First time watching GOODFELLAS (it’s a true story?!)

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[@bradclements9517]

Tommy's mom was played by Martin Scorsese's real life actual mom, and she pretty much improvised her entire scene.

[@padfolio]

Scorsese's dad was Vinnie in the prison scenes.

[@Yora21]

She was told that in this scene, her gangster son and his friends come over late at night. But not that they have a body in the trunk of their car outside and were on their way to bury him.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

She was also in Casino

[@esotericslayer6004]

She’s a g

[@subliminallime4321]

The thing that kinda blows my mind about Samuel Jackson being in this movie is that he was 42 years old in 1990 when this came out. He was playing a tiny part & about to become one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

[@Madbandit77]

He made some appearances in some early Spike Lee films ("School Daze", "Do The Right Thing" and "Jungle Fever")

[@Zylthis]

@@Madbandit77 Don't forget his role in "Coming to America"

[@Jessica_Roth]

It always blows my mind to see Sam in a small part as an attorney in a Season 1 episode of "Law & Order" from around this time. Everybody starts somewhere.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

And he looked older than 42 and now he looks wayyy younger than 75

[@BlackFlightNY]

Which is why people who preach about success/motivation online say the same thing about age: don’t ASSUME it’s “over for you” or that 30-40 is “too old” to pursue your dreams! You MIGHT be “quitting” right when u were “this close” to doing it! 🤏🏾

[@jomojojo6603]

Henry Hill was on a talk show when the movie came out. Someone said that the movie was quite brutal and asked him if real mob life was that brutal, not as brutal or worse. Henry said, "Aw, real mob life is way more brutal. Not even close to the movie."

[@WiseGuy5674]

Henry was a rat that said anything to get out of jail. This movie glorifies him, and this movie is 75% bullshit. Henry was an associate at best. He was a drug addict that nobody trusted including Paul Vario. This movie is glorified bullshit.

[@AddieCounts]

Wooooaaaah!

[@MikeB12800]

He was also an exaggerator

[@adrianpeart]

I mean, he's not the most trustworthy person

[@NemeanLion-]

All you have to do is watch “The Iceman” tapes to know how sociopathic these individuals are.

[@dragnet42]

You should watch Casino as well

[@alextan1478]

I second Casino (1995). It's my all-time favorite Martin Scorsese movie. #CasinoForAddieCounts

[@angelomaurizio1668]

@@alextan1478 I third Casino 😃Another Martin Scorsese classic

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Yessss

[@DrRockso79]

My Blue Heaven starring Steve Martin & Rick Moranis is a comedy loosely based on Henry's life in Witness protection. It was written by Nora Ephron, who was the wife of Nicholas Pileggi (the guy who wrote the book Goodfellas was based on).

[@Anubisblack]

Great movie too.

[@1138paul]

I was going to say that. Great double feature.

[@johnsilva9139]

I was about to mention the same thing. Very funny Nora Ephron movie from early in her movie career. It's just so funny that she thought of making a comedy about it.

[@BlackFlightNY]

I had no idea about Blue Heaven until this comment, so I guess I’ll look for the whole movie now, thanks! 😂

[@waterbeauty85]

Two of the cutest comments I've heard in a reaction to this movie were from Simone of Cinebinge who said "Paulie is interesting. He looks cuddly and scary at the same time" when the character was introduced and "I told you he was a cuddly bear" when Paulie gave Henry the wad of cash instead of immediately having him wacked.

[@BlackFlightNY]

In the book Henry said Paulie actually only gave him $300 😂 For “Hollywood” they made it $3200 He said Paulie was cheap, he wouldn’t have given $3200 to someone who he was probably arranging to be killed anyway😂

[@orangeandblackattack]

I watch Cinebinge too! Simone's emotional reaction and George's critical analysis is a great pairing.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

The scene where Henry Hill and Karen Hill go on their first date from where they get out of the car, walk downstairs, walk to the table and watch the guy open on stage with the microphone is all one brilliantly shot 3 min take.

[@darastarscream]

And it wasn't planned that way. The Cabana was still open for business that night and the production was having a hard time getting everything squared away. So they made that the theme of the scene-- Henry skipping the line and gliding past everything like a total boss.

[@thefutureistubes5838]

"My Blue Heaven" is a comedy that picks up where this movie leaves off

[@Madbandit77]

It was also written by the late Nora Ephron, who was married by Goodfellas co-writer Nick Pileggi, the author of the book, "Wiseguy", the movie's based on (the film had to change its name to "Goodfellas" to avoid confusion with the Stephen J. Cannell TV series and a Brian De Palma film).

[@ericlane419]

Tommy's mother is actually Martin Scorsese real mother. Cracks me up because no matter the time of day, my friends Italian grandmother went through all the same rituals in always over feeding us, while sitting at the corner of the table in between us. Probably one of my greatest memories!!! Thank you grandma Stellino!

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Addie! 😊 The character known as Jimmy Conway (Really Jimmy Burke) also died in prison. Henry was active on the Internet for several years before he died. He died of natural causes in 2012. His mobster threats had all passed away. You should also check out "Casino" (1995) which is also a true story, directed by Scorsese, with some familiar actors. Great reactions to this well made mobster film, Addie!!!! 🎬👏👏👏👏

[@bradvalentine1564]

30:29 That man was the actual agent that handled Henry's witness protection case.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Wow

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I feel like when it comes to jumpscares, Addie is jumpier than many reactors. So it makes moments like Tommy being shot all the more entertaining to watch. :)

[@hugh8329]

The movie doesn't cover Henry Hill's time in the Army, smuggling booze and contraband into barracks. And it only briefly touches on fixing basketball games.

[@victorsixtythree]

Nicholas Pileggi wrote the book "'Wise Guy" that the movie is based on and he co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. Fun fact - Pileggi's wife was Nora Ephron who is known for writing Romantic Comedies like When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. She also wrote a comedy called "My Blue Heaven" about a mobster living in the witness protection program. She was inspired by some of the same real life details and interviews that Pileggi had done with the real life Henry Hill.

[@ryanelogan5540]

"Casino" and "After Hours" are 2 high-energy Scorsese films you may enjoy. I'd be interested in seeing your reactions to those.

[@notabritperse]

"After Hours" won't initially bring in huge numbers of views, but those (like me) who do watch it will be VERY grateful. It's low-key one of my favorite Scorcese films; dark, funny, and the opposite of his more typical sprawling epics, since it all takes place in one night. Also, if you like it, you'll probably like "Into the Night" (John Landis) and "Something Wild" (Jonathan Demme).

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

The animated show Animaniacs had a cartoon segment called the Goodfeathers and they were pigeons with these same personalities. They also had similar voices on top of that.

[@darastarscream]

"Are you cooin at me? Are you cooin at me?"

[@BlackFlightNY]

*”THATS IT!!…”* 🦆

[@hungryewok1684]

1:51 "what a way to start a movie" Truer words have seldom been spoken

[@TheYakusoku]

"Did they know they had a body in the trunk?" LOL.

[@Snyper-if3kt]

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster” - Ray Liotta (Henry Hill)

[@jd-zr3vk]

It is amazing a bullet didn't go through the gas tank.

[@johnortmann3098]

When Hill first went in Witness Protection he was sent to Omaha, Nebr., which has little or no Mafia presence. Within a short time he was selling dope outside the entrance to Offutt Air Force Base, which is a little alarming as Offutt is the home of what was then called the Strategic Air Command, in charge of nuclear weapons. He somehow got made in Omaha and they moved the family somewhere down south before sundown. Later, after he was kicked out of Witness Protection he turned up in North Platte, Nebr., where some people I know knew him. He was working at a restaurant. He got busted there for drug dealing at least once.

[@phillipribbink6903]

Addie if you want a follow-up about Henry's life after Goodfellas. Check out On the Run: A Mafia Childhood. It's a book written by his son and daughter (they changed it so that Henry had daughters in the movie, to protect the children) about their childhoods growing up with Henry as a father. Henry's drug arrest in '87 was just the tip of the iceberg of the stuff he did that got him kicked out of Witness Protection.

[@grendeltech]

I only recently discovered that Goodfellas and My Blue Heaven were about the same person.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Another good underrated mobster movie is "A Bronx tale", it focuses on a boy who becomes friends with a mob boss and his experience living in the Bronx

[@michaeltucker5881]

Martin Scorsese also did Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. Two great movies

[@jimshaw9449]

Henry Hill had a daughter, she wrote a book about growing up in the mob, her view of her dad as a child, really fun read.

[@jamesrawlins735]

Henry Hill (Ray Liotta's character) couldn't stop his criminal ways. He got booted from the Witness Protection Program for trafficking cocaine (convicted in 87). In 2004 he spent six months in jail for attempted meth possession. He also married another woman while still married (bigamy). He also had big issues with alcoholism and got into trouble with things he did while drunk.

[@eugeneodonnell4680]

I remember him in the 90's being on Howard Stern all the time acting the clown and making a fool of himself.

[@bobsaget7775]

When Tommy killed Stacks (Samuel L Jackson) it was the only time he ever showed hesitancy to kill anybody. He also regretted it afterwards. He begged Paulie not to make him do it as he and Stacks went way back. He felt so bad afterwards, that he said "I'm sorry pal, I hope it didn't hurt too much. I'll see you on the other side" and he called Stacks' mother to apologise for what happened. This shocked me more than anything about the real life events of Goodfellas

[@josephorren8980]

If you're on a mob kick, Once Upon a Time in America is a must watch. It's really long, but incredible and is one of the main influences for Tarantino.

[@johnboydTx]

One great movie 👏👏👏✌️

[@fern4real733]

I've been so stoked for this!!

[@FutureBoy85]

I love the new nickname you gave Billy Bats 😂 To me he is now known as Billy Ball Busting Bats 🤣 Good one Addie! 🙌🏼

[@AddieCounts]

BALL BUSTIN' BILLY! The alliteration just makes it so fun to say hahaha

[@FutureBoy85]

@AddieCounts 😅 Most definitely! In past I've heard people call him Billy Go home and get your shine box Bats, but I like your nickname better 👍🏼

[@flarrfan]

I'll always remember him as Phil Leotardo.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@AddieCountswatch Raging Bull

[@Shoota5269]

@@flarrfanThe Sopranos craziest Underboss! 😂😂

[@pctech714]

Pittsburgh is mentioned a few times in this film and what happened here was detailed a lot more in the book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family." Some of my family members knew some of the locals who were involved. I wouldn't find out any details until many years later when all of them were either dead or in prison (the bad people, not my family, obviously).

[@brucedunkle9136]

"Your hat? We can give you a hat!" Nice reaction, Addie.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

Also, don't feel too bad for Karen; she was sleeping with Paulie for years.

[@edsonpacheco294]

Is that true? Or just word of mouth?

[@rubroken]

In real life? In the movie, I don't see that or any implications of that

[@johnbox271]

"According to Henry Hill himself in his memoir Gangsters and Goodfellas, while he was in jail after being sentenced for extortion in 1974, Tommy DeSimone (DeVito in Goodfellas) beat up and attempted to rape Karen, but at the time, Karen was having an affair with Paul Vario." "After DeSimone attempted to rape Karen, one theory is that Vario reportedly took revenge by telling the Gambino crime family that DeSimone was the one who killed made man Billy Batts. They in turn killed DeSimone."

[@rubroken]

@@johnbox271 Thank you, I never read the book

[@Redplant99]

Was about to mention this too. Apparently Paul Vario's son Peter & another man drove Tommy to an unknown location to meet his grisly end and John Gotti (who was a good friend of Billy Batts) was involved in Tommy's murder.

[@randalthor741]

Based on the fact that while he was in witness protection Henry Hill was arrested in Seattle, I'd bet that witness protection placed him in Point Roberts. It's just a little way outside of Seattle, and witness protection likes placing people there because it's only connected by land to Canada, so anyone trying to get there from the rest of the USA by land has to cross an international border twice (into Canada and then out of Canada). The types of people who'd be looking for someone in witness protection are likely to flag alerts going through border security.

[@batman66ism]

Great Reaction Addie. Your channel ROCKS😁

[@BB13131313]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's such an incredible film for so many different reasons..

[@d4mdcykey]

This has quickly become one of my favorite films to watch on Reaction channels; it can be interpreted in so many very different ways from so many angles but all people from all places concur this is a fully immersive, brilliant piece of film making.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Good one, Addie! Crazy story for sure! Thanks for sharing it. 🙂

[@maximillianosaben]

"One dog goes one way and the other goes the other. And this guy's saying, 'whaddya want from me?'" *Hahaha*

[@billparrish4385]

Guy's got a nice head of white hair, look how beautiful with the dog, it looks the same. Looks like somebody we know!

[@Dave-jm3zf]

@@billparrish4385 What ever happened there

[@billparrish4385]

@@Dave-jm3zf Nobody knows what happened to him. He came into the joint one night, and then he just disappeared. That was it. 🤥

[@TheRealAhoy]

You're probably my favourite reactor when it comes to being genuinely shocked by things. The thumbnail is exactly what I'm expecting to see lol.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same

[@joeblankenship377]

Her horror movie reactions are the best.

[@TrusteftReacts]

Thank you for another fun reaction. "Not a single goodfella here" THANK YOU! When this movie was released I completely missed it, perhaps because I was a bit too young, or just coincidence. I don't remember. Years later in the late 90s I got to watch it for the first time in a lecture hall at the university , as a student. I enjoyed it very much and even went out and bought the DVD for it. For the next 2-3 years I was watching it every few months, usually with some Chinese takeaway (or KFC) and having a blast. The funny thing is, the older I got, the least I like it, which for me at least is extremely rare. Not from the technical standpoint, the movie is a masterpiece, but as the story of some bad criminals who deserved no attention. No good character traits, no redeeming qualities in any of the main characters. Terrible terrible people with zero skills other than being violent criminals. I can watch the rare reaction video to it, but I really have no desire in ever watching the full film on my own ever again.

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

I’m so glad you pointed out the casting of kid vs adult Henry. I was just thinking the same thing 🤣

[@CuzDud]

Didn't realize until watching this how much I'd like to see Addie react to Taxi Driver!

[@alextan1478]

#TaxiDriverForAddieCounts

[@reconsoldier135]

I watched Addie’s reaction to Tommy getting shot in the head at least a dozen times 🤣🤣🤣🤣 her facial expressions are priceless

[@DetectiveAlley]

This is by far the best reaction I've seen you do. I even subbed! Go figure.

[@crispy_338]

Italian mobster movies are so slick and witty. I love them so much

[@marvinsarracino116]

Addie... She's a Goodfella! 😁 This is one of my favorite movies! Luv DeNiro & Peshi together! "Casino" is another movie they both star in and is worth a watch! I was glad to see you take on this movie. Its a little rough. Great cast and soundtrack in this one! Thanks Addie for sharing your reaction!❤️💛

[@ice-iu3vv]

12:54 "oh, is this the guy from the trunk?" thats gold addie!

[@JacobPMendoza]

This Is My Favorite Movie Ever!!!!!!! Thank you for reacting to this

[@joepalomo6984]

Loved your reaction you were awesome 🌹😎👍

[@TheFemiaTeam]

The DVD of this movie actually has a special feature with Henry Hill talking while watching the movie.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Like most "inspired by a true story" movies, much of the story is highly dramatized or wholesale made up. A movie is always about heightened realism because it's about amping emotions, it's not a documentary.

[@MikeB12800]

Henry lived a couple of towns over from me in Long Island. I had neighbors and friends dads that were connected.

[@Zebred2001]

Gotta check out Casino now Addie!

[@victorsixtythree]

Henry Hill wrote a cookbook called "The Wiseguy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run" based on his experiences trying to get good food while in the witness protection program. Basically, to get good food he had to learn how to cook it himself.

[@deepermind4884]

Were there any desserts with "powdered sugar" on top? 😆

[@michaelnesbitt]

Love this reaction… I met Henry Hill once, he was a very interesting character to say the least.

[@jeffreypreiss8191]

I always enjoy this movie. So well done. Watching all of your emotions and reactions run across your face was fantastic. Happy to shocked to horrified and back again.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!😊😊😊😊

[@TheNyquilDriver]

This was a dang fun watch.

[@victorsixtythree]

You should check out Martin Scorsese's "Casino". It's kind of the unofficial companion piece to "Good Fellas". It has a lot of the same cast and was also written by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi based on a Pileggi book.

[@Saveriox1]

When u sayed "Jimmy!" it was looking like the South Park's Jimmy! Great movie and lovely reaction, as always 💜 "Un giorno i ragazzi del quartiere portarono le borse della spesa di mia madre fino a casa. E sapete perché?! In segno di rispetto."

[@JeffB-SFJ]

Hell, yes! Addie is a fan of "The Midnight". I knew she was cool. Keep up the great work!

[@rc8s]

OK, look, explain the comma in "hell yes." What are you, a Canadian closed-captioner?

[@JeffB-SFJ]

@@rc8s I always do that. It just seems correct somehow. Maybe a grammar expert can explain why it is or is not.

[@rc8s]

@@JeffB-SFJ I'm not correcting you. I just wanted to see why because I can't contact captioners and ask _them._

[@MichaelFoster117]

"did they not know they had a body in the trunk?" Well that would be quiet the discovery 😆

[@radicaladz]

I have had a real rollercoaster of a relationship with this movie, especially the scenes of Henry strung out on coke since I got sober. I never saw black helicopters when I was at the bottom of my personal downward spiral, but that feeling of paranoia and adrenaline burnout is very relatable.

[@dcarroll3686]

Now we cooking w GREASE lol Great Reaction

[@kmvoss]

Great reaction.

[@Bryan-fn3hw]

Time to watch the other movie inspired by Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy. My Blue Heaven (1990) has a decidedly different tone.

[@DirtyDayMix]

Great reaction! now you have to do King of Comedy. That's one of the most Scorsese's underrated masterpieces

[@axisjack7]

It's not a direct sequel necessarily, but My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis is almost just that. A funnier look at what Henry's life was like in the program. Great reaction, Addie!❤

[@evanduty6150]

Exactly!

[@TTM9691]

Addie, so happy you're starting to hit the REAL Scorsese masterpieces. Definitely make sure you have these two non-mob Scorsese masterpieces from the 80s on your list: The King Of Comedy, and After Hours. You'll love both. Both are wild comedies. After Hours is barely an hour and a half. And if you liked this one, definitely hit "Casino", which is virtually a sequel, "Goodfellas Goes To Vegas". And then of course, along with Goodfellas, there are two other Scorsese/De Niro collars that loom large in both of their careers: Taxi Driver and especially Raging Bull. Lastly: in the 90s they did a blockbuster suspense/action movie together that is also real good, great reaction video material and their biggest box office success (ie: people know the movie, don't worry): "Cape Fear"! All of those movies deserve WAY more reactions. Goodfellas and Taxi Driver have plenty of reactions, but those others should have WAY more considering their place in movie history. All are real great. (PS: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, an incredible woman's film from 1975, is yet another great Scorsese movie you should check out, probably off the channel though, I don't know if that's as well known anymore).

[@benthompson3026]

I remember flipping through the channels one day and catching this movie on the Lifetime Channel.

[@olafurw]

The lawyer at the end was played by the actual lawyer that helped them. Edward A. McDonald played himself.

[@djJaXx101]

I am never settled on a top 10 list, but for me. Goodfellas and Shawshank are always top 5 movies ever.

[@damianstarks3338]

This mob movie is a pure classic happy to see you reacting to this mob movie.

[@MarcoMM1]

Great reaction Addie like alwyas, love this movie. Some fun-facts about this movie, some of the real criminals portrayed were actually toned down for the film, the infamous “funny how?” scene wasn’t in the script. This famous (if not the most quoted) scene comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise. Both of Martin Scorsese’s parents have cameos in this movie. She plays Tommy's mother in the infamous dinner scene following Billy Batts’s murder, but the family connections hardly stop there. Tommy’s mother’s painting of two dogs sitting in front of an old man ("One's going east, and the other one is going west. So what?") was actually painted by co-writer Nicholas Pileggi’s mother. And Scorsese's father Charles also pops up as Henry’s prison compadre who puts way too many onions in the gravy. The large “f**k” count was mostly improvised, among the many things Goodfellas has become famous for over the 30 years is its liberal use of the word “f**k.” In all, the expletive and its many colorful derivatives are used 300 times. I dont know how this movie only went home with one Academy Award. You should react to "Casino" (1995) is another masterpiece from Scorsese, with De Niro and Pesci. Keep up the amazing work.

[@Redplant99]

In regard to the "How am I funny" scene, Pesci had worked as a waiter and while serving a gangster one night complimented him on being funny. The man's reaction was similar to Tommy's in the movie.

[@MBolesy]

shout out to The Midnight - love your t-shirt btw

[@UberDurable]

A movie all about family values, how sweet!

[@matthewcostello3530]

they didn't use the term Goodfellas it was Wiseguys which was the name of the book

[@Shoota5269]

“Watch 🎰 CASINO 🎰 “ the best mob true story besides “Goodfellas”

[@HunterHuiet]

Addie, Goodfellas is a FANTASTIC movie! Joe Pesci won a well deserved Oscar for this movie. You need to see The Godfather movies, Gangs of New York, The Irishman, Donnie Brasco, the television series The Sopranos, and the Sopranos movie prequel The Many Saints of Newark

[@alextan1478]

She has seen The Godfather Parts 1 & 2. #MoreMobMoviesForAddieCounts

[@MrQuinn-tc3uo]

" my blue heaven " with steve martain is loosely based on henry hill in WITSAC. Funny movie.

[@ianduncan3141]

Henry Hills story in Witness protection program was turned into a movie called "My Blue Heaven" with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis; which is a movie I grew up watching and love it. It's very funny and I wish more people knew about it. You might wanna feature it if you're genuinely curious about this topic.

[@SnarkKnight1]

The "History Buffs" video on this is very good.

[@MasterNinjaTeddyBear]

Another Martin Scorsese film with Joe and Robert that captures the spirit of this movie is called Casino if you want more into a different story.

[@fugazi225]

thanks for reaction

[@aqeelsabb8292]

There are a couple is specific changes made from real life vs the movie: The shoe shine incident between Bill Batts and Tommy happened at one club, but a week or so later Tommy killed him at another club. My guess is that it was just simpler just to shoot it as one event, since it still doesn't betray the incident. In the movie, Henry sees Paulie and gets the $3200 before Paulie turns his back on him, but IRL, Karen gets the money from Paulie. It does work better for dramatic effect since Henry was like Paulie's son. Also, Jimmy, not Tommy, was the unhinged, psycho that Pesci played and supposedly, Tommy and Stacks were the best of friends.

[@Redplant99]

Another fact they don't mention in the movie is that Batts wasn't murdered just because he insulted Tommy. It was because Jimmy had taken over Batts' loansharking racket while Billy was in prison and, now that Batts was back on the street, Jimmy didn't want to give it back to him.

[@aqeelsabb8292]

@@Redplant99 That would explain, in IRL, why Billy was killed after the shoe shine incident with Tommy and not the same night. Yea, Henry did a bunch of stuff before we meet him as the older Henry. I remember in the book that he went into the military before embarked on a life of crime.

[@JB-nc7yk]

You have to watch Casino (1995) now, another great Martin Scorsese film with both Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci at it again. Not as iconic as Goodfellas but a great, great, great, great film.

[@baronvg]

She also released a Point Break reaction around the same time and I think it’s extremely funny that both movies feature someone getting shot in their foot 😂

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci reunited again in Casino & Cop Land. You definitely need to watch those movies too.

[@cshubs]

I watched Cop Land for the first time last month. Yeah, totally worth it. I should say I thought The Irishman was a real disappointment.

[@existential_sad_boi]

Henry has recently (at least within the last decade or so since podcasts REALLY took off) was on a podcast that allowed callers, and he was threatened on-air. He laughed it off and told the guy off lmfaoooo

[@Kryptic245]

I remember watching an interview with a man who was in the mafia around that time. He said while he wasn't part of that family, he did know some of the people being portrayed in the film. The scary part is he said the movie actually downplayed some things. For example, you know how Tommy was a loose cannon and completely insane? Well, the guy commented that Tommy was the most accurate character. He said Tommy was pretty much the bar for how all Mafia guys are. Especially back then, and they get worse from there.

[@earlbrown]

Just finished and watching your closing... There's lots of videos on youtube interviewing the real Henry Hill you might enjoy. And since you're enjoying Martin Scorsese films, I can't wait to see your facial expressions when you get to Full Metal Jacket! :D

[@iuutuube]

Henry Hill died 69 years old, in 2012, heart problem. Jimmie never got out of the prison, he died in prison 64-years old, cancer. Jimmy's son (not shown or mentioned in the movie) was shot dead during a drug deal gone wrong, 26-years old.

[@Babbles217]

one of the most dad movies ever.

[@zbennalley]

I never thought I would hear Addie say THICC lol

[@TimothyHorth]

You need to watch casino next!! It’s a follow up movie to good fellas

[@israelmassey]

You should definitely take a look at Casino next.

[@jd-zr3vk]

Imagine Tommy robbing the McCalister house.

[@Rickky007]

The most realistic mob movie is 1997 Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.

[@hubbifrubbins3719]

That indeed is the best.

[@alextan1478]

#DonnieBrascoForAddieCounts

[@giodagrate5369]

Casino is next 👍🏼

[@huliohuliohamijo]

30:28 This guy was playing himself btw. He was a doctor of law who worked as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan and afterwards joined the Organized Crime Strike Force. He worked in a few cases, this being one of them. He was the guy who got Henry Hill and his wife in the witness protection program. Scorsese casted him to play himself, and he improvised a couple of lines in that scene, based on what he remembered from the real conversation.

[@jayb2k11]

Addie, you need to see Casino (1995) too...ASAP!

[@stratagon]

"What the flippin' heck?" - Addie. All these gangster movies are starting to corrupt Addie!