Category "goodfellas"

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

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

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 als

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 col

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

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 aft

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,

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

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 expl

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 f

Why is Tommy shooting at the fourth wall?

At the end of Goodfellas, Henry is in the witness protection program and says "I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook." Then, an image of Tomm

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 al

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,

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

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?

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

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, Mic

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 he

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'