In real life, Henry Hill was also one of the mobsters who engineered the 1978 Boston College men's basketball points shaving scandal... They mention it in passing in the movie, but in real life it was a huge deal.
Hill didn't "engineer" a damn thing. He PARTICIPATED in it, but he was never a mastermind. Several actual mobsters (Michael Fransecse, Sammy Gravano, Frank Callato), and Mafia historians McDonald, Pileggi, have exposed Hill and his cokehead antics.
Heres a fun fact: In the scene where Jimmy offers Karen the coats around the corner, and she spots the shady characters and instead decides to flee, there's a street sign pointing in the direction of the coats that reads "one way." And the street light right under it read "don't walk." Ominous warnings, to say the least.
Bonus, bonus fact: When Henry's character is complaining about being in the witness protection program and standing on his front porch with a paper in his hands he's actually complaining about being in Redmond, Washington, just outside of Seattle. I was a cop there, so I know this. We bumped into Henry early one morning after he got caught breaking into a local mom and pop store to steal a couple bottles of wine, setting off the alarm and thus calling the cops. We didn't know who he was at first but the next day some federal agents showed up at our department and we found out we had a real classy celebrity in the neighborhood. We also busted him on a cocaine deal later on and the feds moved him to Colorado as I recall, not positive on that one as the feds didn't really share a lot of that with us. Now there's a bonus for you. 😂
What year was the stealing wine bottles deal? That’s crazy, always wondered where he ended up, cause of what he says “ I’m an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook” I can imagine Washington State was a lot different to the NY life.
While I know it’s just a way to move the scene along, it always cracks me up that Tommy’s mother has her painting conveniently stashed under the table. It’s great comedic editing.
Here’s another bonus fact: When Joe Pesci was working on goodfellas he was also working on Home Alone at the same time. People say that there are times that Joe Pesci would forget he was working on a family Christmas movie and he would accidentally say curse words over and over.
I knew about the Frank Carbone one for a while. I was a huge Simpsons fan back then and the first time I saw the Louie character, the first thing I thought of was Goodfellas.
Joe Pesci (Desimone) and Frank Vincent (Bats) were real life friends and played in a band together. Also Henry's wife Karen had an affair with Paulie while Henry was in the can. Desimone found out and slso tried to get some from Karen but she refused and he beat her up. She went to Paulie and told him. Paulie, enraged, approached the Gambinos and told them who whacked Batts. He practically handed Desimone over to the Gambinos on a plate.
You are spot on. Supposedly, John Gotti was the trigger man who shot Desimone because Bats was his friend. Also, Desimone had an uncle I believe who was a made man who snitched to the FBI so he played the over the top violent gangster so no one would question his sincerity about being a gangster. Last one, Jimmy the Gent was in on the Bats murder because when Bats was in prison Jimmy took over Bat's bookmaking operation and didn't want to give it back. Honor amongst thieves. lol
@earlbanister5514 you are also spot on my friend except one thing... legend has it Gotti didn't shot DeSimone... he had him k-illed slowly over several days.
I beg your pardon if this is common knowledge, but in the film, Henry certainly made his point known about Batts being made, but not Tommy, at the time of his murder. Reading this now is wild.
@@seventhsonmediaNo disrespect BUT Pay attention. It was Tommy's UNCLE who was made, then ratted. They think Tommy was so over the top killer because he didn't want to be thought of like his rat uncle.
Harvey Keitel & Lorraine Bracco both went broke fighting over that daughter for custody through the courts over the years. The Lawyers made a fortune in that long drawn out legal battle.
@@christophera3330 I just Googled it Lorraine Bracco and Harvey Keitel had a long and bitter custody battle over their daughter, Stella, after their 12-year relationship ended in 1992: Bracco won custody of Stella, but the legal fees left her bankrupt only reason i remember it was because i lived in N.Y (Queens) at the time and it was always in the papers
P.S. the character Tuddy Cicero, Paulie’s brother was played by the legendary Frank Dileo who was Michael Jackson’s personal manager. He managed many other famous musicians too.
It has a chapter in the book. He was taking the excess food ordered by the Army and selling it restaurants in the area. He was also loan sharking with the other soldiers.
I thought for sure they would add the fact that in the Idlewild Airport scene, with Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, it says Idlewild, 1963, as they lean on the back of a 1965 Impala. This scene has always bugged me since the very first time I saw the movie
In order to make the kid that played young Henry look more convincing, Scorsese had special contact lenses made for him that were exactly like Ray Liota's eyes.
Fun Fact that really funny. Steve Martin's movie My Blue Heaven release date August 17th 1990? Is also based upon Hill's life. Goodfellas came out 3 weeks later. So you could say this movie is a prequel to My Blue Heaven
I believe the reason nobody whacked Henry Hill wasn’t just because nobody from his old crew was still alive but that nobody really cared anymore and it be just more trouble than what it was worth.
Good video but you missed a couple things! The painting that Tommy admires while eating with his mom, was actually painted by Scorsese's mother. It's a painting of a photo that was featured in a photo profile of the people of Ireland in National Geographic. Also, the shot where Tommy is shooting straight at the audience is an homage to the final scene in the silent classic, "The Great Train Robbery."
@@librarianeric that was Scorsese's mother that played Tommy's mother, his father played Vinny, the guy who put too many onions in the sauce in prison.
there is one interesting scene that can be added to this top ten..The scene where Henry Hill is trying to convince paulie than he can be trusted again after his drug bust..the scene is where paulie slaps him in the face while talking to him to make sure he understood what paulie was telling him..That slap was was pure ab lib and was not scripted, which is why you see that sudden startled expression on liota,s face after the slap. scorsese after being told by Paul Servino that the slap is what most italians and scilians do when trying to male sure you are getting the message..Scorcese was so impressed that he kept the scene as is to add realism. FACT.
I heard when Pesci was a NY waiter the mob guy was joking with the table and Pesci and Pesci said you're funny. Scared the crap outta him and then said I'm just kidding kid and the whole table was relieved 🤷♂️
My aunt dated the technical advisor on this movie and was on set a few times. He was also in the movie as Nicky Eyes. He was against shooting into the trunk as the gas tank was right below him.
For a change a video with some facts that I/we didn't know. I've seen this film at least 50 times and if it comes on tv I'll still watch it like it's the first time.
I met Frank Vincent in a hotel lobby bathroom in New Jersey. He was standing next to me taking a piss. We were both washing our hands and I just said hello to him. He was very nice and we both agreed not to shake each other's hands. Super cool
I met a football player like that once. We walked out of the bathroom together, and a bunch of his teammates were standing there. One of them asked him what he was doing. It was a bit awkward
Fun fact: I was around while they were recording the movie, and The woman who played Karen was so attracted to me, I was ordered by the police to stay inside my house while the were recording, in fear that my presence would cause a flood on the set. True story.
Weird facts : the guy they throw to the lions looks like Quentin Tarantino . Samuel L Jackson was in it . Also you can see Tommy Chong walking by when Jimmy knocks over the phone booth . Also Henry moves to Idaho , a moving truck is scene in the background ,possibly bringing Henry's goods when he gets the paper , gets the paper ,also real life Henry hill uh wasn't as how I say handsome as Ray Liotta. Also Henry hill used to call in to Howard Stern after he was witness protection . Also Martin Scorsese used Rolling Stones , muddy waters , Eric Clapton with two or more of their songs . All the foods are referenced in the sopranos and originated from goodfellas . Also spider gets shot in the foot , Chrissy played by Michael Imperioli shoots a guy in the bakery in the foot
fact number 11 .. The movie My Blue Heaven is a spoof of Goodfellas .. The guy who wrote Goodfellas , Nicholas pileggi , his wife, Nora ephron , wrote my blue heaven ..
You forgot that Henry said that the real Tommy was worse, more violent, more of a psycho than the way Pesci plays him…jeez he must’ve been terrifying, being that violent and that big …
And even more fun fact, there were two films about Henry Hill released that year. This one was written by Nicholas Pileggi. A more comedic movie about Henry’s life in Witness Protection, My Blue Heaven (starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis) was written by Nora Ephron. Nicholas and Nora were married.
Nice mention about Louis Eppolito! I was in shock when I heard this guy's story. The other fact worth mentioning is introducing 'Mikey Franzese' in the same scene - the real ex mob, who came out from the movie theater after seing this scene. He is a youtuber and told about it. But two facts are incorrect - Mike was part of Colombo crew, not Lucchese. The next thing is, in 1963 Franzese was only 12 years old (he became a made man in 1975). Maybe his 'character' was coincidence and he just made a story 'Yeah, Scorsese put me in because I was SO FAMOUS then!' - in fact, I never heard about him until 2020, when his videos appeared on TH-cam.
Yeah, what a dope I am that when I watched this movie in 1990 I never noticed that decades later the actor who played Frankie Carbone would sue the writers of a TV show that I wasn't even aware existed.
@@movieswelove99 just a quick fact.. In the scene were henry is introduced to Tommy,in real life, it was Henry meeting Paulies brother because at the time the real Tommy was just kid in real life.
Another fun fact is when Jimmy (played by DeNiro) finds out Tommy (played by Pesci) is killed over the phone he accidentally pushes the phone booth over and immediately hides his face because he was laughing!
its nuts if you pay close attention, you can see so many references, and connections between Goodfellas, and the sopranos. from loads of shared actors , to references like when tommy shoots spider in the foot. in sopranos earlier seasons, christopher has to pick up snacks at a bakers, (at which point the guy who plays vito is in the scene, before the character vito was added to the show) chris shoots the baker in the foot and says 'it happens'. in goodfellas michael imperioli played spider, and when tommy shot him in the foot, tommy said 'it happens'.
TH-camr "Movies We Love" was a made man and I wasn't, so this video was suggested to me. I just had to sit back and endure six minutes of it. It was amongst the algorithm, real AI sh!t.
These revelations are usually a waste of time, but No.s 1 and 5, which reveal that real cops were used in the actual movie, are fascinating. It also highlights the potential fate of lawmen who use the law for their own ends. The "funny, how?" scene is iconic, not just in the movie, but as an insight into the head of psychopaths like Tommy. Whilst entertaining, it is uncomfortable and frightening to watch. A loose cannon like Tommy could have easily taken this as an attack on his ego, and made an example of Henry. Joe Pesci played it wonderfully.
Another bonus fact: The Lufthansa robbery was actually very, very precise: conducted at night with guns, they knew the guard's names and addresses and where their kids went to school so they wouldn't try anything, and that the vault door had to be closed to open the inner door with an alarm going off. P.S. Bonus fact: the 'Crucifixion pose' by the kids at the beginning as the cars blow up was a happy accident Thelma Schoonmaker (editor) noticed.
Fact #12 "My Blue Heaven" (also 1990) starring Steven Martin is also based on Henry Hill after he is in witness protection. The movie is not a violent.
I knew 3 of these facts before watching this vid: 1. Tommy's mother is Martin Scorsese's real life mom; 2. The FBI agent was a real agent; Joe Pesci's Tommy D was a real life mobster named Tommy DeSimone. Also, it's rumored that Henry Hill didn't get wacked after getting booted from TWPP is because mobsters revered him after seeing this movie, they thought it made mob life look good.
Michael Franzese was in the theater watching the movie, when he saw his likeness and name called in the scene he introduces everyone he walked out so as to not be noticed.
4:10 actually it’s said by old friends of Tommy that he was 6,2 and about 160 pounds. They called him two guns because he wasn’t the fighting type and was quick to shoot . Thats also what made him such a maniac
@@Khvg-e4l makes sense. If I remember correctly, Hill's description of Batt's murder is a lot different in the book. I don't think DeSimone argued with Batts. He just felt insulted by the shine box comment and told Burke "I'm gonna kill that guy" & ended up killing him a week or two later.
I'd say the 160 pounds is way off. In his pictures he looks solid, like the kind of guy who played college football, and others referred to him as "beefy"
there’s a hilarious interview with Howard Stern, where Henry Hill is drunk off his ass, and he keeps cursing and Howard threatens to kick him off the show, at one point he even had them bring him a bottle of liquor 😂
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Would have hit the like button sooner but I had to get the papers get the papers
lol... Get the papers - Get the Papers
Well hit the button hit the button before you go do that thing
That's funny😂
You're a funny guy...
@@BackwoodsFilmsfunny how?
In real life, Henry Hill was also one of the mobsters who engineered the 1978 Boston College men's basketball points shaving scandal... They mention it in passing in the movie, but in real life it was a huge deal.
I think it's funny HE didn't even consider it a big deal. The commentary with Hill and McDonald is a real treasure.
There's a good 30 for 30 about it.
Hill didn't "engineer" a damn thing. He PARTICIPATED in it, but he was never a mastermind. Several actual mobsters (Michael Fransecse, Sammy Gravano, Frank Callato), and Mafia historians McDonald, Pileggi, have exposed Hill and his cokehead antics.
there's a movie about that but i forget what it's called
Yep that's absolutely true. Jimmy put the money up to get it going.
I knew about Scorsese’s real mom playing Tommy’s Mother, didn’t know that was his father in the prison scene
@@nwcoastlife His father was the only one who knew how to iron the shirt collars to make them crisp and sharp
No one else could have played her role! ❤❤❤❤
He wasn't just in the prison scene, of course, he was an older mobster, who helped lure Tommy to his death along with Tuddy.
How could you not? Martin is the spitting image of his dad.
Heres a fun fact: In the scene where Jimmy offers Karen the coats around the corner, and she spots the shady characters and instead decides to flee, there's a street sign pointing in the direction of the coats that reads "one way." And the street light right under it read "don't walk." Ominous warnings, to say the least.
Interesting! Thanks for the nuance.
Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, I grew up near there. Played BB in that park in the background. 👍👍👍👍
Another thing about that scene. The Don't walk light is modern for the late 80s and passe for the 70s when this would've taken place. 😉👍
Oh yeah.
I knew about this, but only because I watched it with the DVD commentary track one time and Scorsese talked about it.
Poor Carbone... he had to wait three days to thaw out for his autopsy, and then his case against The Simpsons gets thrown out...
Never mess with Homer...............
Car bonehead
Frozen Carbone always reminded me of the outline of Scotland
@@mjx2191 Must be some good shit you smokin...
Bonus, bonus fact: When Henry's character is complaining about being in the witness protection program and standing on his front porch with a paper in his hands he's actually complaining about being in Redmond, Washington, just outside of Seattle. I was a cop there, so I know this. We bumped into Henry early one morning after he got caught breaking into a local mom and pop store to steal a couple bottles of wine, setting off the alarm and thus calling the cops. We didn't know who he was at first but the next day some federal agents showed up at our department and we found out we had a real classy celebrity in the neighborhood. We also busted him on a cocaine deal later on and the feds moved him to Colorado as I recall, not positive on that one as the feds didn't really share a lot of that with us. Now there's a bonus for you. 😂
Thank You for the information.
What year was the stealing wine bottles deal? That’s crazy, always wondered where he ended up, cause of what he says “ I’m an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook”
I can imagine Washington State was a lot different to the NY life.
My blue heaven
Do you remember the name he was using at the time that you busted him with the wine?
@@flaviovalle1656 I couldn't recall but looked it up, it was Martin Lewis.
When Ray Liotta is first introduced at Idlewild (Kennedy) airport in 1963 he's leaning against a 1965 Impala!
Henry Ford ova here
@@trippietoadie1296 No. Chevrolet!
He had connections
Also, the aircraft that flies over is a 747. They didn´t fly until 1969.
He's ahead of his time
Thank for this video dude ! Goodfellas is one of my favourite films, and you've made it that much more interesting 👍
Thanks so much!
While I know it’s just a way to move the scene along, it always cracks me up that Tommy’s mother has her painting conveniently stashed under the table. It’s great comedic editing.
Momma knows best lol
One is going east and the other one is going west. So what?
@TimApple. "And the guy says whaddya want from me..."😂
@@Qboro66 he looks like someone we know, oh wait, yeah, that's him! 🤣
Here’s another bonus fact:
When Joe Pesci was working on goodfellas he was also working on Home Alone at the same time. People say that there are times that Joe Pesci would forget he was working on a family Christmas movie and he would accidentally say curse words over and over.
I whacked the "Like" button because there was nuttin' I could do about it.
Hey... whata ya gonna do? (Appreciate the whack!)
You’re really funny, really funny.
@@nedmerrill6228 Funny how? Do I amuse you?
It is what it is.
It was some real grease ball shit
1:27 Love how Marty’s father blows his line and he kept it in the film.
Like real life
Seemed pretty authentic that way
I bet he was like what’s Paul’s character’s name again? Oh yeah Paul! 😂
I think he was starting to say "Vinnie" or something. Hard to flub the the name, the Paulie character was played by Paul, lol.
Actually I think Frank Cibiro owes Eugene Levy for his SCTV Character : Bobby Bittman
"HOW ARE YA, FOLKS!!"😂
@@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat 😂
I thought that was Eugene Levy😂
That's who he reminded me of. Thans always bothered me i couldn't think of it
Totally agree.
Any one remember Henry hill interviews on Howard Stern?
Yes I do. Wasn't there a fellow monster who called into the show and argued with Henry Hill??
Steven Caracappa was a client and friend for years. I was truly shocked when I saw him on the cover of the NY Daily News as a mob hit man
Whoa... that's nuts!
A "client" sshuuuure
I knew about the Frank Carbone one for a while. I was a huge Simpsons fan back then and the first time I saw the Louie character, the first thing I thought of was Goodfellas.
Number 4,5 - I had no clue that Harvey Keitel and Lorraine Bracco were a couple 🤦♂
and why would you and , just try to imagine all of the things that you don't know
Yup, have a daughter Stella
@@sonnysantana5454 yup... deep thoughts!
It ended VERY BADLY. Google it and make your own decision on who was crazy
I got ya beat. I didn't know the movie was based on real people and stories.
Joe Pesci (Desimone) and Frank Vincent (Bats) were real life friends and played in a band together. Also Henry's wife Karen had an affair with Paulie while Henry was in the can. Desimone found out and slso tried to get some from Karen but she refused and he beat her up. She went to Paulie and told him. Paulie, enraged, approached the Gambinos and told them who whacked Batts. He practically handed Desimone over to the Gambinos on a plate.
You are spot on. Supposedly, John Gotti was the trigger man who shot Desimone because Bats was his friend. Also, Desimone had an uncle I believe who was a made man who snitched to the FBI so he played the over the top violent gangster so no one would question his sincerity about being a gangster. Last one, Jimmy the Gent was in on the Bats murder because when Bats was in prison Jimmy took over Bat's bookmaking operation and didn't want to give it back. Honor amongst thieves. lol
@earlbanister5514 you are also spot on my friend except one thing... legend has it Gotti didn't shot DeSimone... he had him k-illed slowly over several days.
I beg your pardon if this is common knowledge, but in the film, Henry certainly made his point known about Batts being made, but not Tommy, at the time of his murder. Reading this now is wild.
@The-Wolf-with-no-name that's why I said "supposedly". Another theory was Tommy Agro was the killer.
@@seventhsonmediaNo disrespect BUT Pay attention. It was Tommy's UNCLE who was made, then ratted. They think Tommy was so over the top killer because he didn't want to be thought of like his rat uncle.
Harvey Keitel & Lorraine Bracco both went broke fighting over that daughter for custody through the courts over the years. The Lawyers made a fortune in that long drawn out legal battle.
That's sad... I'm sorry to hear that.
Brutal
Which one of them lost and had to keep her?
@@christophera3330 I just Googled it
Lorraine Bracco and Harvey Keitel had a long and bitter custody battle over their daughter, Stella, after their 12-year relationship ended in 1992:
Bracco won custody of Stella, but the legal fees left her bankrupt
only reason i remember it was because i lived in N.Y (Queens) at the time and it was always in the papers
bonus fact number 2:
uncle philly did 20 years in the can.....not a peep!
Stand up guy.
Had to make grilled cheese on the radiator.
@@deee1979 he compromised
Anybody got a tissue? I’m gonna go “compromise”
Now go home and get yer f@ckin' shinebox!!!
P.S. the character Tuddy Cicero, Paulie’s brother was played by the legendary Frank Dileo who was Michael Jackson’s personal manager. He managed many other famous musicians too.
He was a big head honcho VP over at Epic Records in its 80’s great 🎶 hay day era. Helped promote and signed huge musical legends of the time. 👍🏽
Henry Hill was also a real life paratrooper in the US Army 82nd Airborne Division. I believe he was an Army cook, of all things.
That’s true. He got kicked out for constantly going AWOL.
It has a chapter in the book. He was taking the excess food ordered by the Army and selling it restaurants in the area. He was also loan sharking with the other soldiers.
All things alright lol. Selling the army food on the blackmarket
Side fun fact: Jimi Hendrix was in the 101st airborne, also kicked out.
That trunk scene always made me wonder what kind of horror film Scorcese would’ve made.
I thought for sure they would add the fact that in the Idlewild Airport scene, with Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, it says Idlewild, 1963, as they lean on the back of a 1965 Impala.
This scene has always bugged me since the very first time I saw the movie
In order to make the kid that played young Henry look more convincing, Scorsese had special contact lenses made for him that were exactly like Ray Liota's eyes.
Fun Fact that really funny. Steve Martin's movie My Blue Heaven release date August 17th 1990? Is also based upon Hill's life. Goodfellas came out 3 weeks later. So you could say this movie is a prequel to My Blue Heaven
100%. Great movie too.
Nora Ephron, who wrote MBH, was married to Nicholas Pileggi who wrote Goodfellas.
Wow that’s crazy!
I believe the reason nobody whacked Henry Hill wasn’t just because nobody from his old crew was still alive but that nobody really cared anymore and it be just more trouble than what it was worth.
Good video but you missed a couple things!
The painting that Tommy admires while eating with his mom, was actually painted by Scorsese's mother. It's a painting of a photo that was featured in a photo profile of the people of Ireland in National Geographic.
Also, the shot where Tommy is shooting straight at the audience is an homage to the final scene in the silent classic, "The Great Train Robbery."
Thanks!
@@librarianeric that was Scorsese's mother that played Tommy's mother, his father played Vinny, the guy who put too many onions in the sauce in prison.
This is easily Ray Liotta’s, Joe Pesci’s and De Niro’s best movie, I’ve been watching it on repeat since they put it on the HBO/Max app
there is one interesting scene that can be added to this top ten..The scene where Henry Hill is trying to convince paulie than he can be trusted again after his drug bust..the scene is where paulie slaps him in the face while talking to him to make sure he understood what paulie was telling him..That slap was was pure ab lib and was not scripted, which is why you see that sudden startled expression on liota,s face after the slap. scorsese after being told by Paul Servino that the slap is what most italians and scilians do when trying to male sure you are getting the message..Scorcese was so impressed that he kept the scene as is to add realism. FACT.
Wish they would’ve shown the heist scene
This is wrong. Pesci overheard 2 gangsters doing "Am I funny to you". Pencil didn't say it to a gangster
Pencil? Autocorrect?
I heard when Pesci was a NY waiter the mob guy was joking with the table and Pesci and Pesci said you're funny. Scared the crap outta him and then said I'm just kidding kid and the whole table was relieved 🤷♂️
My aunt dated the technical advisor on this movie and was on set a few times. He was also in the movie as Nicky Eyes. He was against shooting into the trunk as the gas tank was right below him.
Fun fact this film was screened by a small audience and rated as boring only to become one of the greatest gangster movies of all time lol.
1:39 frank sivero was also Vito corleones friend in godfather 2, and he had a short appearance as an extra during Sonny’s fight scene in godfather 1
I enjoy this content but most of the things featured aren't things that a viewer could notice.
Yeah how did I miss that crooked cop going around committing crimes years after the film came out?
This is the most bot comment I have ever read XD
This has always been one of my favorite movies.
I knew most of the facts, but the British narrator made everything sound soooo good.
I can see why they didn't call him "Skinny Andy".
Paul Cicero had an ordinary house in Island Park NY. Henry's house was in Rockville Centre NY. A few towns away.
Martin Scorsese is like Milhouse. How his parents look alike and he looks like both of them
Milhouse Scorsese
100% spot on. 😂
For a change a video with some facts that I/we didn't know. I've seen this film at least 50 times and if it comes on tv I'll still watch it like it's the first time.
I met Frank Vincent in a hotel lobby bathroom in New Jersey. He was standing next to me taking a piss. We were both washing our hands and I just said hello to him. He was very nice and we both agreed not to shake each other's hands. Super cool
I met a football player like that once. We walked out of the bathroom together, and a bunch of his teammates were standing there. One of them asked him what he was doing. It was a bit awkward
Fun fact: I was around while they were recording the movie, and The woman who played Karen was so attracted to me, I was ordered by the police to stay inside my house while the were recording, in fear that my presence would cause a flood on the set. True story.
Weird facts : the guy they throw to the lions looks like Quentin Tarantino . Samuel L Jackson was in it . Also you can see Tommy Chong walking by when Jimmy knocks over the phone booth . Also Henry moves to Idaho , a moving truck is scene in the background ,possibly bringing Henry's goods when he gets the paper , gets the paper ,also real life Henry hill uh wasn't as how I say handsome as Ray Liotta. Also Henry hill used to call in to Howard Stern after he was witness protection . Also Martin Scorsese used Rolling Stones , muddy waters , Eric Clapton with two or more of their songs . All the foods are referenced in the sopranos and originated from goodfellas . Also spider gets shot in the foot , Chrissy played by Michael Imperioli shoots a guy in the bakery in the foot
fact number 11 .. The movie My Blue Heaven is a spoof of Goodfellas .. The guy who wrote Goodfellas , Nicholas pileggi , his wife, Nora ephron , wrote my blue heaven ..
Ever since I was a kid I away wanted to have TH-cam channel where I talk about the movies I love.
Do it. It may catch on
.23 seconds- that slow pan up was the moment I fell in love with Ray Liotta 😍😄
You forgot that Henry said that the real Tommy was worse, more violent, more of a psycho than the way Pesci plays him…jeez he must’ve been terrifying, being that violent and that big …
Sadly I knew all these facts. But great video. Just subscribed
The diner that Jimmy kicks over the phonebox outside is the same diner in the series The Punisher
Thanks...now go get ya f___in shine box!!! 😂😂😂
Yeah, yeah. You feel strong?
Another interesting fact is that Tuddy (Paulie’s brother in the film) was played by Frank DiLeo, who was Michael Jackson’s manager at the time.
Yes... you're right. I should have included that.
Henry Hill wrote a book about his gangster life. It's a good read.
The LAUGH HOW scene is one of the best ACTING SCENES in the history of film.
His old mob buddies are surprised he got them first before they got him.
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And even more fun fact, there were two films about Henry Hill released that year. This one was written by Nicholas Pileggi. A more comedic movie about Henry’s life in Witness Protection, My Blue Heaven (starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis) was written by Nora Ephron. Nicholas and Nora were married.
Nice mention about Louis Eppolito! I was in shock when I heard this guy's story. The other fact worth mentioning is introducing 'Mikey Franzese' in the same scene - the real ex mob, who came out from the movie theater after seing this scene. He is a youtuber and told about it. But two facts are incorrect - Mike was part of Colombo crew, not Lucchese. The next thing is, in 1963 Franzese was only 12 years old (he became a made man in 1975). Maybe his 'character' was coincidence and he just made a story 'Yeah, Scorsese put me in because I was SO FAMOUS then!' - in fact, I never heard about him until 2020, when his videos appeared on TH-cam.
Wow. Thanks for the info! You really know your mob history.
I read a book last year about the two crooked policemen. Unbelievable what they did and got away with for so long. It was certainly a page turner!
That was old man Francese in the movie not the son.
Mikey Franzese's father was a made guy as well....if you listen to Mike, he talks about being the heir apparent to his father in the mafia.
This was excellent - thanks for posting.
Thanks so much!
Excellent soundtrack too, my favorite of all time ..
Yeah, what a dope I am that when I watched this movie in 1990 I never noticed that decades later the actor who played Frankie Carbone would sue the writers of a TV show that I wasn't even aware existed.
Wow... it's not that serious. Just a crappy little video to enjoy... or not. Millions of other videos on TH-cam if this one doesn't catch your fancy.
Great vid. Thanks for the upload!
Thanks!
@@movieswelove99 just a quick fact.. In the scene were henry is introduced to Tommy,in real life, it was Henry meeting Paulies brother because at the time the real Tommy was just kid in real life.
@@rondesjardins-j1l No shit? Didn't know that. Thanks.
Another fun fact is when Jimmy (played by DeNiro) finds out Tommy (played by Pesci) is killed over the phone he accidentally pushes the phone booth over and immediately hides his face because he was laughing!
Interesting! Thanks.
The most impressive part of this movie is that Morries wigs dont come off.. so forget about money
‘And come in for a personalised fitting’
But it did come off when Jimmy choked him with the phone cord.
its nuts if you pay close attention, you can see so many references, and connections between Goodfellas, and the sopranos. from loads of shared actors , to references like when tommy shoots spider in the foot. in sopranos earlier seasons, christopher has to pick up snacks at a bakers, (at which point the guy who plays vito is in the scene, before the character vito was added to the show) chris shoots the baker in the foot and says 'it happens'. in goodfellas michael imperioli played spider, and when tommy shot him in the foot, tommy said 'it happens'.
One thing I noticed. When the guys are leaning against a car before the Lufthansa heist in 1963 the car was a 65 Impala
The extra that was sitting next to Franzese is former wrestler Disco Inferno
What an era this was for films.Brilliant
...just...whoever controls it...nowhere cold.
TH-camr "Movies We Love" was a made man and I wasn't, so this video was suggested to me. I just had to sit back and endure six minutes of it. It was amongst the algorithm, real AI sh!t.
Dude relax. It's just a fun little video. I don't take it that seriously and you shouldn't either.
4:20 Big fella on the right was Michael Jackson's ex manager.
I made the like button an offer it couldn't refuse,capish.
In 2007, I saw Henry Hill at Venice Beach.
I guess the Luccheses knew where he was... but figured he wasn't worth it.
These revelations are usually a waste of time, but No.s 1 and 5, which reveal that real cops were used in the actual movie, are fascinating. It also highlights the potential fate of lawmen who use the law for their own ends.
The "funny, how?" scene is iconic, not just in the movie, but as an insight into the head of psychopaths like Tommy.
Whilst entertaining, it is uncomfortable and frightening to watch. A loose cannon like Tommy could have easily taken this as an attack on his ego, and made an example of Henry. Joe Pesci played it wonderfully.
I knew it was mafia cop Eppilito
Another bonus fact: The Lufthansa robbery was actually very, very precise: conducted at night with guns, they knew the guard's names and addresses and where their kids went to school so they wouldn't try anything, and that the vault door had to be closed to open the inner door with an alarm going off.
P.S. Bonus fact: the 'Crucifixion pose' by the kids at the beginning as the cars blow up was a happy accident Thelma Schoonmaker (editor) noticed.
Thanks for the extra info!
Straight up, this is creepier than Halloween in little-Egypt...
Carracapa is also in the intro. Eppolito also played the cop in Lost Highway
"WHACK the Like Button!" Sweet! LOL!
Good one.
Fact #12 "My Blue Heaven" (also 1990) starring Steven Martin is also based on Henry Hill after he is in witness protection. The movie is not a violent.
Thought you were going to mention that Frank Dileo was Michael Jackson's manager.
Very cool very different take and info new subscriber thank you
Eppolitio's wife was in the restaurant scene too.
Who plays the background music ? Band pls..anyone ?
I knew 3 of these facts before watching this vid: 1. Tommy's mother is Martin Scorsese's real life mom; 2. The FBI agent was a real agent; Joe Pesci's Tommy D was a real life mobster named Tommy DeSimone. Also, it's rumored that Henry Hill didn't get wacked after getting booted from TWPP is because mobsters revered him after seeing this movie, they thought it made mob life look good.
How could we notice when many
of these things happened AFTER the movie?
Fail. The video title is fail.
Frank Civero (Carbone) was also in both Godfather 1 and 2. In 1 he was in the background watching Sonny beat up Carlo.
Scorsese’s dad is named Vinnie in the movie.
@@MrCatcandance he put too many onions in the sauce.
@ just “3 small onions”!
Joe pesci has already gone on record saying that scene was not improvised
Michael Franzese was in the theater watching the movie, when he saw his likeness and name called in the scene he introduces everyone he walked out so as to not be noticed.
The King of Comedy was Marty's best.
4:10 actually it’s said by old friends of Tommy that he was 6,2 and about 160 pounds. They called him two guns because he wasn’t the fighting type and was quick to shoot . Thats also what made him such a maniac
No shit... never heard that.
I read he was a talented amateur boxer
@@WorldCupWillie maybe he boxed but Henry hill said he wasn’t confrontational hands on. Probably cause he doesn’t want to ever lose a fight…
@@Khvg-e4l makes sense. If I remember correctly, Hill's description of Batt's murder is a lot different in the book. I don't think DeSimone argued with Batts. He just felt insulted by the shine box comment and told Burke "I'm gonna kill that guy" & ended up killing him a week or two later.
I'd say the 160 pounds is way off. In his pictures he looks solid, like the kind of guy who played college football, and others referred to him as "beefy"
I lost my Goodfellas DVD in Las Vegas when I was a teen
Just torrent it
there’s a hilarious interview with Howard Stern, where Henry Hill is drunk off his ass, and he keeps cursing and Howard threatens to kick him off the show, at one point he even had them bring him a bottle of liquor 😂
If it wasn't already mentioned, My Blue Heaven is where the story picks up after he goes into Witness Protection
... Pressing 👍@ 2:50 .... Cheerio
oh, that's the flava. that's the flava. the pork
I bet that sauce is delicious!
This is funny!🇮🇹Now go home and get by our shine box!
It was better to keep Henry guessing. That fear in the back of the mind that he could walk into a room and be killed...... Or not.