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. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. It narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill from 1955 to 1980.
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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. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. It narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980. Goodfellas premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 1990, and was released in the United States on September 19, 1990. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with Pesci winning for Best Supporting Actor. In 2000, it was deemed \”culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant\” and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the U.S. Library of Congress. Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television series, such as The Sopranos and The Godfather: Part II. The movie was made on a budget of USD 25 million, and grossed USD 46. 8 million. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it \”arguably the high point of Martin Scorcese’s career\”. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, particularly in the gangster genre. In his voice-over, Henry theorizes that all of the bodies are being discovered over the city, theorizing that Jimmy would have killed them anyway rather than share the profits of the murders with them rather than kill them himself.
In the film, Jimmy is found dead, but he has most of the crew’s bodies as dead, as well as his voiceover as a dead body. 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 woman. She is initially troubled by Henry’s criminal activities but is eventually seduced by his glamorous lifestyle, despite her parents’ disapproval. In 1970, Billy Batts, a made man in the Gambino crew who was recently released from prison, repeatedly insults Tommy at a nightclub owned by Henry; Tommy and Jimmy then beat, stab and shoot him to death. The unsanctioned murder invites retribution; realizing this, Jimmy, Henry, and Tommy cover up the murder by burying the body in Upstate New York. In 1974, Henry moves in with Janice and holds Henry at gunpoint, but Paulie insists that he should return to Karen after collecting a debt from a gambler in Tampa with Jimmy. Upon returning, Jimmy and Henry are arrested after being turned in by the gambler’s sister, an FBI typist, and they receive ten-year prison sentences. In 1978, Henry is paroled and Jimmy and Tommy raid the Lufthansa vault at the JFK Airport, stealing several millions in cash and jewelry. After some expensive items against Jimmy’s orders and getaway truck, Henry and Tommy are spared by Tommy.
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