Love how George is immediately "F*ck the day job, I'm just gonna do this and make sure I don't end up in the trunk" That's what I said the first time I saw this movie. But gotta remember, that's what EVERYBODY thinks and SOMEONE has to end up in the trunk.
I think the death of Spider is what really made Henry think twice about his entire life. Because if you don’t remember, that was HIS job when he was younger, so seeing just how easily that could’ve gone south for him in his youth, it made him realize that he can’t do this for much longer.
It's a little less common now than it was back when this movie was set, but a lot of Catholic families would give at least one of their daughters the name Mary (or a variant thereof) in honor of Jesus's mother, either as the first or the middle name. Speaking as a Catholic with a Mary, a Marie, a Maria, and a Maureen as part of my immediate and extended family :)
@@noelyanes2455 the north-east of the US (particularly Boston and the wider area of Massachusetts) has a significant Catholic population mainly from the Irish heritage and immigration from another predominantly Catholic country.
This movie is genius in the way it shows how much fun being a mobster is in the first half, then in the second half it shows how ugly and bloody the life can be. By seeing both the romance and disillusionment through Henry's eyes, we understand both why someone would let themselves fall into such a violent life, and why it is a horrible decision to.
The beauty of the " how am i funny" scene is in Britain they did one of those 100 scariest scenes and 100 funniest scenes tv programmes, it's a format that was rampant worldwide in the early 00's as a good way of getting nostalgia viewers but the only scene that actually made both programmes was this scene. A unique accomplishment
All the ppl in line outside are actually all the restaurant patrons..since it was one continuous shot they all had to run into their marks in the restaurant
One of Scorsese's best movies. It is a classic. "Casino" is another Scorsese gangster movie that starred both Pesci and De Niro. You put those two together in a movie with Scorsese directing and it is going to be great. The scene where he takes his girlfriend (soon to be wife) to the club to see Henny Youngman perform and they enter through the kitchen is a very famous scene because it was done in one long take with the camera following them. Martin Scorsese is one of the few directors who could pull that off flawlessly.
Simone made me laugh after the Jimmy Two Times line, she says "I'm gonna start doing that, start doing that" :D Fantastic reaction and fantastic edit (and I'm SO sorry, George, that this movie is a pain to edit.....but my gosh, this reaction is well worth it!) ; this is the second reaction where I'm going to watch TWICE, so you get two views from me! With a movie like this, I want to see both of your reactions so rather than rewind every scene twice, I just watch the reaction twice and focus on one of you, then the other! LOVE your channel, and I LOVE this reaction! I also love Simone's Floyd shirt! :D This movie is a masterpiece, ain't it? You get a full meal on this one! I came out of the theater after seeing it for the first time and I said "Now THAT'S a movie!" :D See you on Part 2!!!!!
So the mob hierarchy is the boss, then the underboss, the consigliere (advisor) then down to the captains who each run a crew of soldiers. These are the official members, the "made men." Then there are the unofficial members or associates who work with them. Only associates who are of fully Sicilian or Italian heritage can get made. Paulie (real name Paul Vario) was a captain. Henry was half Irish and Jimmy was fully Irish (as far as he knew, he never knew who his father was). Tommy was fully Italian so he was the only one of the trio eligible to be made. Normally a captain wouldn't be as close to an associate like Henry as Paulie was but Henry's mother was from the same part of Sicily as Paulie's ancestors so he took a special interest in him. Paulie knew exactly what his guys were doing in the restaurants raising hell and running up huge tabs. He sent them in there on purpose to get the owners to come to him so he could bleed them dry.
PPS I never noticed it until you pointed it out, but in the sex scene with no dialogue, she's describing how she became seduced into accepting his lifestyle while she's being literally seduced.
It's interesting that you talk about how terrifying Paulie's stare is. The actor, Paul Sorvino (Mira's dad, by the way), said that he almost quit the movie right before they started shooting because he couldn't get a feel for the character. But one day he "got it" - the feel of what it would be like being a stone cold gangster who can casually order other people's murders - and then he looked at himself in the mirror...and he actually scared himself.
Everytime I see this film I see something new - just from this reaction - "another few minutes he could become a stool" - well, that's what Henry is at the end...
PS: I love it when reactors watch a movie that THEY want to see. Both of you had wanted to see this one. I feel like when you see a title come up in your suggestions or your polls that you both want to see, you definitely should, especially if it keeps coming in second, or you keep seeing it suggested. Polls are always going to tilt towards Star Wars fans, horror, etc., but it's not like these other movies aren't equally beloved.
"Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut." Then spends the rest of his life repeating his life story for anyone who would pay to hear it.
I imagine the last 30 years of his life he was wishing he would've slept with the fishes long ago. Nicholas Pileggi did a great job on the book "Wiseguys" which is what this movie was adapted from. Did another book called gangsters and Goodfellas which was great as well. I have no props for Henry Hill
i'm flipping through a bunch of reaction vids to Goodfellas. everyone's reaction to that opening sequence is exactly the same--eyes as big as dinner plates. my all time favorite opening sequence of any movie. introduces each of the three main characters perfectly.
Also that shot going into the Copa through the back is purely improvised by Marty. They arrived to set up to shoot the scene and were originally supposed to enter through the front entrance but the restaurant wouldn't allow them to. So Marty came up with the idea to do a one shot entering through the back and it's one of the most iconic shots of the film.
This is impossible. A lightning setup of that complexity cannot be improvised on the spot. The Steadicam they used was not at that time a regular piece of equipment, and the cameraman to operate it had to be specially trained (his name was Larry McConkey, who's only job on this movie was to operate the steadycam) Besides, entering through the backdoor is something the original book states the couple used to do.
The guy who made the cameo as Fat Andy (at 4:11) was a retired NYPD detective named Louis Eppolito. He was convicted of multiple murders and died in prison.
7:06 I'm pretty sure that Pauli was above Tommy. Above Pauli would've been the Boss and Underboss of family he was in, which I think was the Lucchese family. Pauli said there wasn't anything he could do about it, but I think he was just blowing the guy off since Pauli wasn't going to stop Tommy. That's why the guy had to get Pauli as a partner because then Pauli would've wanted to ensure Tommy stayed in line.
17:54 It was normal for a guy in the mob to have a girlfriend as well as a wife. They just didn't talk about it with the wife ... or the girlfriend although the later usually knew about the wife.
Asking somebody like Paulie for a favor only triggers his instinct for hustling the most he can out of the transaction. In this case, a restaurant business to pillage. Otherwise, Paulie's only pretending to not be able to control Tommy. Technically, Paulie or any other "made guy" could put a lid on an associate like Tommy if it's worth their trouble and Tommy would only be signing his own death warrant if he openly defied their orders or instructions.
The how am I funny scene, along with 90+% of the scenes are filled with improvisation, but the whole how am I funny bit was entirely thought up by Joe Pesci as it was an actual real life experience he had with a mafia guy when he was young. So he and Ray Liota worked on the routine and Marty didn't let anyone in the scene know what they were going to do so everybody's reaction is all 100% genuine, cause they had no idea what was happening.
Great reaction so far. Love this movie! Would love to see you guys do Donnie Brasco also. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, great gangster movie that NO ONE has reacted to!
I finally rewatched this film in honor of Ray Liotta's passing, so now I can watch this too. Your intros have become quite a bit more relaxed since then!
Henry actually tried more than 2 times to escape from the mob but after that Billy Bats case he knew if he tried again he'd be dead..and Paulie was sleeping with Henry's wife also at around 4:19 he mentions a name Michael Franzese that guy is a real life Mobster and now has a successful UA-cam channel lol.
The shot going not the club hadn’t been planned. The room had been hired for filming, but the hotel wouldn’t allow them to use the front entrance. Cast and crew had to go in the back way, and that’s when they got the idea of shooting it
You two are cute. You remind me of the lovable supporting characters from 1980's teen dramas and romantic comedies. This is one of those movies that I just can't turn off once I start it.
That shot of them walking into theCopa through the kitchen was famous because it was the first time anything was done like that in one continuous shot.
This film made Ray Liotta one of my favorite actors. He's underrated but he's intense and powerful. This is in my top ten fave films of all time. Glad y'all did this film!
You definitely need to see Casino as well. It has much the same feel as this movie in many ways but is set in Las Vegas instead. To me they are probably the two greatest mafia movies ever made.
The scenes where they have singers on stage and the guys are on the small tables is the Copacabana in NYC E 60 5th Ave.I use to go there for after work partying on Fridays.It is world famous.
Just to add some more background - since the 1930s or so, NYC has had 5 Mafia "families" - Gambino (that was Gotti's), Bonnano (the family involved in the events of Donnie Brasco), Columbo, Genovese and Lucchese. The events of Goodfellas takes place in the Lucchese family.
King and queen of “saying something w great confidence about the plot, only to be immediately disproven by the literal next scene”, if not, the scene they’re talking over
The two little girls that played Henry and Karen's young daughters early on were Lorraine Bracco's real daughters. One of them is Stella Keitel, whose father is actor Harvey Keitel.
I have been in that neighborhood. There is a church across the street and a salumeria on the same block. The area was selected because much of the architecture was the same for that time period. There is a lot of filming in that area. I had an apartment 10 years ago several blocks away. Apartments are expensive now but still less expensive than Manhattan.
A shine box is a wooden shoe shine box used back in the day when men wore dress shoes and wanted them shined. The shine box held shoe polish and polishing rags. The top of the box had a place the customer could place his foot while his shoe was being polished. A boy or even a grown man may offer to shine shoes wherever they could. There wasn’t a lot of money to be made shining shoes. The shine box insult may have meant that Tommy was poor.
"Why does an old lady have such a big knife?" Bro, have you SEEN an Asian mother? I feel like you might have one. Mine used hers to attack fish heads in Slavic squat.
There was a known mafia hang out restaurant in South Philadelphia. Despite some are known to have died in the circumstances depicted, I met several that were named during that walk thru of the restaurant seen. I wont say who was the associate was that took us there, I was about 15 early 1980s.
Not so fun fact about this movie, Fat Andy (Louis Eppolito) in the scene where they're introducing everyone was an NYPD detective. He and his partner Steve Caracappa did hits for the mob. They were caught years later when Eppolito wrote a book about his life called Mafia Cop and the mother of Jimmy Hydell one of his victims picked it up, read it, and took it to the police. Also, Anthony Casso underboss of the Lucchese Family did a news interview from jail and named both of them as cops on their payroll.
That restaurant they are at wasn't just any restaurant. That was the Copacabana. Which was the swankiest, hippest night spot on the planet. Big celebrities would do their act there. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Martin & Lewis, everybody who was anybody. It was impossible to get in to unless you were rich or famous or both. Which made it even more impressive when Henry took Karen through the back & was given the VIP treatment & a table right in front of the stage.
Fun facts about Goodfellas 1. When they were going around the bar they introduced Michael Franzese and he is still alive and haves a youtube channel and another fun fact about him when he first watched this movie in the theaters he was with his wife and when they introduced him he said "come on honey we gotta go" cause he was shocked and surprised that he was in the movie 2. Tommy Desimone's body has never been found and no one knows where his body is and it's rumored that John Gotti killed him 3. The cop that was talking to Henry is the real cop that talked to the real Henry Hill 4. Paulie had an affair with Karen and Tommy tried to rape her 5. That guy billy batts was actually friends with John Gotti and he died a few weeks after he was released from prison 6. Tommy was sad that he had to kill Stacks Edwards 7. Spider's sister talked to Henry asking him where is her brother buried 8. Henry had a hard time in school when he was young 9. Henry tried to leave the mob he couldn't because after the death of Billy Batts he would be killed 10. The cop that tasted the coke was a real CIA agent 11. Henry Hill died in 2012 he's been dead for almost 10 years 12. Robert De Niro talked to the real Jimmy Conaway when he was in prison
My parents are first gen Italian. This film reminds me of the part of the small town I grew up in. I have either a family member or know someone like every single character in this movie. My father just passed away in March. We used to quote this movie all the time. My dad thought it was hilarious. He had an accent so when he would quote it would make me laugh so hard! 😂
A fun FYI. In the beginning when they’re introducing all the different people, “No Nose”, “Two Times”, etc, in the restaurant, one of the people is Michael (I forget the movie last name). Anyway, the mobster that character is based on is named Michael Franzese. Michael Franzese, now out of that life, has his own UA-cam channel where he talks, in detail, about that life.
I like your questions about why everyone was named Paul or Peter or Marie...In the German side of my family (the rest is Jewish) there was about 100 years where ever boy was named Johann or something similar and every woman was named some version of Mary. The middle name was what distinguished them.
Germany historically has been Protestant/Lutheran but the southern part of the country near the Alps is Catholic along with Austria (the most recent Pope Benedict was from Bavaria).
Ray Liotta went to play as Tommy Vercetti in GTA Vice City Frank Vincent who plays Billy Batts also plays Salvatore Leone in GTA 3 and San Andreas The whole dinner scene with Mama Scorsese was all improv Its common for mob members to have a goomah (mistress)
The quintessential mob film along with Donnie Brasco. Considered by many ex mobsters to be more realistic than the godfather. High praise from fans and mobsters alike. 10/10 all the way.
This was the year I was hoping Graham Greene would get the Best Supporting Actor for "Dances with Wolves" but I must admit Joe Pesci was outstanding in this.
The guy they call fat Andy when Henry is walking into the club is an actual NYPD cop that was charged and is in prison for working for the mob his partner is in prison also. They did all kinds of stuff for the mob including killing. His name is Lou Eppolito.
You know? 4:10 One of the guys they present there (you didn't show him) Michael Franzese, has his very own youtube channel, he got out of all that, and he says his cameo in the movie is wrong because he was not there.
7:00 That was the Point Tommy Causes the Guy a Problem that only Paulie can solve as Tommy’s Boss so Paulie becomes the Guys Partner to destroy The Guys Business
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci), and Jimmy Burke (Robert De Niro) were all "Associates" in gangland parlance. They were associated with a Cosa Nostra gang, but were not full fledged members. They paid tribute to a specific crew (note the cut of the Air France job that they kicked up to Paulie, even though he had nothing to do with the job), meaning that any criminal activity conducted by them, the "made guys" above them got a cut, especially if the caper was conducted on turf controlled by that crew. Paulie's turf included the airport, so he got a cut of any criminal activity conducted there. In return, they received a certain limited level of protection from other "made" wise guys, and had access to any political or judicial leverage (juice) that the gang controlled (i.e. crooked cops, fixed judges, and politicians on the take). While the made guys mostly used Tommy as muscle, breaking the occasional head, Henry and Jimmy were "earners", meaning that they mostly got involved in activities that brought money into the organization, a portion of which they kicked up to the head of the crew with whom they were associated (i.e. Paulie). Jimmy and Henry could never be "made" into full fledged members of a crew because they were not fully Italian, both were half Irish. BUT, no matter how much money an associate might make, they ALWAYS ranked below even the lowest of the "made" members. In a beef between an associate and a made wise guy, the made guy was always right, no matter the facts of the case. And, of course, an associate even so much as laying hands on a made guy, or even looking wrongly at his wife or girlfriend, was an offense punishable by death, no appeal possible.
Look up the Animaniacs The Goodfeathers .. They had short cartoons with pigeons that were from NY and they were modeled after the 3 guys in this movie. They even had the Joe P scene all the time where someone laughs and he says you think I'm funny? ... That whole bit like every cartoon... But he always ends with THAT'S IT! and then he attacks .
Paulie was the boss. Joe pesci was basically a soldier and wasn't yet a "made" man--which means he would have been a protected guy within the mafia family and would have been eligible to run his own "family" like paulie. So, when the restaurant owner went to paulie, it was to ask for protection from pesci.
Watching this video I learned two things about young Canadians. 1) They demonstrate a lot of common sense and 2) an equal degree of naivete about organized crime in the U.S. "Goodfellas" is a good primer for learning the "code" and understanding "the life", i.e., it's all it's cracked up to be! Fun, adventure, horror, prison, and death before being dropped off at the end of the line to the gates of Hell. Wait time: Approximately 5,000-25,000 years ... and it begins ... 🥶🔱😈
Part 2 will come shortly after
No Paulie is a boss...
Yes she knows hes married
You talked over the part that explains that Saturday night's were for the girlfriends.
Love how George is immediately "F*ck the day job, I'm just gonna do this and make sure I don't end up in the trunk"
That's what I said the first time I saw this movie. But gotta remember, that's what EVERYBODY thinks and SOMEONE has to end up in the trunk.
RIP Ray Liotta.
The lady playing Joe Pesci's mother is actually Martin Scorsese's mom. She's been in several of his movies.
"Vinnie" (guy cooking steaks in prison) is Charles Scorsese, Martin's dad............
@@wwk68tig Charles is Vinnie, but Vinnie is the one making the sauce. "Good, but ya gotta have the pork. That's the flavor."
@@Salguine you’re right. my brain leaks 🤪
And Scorsese's Mom always cooked for the film crew and actors whenever she was in his movies!
@Firesquad ...and dat's dat."
I think the death of Spider is what really made Henry think twice about his entire life.
Because if you don’t remember, that was HIS job when he was younger, so seeing just how easily that could’ve gone south for him in his youth, it made him realize that he can’t do this for much longer.
Except the real Henry hill is a professional manipulator. He loved living that life and he’s not sorry for anything.
I think they're named Peter, Paul, and Marie (Mary) because they're Catholic and thus named for Catholic saints and/or figures.
It's a little less common now than it was back when this movie was set, but a lot of Catholic families would give at least one of their daughters the name Mary (or a variant thereof) in honor of Jesus's mother, either as the first or the middle name. Speaking as a Catholic with a Mary, a Marie, a Maria, and a Maureen as part of my immediate and extended family :)
They were named for the 60's group, Peter, Paul and Mary, of "Puff The Magic Dragon" fame. Fun fact!
Kinda weird that Canadians don’t know this considering Catholicism is historically more prominent in Canada.
@@noelyanes2455 the north-east of the US (particularly Boston and the wider area of Massachusetts) has a significant Catholic population mainly from the Irish heritage and immigration from another predominantly Catholic country.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 which is still a very tiny minority considering usa to this day is predominantly Protestant
This movie is genius in the way it shows how much fun being a mobster is in the first half, then in the second half it shows how ugly and bloody the life can be. By seeing both the romance and disillusionment through Henry's eyes, we understand both why someone would let themselves fall into such a violent life, and why it is a horrible decision to.
Like most gangsta movies.
@@lampad4549 most gangsta movies aren't narrated by Ray Liotta in 1st person
The beauty of the " how am i funny" scene is in Britain they did one of those 100 scariest scenes and 100 funniest scenes tv programmes, it's a format that was rampant worldwide in the early 00's as a good way of getting nostalgia viewers but the only scene that actually made both programmes was this scene. A unique accomplishment
The “entering the copa” scene was (at the time) one of the longest single take film scenes ever made
We enjoyed it.
Still one of the best
Aleksandr Sokurov's "Russian Ark" want's a chat
All the ppl in line outside are actually all the restaurant patrons..since it was one continuous shot they all had to run into their marks in the restaurant
16:10 "Why I mean Joe Pesci is a small guy."
Oh, boy Simone you're on your own when Pesci finds out.
What do you mean, small? Small how? How is he small?
@@jculver1674 you know, he's kind of a small guy
@@davidsolimene5367 meaning he has a small dick or he's a short stature person
@@davidsolimene5367 No, he doesn't know. That's why he asked Scipio.
@@liamroberts1458 *nervous laughs* get the fuck outta here, liam
The real life Henry Hill thanked Scorsese for “not making him look like a scumbag”. Scorsese said, “Did you watch the movie?”
Actual mob members made cameo appearances in the movie, like when Henry is talking about some guys while walking through the club.
One of Scorsese's best movies. It is a classic. "Casino" is another Scorsese gangster movie that starred both Pesci and De Niro. You put those two together in a movie with Scorsese directing and it is going to be great. The scene where he takes his girlfriend (soon to be wife) to the club to see Henny Youngman perform and they enter through the kitchen is a very famous scene because it was done in one long take with the camera following them. Martin Scorsese is one of the few directors who could pull that off flawlessly.
One of his best movies? It's def his best
Yeah goodfellas and casino are in his top 3, IMO first place goes to shutter island
With the possible exception of the first two Godfather movies, this is the best movie about life in the Italian Mafia ever made.
Brian De Palma did something similar in "Bonfire of the Vanities."
Casino is his GOAT.
Simone made me laugh after the Jimmy Two Times line, she says "I'm gonna start doing that, start doing that" :D Fantastic reaction and fantastic edit (and I'm SO sorry, George, that this movie is a pain to edit.....but my gosh, this reaction is well worth it!) ; this is the second reaction where I'm going to watch TWICE, so you get two views from me! With a movie like this, I want to see both of your reactions so rather than rewind every scene twice, I just watch the reaction twice and focus on one of you, then the other! LOVE your channel, and I LOVE this reaction! I also love Simone's Floyd shirt! :D This movie is a masterpiece, ain't it? You get a full meal on this one! I came out of the theater after seeing it for the first time and I said "Now THAT'S a movie!" :D See you on Part 2!!!!!
So the mob hierarchy is the boss, then the underboss, the consigliere (advisor) then down to the captains who each run a crew of soldiers. These are the official members, the "made men." Then there are the unofficial members or associates who work with them. Only associates who are of fully Sicilian or Italian heritage can get made. Paulie (real name Paul Vario) was a captain. Henry was half Irish and Jimmy was fully Irish (as far as he knew, he never knew who his father was). Tommy was fully Italian so he was the only one of the trio eligible to be made. Normally a captain wouldn't be as close to an associate like Henry as Paulie was but Henry's mother was from the same part of Sicily as Paulie's ancestors so he took a special interest in him.
Paulie knew exactly what his guys were doing in the restaurants raising hell and running up huge tabs. He sent them in there on purpose to get the owners to come to him so he could bleed them dry.
PS so many of them are named Peter Paul and Mary because they're all Italian Catholics.
PPS I never noticed it until you pointed it out, but in the sex scene with no dialogue, she's describing how she became seduced into accepting his lifestyle while she's being literally seduced.
Close. If you're father was full blooded Italian and you're mother isn't you can still be made, even back then.
@@billhicks6449 That rule was relaxed for a while then they tightened it back up.
It's interesting that you talk about how terrifying Paulie's stare is. The actor, Paul Sorvino (Mira's dad, by the way), said that he almost quit the movie right before they started shooting because he couldn't get a feel for the character. But one day he "got it" - the feel of what it would be like being a stone cold gangster who can casually order other people's murders - and then he looked at himself in the mirror...and he actually scared himself.
If you were from an Italian Catholic family, it would be common to have a name after a saint such as Paul, Peter, Marie/Maria, etc.
Everytime I see this film I see something new - just from this reaction - "another few minutes he could become a stool" - well, that's what Henry is at the end...
PS: I love it when reactors watch a movie that THEY want to see. Both of you had wanted to see this one. I feel like when you see a title come up in your suggestions or your polls that you both want to see, you definitely should, especially if it keeps coming in second, or you keep seeing it suggested. Polls are always going to tilt towards Star Wars fans, horror, etc., but it's not like these other movies aren't equally beloved.
"Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut." Then spends the rest of his life repeating his life story for anyone who would pay to hear it.
I imagine the last 30 years of his life he was wishing he would've slept with the fishes long ago. Nicholas Pileggi did a great job on the book "Wiseguys" which is what this movie was adapted from. Did another book called gangsters and Goodfellas which was great as well. I have no props for Henry Hill
There is no honour in protecting killers
@@TheJoshestWhite bullshit, he is free while the other died in prison. Why the fuck he need to care about them? Lol, no honor among thief.
Point?
"...nar issz therr honour inn protecchtinh mohels."
i'm flipping through a bunch of reaction vids to Goodfellas. everyone's reaction to that opening sequence is exactly the same--eyes as big as dinner plates. my all time favorite opening sequence of any movie. introduces each of the three main characters perfectly.
Also that shot going into the Copa through the back is purely improvised by Marty. They arrived to set up to shoot the scene and were originally supposed to enter through the front entrance but the restaurant wouldn't allow them to. So Marty came up with the idea to do a one shot entering through the back and it's one of the most iconic shots of the film.
This is impossible. A lightning setup of that complexity cannot be improvised on the spot. The Steadicam they used was not at that time a regular piece of equipment, and the cameraman to operate it had to be specially trained (his name was Larry McConkey, who's only job on this movie was to operate the steadycam)
Besides, entering through the backdoor is something the original book states the couple used to do.
The guy who made the cameo as Fat Andy (at 4:11) was a retired NYPD detective named Louis Eppolito. He was convicted of multiple murders and died in prison.
Well to be fair Murray never claimed his wigs would stay on while being strangled by a loan shark.
7:06 I'm pretty sure that Pauli was above Tommy. Above Pauli would've been the Boss and Underboss of family he was in, which I think was the Lucchese family. Pauli said there wasn't anything he could do about it, but I think he was just blowing the guy off since Pauli wasn't going to stop Tommy. That's why the guy had to get Pauli as a partner because then Pauli would've wanted to ensure Tommy stayed in line.
17:54 It was normal for a guy in the mob to have a girlfriend as well as a wife. They just didn't talk about it with the wife ... or the girlfriend although the later usually knew about the wife.
Paulie was a capo in Lucchese family, Tommy was just an associate..
I mean, whatever Paulie felt personally about Tommy, in any dispute between another wiseguy and a "civilian" he's obliged to have the wiseguy's back.
Asking somebody like Paulie for a favor only triggers his instinct for hustling the most he can out of the transaction. In this case, a restaurant business to pillage. Otherwise, Paulie's only pretending to not be able to control Tommy. Technically, Paulie or any other "made guy" could put a lid on an associate like Tommy if it's worth their trouble and Tommy would only be signing his own death warrant if he openly defied their orders or instructions.
Simone has the best band’s shirts!!! Hope I see a Doors shirt! 🤞 Bronx Tale is also a great movie. Deniro directed it!!
15:01 "Okay, okay... just some fisticuffs."
CineBinge React didn't expect the "De Niro Shuffle."
The how am I funny scene, along with 90+% of the scenes are filled with improvisation, but the whole how am I funny bit was entirely thought up by Joe Pesci as it was an actual real life experience he had with a mafia guy when he was young. So he and Ray Liota worked on the routine and Marty didn't let anyone in the scene know what they were going to do so everybody's reaction is all 100% genuine, cause they had no idea what was happening.
Lmao "That's only when you fail at the Job"
The intro shocked the everybody in the movie theater back in 1990.
Great reaction so far. Love this movie! Would love to see you guys do Donnie Brasco also. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, great gangster movie that NO ONE has reacted to!
I finally rewatched this film in honor of Ray Liotta's passing, so now I can watch this too. Your intros have become quite a bit more relaxed since then!
Henry actually tried more than 2 times to escape from the mob but after that Billy Bats case he knew if he tried again he'd be dead..and Paulie was sleeping with Henry's wife also at around 4:19 he mentions a name Michael Franzese that guy is a real life Mobster and now has a successful UA-cam channel lol.
Not jimmy it was Henry.
@@lendawgs4167 thanks :)
The shot going not the club hadn’t been planned. The room had been hired for filming, but the hotel wouldn’t allow them to use the front entrance. Cast and crew had to go in the back way, and that’s when they got the idea of shooting it
One of the best movie soundtracks ever!
"My extensive knowledge of toupés." - Hilarious!!!!
You two are cute. You remind me of the lovable supporting characters from 1980's teen dramas and romantic comedies.
This is one of those movies that I just can't turn off once I start it.
So they're funny?
@@TheNativeEngine Funny how?
That shot of them walking into theCopa through the kitchen was famous because it was the first time anything was done like that in one continuous shot.
This film made Ray Liotta one of my favorite actors. He's underrated but he's intense and powerful. This is in my top ten fave films of all time. Glad y'all did this film!
This is old by now, but Ray Liotta was great in Narc as well as many other movies, but Narc stands out to me.
rest in peace
You definitely need to see Casino as well. It has much the same feel as this movie in many ways but is set in Las Vegas instead. To me they are probably the two greatest mafia movies ever made.
The scenes where they have singers on stage and the guys are on the small tables is the Copacabana in NYC E 60 5th Ave.I use to go there for after work partying on Fridays.It is world famous.
Just to add some more background - since the 1930s or so, NYC has had 5 Mafia "families" - Gambino (that was Gotti's), Bonnano (the family involved in the events of Donnie Brasco), Columbo, Genovese and Lucchese. The events of Goodfellas takes place in the Lucchese family.
That was a chef's knife, standard in any kitchen knife set
King and queen of “saying something w great confidence about the plot, only to be immediately disproven by the literal next scene”, if not, the scene they’re talking over
The two little girls that played Henry and Karen's young daughters early on were Lorraine Bracco's real daughters. One of them is Stella Keitel, whose father is actor Harvey Keitel.
Simone's not only cute, she's got great taste in music.
I have been in that neighborhood. There is a church across the street and a salumeria on the same block. The area was selected because much of the architecture was the same for that time period. There is a lot of filming in that area. I had an apartment 10 years ago several blocks away. Apartments are expensive now but still less expensive than Manhattan.
A shine box is a wooden shoe shine box used back in the day when men wore dress shoes and wanted them shined. The shine box held shoe polish and polishing rags. The top of the box had a place the customer could place his foot while his shoe was being polished. A boy or even a grown man may offer to shine shoes wherever they could.
There wasn’t a lot of money to be made shining shoes. The shine box insult may have meant that Tommy was poor.
"Why does an old lady have such a big knife?" Bro, have you SEEN an Asian mother? I feel like you might have one. Mine used hers to attack fish heads in Slavic squat.
There was a known mafia hang out restaurant in South Philadelphia. Despite some are known to have died in the circumstances depicted, I met several that were named during that walk thru of the restaurant seen. I wont say who was the associate was that took us there, I was about 15 early 1980s.
As a movie lover, I really love to see your reactions because I had those same reactions !
Not so fun fact about this movie, Fat Andy (Louis Eppolito) in the scene where they're introducing everyone was an NYPD detective. He and his partner Steve Caracappa did hits for the mob. They were caught years later when Eppolito wrote a book about his life called Mafia Cop and the mother of Jimmy Hydell one of his victims picked it up, read it, and took it to the police. Also, Anthony Casso underboss of the Lucchese Family did a news interview from jail and named both of them as cops on their payroll.
That restaurant they are at wasn't just any restaurant. That was the Copacabana. Which was the swankiest, hippest night spot on the planet. Big celebrities would do their act there. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Martin & Lewis, everybody who was anybody. It was impossible to get in to unless you were rich or famous or both. Which made it even more impressive when Henry took Karen through the back & was given the VIP treatment & a table right in front of the stage.
My favorite part was when the blurry people got whacked 😂
Fun facts about Goodfellas
1. When they were going around the bar they introduced Michael Franzese and he is still alive and haves a youtube channel and another fun fact about him when he first watched this movie in the theaters he was with his wife and when they introduced him he said "come on honey we gotta go" cause he was shocked and surprised that he was in the movie
2. Tommy Desimone's body has never been found and no one knows where his body is and it's rumored that John Gotti killed him
3. The cop that was talking to Henry is the real cop that talked to the real Henry Hill
4. Paulie had an affair with Karen and Tommy tried to rape her
5. That guy billy batts was actually friends with John Gotti and he died a few weeks after he was released from prison
6. Tommy was sad that he had to kill Stacks Edwards
7. Spider's sister talked to Henry asking him where is her brother buried
8. Henry had a hard time in school when he was young
9. Henry tried to leave the mob he couldn't because after the death of Billy Batts he would be killed
10. The cop that tasted the coke was a real CIA agent
11. Henry Hill died in 2012 he's been dead for almost 10 years
12. Robert De Niro talked to the real Jimmy Conaway when he was in prison
"I just gotta make sure I'm not the guy in the trunk," could have easily been a line in this movie. Well done!
one of the great things (I think) about this movie is thatall the main characters are still "little guys" - noen of them are actual Mafia 'made men'
A “made guy” is a sworn member of a mafia family. As opposed to an associate who can do work but who isn’t a member of a family.
A testament of how good Pesci is, the funny guy scene was improvised.
Awesome! One of the greatest movies ever! Can’t wait for part 2!
My parents are first gen Italian. This film reminds me of the part of the small town I grew up in. I have either a family member or know someone like every single character in this movie. My father just passed away in March. We used to quote this movie all the time. My dad thought it was hilarious. He had an accent so when he would quote it would make me laugh so hard! 😂
The huge knife is just a chef's knife, used for slicing meat, chopping vegetables, and other food items... and stabbing people I guess, haha.
Also the scene where the three of them go to Joe Pescis mothers house. It's entirely improvised. The only thing that's in the script is Ray Liotas V/O
Paulie is the boss. Made clear at the beginning of the movie. Tommy wasn’t even a made man.
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Dude, it’s a chef’s knife, it’s used to disjoint beef.
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I like watching you two binge on cinema.
4:18 Repeating spoken words or phrases like that can be a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It's called palilalia.
12:24 "He's settling down now..." Martin Scorsese's mom! (Also in Mean Streets -- and other fabulous Marty films.) :0)
A fun FYI. In the beginning when they’re introducing all the different people, “No Nose”, “Two Times”, etc, in the restaurant, one of the people is Michael (I forget the movie last name). Anyway, the mobster that character is based on is named Michael Franzese. Michael Franzese, now out of that life, has his own UA-cam channel where he talks, in detail, about that life.
@Bob Johnson Yeah, I saw him say that too; but he also said that it is him.
Aha! That's the trick then, is it? "Don't be the guy in the trunk." You make it sound so simple!
I like your questions about why everyone was named Paul or Peter or Marie...In the German side of my family (the rest is Jewish) there was about 100 years where ever boy was named Johann or something similar and every woman was named some version of Mary. The middle name was what distinguished them.
Germany historically has been Protestant/Lutheran but the southern part of the country near the Alps is Catholic along with Austria (the most recent Pope Benedict was from Bavaria).
The "stare" or the "look" is often called "The Mediterranean Lock-n-Load" in certain neighborhoods. 😉
This movie was very close to the book. More so than any book to film translation I've seen.
Do you know a Cartoon named "the good feathers"? It was part of Animaniacs, with pidgeons parody of Good Fellas.
That restaurant with the long tracking shot was the Copacabana. All the mobsters ate there and hung out there.
Ray Liotta went to play as Tommy Vercetti in GTA Vice City
Frank Vincent who plays Billy Batts also plays Salvatore Leone in GTA 3 and San Andreas
The whole dinner scene with Mama Scorsese was all improv
Its common for mob members to have a goomah (mistress)
Morrie (Chuck Low) just died in 2017 at 89 years old.
The quintessential mob film along with Donnie Brasco. Considered by many ex mobsters to be more realistic than the godfather. High praise from fans and mobsters alike. 10/10 all the way.
I know the Irishman is Long...but goddamn it's just as good as this.
It's really not, it's long winded and boring
@@craig3262 nah it is good
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This was the year I was hoping Graham Greene would get the Best Supporting Actor for "Dances with Wolves" but I must admit Joe Pesci was outstanding in this.
The guy they call fat Andy when Henry is walking into the club is an actual NYPD cop that was charged and is in prison for working for the mob his partner is in prison also. They did all kinds of stuff for the mob including killing. His name is Lou Eppolito.
You know? 4:10 One of the guys they present there (you didn't show him) Michael Franzese, has his very own youtube channel, he got out of all that, and he says his cameo in the movie is wrong because he was not there.
“He looks mean and cuddly at the same time.”
[Did somebody call my name?]
7:00 That was the Point Tommy Causes the Guy a Problem that only Paulie can solve as Tommy’s Boss so Paulie becomes the Guys Partner to destroy The Guys Business
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci), and Jimmy Burke (Robert De Niro) were all "Associates" in gangland parlance. They were associated with a Cosa Nostra gang, but were not full fledged members. They paid tribute to a specific crew (note the cut of the Air France job that they kicked up to Paulie, even though he had nothing to do with the job), meaning that any criminal activity conducted by them, the "made guys" above them got a cut, especially if the caper was conducted on turf controlled by that crew. Paulie's turf included the airport, so he got a cut of any criminal activity conducted there. In return, they received a certain limited level of protection from other "made" wise guys, and had access to any political or judicial leverage (juice) that the gang controlled (i.e. crooked cops, fixed judges, and politicians on the take). While the made guys mostly used Tommy as muscle, breaking the occasional head, Henry and Jimmy were "earners", meaning that they mostly got involved in activities that brought money into the organization, a portion of which they kicked up to the head of the crew with whom they were associated (i.e. Paulie). Jimmy and Henry could never be "made" into full fledged members of a crew because they were not fully Italian, both were half Irish. BUT, no matter how much money an associate might make, they ALWAYS ranked below even the lowest of the "made" members. In a beef between an associate and a made wise guy, the made guy was always right, no matter the facts of the case. And, of course, an associate even so much as laying hands on a made guy, or even looking wrongly at his wife or girlfriend, was an offense punishable by death, no appeal possible.
5:45 that part was totally improvised by Joe Pesci, even Ray Liotta was surprised he didn't know whether Pesci broke character or not.
Look up the Animaniacs The Goodfeathers .. They had short cartoons with pigeons that were from NY and they were modeled after the 3 guys in this movie. They even had the Joe P scene all the time where someone laughs and he says you think I'm funny? ... That whole bit like every cartoon... But he always ends with THAT'S IT! and then he attacks .
My favorite scene in the movie is the one with Tommy's mom, which by the way was played Martin Scorsese's mom.
You omitted the best part... the critique of the mother’s painting
🤷♂️ no but I’ll be honest all the gangsters wives look alike 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lmao I almost fell over laughing
You know a fun game to play when watching this movie is counting how many people from here are in the Sopranos also.
No guys. Paulie is the boss of that family.
He was a capo, not the Don.
I subbed bcuz George reminds me of my cousin from Kitchener... Speech patterns, humor... Must be an Asian Canadian thing...
8:00 a “bustout”. Sopranos did the same thing in an episode with a guy’s sporting goods store.
Paulie was the boss. Joe pesci was basically a soldier and wasn't yet a "made" man--which means he would have been a protected guy within the mafia family and would have been eligible to run his own "family" like paulie. So, when the restaurant owner went to paulie, it was to ask for protection from pesci.
Paulie a Capo. Not the boss. Boss of that crew.
private? it was the back door the owners would not allow them to film going into the front entrance
Tommy DeVito's mom is Scorsese's mom in real life, in this edit you can see her in the red dress around the 12:24 and then the scene at 15:40 marks.
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Martin Scorsese's mom, by the way. She portrays Joe Pesci's mom in this one.
For a totally different take, Steve Martin plays the same character as Ray Liotta in My Blue Heaven
Vegas still has restaurants like that where there is a show too. Tickets aren't too bad.
Watching this video I learned two things about young Canadians. 1) They demonstrate a lot of common sense and 2) an equal degree of naivete about organized crime in the U.S. "Goodfellas" is a good primer for learning the "code" and understanding "the life", i.e., it's all it's cracked up to be! Fun, adventure, horror, prison, and death before being dropped off at the end of the line to the gates of Hell. Wait time: Approximately 5,000-25,000 years ... and it begins ... 🥶🔱😈