GoodFellas (1990) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | The Sopranos Took So Much!

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Who is your favorite "Cameo" from The Sopranos! Haha

[@Mr.White10-65]

There are 27 actors and actresses that were in both the Sopranos and Goodfellas. Can you spot them all?

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Michael Imperioli

[@kcthecat]

Carmella’s mom!!

[@petersabourin1276]

my favourite cameo is from frank vincent who hasn't debuted on your sopranos reactions yet

[@peteyn.y.7960]

Tony Sirico aka “Paulie Walnuts” 😂 Tossing the mailman into the car! 😂 … and (Frank Vincent) Phil Leotardo who will soon be on the Sopranos! Love Phil’s Character 🤣

[@andrewreisinger6860]

You guys already saw the Sopranos episode when Christopher shoots the kid at the bakery in the foot. When the kid says "you shot me in the foot!" Christopher replied "It happens." Great callback to Goodfellas!!

[@marennicholson5444]

In college I went home with a friend to her house for a weekend and her dad grew up in Brooklyn with all the Goodfellas guys. When he found out it was one of my favorite movies he told me so many stories about them, mostly about Jimmy Conway whose funeral he had attended a year or two before. I hung on every word.

[@tonystreetman8209]

Jimmy Burke

[@MrTech226]

@@tonystreetman8209 I was going to say Jimmy "The Gent" Burke. In other words, Maren's friend's father knew Henry, Tommy DeSimone, and Paul Vario. I am subscriber to former mobster, Michael Franzese whose father, John "Sonny" Franzese, Underboss for Colombo Family. One of his videos called Mobster Movie Monday, he was discussing about this movie. During Michael's time of his former life, like Maren's friend's father, he knew all members portrayed here especially Billy Batts (Frank Vincent). Michael stated that he have met real Henry Hill few times. Ray Liotta's version is total opposite of real Heny according to Michael. By the way, Michael's father didn't want him to be involved with "Family Business". Michael was going to be doctor studying at a medical school when his father, Sonny gotten sentenced for 50 years in prison. So, Michael quit school and went into business to support his family. Michael is very well spoken man. He talks about his former life without giving much details. Michael has sit downs with actors who portrayed mobsters in movies. Michael had a sit down with former undercover FBI agent, Joe Pistone aka Donnie Brasco and former US District Attorney and New York City's Mayor, Rudy Guiliani. Rudy used to prosecuted Mobsters under RICO Statute. Michael stated that he never had bad feeling about both Rudy and Joe because they were just doing their jobs. I gave him an idea for a dream "sit down" with Goodfellas' director, Martin Scorsese. So, they can talk about his iconic movies.

[@8to5oncleveland27]

Please share one of these stories. 🙂

[@marennicholson5444]

@@8to5oncleveland27 one of the stories he told me was about his friend who had a gambling debt to Jimmy. He was a huge guy over 300 pounds and his name was Fat something (I don’t remember) and they were in a car together when Jimmy jumped in and put a gun to his head and said if he didn’t pay they were both dead. Somehow the friend started making jokes and Jimmy started cracking up and said he would let him live because he was so funny. He got out of the car and Jimmy didn’t kill them.

[@8to5oncleveland27]

@@marennicholson5444 Thank you so much! 🙂 Goodfellas is my favorite film and I love all the stories about them in real life.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

This is an incredibly well done movie. I never get tired of watching it, because it is done so well. RIP Ray Liotta :(

[@jeremybr2020]

Ray Liotta is dead? Wow, holy shit I'm just now finding this out. Not sure how I missed that. Damn that sucks.

[@Scary__fun]

Thought the guy was spoiling the movie for the Mrs. when he kept bringing up stuff before it happened... like feeding guy to the lion or going into witness protection. I feel his man card is revoked since he hadn't watched the greatest mob movie ever made.

[@besnick]

Holy shit, just learned about it. RIP man

[@monkeyslovewand]

Wow I didn't know that? At least he'll always be remembered for starring in one of the best gangster/or just films of all time. RIP Goodfella.

[@jeremybr2020]

@@monkeyslovewand Glad Im not alone in somehow missing this news.

[@vicjr74]

Rest in peace Ray Liotta. 💔 "He's was a goodfella. He was one of us."

[@kellifranklin9872]

RIP Ray Liotta. He was so fantastic in this film but Pesci and DeNiro chew up the scenery in this masterpiece. I love love love this film! So happy y’all did this.

[@scalefree]

The entry into the restaurant was done in a single shot 3 minutes long. It's one of the all time greatest shots in film history.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

The opening shot of Touch of Evil (1958) is still my favorite long take. This one is probably my second. There is also a great one in 12 Angry Men (1957). Robert Altman did one in The Player (1992) that last almost 8 minutes.

[@stevemchale9775]

And a total fabrication. Henry Hill was no big shot.

[@scalefree]

Excellent. Nothing could matter less to me. It was still a great movie.

[@stevemchale9775]

@@scalefree just sharing a fact. Everything isn't negative intended.

[@OneEyedJack1970]

Season one of True Detective had a really long tracking shot too, when Rust was trying to infiltrate the bikers to find their meth source.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Scorsese's mob movies are: Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, and The Irishman. Mean Streets is about really low-level guys in the '70s. Casino is about really big-time players in Vegas. The Departed is an adaptation of a Hong Kong crime film to the Boston Irish mob. And The Irishman is speculation about some mob guys associated with Jimmy Hoffa.

[@money0vrerrythin11]

what about good fellas

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@@money0vrerrythin11 Mid-level guys. Paulie's a captain. Henry, Tommy, and Jimmy are only connected, but they're connected to a captain, so that makes them similar to a made guy minus some privileges.

[@ericjahoda2997]

When I was "much younger" I had a paper route. I would always read the stories while folding my papers. I remember reading about the Lufthansa heist at the time. That was the biggest robbery in history. Years later, while on a business trip, I read "Wiseguys", the book this movie is based on. I remember thinking, "OMG, I know this!" when it talked about the Lufthansa heist! Then, a few years after that, "Goodfellas" came out. I loved it! A bit of trivia for you.... When they go and get a knife from Tommy's mother, THAT is Martin Scorsese's Mom!! Rest in peace.

[@dmwalker24]

She is so amazingly natural in that small scene. Makes sense though. She is an Italian Mother. I love it when directors cast people in roles they have actually lived. Really adds to the realism.

[@TearYouApart360]

My absolute favorite Mob movie. You can definitely tell this had a huge influence on the Sopranos.

[@007steveT]

Frank Vincent who played "Billy Batts" (the guy stabbed to death in the trunk of the car) plays a significant part in "THE SOPRANOS" from season 5 - A great Sopranos character!!!

[@IntoTheWhite04]

Phil leotardo

[@mcbiggy1322]

Cant even say his name…..

[@Jerrongamereview]

The Shah of Iran

[@MrMeddyman]

HE DID 20 FUCKING YEAHHHRS

[@markmac2206]

wish they did more with his kid brother.

[@LPJack02]

RIP and long live Ray Liotta (December 18, 1954 - May 26, 2022), aged 67 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@christopherbradford193]

When they stopped at Tommy's mom's house while Billy Batts is in the trunk that entire scene is improv. Tommy's mom is played by Martin scorsese's mom

[@wvman2374]

And Vinnie (hes in prison and also one of the guys who kills Tommy; "hes gone. and there was nothing we could do about it.") was played by Scorsese's father.

[@velkonemriam1935]

Michael Francese is still alive. He even had his own KZbin channel. He’s the only one, that I’m aware of, who truly turned his life around after being in the mob life.

[@normlee6566]

The "Do I amuse you?" dialog was improvised by Pesci and Liotta, but the others in the scene didn't know and sat there kind of stunned as the two went off script. Scorsese encouraged some of his cast to improvise (especially DeNiro and Pesci), but it created great tension as you can feel the others in the scene were a bit tense as to where it was all going. But better than the Godfather? Blasphemy! :P

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Way better than the Godfather, but much better than anything Scorsese did afterwards.

[@popculturewatch8689]

It's not blasphemy at all. A lot people have said it. But, part of it plays into what you are into. A lot of people find Godfather to slow and talky. Goodfellas will be more of one's speed if that's your take. It also depends on what you saw first among other things.

[@TheInsaniacGuy]

@@AnonEyeMouse 'Casino'? 'The Departed'? Idk about "way better", chief, lol.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

@@AnonEyeMouse It's not better than the Godfather, and his best move is Taxi Driver.

[@AdhamOhm]

Joe Pesci grew up in a mob neighborhood. When he was a youngun he remembered a boss or somebody powerful getting called "funny" and being really offended by it, not even joking like Tommy but actually angry.

[@johncalloway5093]

Fun fact - The guy who brings Henry and Karen into the witness protection program, plays himself in the movie.

[@raularango3539]

Is it? I remember him different in a documentary about fixing games at Boston college

[@johncalloway5093]

@@raularango3539 Maybe he was involved in the investigation of that as well. It's a chance I'm wrong, but I can swear remembering that it's the same guy.

[@raularango3539]

@@johncalloway5093 check out the Doc "playing for the mob". He says the reason he took interest in Hill wasn't the drugs it was because they were fixing Boston College games where the agent played college ball.

[@brianbrady9601]

Duhhhh

[@brianbrady9601]

Uh yeah, that's Nick Pileggi

[@mojav26]

The film is pretty accurate to real life events with some details changed. As they said it's based on the book Wiseguy written by Nicholas Pileggi as he interviewed Henry Hill, of course they left quite a lot of his story out of the film because of the time limitation.

[@GangstaStan010]

Hell yeah. Those guys were worse. Jimmy dismembered a guy and threw his remains in the front seat of his (The victims) car.

[@AI_Image_Master]

There was a TV show at the time called Wiseguy so they changed it to Goodfellas.

[@Adski975]

Reality is stranger (or more gruesome) than fiction here. Tommy Desimone (Tommy DeVito) tried to r*pe Henry's wife Karen when Henry was in jail. Paul Vario, who had an affair with Karen found out and ordered Tommy dead. John Gotti himself probably personally killed DeSimone since he was a good friend of Batts and I think Henry Hill and Michael Franzese thinks he did it. Tommy was an absolute monster. Despite being a r*pist, he killed a random civilian in cold blood right in front of Henry just to test out his new gun. He shouted "hey c*cksucker" and that was that. When Henry said "That was cold blooded, Tommy", Tommy responded something along the lines of "Well, I'm a cool kitten", no joke. Paulie was not nearly as much of an old nice grandpa in real life. Despite having a relationship with his "friend's" wife, Paulie beat a random cashier (to death, maybe?) with a bat because she happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Jimmy had countless of people's blood on his hands. The film portrays him rather accurately Even Henry was no saint. He wrote the book so a lot of it is unreliable since he wrote himself to be a better person than many believe. He probably was no good either. Yeah... Watch the goodfellas documentary on youtube if you want to learn more. I think it's super interesting but morbid as hell at the same time. Not for the faint of heart. (edited some profanity because yoitube likes to hide comments regardless of context)

[@shoujahatsumetsu]

@@AI_Image_Master Wow, I remember that show!

[@Malum09]

@@AI_Image_Master Brian de Palma also made a movie called Wise Guys some years earlier

[@JW666]

This is basically 90% true story & the real Henry Hill died in 2012. RIP Ray Liotta, man I still can't believe that he's gone.

[@zooks527]

13:42 - "Is that number still in service?" While 212 is the NYC area code, the 555 exchange has always been a test / unused exchange. That's why you see so many "xxx-555-xxxx" numbers in movies and TV. It's so old that back when telephone numbers had a mnemonic name for the exchange using the letters on the phone face ("MUrray hill 5" for 685, "PRospect 6" for 776, and so on) you would always hear "KLondike 5" (so, 555) as the exchange name on old TV shows.

[@jonahdube9033]

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[@masokotanga7356]

Yup. Dirty Work used 555-0187 for their " Revenge For Hire " business in the film.

[@mistabook]

Oh, you just blew my mind with KLondike 5. That is wild.

[@jokerz7936]

"Just a Twenty?" That was a 1955 twenty that's like 200 bucks today.

[@bikingchupei2447]

32:30 usually i'm pretty good at noticing actors playing dead with their chest moving up and down, but even i didn't notice this one.

[@anthonydanna6069]

If you remember in the first season of The Sopranos, Christopher shot the at the bakery in the foot. The guy yells, “you shot me in the foot.” As he’s leaving Christopher replies, “it happens.” A little nod to his days as Spider.

[@hurricane1951]

"Just a twenty?" Remember what year this was. $20 in 1963 is $185 today.

[@xtldc]

While he doesn’t play a gangster in it, I think Blow with Johnny Depp as the lead role and Ray Liotta playing his father is another really great organized crime film with him in it.

[@sadhu7191]

Blow is like goodfellas son

[@TheNeonRabbit]

In season one of the Sopranos Christopher shot a bakery clerk in the foot and said "it happens" as the guy was screaming about it.

[@washburn11000]

You need to watch Heat, Casino, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Training Day, you will not be disappointed..

[@supernatural653]

Found the xennial

[@ryantozer3117]

Rest in peace to ray liotta and frank Vincent

[@RebelKingfrom1995]

So glad you both reacted to this! Goodfellas is so classic cuz it dropped you into the underworld of the mob so artistically. Masterpiece of a film. Much love from MD

[@EShelby2127]

Ray Liotta & Tom Hulce in "Dominic and Eugene" - an under-viewed gem to watch!

[@DemonBoy3223]

The "third film" you were referring to was THE IRISHMAN from 2019. It has that Goodfellas/Casino fast-paced tone but has more of an older matured feeling to it. And RIP Ray Liotta, a very underrated actor who deserves a lot of fan love.

[@XanderShiller]

DeNiro's dance-kicking was iconic.

[@peteyn.y.7960]

- *Idlewild Airport* was Re-Named to the now *JFK AIRPORT* in Queens! ✈️

[@adrianjuarez1162]

Rip Ray Liotta a man from a one of the best mob movies ever made 🙏😢

[@ExUSSailor]

The "How am I funny" scene was improvised by Pesci. The look of fear, and, confusion on Liotta's face was genuine. Scorsese loved the way it turned out so much, it stayed in the movie. Pesci must've done something right, because, this performance won him an Academy Award.

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

rest in peace ray liotta , 1 of my favorite actors based off this movie alone . the actor who played christopher on the sopranos was in the 1st bad buys movie

[@Philbert-s2c]

"everybody who sings like this is dead now..." Naw, Tony Bennet is still alive but he retired a year or two ago, mostly due to COVID shutting down the venues. He was pretty big on college campuses for years.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Another underrated mob movie definitely worth reacting to is the original Carlito's Way. Al Pacino and Sean Penn, directed by Brian DePalma. Top shelf.

[@EdithCardellini]

R.I.P. Ray Liotta 🕊 ❤️

[@douglascarter2078]

"My Blue Heaven" is basically the comedy sequel to this movie.

[@mauroscarinci1451]

90% of the movie really did happen, some of the stuff is a little exaggerated, but this is the most accurate movie to this day.

[@ericjahoda2997]

RIP Ray Liotta! You were very, very special.

[@TennSeven]

"At least they have each other." Man, you almost made me shoot my drink out my nose.

[@BigPete44]

Yessss “Now Go Get Your F’N Shine Box Mr Movies”! 👊😂 This is a MASTERPIECE!!

[@unqualifiedgamer6252]

In the start of the movie when they name drop a bunch of gangsters, one of the mobsters they name drop is named Michael Franzese. He now has a pretty interesting youtube channel where he talks about his time in the mafia. he has also talked about hes apperence in this movie and his interactions with the real Henry Hill. pretty interesting stuff.

[@donovanbradford8231]

I love listening to his channel and all the various stories are so well told also.

[@davidmeir9348]

27 actors who appeared in Goodfellas were also in the Sopranos.

[@CR-vj6vv]

Also, Carmella’s mother plays Lorraine Bracco’s character’s mother in this movie. Another interesting parallel to the Sopranos.

[@wvman2374]

Some other actors from Goodfellas that were in Sopranos were Billy Batz who was Phil Leotardo, the club owner who had Paulie become his 'partner'...he was one of the captains under Tony Soprano, Karen's mother played Carmella's mother, Henry's drug dealer was Beansie, and the guy in prison who cooked the steaks ("oh an aristocrat") was the FBI cheif. Theres a bunch of actors that had smaller roles in both productions. On the mob structure, you have the Boss (such as Tony Soprano), the consigliere who is a chief advisor (Sylvio), and an Underboss (Bobby) who reports to the Boss. Then you have various crews all headed by a Captain who report to the Underboss or Boss directly (such as Ralphie or Gigi). In Goodfellas, Paulie was a Captian of his own crew. Underneath the captains you had Soldiers, these are the 'made' guys and are official members. But you also had associates who were not official members but were under the protection of the crew and kicked up to the Captain; Henry and Jimmy were associates. Theres code/slang for made guys where they say 'hes a friend of ours' vs 'hes a friend of mine' if hes just an associate. In Goodfellas we don't see any of the top level mobsters.

[@jamesrichter5774]

Both the guy that plays Pauly in Sapranos and Tommy in this were both connected to the mob life in different ways before acting. That is why they are such good actors in mob movies and shows.

[@kevinsieg2076]

Goodfellas is a masterpiece, and with all the details Scorsese put into the film, it rewards many rewatches just to pick up on things you may have not noticed on a first viewing. Scorsese is a maestro of film form, and this film is a masterclass of filmmaking, with the long steadicam shot of Henry and Karen going through the backdoor of the Copa being copied in many movies throughout the 90s. This is based on the nonfiction book Wiseguy and the author Nicholas Pilleggi cowrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The book tells the true story of a crew in the Luchese crime family in New York. Great video guys, as always, you should check out Scorsese's Mean Streets from 1973-- it is the first film of Scorsese's mafia trilogy and the start of Scorsese's visual style.

[@themoviedealers]

Just recently saw Mean Streets first time. You can tell DeNiro is really having a ball in it.

[@mistabook]

"The start of Scorcese's visual style" - damn, that is so true. I think of it as a very red movie, which is something I associate with Scorsese generally.

[@jefmay3053]

Remember what Vito Corleone said...."I believe this drug business will destroy us."

[@peteyn.y.7960]

💯 facts!

[@Col_Fragg]

I always thought that DePalma dropped the ball when he never revisited that idea in "Godfather 3." Vito's prediction should have come to fruition but Vito's prediction never pans out like it should have.

[@Curraghmore]

Henry and Karen's daughters when they were little, as in the scene when Karen visits him in prison, were Lorraine Bracco's real daughters. One of them is Stella Keitel, whose father is Harvey Keitel.

[@folkblues4u]

Little Sopranos Easter-Egg... When Chris shoots the bakery kid in the foot, he says "it happens" - a little nod to his portrayal of Spider.

[@hookstomper7322]

I never get tired of watching it - or reactions to it. Get around to Casino, another classic.

[@MrMeddyman]

RIP Ray Liotta. Goodfellas, Casino and The Irishman all share the same principal cast (namely, De Niro and Pesci) and are the ones you wanna see as a trio

[@Lespaul13100]

Great movie! I always loved how Scorsese had his mom in his movies. She played Joe pesci's mother in this one.

[@mattjohnson7316]

Harry conic jr. Sings like that hes still alive

[@dereknolin5986]

Trivia tidbit: The shot at the end where Joe Pesci shoots directly into the camera is an homage to the 1903 film "The Great Train Robbery," where one of the bandits does the same thing. Some people reportedly fainted in theaters when the slient film was first shown.

[@Chris_34]

"I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers" 📰

[@UnlicensedOkie]

Funny In this movie, Spider got shot in the foot In The Sopranos, Christopher shoots somebody else in the foot. Jimmy’s real name was Jimmy Burke (he died of cancer in 1996, while still in prison) Many of the events in this movie were true events. Even Spider getting shot for telling Tommy to go fuck himself. Rumors are that he was buried under the crawl space of Robert’s Lounge, a bar that was owned by Jimmy. It’s believed that Tommy was also buried under the crawl space (his body was never definitively found)

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Check out Michael Francese's KZbin channel, he was a Mafioso who walked away from the life (he's actually one of the people who Henry introduces in the bar scene), knew Henry Hill and the other characters.

[@ghostfaceninjakilla1]

RIP Ray Liotta

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

The guy who plays Billy Batts is also on Sopranos, but looks somewhat unrecognizable. There might be a few other s that are easy to miss.

[@Mr.PoliticallyIncorrect]

In my opinion this is the best mafia movie, better than even the Godfather. This movie really captures why the mafia was such an attractive option to poor youngsters. Henry wanted to feel loved and needed, and the mafia was the perfect avenue for that. But this movie doesn't glamorize the life, rather it shows the slow decay it has on you with the constant fear taking its toll on you. Henry managed to escape, but in the end felt like a "average nobody."

[@donkfail1]

The first movie in that trilogy is Mean Streets (1973). It took a while to continue with this one. GoodFellas seem to be the most popular, but my favorite is Casino (1995). Both GoodFellas and Casino has a splendidly brutal and scary Joe Pesci who had his Scorsese debut in Raging Bull (1980) and was just starting his actor career when Mean Streets came out, otherwise it would have been great if he had been in that one too.

[@windsorkid7069]

Several actual mob guys made brief appearances in the movie, mainly when Henry was mentioning their nicknames and during the "how am I funny?" scene which btw was mostly improvised. Joe Pesci's idea.

[@masokotanga7356]

Yup. Tony Siricos interview on YT is great. The guy asks " Have you ever killed anyone? " Sirico: " Did I WHAT!? " Yikes.

[@windsorkid7069]

@@masokotanga7356 Several mob guys that did a brief appearance in the movie were arrested later on for crimes, and one was arrested for murder. The word is that it's the guy who said "I took care of that thing..." while Henry is walking by the bar.

[@rastiga9196]

The mob has always been involved in Hollywood for obvious reasons, they are big money makers.

[@markmac2206]

@@masokotanga7356 hehhehheh classic Paulie.

[@masokotanga7356]

@@markmac2206 Best in the show, by far. For me, anyways. When he repeats his jokes for everyone sitting RIGHT BESIDE him is just gold. His gibberish when he and Puss goto those gay guys apartment to get em to boost another Satin; kills me every single time. " Err; gahocks agogin. Gahoxago * COUGH; COUGH the framistan; COUGH COUGH*. " One of my other favorites is when they're trying to bribe the coach to stay in Jersey. Coach: " Listen, Guido! You tell.." Paulie: " My names Clarence.." Just his calmness as he points to himself and the grin when he says it; it hits me for some reason. Amothe great detail he threw in is the knife hand he uses to point at himself; not his index. Typical of men who served [ His character Paulie served in the U.S. Army ] in the U.S. Military. Great subtle details like that; really shows how attentive he is about his performance. He's just so damned goofy at times; you forget he's a real mean motherfker. Love how he treats his mother/aunt. Great; loyal guy to those he is family with.

[@dsmkrotj4990]

You,have to keep in mind this was the 1950-60's 20 dollars had the buying power of nearly 250 dollars back then about 200 when entering the 1960's and so on.

[@neomatrix9544]

RIP Ray Liotta You will be missed

[@channel55andaboxoftissues16]

Whilst this and Casino get a lot of love (and rightly so, they are amazing), Blow starring Johnny Depp was also not far behind in story telling.

[@markmac2206]

love that movie.

[@seanbumstead1250]

Henry Hill was a member of the luccase family. Oh and the prison time is so not accurate they had a cell and food like everyone else,they put that in the movie to make them look important for the film

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

at the time this was filmed the “entering the copa” scene was one of the longest single take scenes ever made

[@merandacrouch7176]

Kaiju Cowboy and The Mrs....you make the World a little brighter! Much Love and Respects for you you and the Fambam! We love movies too.....Colorado-if you can dig that

[@paulieluppino1856]

20:33 ....."How come nobody sings like this anymore?".....Some people still does, is just they aren't as common as before, but some still does like Michael Bublé or Haley Reinhart.....

[@greggburke7796]

Loraine's mom is English and French, and her dad is Italian. She's Catholic, and she used to be married to Harvey Keitel. (Mr. Wolf in Pulp Fiction)

[@joshgellis3292]

I NEVER knew how connected this film masterwork was so behind the scenes connected to none other than *_The Sopranos_* . Wow. *_The Sopranos: The Goodfellas New Hope_* LOL.

[@MrFox-wn5jt]

This is absolutely a true story, with a few things altered to better translate to the screen. The History Buffs channel does a brilliant breakdown where Nick discusses how much is accurate, well worth a watch (he covers Casino too, plus a lot of other great - and not so great - movies). Great reaction as always guys.

[@alexistrebexis3195]

Henry Hill died a while back. He was on Howard stern all the time. He turned to the drink pretty hard.

[@GhostDrummer]

The FBI guy talking to Henry and his wife about witness protection was the actual agent that helped protect Henry.

[@Parallax-3D]

U.S. attorney, not FBI.

[@CineRam]

Aside from Casino, Scorsese's other mob-related films are Mean Streets and The Departed (which won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture). Goodfellas was also Oscar nominated, but lost Director and Picture to Kevin Costner's western Dances With Wolves. Joe Pesci won an Oscar for playing Tommy.

[@angelamitchinson8439]

Tommy's mom was played by Martin Scorsese's real life mom, Catherine Scorsese. 👍

[@TheYoungDoctor]

His father plays Vinnie in the film.

[@angelamitchinson8439]

@@TheYoungDoctor oh cool, I did not know that 👍

[@William_Sk]

I don't think The Sopranos is anything like Goodfellas, except for the fact that they share a lot of the same actors and that it has a mobster theme. Goodfellas is about the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a mafia associate. The Sopranos is about a gangster who suffers from depression and the pressure of balancing everyday life and his mobster life. Both are fucking fantastic, but saying that The Sopranos copied or was "heavily influenced" by Goodfellas is a very shallow take.

[@mattsean6164]

I agree. Very shallow of them

[@andreasfasold9841]

I wondered why you did not recognize Phil Leotardo, but than I realized he did not show up yet, guess he appears in Sopranos season 4

[@kylestark8581]

Absolute masterpiece, one of my all time favorites!

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

There was a fairly popular TV show that ran from 1987-1990 called Wiseguy. Probably why they changed the name.

[@CineRam]

Wise guys was the name of a comedy that came a couple of years before Goodfellas. I think Danny DeVito was in it.

[@orangehoof]

You should have just kept the "bleep" button pushed whenever Pesci talked. "Hey (bleep)! I'm gonna (bleep) your (bleep) you (bleep, bleep, bleep)!" All in that squeaky voice too.

[@orangeandblackattack]

the coke in the early 80s was from Pablo Escobar. It lasted 6-7 hours if not stepped on and numbed your whole face. It was great! lol

[@warre1]

In case somebody didn't know, Paul is father of Mira Sorvino.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

A young Lorraine Bracco... MEOW with sprinkles on top!!! And Mrs Movies wasn't turned on by the pistol whipping scene, but what if Henry had used a cowboy hat to beat him down with?!?!? And that's when we went to go see Escape Plan starring Arnold and Sly!!! 🙂🙂🙂

[@cultureyeah3390]

It was a Scorsese lookalike in The Sopranos

[@sdb7092]

Goodfellas is my favorite mobster movie of all time and IMO it's the GOAT of mobster movies. also, a lot of people never mention this but. another actor that's in both this and Sopranos is "Tony Lip," who plays "Carmine Lupertazzi Sr" the boss of the NY mob family in the Sopranos, in goodfellas he plays "Franckie the Wop," Hes only shown once at the beginning when Henry is introducing Paulies crew through narration.

[@mattcolton6268]

The third movie in Scorsese’s unofficial mafia trilogy was The Irishman. Stars Deniro, Pacino, and Pesci. Favorite Soprano actor in Goodfellas was Loraine Bracco, it’s a what if she played Carmela.

[@Tusc9969]

You should do a mob poll and include these for future reactions.. "Casino", "A Bronx Tale", "Gotti", "Carlito's Way", "Donnie Brasco" and "Scarface"

[@annatar6453]

This movie has the best pacing, ever.

[@davevannatta985]

Martin Scorsese's mom played the part of Joe Pecsi's mom. You should check out Italian American a documentary Martin shot in 1974 about his parents. They tell some pretty awesome stories.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

His father Charles Scorcese played Vinnie in the film. They both appear in a few of their son's movies.

[@joeschmoe1150]

Remember in the Sopranos when Christofuh shot that kid's foot in the bakery? The kid goes "YOU SHOT MY FOOT!!!" and as Christofuh walks out he says "It happens..." Total reference to him in this movie.

[@meganega123]

Notice how henry is never really involved in any killings? I guess that's just because it based on his book and he didn't want to confess to any more crimes

[@JK-gu3tl]

Not all associates kill and he was never made.

[@lilblock3564]

​@@JK-gu3tlhe def killed lets not be naive.

[@JK-gu3tl]

@@lilblock3564 you don't give wet work to just anybody.

[@Parallax-3D]

@@JK-gu3tl- He couldn’t be made. He was not 100% Italian.

[@MrTech226]

Both Henry and Jimmy are considered as an "Associates" to the Family meaning they are part of the crew.

[@FresnoCA93727]

It was a true story, but I’m sure a lot of it was dramatized. Other really good Robert De Niro movies you gotta watch are Casino, A Bronx Tale, City by the Sea, Raging Bull and definitely Taxi Driver. All 5 star movies imo.

[@pete_lind]

Typical things they do every time , names have been changed , to avoid legal issues , they do that just to be sure , even when Henry Hill was on set as adviser . Billy Batts , scene was compressed , He insulted Tommy one night and it took weeks before they had him back in restaurant Henry Hill owned , where they most likely killed him , Lufthansa loot in movie was missing gold and jewels . I am pretty sure the whole mob was not waiting and cheering him in court house after tobacco arrest . Henry Hill never could kick his drug habit , that why he lost his witness protection 1987 , died in 2012 , after this movie came out , he was not even hiding from mob .

[@Hexon66]

@@pete_lind I think more to the point, Henry Hill was never a person to be overly encumbered by telling the truth.

[@americanzombie1802]

Pretty accurate story. Jimmy Conway was based on Jimmy Burke, and Paulie was based off Paul Vario, a powerful Mob captain in the Luchesse crime family. What I like about this movie is it takes place during the golden era of the mob, when even associates of the mob that weren’t made still maintained quite a bit of power relative to normal civilians. Being a made man in those days was BIG deal. Something a lot of street guys could only dream of. Where as the Sopranos depicts a more modern, late 90’s/2000’s era mob while it was in severe decline.

[@JohnSmith-wh2ob]

Sopranos depictions of Italians will forever annoy me it damn near ruins the show for me

[@backforblood3421]

"Oh, ITALIAN Irish. So he's unique I bet." Melfi to her ex-husband: "Every Italian boy bows down to the freckles." ...and vice versa The tremendous prevalence of those who are half Irish and half Italian in the northeast (including, for example, Joe Rogan and Artie Lange who are mostly Italian) really shows that many Catholics cannot wait to be with someone different from themselves in terms of corporeal identity and characteristics as long as they are also Catholic, as opposed to "crucifying the flesh with its passions and desires".

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

The woman who played Joe Pesci ‘s mother was the director’s mother.