The best movie ever made in my opinion. Every scene so perfect and necessary. It was the first Martin Scorsese movie I had ever seen, and he has since become my favorite director. His use of time and music is something I tend to study in watching his films. He is the master and I do believe that when he is no longer making films, GoodFellas will be remembered as his opus. Roger Ebert calls it the best mob movie ever made; I would have to agree. The Godfather will appear in this database among other great mob films, but GoodFellas always comes first. Scorsese’s biopic of Henry Hill is so well-crafted, shot, and acted; there is not enough space here to go on.
No more shines, Billy. – Tommy DeVito
Synopsis: Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi’s best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the “wise guys” in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Nicholas Pileggi (Book) Martin Scorsese (Screenplay)
Cast: Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Robert Deniro
Domestic Total Gross: $46,836,394
Favorite Scene: As hard as it is to choose just one, a day in the life of Henry Hill near the end of the movie would be at the top. High, tired, and paranoid Henry makes his way around town delving errands and also making sure the spaghetti doesn’t over cook back home. The spaghetti becomes just as important to us as Henry. Interweaved with the soundtrack of the seventies, tracks changing sometimes every 30 seconds; the tension is something overwhelming.
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