| | Goodfellas DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Crime Videos, Recommended, Murder, Classic, Friends, Essential Cinema, True Story, Betrayal, Organized Crime, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, Vanity Fair 50 Greatest Films Of All Time | | Starring | Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta, Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Kevin Corrigan, Henny Youngman, Jerry Vale, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Frank Di Leo, Sheila Howard, Chuck Low, Christopher Serrone | | Director | Martin Scorsese | | Costume Designer | Richard Bruno | | Director of Photography | Michael Ballhaus | | Editor | lma Schoonmaker | | Producer | Irwin Winkler | | Production Designer | Kristi Zea | | Screenwriter | Martin Scorsese
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Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; English Subtitles; Amaray Case Martin Scorsese's classic crime drama follows Henry Hill from his beginnings as a petty criminal to his inclusion into one of the world's most ruthless mobs. Featuring a nostalgic soundtrack and inventive camera work, GOODFELLAS throbs with an obscene amount of electricity. Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro bring Scorsese and Pileggi's script to life with great fervor, but it is Joe Pesci who steals the show with his portrayal of Tommy DeVito, a psychopathic gangster who is terrifyingly short-tempered. Simply put, GOODFELLAS is one of the most striking crime films ever made.
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. Theatrical release: September 12, 1990.
Shot on location in Queens and Manhattan, New York; and Fort Lee, New Jersey.
GOODFELLAS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2000.
GOODFELLAS was in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where director Martin Scorsese won the Silver Lion. It was shown at the American Museum of the Moving Image during a Scorsese/De Niro film festival. It was voted best film by the New York Film Critics Circle, who also voted Scorsese Best Director. Robert De Niro was voted Best Actor by the same organization for his work in this film, and in AWAKENINGS. It won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci), Best Supporting Actress (Lorraine Bracco), and Best Cinematography (Michael Ballhaus) awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Joe Pesci also won a Best Supporting Actor of 1990 award from the National Board of Review.
Actress Debi Mazar, former makeup artist for Madonna, plays a small role here. She went on to become the wisecracking receptionist on the short-lived TV series CIVIL WARS and appeared in the the cast of L.A. LAW in the 1993-94 season before branching out into a series of film roles, including GIRL 6, TREES LOUNGE, and THE INSIDER.
Chuck Low, who played Morris Kesssler, was actually Robert De Niro's real estate broker, who rented him the penthouse in what later became the TriBeCa Film Center.
Scorsese has been known to use his parents in his films, as he does here, and he actually made a documentary about their lives, ITALIANAMERICAN. His mother, Catherine Scorsese, also had a bit part in THE GODFATHER PART II.
Look for a young Michael Imperioli as Spider, who gets shot in the foot by Joe Pesci's crazy character. Imperioli went on to star in THE SOPRANOS, and in one episode his crazy character also shoots a helpless guy in the foot, mimicking the scene from GOODFELLAS. Goodfellas Quotes/Excerpts: "All my life, I've always wanted to be a gangster."--Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)
"I gotta admit the truth--it turned me on."--Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco)
"Whaddaya mean I'm funny?...Funny how? I mean, funny like a clown? I amuse you?"--Tommy (Joe Pesci) to Henry Hill Goodfellas Reviews: "...Packed with solid-gold dialogue, tight performances and way too many classic scenes to list here..." -- 5 out of 5 Stars
-- Dan Jolin, Total Film "...GOODFELLAS makes poetic drama of warped ambitions. It's a prodigious achievement..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Awesome GOODFELLAS is a punk movie, both in subject matter and attitude..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Breathless and brilliant....GOODFELLAS is memorable for the ensemble nature of the performances..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...Filmed like a rainbow-hued thunderbolt and celebrating Mob lore in the fastest 2 1/2 hours in film history..."
-- Harlan Kennedy, Film Comment "...GOODFELLAS is RAGING BULL squared....[The film] flows with the exuberance of a filmmaker who has every detail nailed and a few new lovely moves he wants to show us..."-- Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times "Martin Scorsese regained the explosive force of his '70s heyday with this true-life mafia memoir."
-- Howard Karren, Premiere "GOODFELLAS is Martin Scorsese's violent and intense view...of organized criminal life, with powerful performances by De Niro, Oscar-winner Pesci, Bracco, and Sorvino.."
-- Widescreen Review Staff, Widescreen Review Goodfellas | List Price | $14.96 (You save $6.17) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1990 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7192  | | CD Universe Part number | 7425237 | | Catalog number | 116312 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 15, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Goodfellas Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Best ganster movie ever
The thing I like most about this movie was how interesting it was. It just kept you wanting to watch more and more. I'm not a real fan of these types of movies, it was a pain to get through the Godfather just because it isn't my type of film. But this film kept me interested throughout. It had a great story, great acting, you can't go wrong with the actors in this movie.
I'd put it on my top ten list.
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 Great movie
This movie was great! My boyfriend encouraged me to watch it and I am glad I did.
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Close to home
I love this movie. I grew up in the same neighborhood and knew the characters played in this movie.
This is the best all time ganster movie, in it's true fashion.
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This review is for a different format. A GOOD MOVIE, BUT................................
A GOOD MOVIE BUT TV PLAYS IT TO MUCH, AND A BETTER MOVIE BUT NEVER PUT ON DVD IS THE BRINK'S JOB(1978) ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRIMES EVER, NOT TO RELEASED ON DVD, WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR???????
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This review is for a different format. JoePesciwas great
One of the best gangster
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