DVD
GoodFellas [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Irwin Winkler ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life 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.
For as long as he could remember, Henry Hill wanted to be a gangster. So, when he was 12 years old, he started running errands for the neighborhood wiseguy and extortionist, "Paulie" Cicero. By the time he was 21, Henry had made a name for himself and had a good life by stealing and reselling cargo. Along with Jimmy "The Gent" Conway and Tommy DeVito, Henry organizes and executes heists, big and small, for their boss and protector, Paulie. He marries Karen, a headstrong Jewish woman, who at first reluctantly and then enthusiastically embraced the gangster life. Even going to prison doesn't slow Henry down. But Henry's defiance of his boss' directive in dealing cocaine and Tommy's violent outbursts threaten to destroy the world the wiseguys have made for themselves. Even a $6 million payday from the great Lufthansa heist, the largest cash heist in American history, may not be enough to protect this group from their own mistakes.
Record details
- ISBN: 0790729725
- ISBN: 9780790729725
- ISBN: 1419855115
- ISBN: 9781419855115
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1999]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | English and French sound tracks; English, French and Spanish subtitles. Based on the book: Wiseguy / by Nicholas Pileggi. DVD release of the 1990 motion picture. Special features include: production notes; two theatrical trailers. Special features: 2 commentaries: "Cast and crew" with Martin Scorsese, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Vincent, co-screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, producers Irwin Winkler and Barbara De Fina, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker; "Cop and crook" with Henry Hill and former FBI agent Edward McDonald; "Getting made" documentary with cast and crew; "Made men: the GoodFellas legacy" documentary with cast and crew; "The workaday gangster" documentary with cast and crew; "Paper is cheaper than film:" storyboard-to-screen comparisions; theatrical trailer. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Side A. Part 1 of feature -- Side B. Part 2 of feature. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; widescreen format (letterbox). |
| Language Note: | In English (Dolby digital surround 5.1) or French (Dolby surround stereo.) with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Pesci), 1991 Academy Awards, USA, 1991: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joe Pesci) |