In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum (Ray Liotta) joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is not what... (Learn more)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci (View All)
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Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
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
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US Release Date
9/19/90
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
146 mins.
Locations
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
- New York City, New York, USA
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$42,613,326
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1990 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1990 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1989 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Editing Award award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1990 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1990 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1990 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1991 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1989 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1990 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director award at the 1990 Venice International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
Distributor
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
- Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
- Warner Brothers
