Goodfellas

September 19th, 1990



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Goodfellas

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Plot
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.

Release Year: 1990

Rating: 8.8/10 (320,126 voted)

Critic's Score: 89/100

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

Storyline
Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?

Writers: Nicholas Pileggi, Nicholas Pileggi

Cast:
Robert De Niro - James Conway
Ray Liotta - Henry Hill
Joe Pesci - Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco - Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino - Paul Cicero
Frank Sivero - Frankie Carbone
Tony Darrow - Sonny Bunz
Mike Starr - Frenchy
Frank Vincent - Billy Batts
Chuck Low - Morris Kessler
Frank DiLeo - Tuddy Cicero
Henny Youngman - Himself
Gina Mastrogiacomo - Janice Rossi
Catherine Scorsese - Tommy's Mother
Charles Scorsese - Vinnie

Taglines: Shooting people was 'No big deal'.

Release Date: 19 September 1990

Filming Locations: 2409 Thirty Second Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $6,368,901 (USA) (21 September 1990) (1070 Screens)

Gross: $46,836,394 (USA)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:
When Paulie confronts Henry after Henry's released from prison, Paul Sorvino improvised the slap to Ray Liotta's face. Hence Liotta's reaction.

Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Henry and Karen hide the gun at her mother's house, a camera is visible in the background.

Quotes:
[first lines]
Henry Hill: The fuck is that?



User Review

An Offer You Can't Refuse...

Rating: 10/10

"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.

Gangsters are all around us. Everyone knows it, not everyone wants to accept it. "Goodfellas"--based on true events--explores the lives of gangsters, chronicling the events through the eyes of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), who gets involved with the Mafia at a young age and continues his "career" throughout the film.

As he gets older, he marries and has children, but still works for the organized crime family, under mob boss Paulie (Paul Sorvino); and he is friends with Jimmy (Robert De Niro), a calm, steady gangster; and Tommy (Joe Pesci), a wild man with serious mental problems.

Eventually Henry's life goes down the gutter, leading to drug abuse and paranoia, that leads to other unfortunate incidents that will be ruined if I type any more about them.

"Goodfellas" is one of the best films I have ever seen. It's a tour de force of breathtaking images, witty scriptwriting, superb acting and realistic violence.

Robert De Niro gives one of his best performances -- ever -- as Jimmy, even if he's not in the film as much as you might be lead to believe from the front cover.

Joe Pesci is in this movie about as much as De Niro, maybe a bit more or less. But when he's on screen there's no doubting he's on screen--he's very hard to miss. A short, deranged, loud-mouthed man with something wrong in his head. Someone makes an insult toward him and he shoots them, and then laughs. It's quite disturbing. I am a huge fan of Pesci, and I tend to love his characters, but he really makes you feel sick towards his character in "Goodfellas," while at the same time taking a strange liking to him. That just goes to show how good of an actor Pesci is.

Ray Liotta is perfect as Henry Hill. I can't think of a better actor to play him. He captures a sense of innocence yet at the same time a feeling of violence. I love the scene where he walks over to a man's house with a regular expression on his face. "What do you want, f&*^&?" the man asks. Liotta continues walking, takes out a gun, and starts to continually beat the man in the skull with the butt of his gun. As Henry walks back to his car, his face is disturbing and his expression stays with you for a long, long time.

Martin Scorsese is a brilliant director and his work here is fabulous; it's been recreated by other directors (namely Paul Thomas Anderson in "Boogie Nights") and there's a reason: it's great stuff. He totally deserved to receive Best Director in 1990, but of course he didn't. (Rumor has it the Academy frowns on Scorsese's use of racial slurs in his work. Oh boo hoo, get over it.)

The movie is based on the true-crime memoirs of the real-life Henry Hill, whose novel with Nicholas Pileggi -- "Wiseguys" -- was adapted into a screenplay by Pileggi and Scorsese. The book itself was fantastic and insightful; the screenplay is even better. The dialogue is incredible.

Anyway, "Goodfellas" has to be one of the best films I've ever seen--a true modern classic that will be remembered for what it is: One of the greatest tales told on screen. It's an offer you can't refuse!

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