Goodfellas (1990)
Actors:
Frank Albanese (actor),
Anthony Alessandro (actor),
Erasmus C. Alfano (actor),
Manny Alfaro (actor),
Bob Altman (actor),
Vito Antuofermo (actor),
Frank Aquilino (actor),
Steve Baker (actor),
Vito Balsamo (actor),
Norman Barbera (actor),
Tobin Bell (actor),
Mikey Black (actor),
Joel Blake (actor),
Joseph Bono (actor),
Frank Adonis (actor),
Plot: This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Henry Hill is a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Tommy Devito is a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Jimmy Conway puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adultery, anger, arrest, arson, aside
Genres:
Biography,
Crime,
Drama,
Taglines: "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955. Three Decades of Life in the Mafia. Murderers come with smiles. Shooting people was 'No big deal'. In a world that's powered by violence, on the streets where the violent have power, a new generation carries on an old tradition.
Quotes:
Tommy DeVito: Kidding? How am I meant to know you're kidding? You're breaking my fucking balls.
Tommy DeVito: In this day and age, what the fuck is this world coming to? I can't believe this, prejudice against - a Jew broad - prejudice against Italians.
[first lines]::Henry Hill: The fuck is that?
Morrie: Henry, you're a good kid, I've been good to you, you've been good to me. But there's something really unreasonable going on here. Jimmy's being an unconsionable ball-breaker. I never agreed to 3 points on top of the vig! Am I something special? Some sort of schmuck on wheels?::Henry Hill: Morrie, please! You borrowed Jimmy's money, pay him.::Morrie: I never agreed to 3 points on top of the vig! What am I, fuckin nuts? Come on!::Henry Hill: Are you gonna argue with Jimmy Conway? Just give him his money so we can get the fuck outta here!::Morrie: Hey! Fuck 'em! Fuck 'em in the ear! What are you talking about? Fuck 'em in the other ear, that son of a bitch! Did I ever bust his balls? Did I? Did I? I could've jumped the dime a million times, and I wouldn't have to pay tip!::Henry Hill: Come on, Morrie, you're talking crazy, stop it!::Jimmy Conway: [Grabs telephone cord and chokes Morrie with it, then his wig falls off and Henry starts laughing] You got money for that fuckin commercial. Fuckin' commercial, you don't got my money, you don't got my fuckin money, huh?::Henry Hill: Jimmy, he'll pay, he'll pay.::Jimmy Conway: I'll fuckin kill you, get the money, you fuckin' cocksucker, you hear me? [Phone rings] Pay me my money.::Morrie: Hello? Who's this? He's here. [Gives phone to Henry]::Henry Hill: Jimmy, I'm sorry.::Jimmy Conway: Yeah? You should be sorry. Don't fuckin do it again and give me the money. Give me the fuckin money, You hear me? You hear me, I gotta come here and you bust my balls? Give me the fuckin money.::Morrie: OK, OK, OK. I'll pay you kid.
Spider: [hesitating] Why don't you go fuck yourself, Tommy?::Jimmy Conway: [stunned silence] Whoa! Can't believe what I just heard. Hey Spider, here. This is for you. [tosses money on the table] Attaboy! I got respect for this kid. He's got a lot of fucking balls. Good for you! Don't take no shit off nobody.
Jimmy Conway: What's the fuckin' matter with you? What - what is the fuckin' matter with you? What are you, stupid or what? Tommy, Tommy, I'm kidding with you. What the fuck are you doin'? What are you, a fuckin' sick maniac?::Tommy DeVito: How am I meant to know you're kidding? What you mean, you're kidding? You breaking my fuckin' balls?::Jimmy Conway: I'm fuckin' kidding with you! You fuckin' shoot the guy?::Henry Hill: He's dead.::Tommy DeVito: Good shot. What do you want from me? Good shot. Fuckin' rat anyway. His family's all rats. He'll grow up to be a rat.::Jimmy Conway: You stupid bastard, I can't fuckin' believe you. Now, you're gonna dig the fuckin' thing now. You're gonna dig the hole. You're gonna do it. I got no fuckin' lime. You're gonna do it.::Tommy DeVito: Who the fuck cares? I'll dig the fuckin' hole. I don't give a fuck. What is it, the first hole I dug? Not the first time I dug a hole. I'll fuckin' dig a hole. Where are the shovels?
Frankie Carbone: I could never hit that number [unintelligible]::Tommy DeVito: Frankie, Frankie, Frankie. What the fuck does 528 have to do with 460? I can't believe this guy. Fuckin' 528 ain't even close to 460. Now what the fuck does that got to do with anything?::Frankie Carbone: Eh, I been playin' that numba for three years
Pete the Killer: [points] By the way, I took care of that thing for ya
Tommy DeVito: Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning.
Henry Hill: You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny.::Tommy DeVito: What do you mean I'm funny?::Henry Hill: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy.::[laughs]::Tommy DeVito: What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What?::Henry Hill: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, the way you tell the story and everything.::Tommy DeVito: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it?::Anthony Stabile: Tommy no, You got it all wrong.::Tommy DeVito: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how?::Henry Hill: Jus...::Tommy DeVito: What?::Henry Hill: Just... ya know... you're funny.::Tommy DeVito: You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?::Henry Hill: Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?::Tommy DeVito: No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!::Henry Hill: [long pause] Get the fuck out of here, Tommy!::Tommy DeVito: [everyone laughs] Ya motherfucker! I almost had him, I almost had him. Ya stuttering prick ya. Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.