GoodFellas

English

Series: Faber and Faber Screenplays Ser.

ISBN: 0571202497

EAN: 9780571202492

Category: Performing Arts / Screenplays

Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated

Release Date: 01/21/2012

Synopsis: As far back as I can remember, Ive always wanted to be a gangster. Henry Hill grows up in the 1950s, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Italian-American gangsters walk tall in the streets, commanding the respect of their peers. Young Henry dreams that one day he too might be a professional wiseguy - a goodfella. His wishes come true with remarkable speed once he teams up with renowned hoodlum Jimmy Conway and his alarmingly psychotic pal Tommy DeVito. Henry embarks on an everyday life of crime which takes him from rags to gaudy riches, in and out of the federal penitentiary and under the unwelcome spotlight of the FBI. As the 1970s turn sour Henry finds himself at the sharp end of the cocaine trade, increasingly adrift from his extended mobster family and forced to make a tough decision about his future . . . The film that re-established Martin Scorseses eminence among American directors after years of professional difficulties, GoodFellas is a tour de force which lays bare the crude and venal motives which drive a happy band of thieves and murderers.

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GoodFellas

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK- A Format Paperback

Height: 0.37 inches

Width: 4.85 inches

Length: 6.47 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 142