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Topic: Goodfellas
Sickened_Since_73
(609 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 21:31
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Just letting ye know it`s on TG4 now, tis a classic!
DAF
(2,872 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 21:32
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Funny!Funny How! Do i amuse you?

Joe Pesci was brilliant.
clangera
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 21:41
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Its absolute gold, 10/10.

``You had a fire? f**==cc you, pay me``!!
cantyoupullonit
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 22:04
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In my opinion, this is better than even The Godfather
Sickened_Since_73
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 22:18
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Originally posted by cantyoupullonit:
In my opinion, this is better than even The Godfather
Im split down the middle between the two. Both are epic films.
sam
(8,946 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 22:26
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Now you`re talking. quality film.
ProjectX
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 22:46
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I must have seen this movie 100 times and I still find it un-missable viewing
Clonliffe Cat
(1,441 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:03
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The songs used on this are quality, that bit from Layla always gets me
clangera
(1,136 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:14
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The most amazing thing about Goodfellas is that its a true story! A while back TG4 had those gangster documentaries and Henry Hill was interviewed at length. He`s as old as the hills now but his language is just as bad.
Watch out for the state attorney who offers him the witness protection programme - its not an actor - its the actual state attorney who dealt with Henry Hill in real life and was also interviewd for the documentary.

Surely one of the best films ever made.
Pog Mahone
(9,387 Posts)
Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:39
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Doesn`t matter how often you see it, still a classic.

Is Jimmy Conway still alive clangera?
Just saw, he was actually called Jimmy Burke, died in 1996
This message has been edited - 09-mar-2010 @ 23:43
Sickened_Since_73
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:44
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Originally posted by Pog Mahone:
Doesn`t matter how often you see it, still a classic.

Is Jimmy Conway still alive clangera?
Conway died of cancer in prison in 96 or 97. Henry Hill is the only man left who`s still alive and kicking. I couldn`t believe the film was a true story when I saw it first
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clangera
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:49
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``Is Jimmy Conway still alive clangera?
Just saw, he was actually called Jimmy Burke, died in 1996``

As far as I know he`s dead. I dont think Henry Hill could have actually been in the documentary if any of the guys he`d ratted on were still alive. Its funny but he`s still as childish as ever, and funny, and he uses much more foul language in real life than Ray Liotta used in the film - every second word Hill says is fcuk!
Blanco
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Posted: 09-Mar-2010 23:59
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Originally posted by clangera:
``Is Jimmy Conway still alive clangera?
Just saw, he was actually called Jimmy Burke, died in 1996``

Check up the Wikipedia page on Jimmy Burke, a really nasty piece of work in real life, "Jimmy the Gent", they couldn`t use the name Burke in the film, because the family demanded a lot of money to let them use it.

Also unbelievably, Pesci`s character was more a psycho than Pesci portrayed him as well. I think think his real name was Simone or something similar.
Pog Mahone
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Posted: 10-Mar-2010 00:02
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Originally posted by Blanco:


Check up the Wikipedia page on Jimmy Burke, a really nasty piece of work in real life, "Jimmy the Gent", they couldn`t use the name Burke in the film, because the family demanded a lot of money to let them use it.

Also unbelievably, Pesci`s character was more a psycho than Pesci portrayed him as well. I think think his real name was Simone or something similar.

Just reading it there, named his 2 sons Frank James & Jesse James. He rang Robert De Niro from prison to give him a few tips on the role. As you say a nasty piece of work
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