Goodfellas | 1990 | BFI R2016 | UK Quad
Goodfellas is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese. It was produced by Irwin Winkler with the screenplay was co-written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese. The film is based on an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy written by Nicholas Pileggi. It stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. The storyline is based on Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of the mafia. Covering his relationship with wife Karen Hill and his rise and fall along with his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVitto in the Italian-American crime syndicate over a period from 1955 to 1980. Initially, Martin Scorsese had named the film Wise Guy after the book is was based on but had postponed make it; later, he and Nicholas Pileggi ...