The GoodFellas [20th Anniversary Edition] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Martin Scorsese

Overview

"Experience Martin Scorsese's gangster classic in crystal clear high definition with this special, 20th anniversary release that's packed with absorbing bonus materials. In addition to a commentary track by the cast and crew (including Scorsese and star R

Product Details

Release Date:	02/16/2010
UPC:	0883929095971
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:25:00
Sales rank:	12,916

Special Features

2 Commentaries; 3 Featurettes; Paper is cheaper than film; Theatrical trailer; ; Disc 2:; Feature-length documentary Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film; Mob of Classic Gangster-Themed Cartoons: ; I Like Mountain Music; She Was an Acrobat's Daughter; Racketeer Rabbit; Bugs and Thugs

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The GoodFellas
1. Introduction Origins [5:57]
2. Prohibition [5:21]
3. Urban Myths [5:00]
4. Little Caesar [5:46]
5. The Public Enemy [7:26]
6. Scarface [4:42]
7. Negative Effect [7:34]
8. Female Side [1:44]
9. Rise and Fall [4:39]
10. Studio Style [3:16]
11. Write Stuff [5:16]
12. Variants and Spoofs [2:12]
13. Pre- and Post-Code [5:10]
14. Badder Guy [3:58]
15. Fun and Fright [5:09]
16. Fugitives With Dirty Faces [5:12]
17. The Roaring Twenties, High Sierra [8:01]
18. War to Noir [6:48]
19. Key Largo [2:30]
20. White Heat [3:33]
21. Gangster, Lineage [5:05]
22. End Credits [1:12]

Menu

Disc #1 -- The GoodFellas
Play Movie
Scene Selections
Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes
Play All
I Like Mountain Music
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Racketeer Rabbit
Bugs and Thugs
Languages
Spoken Languages
English
Subtitles
English (For the Hearing Impaired)
Français
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

Seventeen years after revising the book on gangster movies in his breakthrough Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese returned to the netherworld of Italian-American organized crime with this stunningly ambitious, ferociously entertaining look at one man's rise and fall in a Mafia family. Shot and edited with a propulsive sense of rhythm that Gene Krupa would envy (this may be the fastest 150 minutes in film history), Goodfellas explores the 30-year career of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as a "mechanic" working for mob boss Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino). While most films about gangsters attribute their characters' criminal lives to greed or sociopathic behavior, Scorsese makes it clear Henry and his friends Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) are gangsters because they enjoy it: they like to steal, they enjoy violence, and their "work" allows them to profit from these qualities, which would be a hindrance in nearly any other career. However, while the film offers a point-blank look at New York's criminal underworld from the '50s to the '80s, Scorsese also uses this story as a unusual but clear moral fable. In the first few reels, Henry and his partners follow a strict code of honor and make sure to obey Cicero's wishes: you pay tribute to the boss, you stay away from dealing drugs, and you don't kill anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. By the mid-'70s, these guidelines have been forgotten, and as Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy slip away from Paulie's corrupt but strictly ordered ethical universe, it leads only to death and betrayal. Scorsese has long been fascinated with the actions of men searching for a moral compass in a faithless land, but he's rarely told the story with such kinetic force and audacious skill.