Goodfellas

1990 Color USA 146 minutes

Joe Pesci + Catherine ScorseseRobert de Niro + Chuck Low+ Peter Hock + Tony Sirico

Review

As far back as i can remember i always wanted to be a gangster

Ray LiottaBased on a true story of mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), the film shows how he as a young kid spends his time looking across the street, watching the local Mafiosi. Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) takes a liking to the keen young lad and takes him on as a sort of apprentice wise-guy.starts out running errands for local gang boss Paulie.

Robert de NiroSkipping forward a few years, Henry is a busy man; a bit of protection, some racketeering, a dash of fencing and a touch of hijacking. These are the good times - money flows like water and everyone treats them with respect, even the cops. After a while cracks begin to show in this magnificent edifice, despite the best efforts of Paulie to keep everything together.

Cast

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Links and more

Listen to: Get yourself a nice girl (Small mp3 file, 34kb) Get yourself a nice girl
Listen to: Her’s a leg, here’s a wing (Small mp3 file, 15kb) Her’s a leg, here’s a wing
Henry’s got his own website
Fan site
All about the Lufthansa heist
Fan site
One hour radio interview with Henry Hill
Interview Henry Hill
Screenplay

 

Robert de Niro + Ray Liotta

Trivia

Release date: September 12, 1990

Oscar:
Joe Pesci -> Best supporting actor

Oscar nominations:
Best supporting actress-> Lorraine Bracco
Best Director->Martin Scorsese
Best Film Editing
Best Picture
Best Writing -> Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese

The movie is based on the book Wiseguy Source / More (Book)


The real Henry Hill had joined a witness-protection program and was relocated to another part of the USA where he opened an Italian restaurant. Nowadays, Henry is out of the witness-protection program and sells books through his website.

The word Fuck was used 246 times.

In real life James Conway’s name was James Burke.

Scorsese’s parents enjoyed cameo’s, as Tommy’s mother and as the hit man specializing in prison tomato sauces.

Real life godfather Paul Gotti pronounced it “A government propaganda movie”

The movie is selected it for preservation in the national Film registry.

The Encyclopedia on Mafia:
A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia.


According to former wiseguy Henry Hill the Five Best Mob Movies are:
(Compiled by Audience magazine)
  1. The Godfather I and II
  2. Goodfellas
  3. Once upon a time in America
  4. Miller's crossing
  5. Scarface (1983)

Bio

Robert de Niro

Robert de Niro
I don't like to watch my own movies. I fall asleep in my own movies

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Born:

August 17, 1943

Robert De Niro was born and grew up in New York City (USA). He was trained for the stage by Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. In the sixties De Niro appeared in several low-budget Brian de Palma movies but first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973).

His incisive performance as a simple minded hood in Scorsese's Mean streets started an ongoing working relationship between the actor and the director. De Niro’s breakthrough role was that of the young Vito Corleone in the flashback sequences of The Godfather II (1974). In 1980, De Niro gained 50 pounds to play boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's Raging Bull.

For the next 10 years, he branched out into a number of different types of films. Robert made his directional debut in 1993 with A Bronx Tale. In 2006 he directed the historic epic The Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon. De Niro will work again with Michael Mann. Mann is likely to direct Robert in Frankie Machine, a new mob flick that Martin Scorsese was to direct before dropping out.

Academy awards

1992 Nominated Leading Role for: Cape Fear (1991)
1991 Nominated Leading Role for: Awakenings (1990)
1981 Won Oscar Leading Role for: Raging Bull (1980)
1979 Nominated Leading Role for: The Deer Hunter (1978)
1977 Nominated Leading Role for: Taxi Driver (1976)
1975 Won Oscar Supporting Role for: The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Selected Movies:

Books:

Douglas Brode -> The Films of Robert De Niro (1996)
John Parker -> De Niro (1995)