Includes:I Like Mountain Music (1933) She Was an Acrobat's D aughter (1937) Racketeer Rabbit (1946) Bugs and Thugs (1954) GoodFellas (19 90)\, MPAA Rating: R I Like Mountain Music No synopsis available. She Was an Acrobat's Daughter No synopsis available. Racketeer Rabbit No sy nopsis available. Bugs and Thugs No synopsis available.
\nMart in Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty\, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy\, the true-life accoun t of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock sou ndtrack\, the story details the rise and fall of Hill\, a half-Irish\, half -Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "\;wise guys"\; i n his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobs ters\, running errands and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of loca l chieftain Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino)\, who takes him in as a surrogate son.
\nAs he reaches his teens\, Hill (Ray Liotta) is inducted into the world of petty crime\, where he distinguishes himself as a "\;stan d-up guy"\; by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on\, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic part ner Tommy (Joe Pesci)\, he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieut enant\; however\, he quickly learns that\, like his mentor Jimmy (Robert De Niro)\, his ethnicity prevents him from ever becoming a "\;made guy\,&q uot\; an actual member of the crime family. Soon he finds himself the targe t of both the feds and the mobsters\, who feel that he has become a threat to their security with his reckless dealings. Goodfellas was rewarded with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture\; Pesci would walk awa y with Best Supporting Actor for his work. ~ Jeremy Beday\, All Movie Guide
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