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Goodfellas
Release date 19th September 1990
Country : USA
Running time : 145 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi
Directed by Martin Scorsese
The mob career of Henry Hill from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program.
Scorsese's best movie so far for me is much more sophisticated than the rough and ready Mean Streets and more accessible than Raging Bull. Of course these are still unsavoury characters but the director's skill has us rooting for them and completely engaged in the film. The acting throughout is exemplary with special mention for Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito : an incredible portrayal of a psychopath.
"In its own narrow near claustrophic perspective...driven along by a classic soundtrack and with no shortage of master directorial brush strokes, it is hard to imagine a bigger picture than this." From a review in "Empire."
DVD
available from Warner Home Video:Release date 19th September 1990
Country : USA
Running time : 145 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi
Directed by Martin Scorsese
The mob career of Henry Hill from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program.
Scorsese's best movie so far for me is much more sophisticated than the rough and ready Mean Streets and more accessible than Raging Bull. Of course these are still unsavoury characters but the director's skill has us rooting for them and completely engaged in the film. The acting throughout is exemplary with special mention for Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito : an incredible portrayal of a psychopath.
"In its own narrow near claustrophic perspective...driven along by a classic soundtrack and with no shortage of master directorial brush strokes, it is hard to imagine a bigger picture than this." From a review in "Empire."
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