the hardcover deluxe edition, which hit bookstores on November 9, is a whole different animal. In addition to the whole story, there are several stills from the production which show new scenes shot for the film, but which were left on the editing room floor, including a fantastic moment where Cliff Booth (Pitt ) visits a record store. Tarantino has said in previous interviews that he had to make substantial cuts to keep a proper movie pace.

In addition to the photos, other featured treasures include an exclusive script for an episode of Premiums Act, the fictional television western starring DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton, as well as several posters and photos of Dalton from projects discussed in the book but missing from the film, making his career more tangible.

Also included is the CRAZY magazine story written specifically for the Dalton movie Premiums Act. In the movie, Rick has a copy of his CRAZY framed blanket in his house. There is also a photo of the Premiums Act lunch box offered to the cast as a wrapping gift (fan cut). Of course, in the movie, Tex (Austin Butler), a member of the Manson family, says his favorite lunchbox since childhood was his Premiums Act bucket.

Tuesday Tarantino passed The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the luxury edition of the novel. There he mentioned that at first he was going to novelist his first film, Reservoir dogs – even write two chapters – before shifting gears and knocking out Once upon a time in hollywood. Tarantino, being an eccentric and ancient soul, told Colbert that he wanted the paperback to be published first (unconventional by today’s standards) because that’s how the novels were. published when he was a child.

Watch Colbert’s interview below.