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The Shocking True Story Behind Goodfellas

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Is this video funny to you? How? How is it funny?! For this video, we’re pulling back the curtain of Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob movie. Our video includes Henry Hill's upbringing, his introduction to the mafia, his eventual downfall, and more! What are your thoughts on “Goodfellas?” Let us know in the comments!

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20 Comments

@WatchMojo Creator 3 years ago Pinned

What’re your thoughts on “Goodfellas?” Let us know in the comments!
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@angelasilvi9090 3 years ago

Goodfellas is a freaking Master piece. Amazing cast, music, and everything else. Ray Leota played Henry Hill like one of the best! He will be sadly missed.

@nwcoastlife 3 years ago (edited)

They had to play down Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro’s characters to make them more sympathetic. Jimmy Conway (Burke) was a cruel loan shark/numbers guy, Tommy Devito (DeSimone) was a homicidal psychopath. Also, in the movie: Tommy (played by Pesci) was a half-pint trying to prove himself. In real life he was about 6’ and built like a truck. Very few people doubted his ability to cause pain and those who did regretted it.

@bathcat81 2 years ago

Jimmy Burke should have his own film. I've been researching mobsters for years and in a world of gangsters, you couldn't get much more gangster than Jimmy The Gent. Even Gotti feared that guy

@nojusfisas6638 3 years ago

I think Goodfellas is one of the best gangster, mob movie ever created. This is time masterpiece, 32 years old movie and still best movie.

@danielthomas7193 3 years ago

A lot of people would pick The Godfather I or II as their favorite mob movie. Maybe Scarface. But while I love all those movies, Goodfellas will always be my #1.

@Wikdclwn4 3 years ago

Best gangster movie of all time, hands down! Pesci, Liotta and De Niro play their characters perfectly.

@danielm593 3 years ago (edited)

Seen it about 20 times…. After watching this, I feel like watching it again 🤙

@Vanny1999-SB 3 years ago

Henry Hill said that Ray Liotta deserved an Oscar award for playing him.

@anjoLas 3 years ago

One of the best movies Hollywood has ever produced !

@crimsonclover9871 3 years ago

I watched Goodfellas again over the weekend while I was sick. The film is a masterpiece...and the soundtrack!! Perfection all around...🖤🖤

@jebstuart62063 3 years ago

My Blue Heaven is actually based loosely on Henry Hill's post-mob life. Nora Ephron, who wrote that movie, was married to Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote Wiseguy, on which Goodfellas was based. So, she heard some of the tales from the real Hill's life after entering the Witness Protection Program.

@thedragonlee76 3 years ago

Don't let Henry Hill fool you.He was envolved in murders and he was fully involved in the Mob lifestyle.He got in trouble again when he was in the witness protection program and was still talking to his mob buddies.He was envolved with fixing college basketball games.

@jamesmendonca2900 3 years ago

I read an interview article from Henry Hill's wife, Karen, in a copy of Hustler magazine. She would share her awful experience living with Henry during the witness protection program about how his drug addiction got worse and how the people managing the program did not care about the family's wellbeing.

@guymorris6596 3 years ago

Michael Franzese is mentioned in this movie. He ended up as caporegime in the Colombo family and earned more money than anyone else in the mafia since Al Capone.