Goodfellas (25th Anniversary) (Blu-ray) R
Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 5, 2015
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco & Joe Pesci | |
Performer: | Frank Sivero, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Samuel L. Jackson, Sheila Howard, Kevin Corrigan, Henny Youngman, Tony Darrow, Chuck Low, Frank Di Leo, Christopher Serrone & Jerry Vale | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker | |
Screenwriting by | Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi | |
Story by | Nicholas Pileggi | |
Produced by | Irwin Winkler | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Ballhaus |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1990 -
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci
Entertainment Reviews:
...Awesome GOODFELLAS is a punk movie, both in subject matter and attitude... -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today
...Filmed like a rainbow-hued thunderbolt and celebrating Mob lore in the fastest 2 1/2 hours in film history...
Film Comment
...Breathless and brilliant....GOODFELLAS is memorable for the ensemble nature of the performances...
New York Times
...Packed with solid-gold dialogue, tight performances and way too many classic scenes to list here... -- 5 out of 5 Stars
Total Film
Rating: 4/5 --
Goodfellas is a terrifying film because, like much of Scorsese's best work, it is about the lives of avuncular psychopaths, and pretty-boy Liotta brilliantly encapsulates that fetid contradiction.
Full Review
Little White Lies
Anti-romantic, it nevertheless sweeps us into the allure of mob glamour -- then slams us with its cost of admission.
Full Review
Boston Globe
GOODFELLAS is Martin Scorsese's violent and intense view...of organized criminal life, with powerful performances by De Niro, Oscar-winner Pesci, Bracco, and Sorvino..
Widescreen Review
Product Description:
Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book WISEGUY, Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Hill (Ray Liotta) rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's organized crime branch, and with money from the mob he begins living the good life, complete with a beautiful bride, Karen (Lorraine Bracco), a fancy house, and the best seats at the most exclusive restaurants. A botched robbery lands Henry in prison for a brief period of time, and when he gets released, his reckless infidelities and drug abuse damage his association with his adopted family.
Scorsese's film is a visual and sonic onslaught, featuring a brilliant pop-music soundtrack and stunning camera work--including the infamous Steadicam one-take that introduces the audience to the Copacabana's patrons. He uses the songs to infuse a breathtaking, invigorating rhythm into every scene. As the psychopathic Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci delivers an unforgettable performance that is alarming in its cold-blooded callousness, helping to cement GOODFELLAS' place as a classic portrait of life in the mob.
Scorsese's film is a visual and sonic onslaught, featuring a brilliant pop-music soundtrack and stunning camera work--including the infamous Steadicam one-take that introduces the audience to the Copacabana's patrons. He uses the songs to infuse a breathtaking, invigorating rhythm into every scene. As the psychopathic Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci delivers an unforgettable performance that is alarming in its cold-blooded callousness, helping to cement GOODFELLAS' place as a classic portrait of life in the mob.
Keywords:
Friends
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Classic
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Organized Crime
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True Story
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Betrayal
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Murder
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Crime
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Essential Cinema