Goodfellas

Also known as Wise Guy

Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

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Goodfellas is a 1990 American biographical gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenwriters were Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, with Irwin Winkler serving as producer. The cast includes Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Lorraine Bracco. Michael Ballhaus was the director of photography, Thelma Schoonmaker edited the film, and Pete Townshend composed the music. The narrative is set in Brooklyn, and Liotta serves as the narrator.

The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Winkler Films. It was filmed in New York City, New Jersey, and Chicago. The original language is English, and the runtime is 145 minutes. The movie received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was named to the National Board of Review Top Ten Films. It also received nominations for Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actress.

Audience and critic ratings include an IMDb score of 8.7 and a Metascore of 92. The film has a budget of 25,000,000 and generated 47,072,327 in revenue. It is rated R and carries the tagline "Three decades of life in the mafia."

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8.5

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Released: 1990-09-12145 minDir: Martin ScorseseDrama, CrimeBudget: $25.0MBox office: $47.1M

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Cast

Robert De Niro as James Conway
Ray Liotta as Henry Hill
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino as Paul Cicero
Frank Sivero as Frankie Carbone

Themes

prison
florida
new york city
based on novel or book
gangster
mass murder
drug trafficking
1970s
irish-american
gore

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Ratings

IMDb

8.7/10

1,388,009 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

92/100

Year: 1990
Runtime: 145 min
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rated: R
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 38 nominations total

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Key facts

Film.image: Goodfellas.jpg
Film.caption: Theatrical release poster
Film.director: Martin Scorsese
Film.producer: Irwin Winkler
Film.cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
Film.editing: Thelma Schoonmaker
Film.distributor: Warner Bros.
Film.runtime: 146 minutes
Film.country: United States
Film.language: English
Film.budget: $25 million
Film.gross: $47.1 million

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Part of: National Film Registry
Award: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Genre: period drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: Henry Hill
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: Martin Scorsese
Cast member: Bob Golub
Composer: Pete Townshend
Producer: Irwin Winkler
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
Narrative location: Brooklyn
Duration: 146
FilmAffinity ID: 978961
Distribution format: video on demand

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publication date: 1990-09-08
film editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
title: Goodfellas
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture
narrator: Ray Liotta
distributed by: Netflix
after a work by: Nicholas Pileggi
box office: 46909721
capital cost: 25000000
Commons category: Goodfellas
review score: 8.7/10
characters: William Bentvena
set in period: 20th century

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Scorsese initially titled the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; he and Pileggi later changed the title to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, De Niro, Pesci and Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material remaining from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came from rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines that he liked most and put them into a revised script, from which the cast worked during principal photography.

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