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Goodfellas (1990) -- Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Nicholas Pileggi (book)
Nicholas Pileggi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 September 1990 (USA) more
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Tagline:
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955. more
Plot:
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 18 nominations more
User Comments:
The greatest mob film still today more (738 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Good Fellas (USA) (original script title)
GoodFellas (USA) (promotional title (video box title) (poster title))
Wiseguy (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
146 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Joe Pesci's character, Tommy DeVito, is portrayed in the 1955 sequences as a boy about the same age as Henry Hill, maybe slightly older. In actuality, the real-life mobster who Pesci's character was based off was born in 1950, and he would have been 4 or 5 years old at the time these events took place. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Henry Hill: The fuck is that?
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Meet the Robinsons (2007) more
Soundtrack:
He's Sure the Boy I Love more

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181 out of 246 people found the following comment useful.
The greatest mob film still today, 11 April 2005
10/10
Author: OriginalMovieBuff21 from United States

Amazing is the one and only word to say for this film. I have always thought that Goodfellas was one of the greatest films ever made and set a landmark in the 90's or even in movie history. I bought Goodfellas last week and I got to watch the film a couple days ago. I really just couldn't lay my eyes off the film and everything about it was just simply worth watching. The acting was excellent, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and other actors did great and almost all of the characters they portrayed were 100% accurate. The camera-work also was brilliant and Martin Scorsese does a beautiful job by putting excellent camera shots in his films and I give him high credit for that. The soundtrack too is one of the best soundtracks ever made and the song "Layla," put chills down my spine of how great this song fitted the film. Overall, Martin Scorsese made his best film in my opinion and him and Nicholas Pileggi made an excellent and sharp script that made this, the greatest mob film still today.

Hedeen's Outlook: 10/10!! **** A+

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