Questions tagged [goodfellas]
Martin Scorsese's seminal gangster movie, starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
21
questions
-2
votes
1
answer
88
views
Was the amount Vario gave Hill significant?
IIRC, it was 3 thousand. I do not mean, significant as in "large amount" but in terms of message being conveyed.
Vario hands over the 3K and then says, "Now I have to turn my back on ...
- 3,611
0
votes
1
answer
247
views
What did Jimmy do with the Lufthansa $6M cash?
In Goodfellas, Jimmy Conway masterminds the Lufthansa heist which yields $6M in cash (as per the narrator at 1:38:05).
Jimmy "kicked some money upstairs to Paulie" (at 1:48:21). Then, he ...
- 1,214
0
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Who made the painting of a man and his two dogs in a boat?
In Goodfellas, Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) have entered the home of Tommy's mother in Queens, it is 3 o'clock at night and they are looking for ...
- 48.7k
1
vote
2
answers
98
views
What's that something Tuddy is offering?
Guest at the marriage party, handover envelopes as gifts to
Karen, newly wedded wife.
TUDDY'S WIFE: So beautiful. I want to cry.
TUDDY: Here is something to help you get started.
It's unclear to me ...
- 111
-1
votes
1
answer
91
views
What "bastards" is Karen referring to?
Karen is upset after seeing Janice’s name on her husband’s prison visitation list.
Karen brought her kids to the prison to confront her husband, Michael:
Karen: I saw her name on the register. Want ...
- 111
1
vote
1
answer
336
views
What does "compares" mean?
Tommy's mother speaks about her childhood days:
Mother: When we were kids, the compares used to visit each other.
There was this man. He would never talk. He'd just sit there all
night.
What does &...
- 111
-1
votes
1
answer
337
views
Why didn't Goodfellas movie show Lufthansa heist on screen?
It is touted as largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time
then why Goodfellas movie didn't show how Lufthansa heist on screen?
- 111
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
What is the meaning of the ending of Goodfellas? [duplicate]
At the the end of Goodfellas Henry looks into the camera and "gets shot" by Joe Pesci.
Why does he look to into the camera and "gets shot" by Joe Pesci?
I understand how meaningful the name of the ...
1
vote
2
answers
3k
views
Why was Karen Hill watching The Jazz Singer in Goodfellas?
When the feds came with a search warrant to comb over the Hill residence in Goodfellas (and get the wheels greased), Karen allows them in a blasé manner, and resigns herself to watch TV with her ...
- 3,912
6
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Did Henry Hill get set up when he got pinched for cigarettes?
I was watching Goodfellas for the 8 billionth time the other night and started thinking about the scene where Henry got pinched selling cigarettes. Paul had all the cops on the take, and the cops ...
- 59.6k
17
votes
3
answers
8k
views
Why is Tommy shooting at the fourth wall?
At the end of Goodfellas,
Then, an image of Tommy appears, facing the camera and shooting at it several times. What is the meaning of this scene?
- 27.8k
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Blue makeup at the hostess party
In the scene where Karen attends a hostess party for the first time, one of the women applies some kind of makeup to another woman's face that looks like blue frosting. What was that blue stuff used ...
- 1,730
6
votes
1
answer
4k
views
What happens with Tommy's gun in the Goodfellas?
In The Goodfellas, Tommy beats Billy Batts badly and then shoots him in the mouth. At this moment, the gun behaves weirdly: it fires, Tommy drops it and it explodes in pieces. The camera focuses ...
- 5,298
-3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Why is almost everyone who is not Italian a Jew?
Watching movies made by Martin Scorsese, Casino and Goodfellas I can't help but notice that almost everyone of any significance that is not an Italian is a Jew or Jewish.
I mean even degrading ...
- 2,332
4
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Does Henry Hill kill anybody in Goodfellas?
I rewatched Goodfellas recently and afterwards I tried to think of anybody Henry Hill had killed, but I came up blank. Does Henry Hill kill anyone in the movie, either on screen, or implied?
- 304
3
votes
1
answer
297
views
How did the phone ring when receiver was being held by Morrie?
In the movie Goodfellas 1990 we see a scene where James (Rober Di Niro) holds Morris's neck by a telephone cable asking him to return his money. Few moments after this starts, the phone rings.
How ...
- 3,517
10
votes
2
answers
2k
views
About the "whacking" scenes in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas
This whole sequence in Goodfellas baffled me. Why was DeNiro's character Jimmy allowed to betray and slaughter every member of his crew, including one of their wives (which I thought was taboo) ...
- 101
13
votes
2
answers
35k
views
What's about the shirt collars in Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995)?
I recently watched Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995). The director of both movies is Martin Scorsese. But I noticed something quite interesting. The shirt collars of the gangsters in both movies are ...
- 1,523
7
votes
2
answers
7k
views
Why don't Jimmy and Henry get punished for their involvement with murdering Billy Batts?
In Goodfellas the MOB killed Tommy due to his act of murdering a "made man" - Billy Batts. But if they figured out that Tommy did the killing, wouldn't they also have known that Jimmy and Henry were ...
- 841
16
votes
4
answers
6k
views
Why was Tommy allowed to be a psychopath?
Tommy (played by Joe Pesci) is one of the most interesting characters to me in this film. His story arc starts with him being slightly off balance funny guy and a real tough guy then moves quickly ...
- 10.7k
20
votes
5
answers
74k
views
Did Karen almost die in Goodfellas?
Let's go over exactly what happens in this scene again:
Karen brings something to Jimmy and Jimmy asks how Henry's doing. He gives kind of a flippant response to her answer, then looks down and is ...
- 6,214