True story behind the movie 'Goodfellas 1990' The story of Henry Hill and the Lucchese crime family

[@omalley5196]

You can't call Goodfellas a cult film. It was well received by critics and fans from the get go. That's not a cult film.

[@joe-zj8js]

Right? It should have won the Oscar for best picture. It was IMHO better than. Dances with wolves and has better replay value.

[@omalley5196]

@@joe-zj8js well said!!! I completely agree.

[@tristramcoffin926]

why do you keep calling Goodfellas a cult film? It is anything but. I don't get it. It was hugely successful at the box office, won Oscars and is among the most popular 90s films to this day. Repo Man is a cult film. Goodfellas is not a cult film.

[@BrandonHill-th1rd]

7 I h n your

[@matthewjones2513]

It's not that important.

[@weedtopia4.20]

Repo man is not a cult classic buddy

[@jamesquimby7223]

Exactly ​@@weedtopia4.20

[@anthonygonzalez2322]

What a hater

[@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb]

Here is a tip folks, MOVIES ARE NOT AN ACCURATE SOURCE OF INFORMATION

[@57clc]

What! You mean Indy really didn’t find the “Ark of the Covenant?” Oh the humanity.

[@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb]

@@57clc 😂🤣😥 If so many true idiots didn't allow their entire world view and beliefs be fashioned by "historical" Films it would be a lot funnier actually. Which is why I included 1 cry face. lol

[@jefflehoux9619]

It’s ok. At least the Death Star was destroyed in 1945.

[@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb]

@@jefflehoux9619 🤣🤣

[@R.Lombardozzi]

Very great work here! Enjoyed every minute. 🤘🏼

[@JacobDean88]

I wouldn't mind a Jimmy Burke movie....

[@andypotter6886]

Vario was far more ruthless than the film portrayed him to be and i still find it hard to believe that after spending over 25 years with jimmy, tommy and paulie nearly everyday that Henry never whacked anyone

[@ryansnr]

I know m8. Paulie was like a big friendly teddy bear in the film 😂 in real life he was a ruthless bastard and a convicted rapist.

[@nancyvillines4552]

What's most shocking is Karen sleeping with Vario! Yuck 😝🤢

[@FallenAngel53]

Mia s Da

[@patrickledonne5547]

So if you read and watch interviews with others in the life, like Michael Francese it's very believable that Henry Hill never physically whacked someone himself. He's usually described as the crew lackey or gopher. He wasn't a gangster in the traditional sense. They were all physically intimidating. Many of Paul varios generation were ex-boxers. Henry wasn't intimidating. His connections were and he learned to make money off of it. He was good friends with Paul Vario's son and by extension a pseudo family member for Paul Vario. He got his respect because of his youthful connection to Vario. Not his street rep and toughness. Now is it possible, even probable Henry had an issue with someone who wound up dead when Henry brought the issue to Vario? Yes.

[@tomjones5650]

​@@nancyvillines4552he exploited her w/Henry in jail.

[@rbarnett3200]

Henry Hill was a straight up psychopath. He happened to hang out with a crew who were also psychopaths. It was something of a perfect storm. Not all mafia crews were like that

[@williammoore1980]

Yes they are. They are bullies, thieves, rapists, murderers, and snitches. You’re a mark if you think otherwise.

[@davidchicoine6949]

Your right but in every gang there is a joe pesci that whoul do anything he need to do to prouve he is the craziest mofo around

[@dantedion9307]

Great Video! Dog Day Afternoon would be a great fiction vs reality story.

[@nancyvillines4552]

@@dantedion9307 great movie 🍿🎥

[@amberlopez7477]

Henry Hill wrote a book. ''Gangsters And Goodfellas'' It about his Mob life during and after Witness protection. It's really good.

[@vinchenzo2502]

@@amberlopez7477 mostly bs though

[@MyCatInABox]

The movie "my blue heaven" (yes with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis) was loosely based on his life during witness protection

[@asullivan4047]

Hill was a diabolically evil " F #% K " up during involvement with lunches e crime syndicate/armed forces/witness protection program.

[@readthebookk]

I LOVE that Martin Scorsese used both of his parents in the movie! That is awesome!

[@eviehammond9509]

Started watching this video only to stop 4 mins in and go watch the movie instead.😂

[@kostasvrionis781]

we will go see the movie after dinner 😅😅

[@vinchenzo2502]

After you see the movie look up the real story. While the movie plays up Ray Liottas character as a wiseguy, the real guy was a low life junkie. Jimmy Burke, on the other hand, the man Deniro is portraying, now he's a man to study

[@eviehammond9509]

@vinchenzo2502 Ive seen this so many times now I can recite the script in most parts!! I'll definitely take your advice though & look up the "real" Henry Hill. While I'm already aware he's not half as charming & clever as Ray Liotta, but then again who is? I love learning more about the characters an amazing movie ( like Goodfellas) is based on or inspired by. Thanks again for taking the time to point that out to me It's greatly appreciated!!! Take Care...

[@LaneTheBrane]

Well played

[@joe-zj8js]

Oh tommy, all dressed up... all dressed up and doing the town.

[@goosebumps2741]

0:00 Intro 0:28 Henry Hill's childhood. 0:55 What they didn't tell you about little Henry. 1:53 A mob-owned cab stand. 2:45 Little Henry's career path. 3:32 Henry doubts that being a gangster is cooler than being president of America. 3:58 Why are there such abrupt time jumps in the movie? 4:55 Henry returns to New York. 5:13 Jimmy Burke, Robert De Niro. 6:26 Tommy DeSimone - Joe Pesci. 8:17 First serious heist. 9:00 Key problems not shown in the movie. 9:40 What happened after the key had been made? 10:11 Henry Hill is not satisfied with his criminal lifestyle 10:25 Henry's failed business. 11:18 Billy Butts - get your shinebox 14:13 A relative of a FBI employee. 14:45 What was the real Paulie Wario like? 15:50 Special status in prison 16:50 Vario was vehemently against powder. 17:35 Lufthansa heist 19:30 Burke's paranoia. 20:24 Tommy DeSimone goes missing. 21:03 Henry becomes an informant.

[@jasonbodine6033]

@goosebumps2741 The picture you show of Billy Batts is actually a Bruno crime family soldier by the name of Pat “The Cat” Spirito.

[@Deanne-cu8ry]

Goodfellas was based on Henry Hill book. Wiseguy

[@carlosflores4380]

​@DonSeriously-is9lb*ova hea*

[@tecolote7463]

I read the book too back in the 80s. When they made the movie they couldn't use the title Wiseguys because there was a TV series called Wiseguy. So they used the Chicago term "Goodfellas". Wiseguys is a New York term.

[@MyCatInABox]

3:20 the look henry's lawyer gives the judge 😅 Like(yeah hello again you know the drill)

[@stuartday1330]

Why did the narrator call this a cult film? It's most definitely anything but cult. It's critically, commercially and has mass appealing on the same level Wizard of Oz or Shinlders List has

[@andrewk3779]

It’s probably a AI generated script

[@asullivan4047]

Diabolically evil criminal syndicate cult film-!!!😉

[@SitritRuiz]

That is not Billy bats!! That’s pat the cat Spirito Philadelphia mob scarfo crime family

[@philanastasijr]

Bruno family.

[@adamloverin4125]

The sentence structure made me vomit.

[@mickplanter4593]

Every time they Mention Billy Bats, They Show a Picture of The Cat 🤷🏾‍♂️ WHY!!!!

[@relish8315]

This Channel is a Goldmine!!!!!

[@DandeENC]

AI audio is not there yet

[@freeman0048]

We still have time before they take over, our kids maybe not

[@CrimesBeingCommittedChannel]

Excellent video 💯

[@goosebumps2741]

Thanks for the visit

[@stupendous1068]

It's a shame Liotta didn't return for Casino.

[@alexcavazos644]

Deniro stood out for that role

[@agnsprinting]

Never thought about that 🤔 your right that could have been great l. Wonder which role he could have played ? Maybe Lester Diamond? Woods killed that role being a creepy freeloader though

[@angeldesigns1385]

“Thank you spiderrrr”!

[@nathank7532]

Great film. Yet really shows that they were just greasy bullies and cowards

[@xxbubblesxx1165]

He called in to howard stern high or drunk once

[@Bearded_Ham75]

Henry's kids ( a Son and a Daughter in real life) Greg and Gina wrote a book about their life in Witness Protection that was really good

[@peacefrog64]

Would you have the name of the book if it’s not too much of a bother.

[@ciadella1971]

Name of the book??

[@Rob-dp3vr]

​@@peacefrog64 Gregg and Gina Hill, ON THE RUN: A Life in the Mafia

[@Rob-dp3vr]

​@@ciadella1971 Gregg and Gina Hill, ON THE RUN: A Life in the Mafia

[@peacefrog64]

@@Rob-dp3vr thank you very much 🤙

[@AmazingNature365]

Lovely video ❤

[@CrimsonNineTail]

I gotta read that book, Wise Guy.

[@angeldesigns1385]

I read it years ago. very good book and covers a lot of stuff that the movie wasn’t able to. there was a big conflict between vario and a guy who tried to come in and open another cab stand that resulted in Henry torching all those cars that they showed in the movie. Pretty interesting stuff.

[@MojoRisin-dm1ep]

Audio book on KZbin👌

[@amberlopez7477]

Read Henry Hills book. It's very good.

[@joansanders1994]

You are showing a picture of Pat The Cat Spirito of the Philly mob. Not Billy Bats Bentvena.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Thank-you

[@GIjoe614]

The key being needed in the air France robbery wuz mentioned & Batts being upset about gettin his rackets back after prison was also vaguely mentioned

[@ipljeff]

One thing about mobsters, they are a lot uglier in person than portrayed on film.

[@FreddyRuger-b6s]

13:34 Thats not Billy Batts. Its Philly mobster Pat the Cat Spirito

[@tomking7080]

I don’t know why they always show that picture for Batts.

[@mikekolczynski5665]

Paul lived in Island Park NY in an ordinary house. Henry lived in Rockville Centre, NY

[@JMV422]

Fun Fact: the picture that shows when speaking about Billy Bats is not him. It’s actually Pat Spirito, a South Philadelphia gangster and Member of the Scarfo family.

[@biggiefitz6275]

Henry lived in North Platte, Ne for a long time just before he moved to LA.

[@LaneTheBrane]

Wiseguys is such a great read

[@bryanbelcher5785]

It wasn't no reason to kill billy bats because if he went to jail for drugs they were going to kill him anyways

[@jumpropexpressions8929]

Tommy DeSimone was not related to the LA mafia boss Frank DeSimone.

[@jefflehoux9619]

Apparently he was related. And the fact that his uncle flipped was part of the reason Tommy was so violent. He was trying to prove he wasn’t as weak as his uncle.

[@michaelmirraandmarc]

Mistake -- Henry met Jimmy Burke before he joined the military.

[@caperguy1567]

Not a single new fact here.

[@goosebumps2741]

Sorry to hear that your expectations were not met, I can suggest you to watch the video about Johnny Dillinger , maybe you will be more satisfied with it.

[@mdc2077]

In the end, all ol poor Hendry wanted was a Carmel Macchiato. Shame on you Lisa for thinking otherwise

[@ianmangham4570]

Not billy batts its Pat the cat out of philly

[@leroybrown8436]

Nothing new about the portrayals of these guys in this video that you can’t find on any other video about them on here

[@MyCatInABox]

3:46 Heyy! There he is! Rip 😢

[@andrewdykes3840]

Much of this is inaccurate as well. Read Wiseguys. Hill wasn't drafted into the 82nd. He volunteered for the army and was in the 101st

[@bretthumphrey6821]

Love video

[@AlanaSmith223]

Is that Paulie Walnuts at 3:46?

[@thinkforyourself2109]

looks like Tony Sirico, yes

[@katemaloney4296]

I don't know if you've broken down Bugsy or Birdman of Alcatraz and Murder In The First and told the true stories of those psychopathic "folklore heroes".

[@daig8817]

Im gonna fetch the papers fetch the papers

[@richwall6304]

Mafia films are always stylised and sanitised. The truth is rarely so pretty.

[@lzcontrol]

He wasn't drafted. He enlisted.

[@beardedweirdo790]

Have we seriously reached the era of AI youtube 🙄

[@MrAlexoe2000]

you saw the movie and google some names not a good video

[@MyCatInABox]

5:34 Look at the schnoz on dis guy here He looks like a walking heart attack😮

[@lordofpain3476]

You are giving the perspective of a murderer and known rat , he would sell out his own mother if he thought that there was something in it for him .

[@jorgetabraue3858]

Dyslexia, asthma, ADHD, all that crap wasn't around back then. Men had to be men. Some were better then others. Now we got trans, furries, etc etc

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

_Bro that's not Billy batt in the pictures your putting up dude that's Pat the Cat Spirito and he was lagging in the Scarfo family in Philly and ended up getting wacked for not obeying orders and talking and acting saversive so Caramandi the Crowe And somebody else wacked Pat the Cat...Get your pictures rite thats not Billy da batt in that pic you keep popping up is pat the cat for the.tenth.time Other then that great video

[@modnarer]

I'm fine calling in a cult film, simply because people are obsessed with it that put it on a pedestal they idolize it. That's what a cult is take a figurehead and you idolize it that's what happened to a lot of it movies Scarface for one. So I'm fine for calling this a cult movie

[@beatricekiddo8531]

Henry was a smuck !!!

[@MaryArrondo]

That would be schmuck…

[@MaryArrondo]

And he most certainly was not. Guessing you’re not from NJ/NY area. Or if you are, you grew up in the Suburbs

[@MaryArrondo]

Smuck…lol

[@shockey49]

Come on, stop playing like Hill was a victim of circumstances

[@shawnd7798]

Who the fuck is this "Scorseso" guy? Is that like the Temu version of Scorsese?

[@qmaube1]

its still corrupt, just related to bohemian grove

[@ROBERTWATFORD-g6h]

Fart Cutters!!

[@shadow______patriot5627]

Goodfellas is the definition of a cult film.

[@calburge4338]

I hate these vids. They watch the movie then review it in here. Making it like they knew before hand

[@johngiaquinto8705]

It would nice to see the movie not talk about it I’m out

[@kberg2020]

Do you always call successfull movies loved by all races a "cult" movie.

[@salmaccorrio7750]

Thank you for now I know who you are I'll be seeing you soon I know you meant to Leo

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

AI generated video: Trash.

[@Stefano10ace-e9l]

BS ~ a bit of a far-off stretch of the actual truth.

[@Snceday1]

Will forever be a snitch

[@bsj9039]

🧀 🐀

[@billywalkabout5076]

I’m going legit See !!!!

[@barefootroofer]

Why would anyone recover this… ALL of this have been said. In a much better way 🖕

[@Canadianmade83]

You couldn't even get an actual person you had to use an ai voice.... Pass.

[@billywalkabout5076]

I got class See !!!!