The 1990s catalogue
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Goodfellas
Released
1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980. Scorsese initially titled the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; he and Pileggi later changed the title to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, De Niro, Pesci and Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material remaining from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came from rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. …
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenwriter
- Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
- Starring
- Michael Imperioli, Illeana Douglas, Ray Liotta
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Composer
- Pete Townshend
- Based on
- Wiseguy
- Genre
- drama film, gangster film, period drama film
- Original language
- English