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- New YorkUSA
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Goodfellas, 1990
English, Italian
USA
Profile of Goodfellas
The mood of Goodfellas is captivating, rough, and stylized. The plot centers around blind ambition, a rise and fall, and drug dealing. It is a crime, drama, and period movie. Stylistically, Goodfellas is epic and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is New York. Goodfellas happens in the 1950s and in the 1960s. The musical score is oldies and rock. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Goodfellas is known for being a modern classic, essential viewing, and an award winner. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes , drugs/alcohol, and sexual content.
Summary of Goodfellas
Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book WISEGUY, Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Hill (Ray Liotta) rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's organized crime branch, and with money from the mob he begins living the good life, complete with a beautiful bride, Karen (Lorraine Bracco), a fancy house, and the best seats at the most exclusive restaurants. A botched robbery lands Henry in prison for a brief period of time, and when he gets released, his reckless infidelities and drug abuse damage his association with his adopted family.
Scorsese's film is a visual and sonic onslaught, featuring a brilliant pop-music soundtrack and stunning camera work--including the infamous Steadicam one-take that introduces the audience to the Copacabana's patrons. He uses the songs to infuse a breathtaking, invigorating rhythm into every scene. As the psychopathic Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci delivers an unforgettable performance that is alarming in its cold-blooded callousness, helping to cement GOODFELLAS' place as a classic portrait of life in the mob.
Details
| Language: | English, Italian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 18 September 1990 |
| Runtime: | 146 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Henry Hill
as Karen Hill
as James 'Jimmy' Conway
as Tommy DeVito
as Paul Cicero
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Rolling Stone
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- by: Jeremy Beday
TV Guide
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- by: Staff (not credited)
Users Reviews
- 18.December.2012
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- by: Kezia
- Kezia rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 26.April.2011
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- by: I Like Children
- I Like Children rated this movie10/10Must See
