Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is an adaptation of the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.
- Starring : Robert De Niro / Ray Liotta
- Genre : Biography / Crime / Drama
- Country : United States
- Language : English / Italian
- Director : Martin Scorsese
- Production : Warner Bros.
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Goodfellas movie
Goodfellas release date
- September 12, 1990 : France
- September 14, 1990 : Sweden
- September 17, 1990 : USA (Westwood, California) (premiere)
- September 18, 1990 : USA (New York City, New York) (premiere)
- September 19, 1990 : USA (limited)
- September 21, 1990 : USA
- October 11, 1990 : Germany
- October 18, 1990 : Australia
- October 19, 1990 : Spain
- October 19, 1990 : Japan
- October 26, 1990 : UK
- November 23, 1990 : Ireland
- October 1, 1997 : France (Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival)
- June 9, 2007 : USA (Moonlit Matines Film Festival)
- August 20, 2008 : France (re-release)
- April 25, 2015 : USA (Tribeca Film Festival)
- June 13, 2016 : Australia (Sydney Film Festival)
- January 20, 2017 : UK (re-release)
- January 20, 2017 : Ireland (re-release)
Goodfellas cast
- Robert De Niro as James Conway
- Ray Liotta as Henry Hill
- Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito
- Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill
- Paul Sorvino as Paul Cicero
- Frank Sivero as Frankie Carbone
- Tony Darrow as Sonny Bunz
- Mike Starr as Frenchy
- Frank Vincent as Billy Batts
- Chuck Low as Morris Kessler
- Frank DiLeo as Tuddy Cicero
- Henny Youngman as Henny Youngman
- Gina Mastrogiacomo as Janice Rossi
- Catherine Scorsese as Tommy’s Mother
- Charles Scorsese as Vinnie
Scorsese initially titled the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the title to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvization and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked best and put them into a revised script, which the cast worked from during principal photography.
Made on a budget of $25 million, Goodfellas grossed $46.8 million. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it “arguably the high point of Martin Scorsese’s career”. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with Pesci winning for Best Supporting Actor. The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film and Best Director. Additionally, Goodfellas was named the year’s best film by various critics’ groups.
Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the gangster genre. In 2000, it was deemed “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant” and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television series.
In 1955, high school student Henry Hill, son of an Irish-American father and Sicilian-American mother, becomes enamored of the criminal life and Mafia presence in his working class Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn and begins working for local caporegime Paul “Paulie” Cicero and his associates: James “Jimmy the Gent” Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacker and gangster; and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent. Henry begins as a fence for Jimmy, gradually working his way up to more serious crimes. Enjoying the perks of their criminal life, the three associates spend most of their nights in the 1960s at the Copacabana nightclub, carousing with women. Henry starts dating Karen Friedman, a Jewish-American woman from the Five Towns area of Long Island. Initially troubled by Henry’s criminal activities, Karen is eventually seduced by his glamorous lifestyle. Despite her parents’ disapproval, they marry.
In 1970, Gambino family member Billy Batts repeatedly insults Tommy at a nightclub owned by Henry. Enraged, Tommy and Jimmy kill him. The murder of a made man would warrant retribution from the Gambinos; another made man, possibly even Paulie, would be forced to kill the perpetrators. Realizing this, Jimmy, Henry and Tommy cover up the murder. They transport the body in the trunk of Henry’s car and bury it in upstate New York. Six months later, Jimmy learns that the burial site is slated for development, forcing them to exhume and relocate the decomposing corpse.
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