GoodFellas
1990 · TMDB 8.5
Directed by Martin Scorsese
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Why it matters
Scorsese's mob masterpiece opens with the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' over a brutal car-trunk murder, setting a tone of seductive dread that never lets up.
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- Runtime
- 145 min
- Released
- 1990-09-12
- Studio
- Winkler Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- Italian
- TMDB score
- 8.5
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Scorsese's mob masterpiece opens with the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' over a brutal car-trunk murder, setting a tone of seductive dread that never lets up.
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Position 1 of 5
Scorsese's gangster epic, and Pastore's first real credit, he's on screen for seconds, rolling a coat rack through the kitchen of the Bamboo Lounge, credited simply as "Man with Coat Rack." It's not a performance so much as a presence, but it's the film that put him in the room w...
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