GoodFellas

Theatrical Release Date: 1990 09 19 (USA)

UPC: 085391163121

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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, Rovi

Category: Crime

Awards: Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Editing Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Costume Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Drama – null Best Supporting Actress – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null Best Screenplay – null 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Picture – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Cinematography – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – National Board of Review Best Picture – National Board of Review Silver Lion for Best Director – Venice International Film Festival Best Picture – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Director – New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – National Society of Film Critics Best Director – National Society of Film Critics

Features: Production notes
Theatrical trailers
Languages: English & Fran?ais
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol (feature film only)

GoodFellas

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/15/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 146 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1, Side A -- Goodfellas
1. Chapter 1 [2:42]
2. Chapter 2 [1:32]
3. Chapter 3 [3:21]
4. Chapter 4 [2:27]
5. Chapter 5 [:44]
6. Chapter 6 [2:39]
7. Chapter 7 [1:33]
8. Chapter 8 [1:36]
9. Chapter 9 [7:07]
10. Chapter 10 [4:53]
11. Chapter 11 [2:52]
12. Chapter 12 [5:48]
13. Chapter 13 [3:36]
14. Chapter 14 [4:18]
15. Chapter 15 [3:09]
16. Chapter 16 [3:37]
17. Chapter 17 [9:05]
18. Chapter 18 [6:32]
19. Chapter 19 [4:53]
Disc #1, Side B -- Goodfellas
1. Chapter 1 [7:32]
2. Chapter 2 [5:34]
3. Chapter 3 [2:36]
4. Chapter 4 [2:15]
5. Chapter 5 [9:31]
6. Chapter 6 [7:11]
7. Chapter 7 [2:00]
8. Chapter 8 [4:07]
9. Chapter 9 [10:33]
10. Chapter 10 [3:22]
11. Chapter 11 [2:10]
12. Chapter 12 [2:31]
13. Chapter 13 [3:00]
14. Chapter 14 [4:20]
15. End Credits [6:07]

Mark Deming

Seventeen years after revising the book on gangster movies in his breakthrough Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese returned to the netherworld of Italian-American organized crime with this stunningly ambitious, ferociously entertaining look at one man's rise and fall in a Mafia family. Shot and edited with a propulsive sense of rhythm that Gene Krupa would envy (this may be the fastest 150 minutes in film history), Goodfellas explores the 30-year career of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as a "mechanic" working for mob boss Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino). While most films about gangsters attribute their characters' criminal lives to greed or sociopathic behavior, Scorsese makes it clear Henry and his friends Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) are gangsters because they enjoy it: they like to steal, they enjoy violence, and their "work" allows them to profit from these qualities, which would be a hindrance in nearly any other career. However, while the film offers a point-blank look at New York's criminal underworld from the '50s to the '80s, Scorsese also uses this story as a unusual but clear moral fable. In the first few reels, Henry and his partners follow a strict code of honor and make sure to obey Cicero's wishes: you pay tribute to the boss, you stay away from dealing drugs, and you don't kill anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. By the mid-'70s, these guidelines have been forgotten, and as Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy slip away from Paulie's corrupt but strictly ordered ethical universe, it leads only to death and betrayal. Scorsese has long been fascinated with the actions of men searching for a moral compass in a faithless land, but he's rarely told the story with such kinetic force and audacious skill. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Manny Alfaro  Actor 
Joanna Bennett  Actor 
Michael Calandrino  Actor 
Victor Colicchio  Actor 
Richard Dioguardi  Actor 
Ruby Gaynor  Actor 
Thomas Hewson  Actor 
Jesse Kirtzman  Actor 
Charles Low  Actor 
Paul McIsaac  Actor 
Frank Pellegrino  Actor 
Anthony Polemeni  Actor 
Berlinda Tolbert  Actor 
Adam Wandt  Actor 
Tony Conforti  Actor 
Daniela Barbosa  Actor 
Spencer Bradley  Actor 
Peter Cicale  Actor 
Lisa DaPolito  Actor 
Paula Gallo  Actor 
Edward Hayes  Actor 
Nadine Kay  Actor 
Gaetano Lisi  Actor 
Edward McDonald  Actor 
Peter Onorati  Actor 
Anthony Alessandro  Actor 
Charles Scorsese  Actor 
Katherine Wallach  Actor 
Paula Young  Actor 
Johnny "Cha-Cha" Ciarcia  Actor 
Vito Antuofermo  Actor 
Garry Blackwood  Actor 
Thomas E. Camuti  Actor 
Mike Contessa  Actor 
Dominque de Vito  Actor 
Tony Ellis  Actor 
Bob Golub  Actor 
Samuel L. Jackson  Actor 
Marianne Leone  Actor 
Ronald Maccone  Actor 
Paul Mougey  Actor 
Vito Picone  Actor 
Melissa Prophet  Actor 
Larry Silvestri  Actor 
Anthony Valentin  Actor 
Elizabeth Whitcraft  Actor 
Peter Hock  Actor 
Vito Balsamo  Actor 
Joseph Bono  Actor 
Clem Caserta  Actor 
Janis Corsair  Actor 
H. Clay Dear  Actor 
Peter Fain  Actor 
Margaux Guerard  Actor 
Alyson Jones  Actor 
Gina Mattia  Actor 
Edward D. Murphy  Actor 
Frank Adonis  Actor 
Lawrence Sacco  Actor 
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.  Actor 
Max Raven  Actor 
Bob Altman  Actor 
Mikey Black  Actor 
Joel Calendrillo  Actor 
Daniel P. Conte  Actor 
Jamie de Roy  Actor 
Illeana Douglas  Actor 
Joseph P. Gioco  Actor 
Michael Imperioli  Actor 
Dino Laudicina  Actor 
Thomas Lowry  Actor 
Marie Michaels  Actor 
Catherine Scorsese  Actor 
Beau Starr  Actor 
Robbie Vinton  Actor 
Margo Winkler  Actor 
Ellen Lewis  Actor 
Frank Aquilino  Actor 
Joel Blake  Actor 
Gene Canfield  Actor 
Kevin Corrigan  Actor 
Ed Deacy  Actor 
Lou Eppolito  Actor 
Michaelangelo Graziano  Actor 
Mark Jacobs  Actor 
Gayle Lewis  Actor 
Gina Mastrogiacomo  Actor 
Richard Mullally  Actor 
Angela Pietropinto  Actor 
Andrew Scudiero  Actor 
Philip Suriano  Actor 
Luke Walter  Actor 
John Williams  Actor 
Erasmus C. Alfano  Actor 
Tobin Bell  Actor 
Nicole Burdette  Actor 
Michael Citriniti  Actor 
Richard "Bo" Dietl  Actor 
Julie Garfield  Actor 
Paul Herman  Actor 
Stella Kietel  Actor 
Gaetano LoGiudice  Actor 
Fran McGee  Actor 
Vincent Pastore  Actor 
James Quattrochi  Actor 
Tony Sirico  Actor 
Susan Varon  Actor 
Welker White  Actor 
John Manca  Actor 
Frank Albanese  Actor 
Norman Barbera  Actor 
Nancy Ellen Cassaro  Actor 
Joseph D'Onofrio  Actor 
John di Benedetto  Actor 
Steve Forleo  Actor 
Russell Halley  Actor 
Elaine Kagan  Actor 
Tony Lip  Actor 
Debi Mazar  Actor 
Lo Nardo  Actor 
Anthony Powers  Actor 
Suzanne Shepherd  Actor 
Irving Welzer  Actor 
Vincent Gallo  Actor 
Margaret Smith  Actor 
Barbara de Fina  Producer 
Nicholas Pileggi  Screenwriter 
Martin Scorsese  Director 
Martin Scorsese  Screenwriter 
Irwin Winkler  Producer 
Robert De Niro  Actor 
Ray Liotta  Actor 
Joe Pesci  Actor 
Lorraine Bracco  Actor 
Paul Sorvino  Actor 
Frank Sivero  Actor 
Tony Darrow  Actor 
Mike Starr  Actor 
Frank Vincent  Actor 
Frank di Leo  Actor 
Christopher Serrone  Actor 
Henny Youngman  Actor 
Jerry Vale  Actor 

Country: USA