| Uniform Title |
Goodfellas (Motion picture : 1990) |
| Title |
Goodfellas |
| Published |
[Australia] : Warner Bros Entertainment, ©2007. |
| ©1990. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (139 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Warner Bros Entertainment : Y17144. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990. |
| Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi |
| Credits |
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese ; producer, Irwin Winkler ; directed by Martin Scorsese. |
| Performers |
Robert de Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino. |
| Summary |
Henry Hill is a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is "adopted" by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and raised to be a faithful member of their "family". After many years of being a family member he turns 'informer'. In Mafia vernacular, insiders are known as either "wiseguys" or "goodfellas" |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: R18+.. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL/NTSC ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9, Full frame 1.78:1 ; Letterbox 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
English, French and Italian. Subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Dutch. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired], Italian for the hearing impaired. |
| Awards note |
Academy Awards 1991, Winner Best supporting actor, Joe Pesci ; British Academy Film Awards 1991, Winner Best film (Martin Scorsese and Irwin Winkler) , Best director (Martin Scorsese), Best adapted screenplay (Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi), Best editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), Best costume design (Richard Bruno) and several other awards from Venice Film Festival, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, National Board of Review Award, Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, National Society of Film Critics Award and Bodil Award. |
| Subjects |
Pileggi, Nicholas -- Film adaptations |
| Informers -- Drama |
| Mafia -- United States -- Drama |
| Organized crime -- United States -- Drama |
| Racketeering -- United States -- Drama |
| Witness protection programs -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Crime films |
| Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Pileggi, Nicholas screenwriter. |
| Winkler, Irwin producer. |
| Scorsese, Martin director, screenwriter. |
| De Niro, Robert actor. |
| Pesci, Joe actor. |
| Sorvino, Paul actor. |
| Bracco, Lorraine, 1955- actor. |
| Liotta, Ray actor. |
| Pileggi, Nicholas. Wiseguy Motion film adaptation of (work). |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Narrower Subject References:
Authors:
- Bracco, Lorraine, 1955- .
- De Niro, Robert .
- Liotta, Ray .
- Pesci, Joe .
- Pileggi, Nicholas .
- Pileggi, Nicholas. Wiseguy .
- Scorsese, Martin .
- Sorvino, Paul .
- Winkler, Irwin .
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