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Sep 21, 1990 · Joe Pesci plays one of the main mobsters in Martin Scorsese's biographical crime drama based on the life of Henry Hill. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more about this Oscar-winning film.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Martin Scorsese
- 1990-09-21
- Tommy Immediately Noticed The Room Was Empty – He Wasn't Made at All
- What Goodfellas Changed About Tommy's Death
- Getting Whacked Didn't Stop Tommy Being A Career-Defining Role For Joe Pesci
Tommy DeVito Knew He Was About To Get Whacked
Out of the three main characters, Henry, Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro), and Tommy, Tommy was the only one who could be a made man in Goodfellas. When a member of the mob is chosen to be “made man” they have to take the mafia code of silence and carry out a contract killing in order to prove their loyalty and show they’re not undercover agents, and it’s all made official through an induction ceremony. After that, the person holds the rank of “soldier” in the mafia hierarchy and can escalate th...
The Real Tommy DeVito Didn't Die The Same Way
The character of Tommy DeVito is based on the real-life gangster Tommy DeSimone, also known as "Two-Gun Tommy" or "Tommy D." While Goodfellas depicts Tommy being shot in the face for killing Made Man Billy Batts, resulting in a closed-casket funeral, the real story of Tommy DeSimone's deathis much more mysterious. In reality, Tommy wasn't ever given a burial or a funeral — because his body was never actually found. There are varying accounts surrounding DeSimone's strange disappearance, but n...
Tommy Doesn't Last That Long In Goodfellas
In rewatching the movie, viewers might be surprised by how early the Tommy Goodfellas murder scene happens. The moment comes at the end of the second act which means there is still a good portion of the movie left after Tommy dies. However, despite his earlier exit, Joe Pesci's performance as Tommy completely steals the show. It deservedly won the actor an Oscar and remains a career-defining moment for the actor. Pesci has had a wide variety of roles in his career and has appeared in more com...
Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy by Pileggi. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film ...
Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the gangster character Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas and received two other nominations in the same category for his portrayals of Joey LaMotta and Russell Bufalino in Raging Bull and The Irishman, respectively.
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See photos, quotes and trivia of Joe Pesci's role as Tommy DeVito, a violent and unstable mobster in Martin Scorsese's 1990 crime film. Watch him argue, shoot and dig holes with his friends and enemies.
Oct 3, 2020 · Joe Pesci improvised his famous line "funny how" in Goodfellas, inspired by a similar situation he experienced as a waiter. Learn how Martin Scorsese used this anecdote to create a suspenseful and revealing scene for his gangster movie.
Joe Pesci is an Italian-American actor who won an Oscar for his role as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas (1990), a gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese. He also starred in Raging Bull (1980), Casino (1995), Home Alone (1990) and many other films.
