The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 44 wins & 38 nominations total
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Henry Hill, whose life was the basis for the book and film, Joe Pesci's portrayal of Tommy DeSimone was 90-99% accurate, with one notable exception; the real Tommy DeSimone was massively built.
- GoofsYoung Henry is right-handed, older Henry is left-handed.
- Quotes
Henry Hill: [narrating] As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.
- Alternate versionsA television version of the film was prepared by director Martin Scorsese, which retained a good portion of the film's graphic violence. It also retained much of the profanity, minus the F- and S-words, which were dubbed over. Scorsese did a televised introduction upon the film's network premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited into Video Macumba (1991)
- SoundtracksRags to Riches
Written by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
Performed by Tony Bennett
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
Featured review
Other mafia films struggle to hit same heights
Trouble with goodfellas is it sets the bar so high for mafia organised crime style movie. Outside of godfather and scarface this is the holy grail in its genre.
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- GoodFellas
- Filming locations
- The Oriental Manor, 1818 86th St, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Henry and Karen's wedding reception)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,909,721
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,368,901
- Sep 23, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $47,049,784
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