Nicholas Pileggi
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy-basis for the film Goodfellas-Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control...
2) Wiseguy
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film masterpiece GoodFellas,which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds…with Henry Hill's crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.
7) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
8) GoodFellas
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young man grows up in the mob and works hard to advance himself through the ranks, enjoying the life of the rich and violent.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The departed: An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Goodfellas: The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVitto in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
10) Casino
Publisher
MCA Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
The story of the rise and fall of three friends in 1970s-era Las Vegas: Mafia-connected casino operator Sam "Ace" Rothstein, Mafia enforcer Nicky Santoro, and hustler Ginger McKenna.
As the opening credits say, the film is "adapted from a true story". The source material is Pileggi's nonfiction biography of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, and most of the characters in the film are based on real people.