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Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalises the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star; Lorraine Bracco achieves a career-defining performance as the love of Hill's life; and every supporting role, from Paul Sorvino to Robert De Niro, is a miracle.
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Actors: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Director: Martin Scorsese
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Director: Martin Scorsese
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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130 of 139 people found the following review helpful
By Praxision
Format:DVD
Has anyone noticed that these 105 reviews (so far) are used by Amazon against 3 different versions of this movie? The 1999 & 2004 DVD releases and the 2007 Blueray release all share the same 105 reviews. How is one supposed to determine whether the 2004 version is better quality or no longer split on A and B sides of the disc? What is Amazon doing?
34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
In response to the previous reviewer, this is an extremely good transfer on Blu-ray. The colours are vibrant, the detail is excellent (particularly apparent in close-ups such as the shot of young Henry's face as he looks out of his bedroom window across the street to the cafe) and the lighting is gorgeous. The sound also is as good as you could expect it to be. In summary, the film looks like it was filmed this year, rather than 20 years ago.
Extras provided include 2 commentaries (one with cast - not including de Niro or Pesci - & crew, the other with Henry Hill himself and Edward McDonald, FBI), 3 documentaries, storyboard to screen comparisons and the theatrical trailer.
Excellent!
Extras provided include 2 commentaries (one with cast - not including de Niro or Pesci - & crew, the other with Henry Hill himself and Edward McDonald, FBI), 3 documentaries, storyboard to screen comparisons and the theatrical trailer.
Excellent!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Tatva101
Format:DVD
Based on the confessions of mobster Henry Hill, Goodfellas brings the epic style of The Godfather to the suburbs of New York. Scorsese was still suffering from the controversy surrounding Last Temptation of Christ when Goodfellas was released. It may have even seemed foolhardy at the time to follow up with this obscenity littered film, but for Scorsese it was really about going back to his roots, and doing what he does best - namely astutely observed films about gangsters. It clearly paid off as the film is an acknowledged modern classic.
Goodfellas is full of moral ambiguities, but whilst it undoubtedly depicts a certain seductive quality to the mafia, it doesn't shy away from the gruesome details either. Former crime reporter and author Nick Pileggi spent four years interviewing Hill before he collaborated with Scorsese on the screenplay. The outcome is frighteningly convincing, and a veritable who's who of the Italian-American Mafia scene in the sixties and seventies. Goodfellas portrays the reality of the Mafia world, the highs and lows, the pinnacle of what it is to be a 'made man', as well as the violence and constant state of fear that presides over men who can't even trust their closest friends.
Scorsese's enthusiasm for character driven cinema provides his actors with fantastic roles and serves to unite him once more with longstanding collaborator Robert De Niro. De Niro's Jimmy is introduced as the sort who "roots for the bad guys in the movies", and he does, at first, appear quite likeable. So too does Ray Liotta who, as Henry, is our narrator and the window into the world of Goodfellas for the audience. Finally, of the main three, there is Joe Pesci, a complete revelation as startlingly brutal psychopath Tommy.... Read more ›
Goodfellas is full of moral ambiguities, but whilst it undoubtedly depicts a certain seductive quality to the mafia, it doesn't shy away from the gruesome details either. Former crime reporter and author Nick Pileggi spent four years interviewing Hill before he collaborated with Scorsese on the screenplay. The outcome is frighteningly convincing, and a veritable who's who of the Italian-American Mafia scene in the sixties and seventies. Goodfellas portrays the reality of the Mafia world, the highs and lows, the pinnacle of what it is to be a 'made man', as well as the violence and constant state of fear that presides over men who can't even trust their closest friends.
Scorsese's enthusiasm for character driven cinema provides his actors with fantastic roles and serves to unite him once more with longstanding collaborator Robert De Niro. De Niro's Jimmy is introduced as the sort who "roots for the bad guys in the movies", and he does, at first, appear quite likeable. So too does Ray Liotta who, as Henry, is our narrator and the window into the world of Goodfellas for the audience. Finally, of the main three, there is Joe Pesci, a complete revelation as startlingly brutal psychopath Tommy.... Read more ›
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Road Rocket
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
In my opinion this film is the best gangster movie ever made - simply brilliant. However, Amazon have lumped all the reviews together for all the discs. But if you buy the cheaper Goodfellas [1990] [DVD] [Dual Disc Format you will have to turn over the disc halfway through and that is why so many have only given one star because of this. Make sure you buy the double disc edition, more expensive but still a bargain, which doesn't require turning over and has 'extras' on another disc. Thought I'd just try to clarify the situation as I was also confused by the low rated reviews.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By F. Brito
Format:Blu-ray
I received today the disc and, contrary to some reviews, the disc is not dual side. So it doesn't require to turn the disc over half-way through the film!
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
The only things keeping this movie from being known as Scorsese's crowning achievement are those other movies he made known as known as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
It is usually accepted that Raging Bull was the greatest movie of the 1980s. That's probably true. Goodfellas is possibly the greatest movie of the 1990s.
The thing that makes this movie so attractive to me is that Scorsese could have easily made another Godfather. Goodfellas isn't about Mafia Kings, or Crime Lords. This is about the lower levels of the mafia who don't have the glamorous lifestyle as "the kings". These are the people who are several levels down from Don Corleone. Hence, the tone of the movie is much more raw, and violent. Thus, this film is more similar to Scorsese's 1973 classic Mean Streets as opposed to Coppola's Godfather.
Scorsese pays attention to every little detail in this movie. He uses so many different aspects of cinema in order to turn what may be a typical scene into something that you always remember. Examples of this include the brilliant camera work through the back entrance of the nightclub ; freeze frames that are accompanied with interesting narrative ; great shifts in scenes that highlight twists in the characters' minds. It is as though Scorsese had a whole bag of tricks that he was picking from to put into this movie - and they all work perfectly.
The soundtrack is brilliant. In some cases it places an exclamation point on a dramatic scene, in other cases it is used to give the viewer a sense of a time period. Scorsese even shows the same scene twice from two different angles just to illustrate two different points of view...brilliant!
This is Scorsese's best film from the 1990s, even better than Cape Fear and Casino.
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TERRIBLE!
Very poor!! Only showed the first hour of the film, no artwork on disc. Poor quality. I have been royally stitched up.
Published 9 days ago by Matthew McGrigor
5.0 out of 5 stars
A bit like Casino.
This DVD is a bit like Casino but it tells the story well. The DVD came in excellent quality and will buy again.
Published 1 month ago by cpv12
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Held my interest!
I enjoyed this DVD very much and would recommend it, especially to my friends. It held my interest thoroughout the movie, which is what I like!
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Love the film, dislike the dvd.
Nothing wrong with the film however my problem is with the dvd itself. Whoever put the film onto disk for some reason thought it would be a good idea to have you turn the dvd over... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Rachel 90
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Best mob film ever, delivered promptly and in good packaging
Nothing to add to other reviews - simply the best mob film ever made (although I can believe it was 23 years ago!). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Christopher Wells
1.0 out of 5 stars
no good
the dvd itself is two sided so you have to swap it round half way thru wich i was not happy about and also the size of the picture does not fit the screen on my tele so overall the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by johnny123
4.0 out of 5 stars
DVD goodfellas
Excellent used as a gift . Good value for money . Excellent condition and no complaints after watching . A good way to save on costs of DVD
Published 2 months ago by kame
5.0 out of 5 stars
You think I'm funny,funny how
When this film first came out I thought just another gangster film how wrong was I this film blows all gangster films out of water and I think some wont agree with me here but that... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Malc the Gypsy
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WISEGUYS
I read the Nicholas Pileggi ("Henry Hill") book "Wiseguy" when it first came out.
This is the film adaptation. Read more
This is the film adaptation. Read more
Published 3 months ago by John Griffin
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