The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, featured during the musical number "How Do You Know?", was also featured during the opening scenes of Godspell (1973), for which Stephen Schwartz also wrote the lyrics.
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Jimmy Conway actually went by the name "Jimmy Burke". In the book "Wiseguy", the only known piece of information on Jimmy's actual family is that he "was born to a woman named Conway".
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The film takes place from 1955 to 1980.
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Ray Liotta came into view for the main lead after Martin Scorsese saw him in Something Wild (1986) and Field of Dreams (1989), and especially loved his "explosive energy" in the former film. According to Liotta, the casting process took over a year, and he had to audition several times. The deal was finally sealed during the Venice Film Festival, which Liotta and Scorsese were visiting. Scorsese was protected by bodyguards after receiving threats from religious groups, due to The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). When Liotta wanted to talk to Scorsese about the role again, the bodyguards kept pushing him back. When Scorsese noticed that Liotta remained very calm under this, he knew he had found the right leading man. The real Henry Hill was known for being a calm and silent observer than an aggressive responder.
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Jimmy Conway was based on gangster Jimmy Burke, who was born James Conway.
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While filming the scene in which his character is killed by Joe Pesci, Michael Imperioli broke a glass in his hand and had to be rushed to the emergency room. When doctors saw what appeared to be a gunshot wound in his chest, they tried to treat it. When Imperioli told them what was really up, he was made to wait for three hours. Martin Scorsese told Imperioli that some day he'd be telling that story on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). The prediction came true in March 2000.
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The casting session was held at Rao's Restaurant in New York City.
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Lorraine Bracco found the shoot emotionally difficult because it was such a male-dominated cast. she realized if she didn't make her "work important, it would probably end up on the cutting room floor."
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The studio was initially very nervous about the film, due to its extreme violence and language. The film reportedly received the worst preview response in the studio's history. Martin Scorsese said that "the numbers were so low, it was funny." Nevertheless, the film was released without alteration to overwhelming critical acclaim, cementing Scorsese's reputation as one of America's foremost filmmakers.
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Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Frank Vincent appeared in Cop Land (1997).
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According to Debi Mazar, when her character trips after meeting Henry, it was actually Mazar tripping over the camera dolly track. Martin Scorsese liked it, because it looked like she was overwhelmed by Henry, and left it in the film.
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After the real Henry Hill's death on June 12, 2012, Ray Liotta claimed that he only had a few meetings with Hill, and never got to know him well.
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William Petersen was the second choice for the role of Jimmy Conway if Robert De Niro were to turn it down.
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According to Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Tina Sinatra put a fake severed horse head in his trailer, an homage to The Godfather (1972), as an initiation into Mafioso films.
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The name "Tommy DeVito" is a nod to Tommy DeVito, the lead guitarist of The Four Seasons, with whom Joe Pesci was friends.
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According to Edward McDonald, in the last courtroom scene, the actor who was going to portray the judge was white. However, when Martin Scorsese found out that the real trial judge was black, he decided to cast a black man, partly for accuracy, partly because of criticism for portraying black people in a negative way in his films.
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The film's name was changed from "Wiseguy" to avoid confusion with both the television series Wiseguy (1987) and Brian De Palma's similarly titled film. Charles Scorsese, Catherine Scorsese, and Frank Vincent appear in Wise Guys (1986) and this movie.
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According to Nicholas Pileggi, some mobsters were hired as extras to lend authenticity to scenes. The mobsters gave Warner Bros. fake Social Security numbers, and no one knows how they received their paychecks.
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Ray Liotta joked that Warner Brothers would have rather cast Eddie Murphy than him, because of how little-known he was.
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Nicholas Pileggi said that he and Martin Scorsese each wrote their own outline for the screenplay. Pileggi said that when they read each other's outlines, they realized that they were both very similar.
GoodFellas - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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GoodFellas - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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