Goodfellas
Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy by Pileggi. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.
Plot
In 1955, youngster Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in his working class Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his associates: Jimmy "the Gent" Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacker and gangster, and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent. Henry begins as a fence for Jimmy, gradually working his way up to more serious crimes.
Awards
Cast
- Beau Starr
- Bo Dietl
- Bob Golub
- Catherine Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese
- Christopher Serrone
- Chuck Low
- Debi Mazar
- Edward McDonald
- Elizabeth Whitcraft
- Frank Adonis
- Frank DiLeo
- Frank Pellegrino
- Frank Sivero
- Frank Vincent
- Gina Mastrogiacomo
- Henny Youngman
- Illeana Douglas
- Jerry Vale
- Joe Pesci
- Joseph Bono
- Kevin Corrigan
- Lorraine Bracco
- Louis Eppolito
- Margo Winkler
- Marianne Leone Cooper
- Melissa Prophet
- Michael Imperioli
- Mike Starr
- Nick Vallelonga
- Paul Herman
- Paul Sorvino
- Peter Onorati
- Ray Liotta
- Robbie Vinton
- Robert De Niro
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Suzanne Shepherd
- Tobin Bell
- Tony Darrow
- Tony Lip
- Tony Powers
- Tony Sirico
- Victor Colicchio
- Vincent Gallo
- Vincent Pastore
- Welker White