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Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers (WGA):

Nicholas Pileggi (book)
Nicholas Pileggi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 September 1990 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama more

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

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 18 nominations more

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(131 articles)

Scorsese to Receive Honorary Golden Globe
 (From ReelzChannel. 13 November 2009, 1:21 PM, PST)

Martin Scorsese to receive the DeMille Award.
 (From Movie Jungle. 13 November 2009, 5:30 AM, PST)

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A classic mobster film. more (737 total)


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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

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR


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Although Scorsese and Pileggi collaborated on the screenplay (and received Oscar nominations for doing so), much of the film's eventual dialog was improvised by the actors. more

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Anachronisms: When Henry takes Karen to the Copa, they enter through a service door and proceed through the labyrinth of passageways until they finally emerge in the dining room. The problem here is that as the camera follows them on their journey, we see a modern fire extinguisher near the kitchen area. The predominant extinguishers of the era were either the dry powder, push handle type - similar in action to the old insect sprays. The other was the gravity fed liquid extinguisher that is operated by turning the unit upside down and directing the nozzle. The model seen in the film however is a modern pressurized CO2 extinguisher. Additionally, it also has an OSHA filling inspection tag attached, which wasn't a requirement until many years after this event occurred, ostensibly in the early to mid sixties. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Henry Hill: The fuck is that?
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Still Swingin' (2005) (TV) more

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Playboy more


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69 out of 111 people found the following comment useful.
A classic mobster film., 29 March 2005
8/10
Author: shanfloyd from India

This is one hell of a film about the mobsters, based on a true story and coming from one of the great directors of all time. This is about Henry Hill, the narrator of the story, an Irish simple person who gets involved with the Mafia at a very young age and continues his life through it. There is no major plot in this film, just isolated incidents one of which was the turning point of Hill's life. Scorsese, as brilliant as he ever was, shows violence, sex and drugs etc in his own trademark style. And his actors helps him to make this film one of the classics.

Robert DeNiro is not present in much of the film, nor his acting leaves too much impression. The three actors who really did their best job here are Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco. I hate to say that most youngsters today don't know too much about Liotta or how talented he was. I asked my younger brother about him and he said, "The man who did the voice on GTA: Vice City?". This is partly because Liotta did not get too many big roles after that, especially in recent years. But here he is just brilliant as Hill. It's Pesci's one of the best too. Playing a mad mobster with dark sense of humor wasn't his usual type. And Lorraine Bracco becomes the perfect lead female in such type of films.

The film's got smart screenplay and excellent cinematography. And I don't know how many times Scorsese will be denied his Academy recognition. I hate to see a lifetime achievement award as his first Oscar. But things are going like that.

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