When Paul Sorvino was chosen by Scorsese for Paulie, at the time he was staring as one of the cops in the early years of Law and Order. He played the detective who’d be replaced by Jerry Orbach as Lenny Briscoe when the show really got huge in the 90s. Aside from Sorvino’s natural looks as a male of Italian descent, he was nervous about finding a way to play a ruthless mob boss which he’d never done before. In real life Paul Sorvino is a genuinely nice guy. He said one day he was at his bedroom dresser mirror getting ready for the day like usual, and he looked down and found a stain or a tear or something on his shirt that he wasn’t happy with. When he looked back up into the mirror, he had THE STARE. That look you both mentioned numerous times. Paul said when he saw it looking back at himself in the mirror, he scared himself! That’s when he knew he was looking at Paulie and knew how to play him in the movie.
I've read that Batts, who was in the Gambino family, was close to Gotti, and that it was Gotti, when he was still a soldier or capo, who personally took care of Tommy as revenge for Batts - it's believed Tommy did not die as quickly as he did in the film; they took their time with him.
Tommy immediately knew that it was a setup because the room was empty. The real ceremony would have have the Family boss there along with other made men and new prospects.
The scene where Paul slaps Henry was totally improvised. Scorsese told Paul Sorvino to slap him even though it wasn’t in the script. Notice Ray’s reaction
According to Henry's IRL version who wrote the book, Jackson's character was actually really close to Tommy. Like so close that Tommy who seem to enjoy killing initially refused to take him out a couple times. It said that it wasn't until he was promised be made if he did that he agreed. Also Tommy felt so bad about it he called the man's mother giving tearful condolences.
Funny how Henry never kills anybody or does anything really OTT. Just some stand over, robbery and drug dealing, etc. Notice how he seems surprised every time someone is killed. I think he got a bit of a free pass here.
@@Cheepchipsable Nice point - I notice this every time they base a movie like this on someone's autobiography - somehow the narrator himself is always just a step or two away from the worst activities we see lol
The real Henry Hill was a real piece of work. He was so messed up drugs or alcohol most of the the time, they even forced him out of witness protection. If you follow Michael Franzese he did a thing on this & because MF was also former Cappo of Columbo family, he said how he seen Henry in prison & even though he was supposed to whack Henry he didn't at first he said how he didn't want to admit seeing him but they kept asking Michael who did you see & reluctantly told them that he seen Henry & then they said they were going to move MF & he said why me move Henry.. So they moved Henry Hill to a different prison. Also said some of things Henry said wasn't truthful to the way things actually went down. About Tommy & what did Tommy De- simmone in aka In movie Tommy Devito. Some talk Billy Batts wasn't actually a made guy & what actually got Tommy killed is a different guy that was also close to John Gotti much like Billy batts was also close to John Gotti. But Tommy was going out with this other guys sister & the guy didn't like it & eventually tommy killed him & along with Tommy's ways & also killing of Billy Batts is what got Tommy killed.
@@francisalbert1799 Michael Imperioli was the kid who gets shot. He was, of course, Christopher in the Sopranos. Also Paulie from Sopranos had a small part. The guy who gets killed and buried was Phil Leotardo. Karen’s mom in Goodfellas is Carmela’s mom in Sopranos.
@@dnish6673 yup those are easy. Big Pussy has a very small role checking out the fur coats behind Henry and Sonny who also played Larry Boy on the Sopranos. Carmine Lupertazzi has a small role when Henry introduces the rest of the crew in the beginning of the movie, he says, “stayin’ outta trouble?”
Listening to Henry Hill on the Howard Stern show was awesome, Howard got him to tell some really interesting stories, especially cuz Henry was always pretty messed up when he called the show
Henry actually appeared on Howard in 2004 or '05, and there were guys calling in who were still looking for him, threatening to take him out if they ever saw him out on the street, and he said, "Go ahead, I don't care!" And as we all know, he died of natural causes in the early 2010s, so his old mob beefs never caught up with him.
If you want more Gangsters and Scorcese. Check out "The Departed", "Casino" or "The Gangs of New York". For straight-up drama check out "Shutter Island"
15:40 "I knew he was a cuddly teddy bear." I wish I knew how to get a clip of this to Paul Sorvino. That reminds me, though, that a lot of reactors I've watched seem to like, or at least respect, Paulie in comparison to the other mobsters in the movie. Consider watching 1993's "A Bronx Tale" starring Chaz Palminteri, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
The screenwriter and his wife both wrote movies about Henry Hill, hers is a comedy about his time in witness protection called My Blue Heaven starring Steve Martin.
I love your reactions. One thing I notice that many reactors do, is ask, "what or why did that just happen?" They know you're going to ask, and will 99 times out of 100 tell you what you need to know. This might help you from talking over something important, like the answer to your question! I suggest you watch "Casino" when you get a chance, also starring Pesci and DeNiro.
So annoying. You think they have seen enough films to give the story a chance to play out for 20 seconds. It a common technique to have something happen to draw the viewer in so they will want to find out and keep watching. Madison K. Thames is another reactor who speaks a bit more sparingly and watches older movies.
You guys really need to do the 1970s first two Godfather movies, and in two parts each as they're both rather long a lot of story to cover. Followed by Casino also starring De Niro and Pesci. You will like them all. ✌️😎
In the beginning so many people are like, I want to be a gangster, it looks nice. And then you start to see what happens towards the end. The "how am I funny thing" He told the director he was going to go off script and keep rolling the camera, but no one else in the cast know he was going to ask that question, so their reaction right then is legit.
The reason why they only whacked tommy and left jimmy and Henry alone was because all 3 of them were under Pauly who was the boss of the luchese crime family. Batts was with the Gambinos. Pauly knew all 3 of them were involved but the Gambinos didn't know who exactly was involved. The gambinos only knew that he was in a luchese joint and never came home. So they were hounding Paulie about it. Paulie had to abide by the rules of la Cosa Nostra and to avoid a war with another family he had to give them the retribution that they were owed. So he gave them Tommy's life but wouldn't give up jimmy and Henry. Jimmy was too good of an earner and Henry was like family. That would have been too much. The way he saw it he gives them tommy and makes them happy and he removes a guy that was becoming too much of a headache anyway. The only stipulation was that they would be the ones to carry out the hit so that they could do it quick and painless. If he had delivered tommy to the gambinos tommy would have been tortured and it would make Pauly look weak to have it known on the street that another family was allowed to torture and kill someone under Paulies protection. Batts crew prob wasn't happy about it but the deal was made by the bosses and its above thier pay grade. The Gambino boss only stipulated that tommy must take one in the face as tradition requires. Like they say in the movie "there was nothing we could do it was amongst the Italians" tommy was a rule breaker and that's the worst thing you can do in the mafia. The rules and tightly regulated structure is the only thing separatin them from any other criminal gang in the country. But it's a fragile thing that needs constant Maintenance and attention. In my opinion tommy should have been cut out a long time ago. Also I don't think Henry every appreciated his relationship with Paulie. He took him for granted and disrespected him at every turn. But that was a lifelong trend forHenry, starting with his parents, school, Karen, and ultimately with jimmy and Paulie. He had a serious problem with authority and disrespected every person in his life that tried to have a relationship with him. It's why in real life he died alone with no one
When Paulie is talking to Henry and warning him about selling drugs, it wasn’t scripted that he slaps him, so Paul Sorvino did it unexpectedly, and Henry’s reaction to getting a slap is Ray Liottas real reaction
MY BLUE HEAVEN is a very, VERY unofficial sequel to this movie, as the wife of the writer of this book or screenplay wrote THAT movie as she would listen to Henry Hill's stories.
They're both cinematic masterpieces. I remember a film critic say The Godfather is the greatest mafia movie of all time, and Goodfellas is the greatest gangster movie of all time....it kind of makes sense.
The movie that makes many people swear and curse just like the gangsters in the film for a day or two afterwards. In gets into the psyche in such a powerful way.
RUclipsr Michael Franzese, who is a former lieutenant in the Colombo crime family, said that Joe Pesci had the most accurate portrayal of a gangster he's ever seen in movies.
I once got a free dinner from the real Henry Hill when he opened up a restaurant later in life. Not long after that it closed down when there was a fire there. Hmm.
To answer your question, you have to clean the money first, "money laundry", before you can spend it on anything big, in the meantime you can use it on small things like bills and food.
FBI "Brick" Agents are trained to notice every little thing about a target or suspect. If that person is leaving their house and they wearing mismatch socks that would be something they would jot down on their day logs and interpret that the subject is under some kind stress. Any little thing out of the ordinary which can lead to an opening in a case to look further. Jimmy Conway being the No. #1 "heist" guy in NYC and one of his gang members getting a new pink Cadillac would draw attention regardless of the paperwork.
This movie is basically a true story. They changed some of the names, but most of this is true. The Lufthansa heist, fixing the basketball games, they really did that.
It’s practically a cinematic trope and, I’d assume, true in reality, that Mafioso have wives and ‘goomars’ girlfriends, on the side. After Karen pulls a gun in bed, Henry has a conversation with Paulie in which Paulie complains that Karen is “coming to the house,” causing headaches for Paulie. Paulie demands that Henry has to go back with his wife. It’s an allusion to the prohibition against divorce from the Catholic Church. There is a named character in the long bar introduction given a name but no dialogue based on a real person who committed the unpardonable sin of entering the Witness Protection Program and testifying against former associates. In an interview he describing having and needing 50 suits due to attending a wedding or funeral every weekend. He elaborated that at more than half the events, he had no idea who the person being honored was. That, too, has its origins in the appreciation and promotion by the Church of ritual and pageantry.
@@Ivy94F the word is actually 'comare' in Italian but the NY/NJ dialect bastardizes it to be pronounced as 'goomar.' the italian 'comare' initially meant 'godmother,' but later meant a 'gossipmonger' as well. The NY/NJ wiseguys used the word to refer to their mistresses, and as their pronunciation changed it became 'goomar.' Compare with 'gabagool' as the pronunciation for 'capicola'
One of many Scorsese classics - and in many ways even a better gangster/mafia film than THE GODFATHER. A powerhouse cast with incredible cinematography and jukebox soundtrack totally captures the eras depicted. Pesci's justifable Oscar winning turn showcases his talents from being LOL funny to deadly is beyond scary good. If you haven't seen CASINO, MEAN STREETS, RAGING BULL & TAXI DRIVER - you so need to. Great job as always in your watch.
Marty Scorsese made the best movie of the 80s, released in 1980, and the best movie of the 90s, released in 1990. Both starred DeNiro and Pesci. Also, how could you not show the mother's dog painting? "One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', "Whadda ya want from me?'"
You've been watching too many movies if you think being shot in the head causes them to explode. The problem with them spending money from the theft was that they were buying expensive items and paying cash. Had they at least financed them to look like they were living within their means it might have been OK.
the Fed agent they were talking too who put him in the witness protection program was the real Fed who put the real Henry Hill into the witness protection program
If people didnt talk so much while the movies actually playing 50% of their questions they wouldnt have to ask bc they were paying attention to the movie and not talking so much.. lol i only breaking you guys balls!!! Love the channel and love your reactions! 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎃
the reason there are blurred footage at random intervals is the same reason that other channels chooses to hide the movie theyre watching at random intervals. it is to get through YT's copyright detection, which triggers every time a movie runs uninterrupted for more than 5-8 seconds. At which point the video is blocked automatically. Some channel chooses to hide and unhide the movie/show theyre watching, we choose to blur it. but both serves the same function. tl;dr, we blur it at random so YT doesnt block the video for copyright. what you see is what YT allows us to keep
I'm surprised, actually no I'm not because I just remembered that you guys are Canadian. This movie is absolutely FACT ! This was The Gambino Family... One of the 5 Mafia families. It was obviously before the whole John Gotti era. Anyway it's one of the GREATEST "Mob" movies ever made !!!
Between rooting for Henry and Karen to stay together when he's cheating and beating her and sounding sad that Tommy got whacked when he's killed people left and right on a whim, that sure was an interesting reaction lol but getting sort of charmed by the life is the point, I think, of why Henry and Karen couldn't leave even after Tommy killing Spider broke the illusion that the mob life was the good life
Please, please react to "Casino" and "A Bronx Tale". Thanks for the "Goodfellas" and both Godfather movie reactions :) Oh and of course please react to Godfather 3. Most people say it's not as good as 1 and 2 but that's also because they don't understand it. It's all connected to the real-life conspiracy that was taking place with regards to the Vatican, the new pope, banks, CIA, etc. (although the heavy CIA/American corruption & influence is kept out of the movie).
Funny thing about this movie, the real Henry Hill talked to Scorcese after seeing the movie and said "Thanks for not making me look like an asshole." Considering how much an asshole he is in the movie, just imagine how much of one he was in real life if he thought the movie made him not look bad.
In real life Paulie supposedly had an affair with Henry hill’s wife Karen while Henry was in jail. At the same time the real Tommy supposedly tried to rape Karen. Karen told Paulin about it and he supposedly went to the gambino family and said that tommy was the one who killed Billy bats. He then said that Henry and told him he found out it was tommy who killed billy bats to spare Henry from also being killed.
Please, oh please watch “Evil Dead II”. It’s much more than anyone expects going in. It’s a cult classic… and somewhat of a reimagining on part 1. Oh, it’s not just your average movie - there’s much, much more. 🤘🏼😉
THE masterpiece film of the last 30 years. Yes, there have been many great movies over these decades, no doubt. But a better movie since Goodfellas was released? It lost many of the "big" Oscars to "Dances With Wolves," a stereotypical trope about the myth of the "white savior." Yuck. On the other hand, Martin Scorsese, one of the most original voices in American cinema history, has been robbed over and over again by the academy. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull...Yes, I lost faith in the Oscars many years ago. Fortunately, true art stands the test of time, awards or not.
It’s great that Simone thought Maury was safe in the car because she knew from the Bonnie Situation in Pulp Fiction how messy it was shooting someone in the head in a car.
Joe Pesci grew up and was really friends with mobsters in Jersey, they helped them get his start in music and movies, you should see the movie Jersey Boys to really understand the true story of him and Frankie Valley and the 4 seasons
The "Funny How" scene was based on a real life experience Joe Pesci had with the real life Tommy Desimone, while he was working as a waiter serving the wise guys. In real life, Desimone was like 6'3" and muscular, so you can imagine how little Joe Pesci must have felt about it.
@@Unpainted_Huffhines where’d you hear that? Just curious, because I’ve never heard that one in my life. I’ve always read that was improv. Joe Pesci is actually 7 years older than Tommy Desimone in real life lol...look it up. So I’m really curious where you heard that story..
@@Unpainted_Huffhines ok, I found the article where it says Joe Pesci was a waiter and told a wiseguy that he was funny...but it never mentions DeSimone. So did you make that part up? Lol...
@@Unpainted_Huffhines The "funny how" scene was taken from a real life incident involving Pesci and Robert "Bobby Cabert" Bisaccia who was a Gambino captain in the Newark/Belleville area of NJ. .....at least that's what I was told. I'm from that area and play golf with an oldtimer who isn't a wiseguy but he used to play cards with Cabert and his crew back in the day. He says Cabert was a real bastard and could definitely see that happening.
The looks on your face at the end of this movie....we all know how you felt!!!!! Beautiful! Great frickin' edit, George, thank you.... fantastic reaction. "CASINO" is virtually a sequel, "Goodfellas Goes To Vegas", a lot of the same cast, same style so if you liked this one......there's another one that's virtually as good (some like it even better). I'm sure you've already seen the first two Godfather movies, but those four movies are the top of the heap for mob movies. "The Irishman" is the third in the trilogy of Scorsese/De NIro/Pesci mob movies, and is also very good....although their collaboration starts with the fantastic RAGING BULL. Scorsese and De Niro followed that up with the incredible THE KING OF COMEDY. And after Goodfellas, Scorsese and De Niro followed that up with CAPE FEAR, their biggest hit and one of the great suspense films of the 90s. Another essential Scorsese movie that you guys will absolutely love: AFTER HOURS, one of the most 80s of all 80s movies....and one of the greatest! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! Can't wait to see what you do next!
It's funny you said "it's gotta be Paulie right?" It's not stated in the movie but it was, Paulie was having an affair with Henry's wife (the movie hints at this with the line where Paulie says he knows how to talk to Henry's wife) and she said enough to him he was able to piece things together and decided to wack Tommy to get the other family off his back and it take care of Tommy who was a wild card.
It's not that they wouldn't blow Maury's head off in the car because of the mess. They have ways of dealing with messes. Gunshots are loud. Depending on where the hit was going down, they might need to be quiet.
the FBI agent talking to Henry in the movie is the real actual agent who talked to the real hill
He's the actual federal prosecutor of the case, not the FBI agent.
He has multiple you tube videos now as well , on this investigation
Yeah and the guy who arrests Henry when he's pulling out of his driveway is Bo Dietl who also plays himself in the Wolf of Wall Street
Really? Actually?
And the lady playing Tommy's mom is Martin Scorcese's mom.
When Paul Sorvino was chosen by Scorsese for Paulie, at the time he was staring as one of the cops in the early years of Law and Order. He played the detective who’d be replaced by Jerry Orbach as Lenny Briscoe when the show really got huge in the 90s. Aside from Sorvino’s natural looks as a male of Italian descent, he was nervous about finding a way to play a ruthless mob boss which he’d never done before. In real life Paul Sorvino is a genuinely nice guy.
He said one day he was at his bedroom dresser mirror getting ready for the day like usual, and he looked down and found a stain or a tear or something on his shirt that he wasn’t happy with. When he looked back up into the mirror, he had THE STARE. That look you both mentioned numerous times. Paul said when he saw it looking back at himself in the mirror, he scared himself! That’s when he knew he was looking at Paulie and knew how to play him in the movie.
Green beans, fennel, lettuce, pork, shrooms, tomatoes, cherries, peaches
I read this comment yesterday, and today the actor in question died. :(
@@Argumemnon Awww Paulie 😢
I've read that Batts, who was in the Gambino family, was close to Gotti, and that it was Gotti, when he was still a soldier or capo, who personally took care of Tommy as revenge for Batts - it's believed Tommy did not die as quickly as he did in the film; they took their time with him.
I thought Tommy Agro killed Tommy and out of guilt had Tommy's younger brother in his crew .
Nobody knows for sure because the real Tommy disappeared.
Tommy immediately knew that it was a setup because the room was empty. The real ceremony would have have the Family boss there along with other made men and new prospects.
Why not rewind
The scene where Paul slaps Henry was totally improvised. Scorsese told Paul Sorvino to slap him even though it wasn’t in the script. Notice Ray’s reaction
According to Henry's IRL version who wrote the book, Jackson's character was actually really close to Tommy. Like so close that Tommy who seem to enjoy killing initially refused to take him out a couple times. It said that it wasn't until he was promised be made if he did that he agreed. Also Tommy felt so bad about it he called the man's mother giving tearful condolences.
Funny how Henry never kills anybody or does anything really OTT. Just some stand over, robbery and drug dealing, etc.
Notice how he seems surprised every time someone is killed.
I think he got a bit of a free pass here.
@@Cheepchipsable Nice point - I notice this every time they base a movie like this on someone's autobiography - somehow the narrator himself is always just a step or two away from the worst activities we see lol
The real Henry Hill was a real piece of work. He was so messed up drugs or alcohol most of the the time, they even forced him out of witness protection. If you follow Michael Franzese he did a thing on this & because MF was also former Cappo of Columbo family, he said how he seen Henry in prison & even though he was supposed to whack Henry he didn't at first he said how he didn't want to admit seeing him but they kept asking Michael who did you see & reluctantly told them that he seen Henry & then they said they were going to move MF & he said why me move Henry.. So they moved Henry Hill to a different prison. Also said some of things Henry said wasn't truthful to the way things actually went down. About Tommy & what did Tommy De- simmone in aka In movie Tommy Devito. Some talk Billy Batts wasn't actually a made guy & what actually got Tommy killed is a different guy that was also close to John Gotti much like Billy batts was also close to John Gotti. But Tommy was going out with this other guys sister & the guy didn't like it & eventually tommy killed him & along with Tommy's ways & also killing of Billy Batts is what got Tommy killed.
If Ya'll ever watched The Sopranos you might notice the actress playing Karen was Tony's therapist.
Several actors from Goodfellas went on to be on The Sopranos.
@@francisalbert1799 Michael Imperioli was the kid who gets shot. He was, of course, Christopher in the Sopranos. Also Paulie from Sopranos had a small part. The guy who gets killed and buried was Phil Leotardo. Karen’s mom in Goodfellas is Carmela’s mom in Sopranos.
@@dnish6673 yup those are easy. Big Pussy has a very small role checking out the fur coats behind Henry and Sonny who also played Larry Boy on the Sopranos. Carmine Lupertazzi has a small role when Henry introduces the rest of the crew in the beginning of the movie, he says, “stayin’ outta trouble?”
@@francisalbert1799 yes, I picked the most familiar ones.
@@dnish6673 Spider!
Listening to Henry Hill on the Howard Stern show was awesome, Howard got him to tell some really interesting stories, especially cuz Henry was always pretty messed up when he called the show
Henry actually appeared on Howard in 2004 or '05, and there were guys calling in who were still looking for him, threatening to take him out if they ever saw him out on the street, and he said, "Go ahead, I don't care!" And as we all know, he died of natural causes in the early 2010s, so his old mob beefs never caught up with him.
If you want more Gangsters and Scorcese. Check out "The Departed", "Casino" or "The Gangs of New York".
For straight-up drama check out "Shutter Island"
"Casino" definitely, especially after "Goodfellas", I think of them as a pair, like "Godfather 1 & 2"
You left out one of the best, Mean Streets.
You can't talk Scorsese without mentioning Taxi Driver, one of the greatest films ever made. Also, Raging Bull.
15:40 "I knew he was a cuddly teddy bear." I wish I knew how to get a clip of this to Paul Sorvino.
That reminds me, though, that a lot of reactors I've watched seem to like, or at least respect, Paulie in comparison to the other mobsters in the movie.
Consider watching 1993's "A Bronx Tale" starring Chaz Palminteri, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
Paul Sorvino died on July 25, 2022. SO, I don't think you can get a clip of that scene to him.
"They're together. And they're working *together*!"
I had to pause just to LOL at that for a while.
The screenwriter and his wife both wrote movies about Henry Hill, hers is a comedy about his time in witness protection called My Blue Heaven starring Steve Martin.
That was a great movie. Had no idea it was related.
The agent Henry and his wife are talking to about witness protection is the real prosecutor from the actual trial.
I love your reactions. One thing I notice that many reactors do, is ask, "what or why did that just happen?" They know you're going to ask, and will 99 times out of 100 tell you what you need to know. This might help you from talking over something important, like the answer to your question! I suggest you watch "Casino" when you get a chance, also starring Pesci and DeNiro.
Reactors are ALWAYS making that error. They ask all these questions and discuss theories WHILE the movie is explaining it to them.
So annoying.
You think they have seen enough films to give the story a chance to play out for 20 seconds.
It a common technique to have something happen to draw the viewer in so they will want to find out and keep watching.
Madison K. Thames is another reactor who speaks a bit more sparingly and watches older movies.
Simone is such a breath of fresh air 😘
You guys really need to do the 1970s first two Godfather movies, and in two parts each as they're both rather long a lot of story to cover. Followed by Casino also starring De Niro and Pesci. You will like them all. ✌️😎
you stick it in then wiggle the handle back and fort in a circular motion to scramble up the brains sever the brain stem
In the beginning so many people are like, I want to be a gangster, it looks nice. And then you start to see what happens towards the end.
The "how am I funny thing" He told the director he was going to go off script and keep rolling the camera, but no one else in the cast know he was going to ask that question, so their reaction right then is legit.
You guys should totally add Casino to the list
The soundtrack in this movie is insane!!!
The reason why they only whacked tommy and left jimmy and Henry alone was because all 3 of them were under Pauly who was the boss of the luchese crime family. Batts was with the Gambinos. Pauly knew all 3 of them were involved but the Gambinos didn't know who exactly was involved. The gambinos only knew that he was in a luchese joint and never came home. So they were hounding Paulie about it. Paulie had to abide by the rules of la Cosa Nostra and to avoid a war with another family he had to give them the retribution that they were owed. So he gave them Tommy's life but wouldn't give up jimmy and Henry. Jimmy was too good of an earner and Henry was like family. That would have been too much. The way he saw it he gives them tommy and makes them happy and he removes a guy that was becoming too much of a headache anyway. The only stipulation was that they would be the ones to carry out the hit so that they could do it quick and painless. If he had delivered tommy to the gambinos tommy would have been tortured and it would make Pauly look weak to have it known on the street that another family was allowed to torture and kill someone under Paulies protection. Batts crew prob wasn't happy about it but the deal was made by the bosses and its above thier pay grade. The Gambino boss only stipulated that tommy must take one in the face as tradition requires. Like they say in the movie "there was nothing we could do it was amongst the Italians" tommy was a rule breaker and that's the worst thing you can do in the mafia. The rules and tightly regulated structure is the only thing separatin them from any other criminal gang in the country. But it's a fragile thing that needs constant Maintenance and attention. In my opinion tommy should have been cut out a long time ago. Also I don't think Henry every appreciated his relationship with Paulie. He took him for granted and disrespected him at every turn. But that was a lifelong trend forHenry, starting with his parents, school, Karen, and ultimately with jimmy and Paulie. He had a serious problem with authority and disrespected every person in his life that tried to have a relationship with him. It's why in real life he died alone with no one
When Paulie is talking to Henry and warning him about selling drugs, it wasn’t scripted that he slaps him, so Paul Sorvino did it unexpectedly, and Henry’s reaction to getting a slap is Ray Liottas real reaction
The real Henry Hill said Paul Vario (“Paulie”) actually gave him $300, not $3,200 😂
MY BLUE HEAVEN is a very, VERY unofficial sequel to this movie, as the wife of the writer of this book or screenplay wrote THAT movie as she would listen to Henry Hill's stories.
After The Godfather, this is my next favorite mob movie.
Goodfarthers is my favourite
They're both cinematic masterpieces. I remember a film critic say The Godfather is the greatest mafia movie of all time, and Goodfellas is the greatest gangster movie of all time....it kind of makes sense.
@@happyapple4269 Never heard of it.
The movie that makes many people swear and curse just like the gangsters in the film for a day or two afterwards. In gets into the psyche in such a powerful way.
Henry Hill passed away in 2012.
RUclipsr Michael Franzese, who is a former lieutenant in the Colombo crime family, said that Joe Pesci had the most accurate portrayal of a gangster he's ever seen in movies.
I once got a free dinner from the real Henry Hill when he opened up a restaurant later in life. Not long after that it closed down when there was a fire there. Hmm.
You guys make a good team. 👍🏼
One of the best movies ever made. Thanks for reacting!
Oh shit! He did the Canadien- he said "It looks like it, eh?" 🤣 They really say that, huh?
Although not a direct sequel My Blue Heaven is kind of one starring Steve Martin as Henry Hill living in the witness protection program.
Henry never would have got arrested if he only had a lucky hat.
Jimmy Conway in real life was James Burke, he died in 1996 in a cancer hospital in buffalo new York
To answer your question, you have to clean the money first, "money laundry", before you can spend it on anything big, in the meantime you can use it on small things like bills and food.
12:20 That whole scene sequence is the closest portrayal of what its like to be on cocaine I’ve seen in a movie.
Rest in peace, Ray Liotta
19:10 Jimmy Burke (who Conway was based on) died of cancer in 1996.
FBI "Brick" Agents are trained to notice every little thing about a target or suspect. If that person is leaving their house and they wearing mismatch socks that would be something they would jot down on their day logs and interpret that the subject is under some kind stress. Any little thing out of the ordinary which can lead to an opening in a case to look further. Jimmy Conway being the No. #1 "heist" guy in NYC and one of his gang members getting a new pink Cadillac would draw attention regardless of the paperwork.
George looks so loaded just munching i love it
This movie is basically a true story. They changed some of the names, but most of this is true. The Lufthansa heist, fixing the basketball games, they really did that.
It’s practically a cinematic trope and, I’d assume, true in reality, that Mafioso have wives and ‘goomars’ girlfriends, on the side. After Karen pulls a gun in bed, Henry has a conversation with Paulie in which Paulie complains that Karen is “coming to the house,” causing headaches for Paulie. Paulie demands that Henry has to go back with his wife. It’s an allusion to the prohibition against divorce from the Catholic Church. There is a named character in the long bar introduction given a name but no dialogue based on a real person who committed the unpardonable sin of entering the Witness Protection Program and testifying against former associates. In an interview he describing having and needing 50 suits due to attending a wedding or funeral every weekend. He elaborated that at more than half the events, he had no idea who the person being honored was. That, too, has its origins in the appreciation and promotion by the Church of ritual and pageantry.
I couldn’t remember the italian word for the mistresses, but I knew it was something like goomba or gooma. Which movie was it that explained that?
@@Ivy94F the word is actually 'comare' in Italian but the NY/NJ dialect bastardizes it to be pronounced as 'goomar.' the italian 'comare' initially meant 'godmother,' but later meant a 'gossipmonger' as well. The NY/NJ wiseguys used the word to refer to their mistresses, and as their pronunciation changed it became 'goomar.' Compare with 'gabagool' as the pronunciation for 'capicola'
I think it's more like you can do as you please as long as you are discrete.
Keep up the appearance of a good family life.
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One of many Scorsese classics - and in many ways even a better gangster/mafia film than THE GODFATHER. A powerhouse cast with incredible cinematography and jukebox soundtrack totally captures the eras depicted. Pesci's justifable Oscar winning turn showcases his talents from being LOL funny to deadly is beyond scary good. If you haven't seen CASINO, MEAN STREETS, RAGING BULL & TAXI DRIVER - you so need to. Great job as always in your watch.
Interesting fact, the witness protection lawyer dude in real life, played himself in the movie. (edward mcdonald)
simone, you are a national treasure. "the tie"
Check out L.A. Confidential.
Marty Scorsese made the best movie of the 80s, released in 1980, and the best movie of the 90s, released in 1990. Both starred DeNiro and Pesci. Also, how could you not show the mother's dog painting? "One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', "Whadda ya want from me?'"
Joe Is the best mobster actor ever facts, he even grew up around that life as well
Jimmy passed away from cancer in 96, Henry passed away about almost ten years ago
Casino!!!
RIP Liotta.
jimmy died in prison as well as paulie
RIP Ray Liotta
You've been watching too many movies if you think being shot in the head causes them to explode.
The problem with them spending money from the theft was that they were buying expensive items and paying cash.
Had they at least financed them to look like they were living within their means it might have been OK.
The mom's didn't know?!? Nope. They knew exactly what their kids were...wiseguys.
Jimmy Burke, the real life guy that Jimmy Conway is based off of, died in prison.
Check out The Last Samurai and Hostiles
the Fed agent they were talking too who put him in the witness protection program was the real Fed who put the real Henry Hill into the witness protection program
If people didnt talk so much while the movies actually playing 50% of their questions they wouldnt have to ask bc they were paying attention to the movie and not talking so much.. lol i only breaking you guys balls!!! Love the channel and love your reactions! 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎃
15:18 - Oh Simone, you're such a hopeless romantic because you're such a hopeFUL romantic for the characters. :D
It took me a minute to figure out why people kept misspelling Desimone.
That was Tommy's real name.
Tommy Desimone.
You should google up:
The Real-Life Goodfellas: The Story Behind The Movie
to see a short history of the real-life main characters.
very cool pink floyd shirt ^^
Old School Mafia Drug Dealing was an automatic death sentence... from the mafia.
Blurred-fellas Part 2 😆
the reason there are blurred footage at random intervals is the same reason that other channels chooses to hide the movie theyre watching at random intervals.
it is to get through YT's copyright detection, which triggers every time a movie runs uninterrupted for more than 5-8 seconds. At which point the video is blocked automatically.
Some channel chooses to hide and unhide the movie/show theyre watching, we choose to blur it. but both serves the same function.
tl;dr, we blur it at random so YT doesnt block the video for copyright. what you see is what YT allows us to keep
I'm surprised, actually no I'm not because I just remembered that you guys are Canadian. This movie is absolutely FACT ! This was The Gambino Family... One of the 5 Mafia families. It was obviously before the whole John Gotti era. Anyway it's one of the GREATEST "Mob" movies ever made !!!
Between rooting for Henry and Karen to stay together when he's cheating and beating her and sounding sad that Tommy got whacked when he's killed people left and right on a whim, that sure was an interesting reaction lol but getting sort of charmed by the life is the point, I think, of why Henry and Karen couldn't leave even after Tommy killing Spider broke the illusion that the mob life was the good life
Funny how many people are empathetic to the wrong people.
Please, please react to "Casino" and "A Bronx Tale". Thanks for the "Goodfellas" and both Godfather movie reactions :) Oh and of course please react to Godfather 3. Most people say it's not as good as 1 and 2 but that's also because they don't understand it. It's all connected to the real-life conspiracy that was taking place with regards to the Vatican, the new pope, banks, CIA, etc. (although the heavy CIA/American corruption & influence is kept out of the movie).
It's funny how innocent reactors are. They really can't wrap their head around why people do evil stuff.
These two ever catch Casino?
Funny thing about this movie, the real Henry Hill talked to Scorcese after seeing the movie and said "Thanks for not making me look like an asshole." Considering how much an asshole he is in the movie, just imagine how much of one he was in real life if he thought the movie made him not look bad.
Next stop, Casino.
they said john gotti kill 2 gun tommy
Do Casino.
Please react to Casino, please!! Another classic gangster movie with De Nero and Joe Pesci…
The prison scene is pure fiction
Casino next
You have to watch Scarfe and Carlitos way
In real life Paulie supposedly had an affair with Henry hill’s wife Karen while Henry was in jail. At the same time the real Tommy supposedly tried to rape Karen.
Karen told Paulin about it and he supposedly went to the gambino family and said that tommy was the one who killed Billy bats. He then said that Henry and told him he found out it was tommy who killed billy bats to spare Henry from also being killed.
the simpsons wear big ties so you never understand what happens
best mob movie ever
Please, oh please watch “Evil Dead II”. It’s much more than anyone expects going in. It’s a cult classic… and somewhat of a reimagining on part 1. Oh, it’s not just your average movie - there’s much, much more. 🤘🏼😉
THE masterpiece film of the last 30 years. Yes, there have been many great movies over these decades, no doubt. But a better movie since Goodfellas was released?
It lost many of the "big" Oscars to "Dances With Wolves," a stereotypical trope about the myth of the "white savior." Yuck. On the other hand, Martin Scorsese, one of the most original voices in American cinema history, has been robbed over and over again by the academy. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull...Yes, I lost faith in the Oscars many years ago. Fortunately, true art stands the test of time, awards or not.
Henry hill, and Jimmy Conway and Pauline are all dead now.
*Henry was a alcoholic mess after it was all said and done*
I wish everytime somebody told me they couldn’t talk to me anymore they handed me $3200. 🤣
I'll do it for $500
I lent a guy $20 years ago and he's spent the rest of his life avoiding me so he doesn't have to pay it back. Best $20 I've ever spent, no question.
@@B-a-t-m-a-n It really works on some jerks.
now I gotta turn my back on you, Mike
Well earn that person tens of thousands first...
It’s great that Simone thought Maury was safe in the car because she knew from the Bonnie Situation in Pulp Fiction how messy it was shooting someone in the head in a car.
Joe Pesci grew up and was really friends with mobsters in Jersey, they helped them get his start in music and movies, you should see the movie Jersey Boys to really understand the true story of him and Frankie Valley and the 4 seasons
The "Funny How" scene was based on a real life experience Joe Pesci had with the real life Tommy Desimone, while he was working as a waiter serving the wise guys.
In real life, Desimone was like 6'3" and muscular, so you can imagine how little Joe Pesci must have felt about it.
@@Unpainted_Huffhines where’d you hear that? Just curious, because I’ve never heard that one in my life. I’ve always read that was improv. Joe Pesci is actually 7 years older than Tommy Desimone in real life lol...look it up. So I’m really curious where you heard that story..
@@Unpainted_Huffhines ok, I found the article where it says Joe Pesci was a waiter and told a wiseguy that he was funny...but it never mentions DeSimone. So did you make that part up? Lol...
@@saucelord780 History Buffs' review of Goodfellas.
I just assumed it was true, didn't make it up though.
@@Unpainted_Huffhines The "funny how" scene was taken from a real life incident involving Pesci and Robert "Bobby Cabert" Bisaccia who was a Gambino captain in the Newark/Belleville area of NJ. .....at least that's what I was told. I'm from that area and play golf with an oldtimer who isn't a wiseguy but he used to play cards with Cabert and his crew back in the day. He says Cabert was a real bastard and could definitely see that happening.
I can't believe it got out voted so many times. One of the great films, gangster or no gangster.
Henry Hill was a regular guest on the Howard Stern show. His stories were questionable and he was a slime ball nut.
True - can’t argue any of those facts.
He is portrayed as being "not that bad" compared to the other guys and is surprised when people get killed.
No doubt a selective memory.
Paul died in prison exactly what he was telling Henry he didn’t want to happen
The looks on your face at the end of this movie....we all know how you felt!!!!! Beautiful! Great frickin' edit, George, thank you.... fantastic reaction. "CASINO" is virtually a sequel, "Goodfellas Goes To Vegas", a lot of the same cast, same style so if you liked this one......there's another one that's virtually as good (some like it even better). I'm sure you've already seen the first two Godfather movies, but those four movies are the top of the heap for mob movies. "The Irishman" is the third in the trilogy of Scorsese/De NIro/Pesci mob movies, and is also very good....although their collaboration starts with the fantastic RAGING BULL. Scorsese and De Niro followed that up with the incredible THE KING OF COMEDY. And after Goodfellas, Scorsese and De Niro followed that up with CAPE FEAR, their biggest hit and one of the great suspense films of the 90s. Another essential Scorsese movie that you guys will absolutely love: AFTER HOURS, one of the most 80s of all 80s movies....and one of the greatest! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! Can't wait to see what you do next!
You guys are great. Love your reactions 👊
tommy character was way worse in real life he once shot and killed some random guy walking past him on the street to try out a new gun he picked up
When you read about the stuff he really did, the "and a lot of other things" line weighs a lot heavier.
And he was also a big dude around 6 foot 2 and about 230lbs
Another good mobster movie I really like is Donnie Brasco. Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in that one.
Really glad to see how much y'all enjoyed this. One of my favorite movies ever. Also Simone has such good taste in music/t-shirts haha.
It's funny you said "it's gotta be Paulie right?" It's not stated in the movie but it was, Paulie was having an affair with Henry's wife (the movie hints at this with the line where Paulie says he knows how to talk to Henry's wife) and she said enough to him he was able to piece things together and decided to wack Tommy to get the other family off his back and it take care of Tommy who was a wild card.
Jimmy died in prison before his parole Hearing in 2004
Yes. He died of lung cancer in 1994.
It's not that they wouldn't blow Maury's head off in the car because of the mess. They have ways of dealing with messes. Gunshots are loud. Depending on where the hit was going down, they might need to be quiet.
Stabbing is probably more "satisfying" if you really despise someone, and Maury was making a real nuisance of himself.