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| Goodfellas | |
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| Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
| Produced by | Irwin Winkler |
| Written by | Martin Scorsese Nicholas Pileggi |
| Starring | Robert De Niro Ray Liotta Joe Pesci Lorraine Bracco Paul Sorvino |
| Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros |
Release date | September 19, 1990 |
Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| Box office | $46,836,394 |
Goodfellas is a 1990 American biographical crime movie directed by Martin Scorsese. It is about life in the Mafia.
It gained six nominations for Oscars. It won one (for Joe Pesci's role). Many people thought the movie was great.
It is set in New York City. The movie is based on the life of mafioso Henry Hill (1943-2012) from 1955 - 1980. Goodfellas uses information from New York crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy. Scorsese and Pileggi worked together to write the movie.
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