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. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino), who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill (Ray Liotta) is inducted into the world of petty crime, where he distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic partner Tommy (Joe Pesci), he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant; however, he quickly learns that, like his mentor Jimmy (Robert DeNiro), his ethnicity prevents him from ever becoming a "made guy," an actual member of the crime family. Soon he finds himself the target of both the feds and the mobsters, who feel that he has become a threat to their security with his reckless dealings. Goodfellas was rewarded with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; Pesci would walk away with Best Supporting Actor for his work. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
Special Features
2 commentaries:
Cast and crew with Martin Scorsese, Ray Liotta, Lorrain Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Vincent, co-screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, producers Irwin Winkler and Barabara De Fina, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker
Cop and Crook with Henry Hill and former FBI agent Edward McDonald
3 documentarties with the cast and crew:
Getting Made
Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy
The Workaday Gangster
Paper Is Cheaper Than Film: Storyboard-to-screen comparisons
Theatrical trailer
Region
1
Languages
English
French
Spanish
Display Format
Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Dolby Digital Stereo
Chapters
Disc #1 -- GoodFellas
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
29. Chapter 29
30. Chapter 30
31. Chapter 31
32. Chapter 32
33. Chapter 33
34. Chapter 34
35. Chapter 35
36. Chapter 36
37. Chapter 37
38. Chapter 38
39. Chapter 39
40. Chapter 40
41. Chapter 41
42. Chapter 42
43. Chapter 43
44. Chapter 44
45. Chapter 45
46. Chapter 46
47. Chapter 47
Menu
Disc #1 -- GoodFellas
Languages
Spoken Languages
English 5.1
Français
Español
Subtitles
English
English (For the Hearing Impaired)
Français
Español
None
Scene Selections
Special Features
Behind the Story
Commentaries: Cast and Crew Commentary
Commentaries: Cop and Crook Commentary
Commentaries: Off
Getting Made: New and Vintage Interviews Chronicle the Making of the Film
Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy - Filmmakers Jon Favreau, the Hughes Brothers, Richard Linklater and Others Pontificate on GoodFellas' Epic Coolness
Paper Is Cheaper Than Film: Sketch-to-Screen Comparison
The Workaday Gangster: The Gangsters in GoodFellas Are Representative of Real-Life Dapper Dans and Their Underlings
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