Description
Based on Nicholas Pileggis book Wiseguy Martin Scorseses GOODFELLAS is a wry violent and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBIs witness protection program after testifying against his former partners.BRAs a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City Hill (Ray Liotta SOMETHING WILD UNLAWFUL ENTRY) rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighbourhoods organized crime branch and with money from the mob he begins living the good life complete with a beautiful bride Karen (Lorraine Brocco THE SOPRANOS) a fancy home 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 associations with his adopted family.BRScorseses 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 Copacabanas patrons. He uses the songs to infuse a rhythm into every scene that is at once breathtaking and invigorating. As the psychopathic Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci RAGING BULL MY COUSIN VINNY) delivers an unforgettable Oscar-winning performance that is alarming in its cold-blooded callousness and Robert De Niro adds to the prestige with his quietly calculating turn as Irish hoodlum Jimmy Conway helping to cement GOODFELLAS place as a classic portrait of life in the mob.
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