As History.com notes, on this
day in 1990 Martin Scorsese’s classic crime film Goodfellas opened in movie theaters.
On this day in 1990, the
Martin Scorsese-directed Mafia film Goodfellas, starring Ray Liotta, Robert De
Niro, Lorraine Bracco and Joe Pesci, opens in theaters around the United
States. The movie, which was based on the best-selling 1986 book Wiseguy, by the
New York crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, tells the true story of the
mobster-turned-FBI informant Henry Hill (Liotta), from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Goodfellas earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and
Best Director. Pesci won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as
the psychotic mobster Tommy DeVito.
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