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Genres:
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Biography /
Crime /
Drama
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Release:
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Director:
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Martin Scorsese
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Actors:
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Joe Pesci,
Frank Sivero,
Chuck Low,
Frank DiLeo,
Henny Youngman,
Charles Scorsese,
Gina Mastrogiacomo,
Catherine Scorsese,
Robert De Niro,
Ray Liotta,
Lorraine Bracco,
Paul Sorvino,
Tony Darrow,
Mike Starr,
Frank Vincent
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Duration:
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145 min.
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Rating:
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(8.8/10)198.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hooligan (Scintilla Liotta) joins the New York Mafia, but his dregs of society profession is not what he expected.
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Go home and get your shine box.
The story is based on true events and characters from a novel named 'Wise Guy' written by crime reporter Nicholos Pileggi. It is about this boy Henry Hill born (Ray Liotta) in 1943 in a poor working class family who wanted to be in a gang since his boyhood because that gave him freedom, money, and respect from people. He joins hands with Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro). This trio starts by hijacking, stealing and selling goods from huge truck loads. Once arrested Hill starts dealing in drugs in prison and when out continues to do so. In the end, with difficult times, of police after him, with new enemies and having difficult times with his wife Karen (Lorriane Bracco) – he decides to be an informant to avoid prison sentence and gives in most of his g...
Goodfellas
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster," says Henry Hill, who opens his true story of 30 years in the Mob in Scorsese's epic
There has never been an adequate explanation as to why this superb gangster epic didn't win 1990's Best Picture Academy Award. And why a film featuring 20 minutes of buffaloes stampeding and Kevin Costner with a 'tache (Dances With Wolves) was considered more worthy than one that featured Joe Pesci's memorable "How the fuck am I funny?" tirade is anyone's guess.
Glaring goofs by the Academy aside, GoodFellas is one of the best gangster movies ever. The tale of 30 years of life in the Mob, as seen through the eyes of real-life gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), was based on Nicholas Pileggi's gripping...
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