Film, Video Web Page GoodFellas

Title

• GoodFellas

Summary

• Explores the rise and fall of mobster and FBI informant Henry 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, who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill 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, he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant; however, he quickly learns that 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.

Names

• Scorsese, Martin, direction, writing.
• Pileggi, Nicholas, writing.
• Winkler, Irwin, production.
• De Fina, Barbara, production.
• Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017, camera.
• Schoonmaker, Thelma, editing.
• De Niro, Robert, cast.
• Liotta, Ray, cast.
• Pesci, Joe, cast.
• Bracco, Lorraine, 1955- cast.
• Sorvino, Paul, cast.
• Pileggi, Nicholas.
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Warner Bros., 1990.

Headings

• -  Hill, Henry,--1943-2012--Drama
• -  Criminals--United States--Drama
• -  Mafia--United States--Drama

Genre

• Gangster films
• Feature films
• Fiction films

Notes

• -  PA0000478125 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi.
• -  Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino.
• -  Executive producer, Barbara De Fina ; cinematography, Michael Ballhaus ; film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.
• -  Most of summary taken from Allmovie.com WWW site.
• -  A trailer for the feature Memphis Belle appears at the beginning of reel one viewing print.
• -  LC also holds DVD viewing copy in the Lukow (Gregory) Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Screened for credits only.
• -  Sources used: Monthly film bulletin, v. 57, no. 683, p. 355-356; Variety, September 10, 1990; New York times, September 19, 1990, p. C11; Video Source Book 2001; Wikipedia WWW site, August 7, 2017; Allmovie.com WWW site, August 7, 2017.

Medium

• viewing print 16 film reels of 16 on 8 (146 min., 13,098 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• CGB 2721-2728 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91786336

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91786336

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