Posted on 04/24/2015 5:07:58 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of "Goodfellas" this year, the Daily News has compiled a list of 25 things every movie nut should know about the classic gangster flick, which is being honored on the closing night of The Tribeca Film Festival Saturday.
To celebrate, the cast of the Martin Scorsese movie will reunite and participate in a sit-down conversation hosted by Jon Stewart.
The violent, profane and often funny film, based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family," featured several cameos by the story's real-life characters, and is revered by movie fans for its colorful dialogue and memorable lines.
Now go home and get your shinebox .
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Agree Casino was over the top. Sharon and James Woods parts were overwrought. The end of Joe Pesci was graphically well done. The character he played deserved it.
I agree. He played violent-crazy perfectly in that movie and was its most memorable character.
Scorsese’s Mother played the Part in the Movie.
this is the shot I was thinking of. It's from the ending of The Public Enemy. I just watched it on youtube and he doesn't fire his gun into the camera as I had remembered it. Guess I was wrong all these years
I didn’t know that. Thanks
Man, I would love to have that!
This painting is hanging in the local Italian-American Club (which my grandfather helped start back in the 40's) near the poker table.
his father was in the movie too. He was one of the prisoners
One of my favorites and Pesci definitely stole the movie. Um, even though they show a 747 landing at the airport in 1963... Haha! But I got over it :-)
Yep, made sure he didn’t put too many Onions in the Sauce.
One of the Greatest Mafia Movies ever.
It never entered my head to try and find a copy of that painting but I’m going to look for one now. “One dog’s looking this way and the other’s looking that way. So what?” Lol. Thanks!
i have a coffee mug with that painting in my office. It is a great conversation starter
Ah, memories...
Yep.
I’m going to work on my Joe Pesci imitation so I’m ready when I hang it on my wall
Properly made sauce gets one whole onion, and it is peeled but put in whole, not cut or chopped.
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The real Nicky Spilotro doing perp walk in Chicago. Uncanny resemblance to Pesci.
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