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1. www.biography.com › crime › real-goodfellasHenry Hill and the Real-Life GoodFellas: The True Story ...

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   Jul 22, 2020 · Hill became involved with the mob at a young age. GoodFellas is told from the point of view of Hill, a local Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer who worked as an associate for the Lucchese crime ...

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3. allthatsinteresting.com › goodfellas-true-storyThe True Story Of The Real-Life 'Goodfellas' That The Movie ...

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   Mar 9, 2024 · Henry Hill, The Gangster-Turned-Informant Whose True Story Inspired Goodfellas Wikimedia Commons Henry Hill dreamed of becoming a gangster from a young age. Henry Hill, the central character in Goodfellas (played by Ray Liotta), was born in 1943 to an Irish-American father and a Sicilian-American mother in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Henry_HillHenry Hill - Wikipedia

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   Hill's life story was documented in the true crime book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi, which was subsequently adapted by Martin Scorsese into the critically acclaimed 1990 film Goodfellas, in which Hill was portrayed by Ray Liotta.

5. thecinemaholic.com › goodfellas-true-storyIs Goodfellas a True Story? Is the Movie Based on Real Life ...

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   Dec 30, 2020 · Yes, ‘Goodfellas’ is based on a true story. It is adapted from the 1985 book ‘Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family’ by Nicholas Pileggi (who also worked on the movie’s screenplay). ‘Wiseguy’ is the biography of former mob associate Henry Hill, who started out his crime career in 1955 as a petty criminal and rose through the ranks to become one of the top guys in the Lucchese crime family.

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › articlesThe real-life Wiseguy behind Scorsese's GoodFellas - BBC

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   Jan 20, 2017 · 20 January 2017. When Martin Scorsese read Nicholas Pileggi's gripping true story of small-time Mafioso Henry Hill he knew he’d hit movie gold. The result was GoodFellas. With the film's BFI re ...

7. www.denofgeek.com › culture › the-real-goodfellasThe Real Goodfellas: Gangsters That Inspired the Martin ...

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   Sep 19, 2019 · Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, is of course a gangster classic. The Beatles of crime, in case you were wondering, is the Gallo Profaci wars, which launched the stories of The Godfather ...

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   Is Goodfellas based on a true story?

   • The iconic movie Goodfellas chronicles the lives of real gangsters like Henry Hill, Billy Batts, Tommy DeSimone, and Jimmy Burke — but it only tells part of the story. One aspect of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas that has elevated the film to the classic status it holds today is the intense realism of its depictions of life in the Mafia.

   The True Story Of The Real-Life 'Goodfellas' That The Movie Didn't Tell

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   What happened when Martin Scorsese read 'Goodfellas' based on a true story?

   • When Martin Scorsese read Nicholas Pileggi's gripping true story of small-time Mafioso Henry Hill he knew he’d hit movie gold. The result was GoodFellas. With the film's BFI re-release, WILLIAM COOK finds out what happened when Marty met Nick and Henry. Ex-gangster Henry Hill and actor Ray Liotta at Matteo's Italian Restaurant, Los Angeles.

   The real-life Wiseguy behind Scorsese's GoodFellas - BBC

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   Who starred in the movie Goodfellas?

   • Hill's life story was documented in the true crime book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi, which was subsequently adapted by Martin Scorsese into the critically acclaimed 1990 film Goodfellas, in which Hill was portrayed by Ray Liotta.

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   Is 'Goodfellas' a good movie?

   • It is also hailed by many as some of the legendary filmmaker’s finest work. Released in 1990, ‘Goodfellas’ tells the story of the rise and fall of a New York City mafia associate, from his early days as a petty criminal to the heights of his career as a feared gangster to his ultimate betrayal of his friends and retreat into hiding.

   How True is Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas? - The Cinemaholic

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   Who wrote Goodfellas?

   • Martin Scorsese turned the biography of a New York hoodlum, Henry Hill, into a cinematic masterpiece. But what about the man who wrote the book? I spoke to Italian-American author Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote Wiseguy, the bestseller which inspired GoodFellas. Scorsese read Pileggi’s book, and loved it, and invited Pileggi to co-write the screenplay.

   The real-life Wiseguy behind Scorsese's GoodFellas - BBC

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   Is Goodfellas the greatest gangster movie ever made?

   • Ex-gangster Henry Hill and actor Ray Liotta at Matteo's Italian Restaurant, Los Angeles. Photo by Rebecca Sapp/WireImage/Getty Images. Twenty seven years since it burst onto the big screen, in a blaze of violent beauty, Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas is rightly regarded as one of the greatest gangster movies ever made.

   The real-life Wiseguy behind Scorsese's GoodFellas - BBC

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9. screenrant.com › goodfellas-movie-true-story-billyGoodfellas True Story: How Billy Batts' Real Murder Was Different

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   Sep 8, 2022 · Directed by Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas is a classic film that shows the glamorous and ugly true stories of underworld characters, including the real-life Billy Batts. It tells the real-life story of the '70s and '80s New York City mafia and is based on Wiseguy, crime reporter Nick Pileggi's biography of gangster Henry Hill (future Many Saints of Newark star Ray Liotta).