A part of the gang. Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and extra made the mob scene come to life in Martin Scorsese‘s iconic crime drama Goodfellas.
The 1990 film was tailored from Nicholas Pileggi‘s nonfiction guide Wiseguy, which initially served because the title of the movie. The author collaborated with Scorsese on the flick, serving to the actors get deep into their gangster characters.
When Goodfellas debuted on the forty seventh Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant, Scorsese gained the Silver Lion for Finest Director. The film was a success amongst each viewers and critics, nabbing six Oscar nominations, together with Finest Image and Finest Director. Regardless of being entered in a number of classes, Joe Pesci was the one nominee who walked away with an Academy Award that yr, successful Finest Supporting Actor.
Because the film marked its thirtieth anniversary in 2020, Liotta, De Niro and extra of the solid sat down for an in-depth look again on the movie's success. “I by no means performed something like this, that form of a deadly character and three days earlier than we have been about to shoot, I referred to as my supervisor and stated ‘Get me out,' I had no thought what to do,” Paul Sorvino recalled through the Goodfellas: Behind Closed Doorways particular with host Natalie Morales.
A decade prior, Liotta informed GQ, “For 20 years now, there's not a day that goes by that I don't hear someone point out Goodfellas. Except I keep residence all evening. It's outlined who I'm, in a way.”
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