---
title: 'Goodfellas (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Scorsese'
released: '1990-09-08'
runtime_minutes: 146
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
themes:
  - 'The Cost of Ambition'
  - 'Food as Character'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/goodfellas-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Goodfellas (1990)

1990 · R · 146 min · Drama, History, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Goodfellas is a 1990 American biographical gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese), [Nicholas Pileggi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-pileggi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pete Townshend](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-townshend)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-winkler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)
- **Editor:** [Thelma Schoonmaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-schoonmaker)

## Cast

- [Nick Vallelonga](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-vallelonga)
- [Frank Vincent](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-vincent) as William Bentvena
- [Joe Pesci](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pesci) as Tommy DeVito
- [Gina Mastrogiacomo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-mastrogiacomo) as Janice Rossi
- [Mike Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-starr) as Frenchy
- [Chuck Low](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-low) as Morris Kessler
- [Charles Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-scorsese) as Vinnie
- [Tony Lip](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-lip) as Frankie the Wop
- [Melissa Prophet](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-prophet)
- [Isiah Whitlock Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/isiah-whitlock-jr) as Doctor
- [Debi Mazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/debi-mazar) as Sandy
- [Beau Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-starr) as Henry's father
- [Louis Eppolito](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-eppolito) as Fat Andy
- [Suzanne Shepherd](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-shepherd) as Karen's mother
- [Illeana Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/illeana-douglas) as Rosie

## Themes & motifs

- [The Cost of Ambition](https://cinepixo.com/topics/the-cost-of-ambition) (theme) — Henry gets the life he wanted since he was thirteen, and the last act prices it: the schnooks he pitied end up holding the one thing he cannot buy back.
- [Food as Character](https://cinepixo.com/topics/food-as-character) (motif) — Garlic sliced thin with a razor in a prison cell, a Sunday sauce, and the one thing Henry misses at the end: food is how the film measures belonging.

Editorial, not imported: every axis and every sentence above was written here.

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/goodfellas-1990
Film facts: Wikidata (Q42047); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.