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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 13 00:08:19 2012 TMZ
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 13 02:03:13 2012, in response to Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 13 00:08:19 2012. he never should have been a free man. the deals made by government are embarrassing. |
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Posted by Dan on Thu Jun 14 11:03:19 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 13 02:03:13 2012. Henry Hill was a lowlife for sure. But GoodFellas is one fantastic movie. |
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Posted by Dave on Thu Jun 14 13:56:14 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Dan on Thu Jun 14 11:03:19 2012. Sure was! IIRC, it's on the AFI's Top 100 movie list. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Thu Jun 14 14:03:37 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 13 02:03:13 2012. Hey it was because of those deals that they were able to put Robert DiNero and Paul Sorvino in prison. I saw the movie. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 15:13:01 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 13 02:03:13 2012. That's the essence of witness protection. It's jailed far more than it's freed. And Hill went to prison later for additional crimes after the events depicted in "Goodfellas". |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 16:43:59 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Dan on Thu Jun 14 11:03:19 2012. IMO, GoodFellas SHOULD have won Best Picture, but instead, lost out to the overrated Kevin Costner film, 'Dances With Wolves'. I could never understand what people were thinking on that one, but maybe that's just me... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 17:26:57 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 16:43:59 2012. Goodfellas did not do gangbusters at the box office. I never saw it in it's original run, only on VHS in 1991. While it was profitable (cost $25 million, earned $47 million) it was no "blockbuster". This is a movie that just gets better and better the more you watch it. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 17:32:50 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 17:26:57 2012. To add, I absolutely hate mafia movies, because they end up glorifying the institution. This movie stripped off that veneer and portrayed the soldiers of the street mafia for what they were: violent, uneducated scumbags who would turn on each other the minute they had to. The real story of the Vario gang and Henry Hill is even more scummier than this movie made it appear. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 18:23:16 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 17:32:50 2012. That is 100% true. It is glorified, but the way the story was told, made it all the more compelling to watch. There's a lot more to the Mafia than what you see on films. Same thing with the cocaine drug wars. |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Thu Jun 14 22:10:40 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Train Dude on Thu Jun 14 14:03:37 2012. yes,and they lived liked retired t.a.employee`s! |
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Posted by Train Dude on Thu Jun 14 22:13:26 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by tunnelrat on Thu Jun 14 22:10:40 2012. or retired cops? |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Thu Jun 14 22:14:53 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Train Dude on Thu Jun 14 22:13:26 2012. haha,good retort. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Jun 14 22:15:41 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 16:43:59 2012. No shame in losing to Dances With Wolves. That was a well made film.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Thu Jun 14 22:28:18 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Fred G on Thu Jun 14 22:15:41 2012. yes it was. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 22:29:56 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Fred G on Thu Jun 14 22:15:41 2012. Sorry Fred, I hate to veer off topic, but I beg to differ. I know I'm in the minority on this, but one thing I didn't like about the film, was Mary McDonnell's Stand With A Fist character. A woman raised by a tribe, DOES NOT have a hairstyle looking like that. Also, Dunbar (Costner) knowing how it's like to be a member of the tribe, didn't move me enough to buy it. He's not a bad actor, but I think this film gets too much credit. Too much for me. Again, that's just my opinion. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Jun 15 00:16:53 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 22:29:56 2012. That's cool. I thought the cinematography was excellent and it was well directed. The story...eh.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Jun 15 00:22:18 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by mcorivervsaf on Thu Jun 14 22:29:56 2012. And Goodfella's had no inaccuracies or Hollywood extra stuff added? That's a weird reason to not like a movie considering every movie has something similar wrong with it. Personally I didn't like it because I didn't like the story nor Kevin Costner. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Jun 15 00:24:45 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Easy on Fri Jun 15 00:22:18 2012. You suspend your disbelief when you go into a movie theater. Unless you're with the Continuity Police, of course :)your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Jun 15 00:32:07 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Fred G on Fri Jun 15 00:24:45 2012. Yup. I don't like it too ridiculous, but I'm used to a little artistic license even when based on a true story. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jun 15 04:03:48 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Jun 14 17:32:50 2012. I absolutely hate mafia movies, because they end up glorifying the institution. This movie stripped off that veneer and portrayed the soldiers of the street mafia for what they were: violent, uneducated scumbags who would turn on each other the minute they had toStill glorified 'em. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 15 04:10:29 2012, in response to Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 13 00:08:19 2012. good riddance |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Fri Jun 15 04:40:59 2012, in response to Re: Henry Hill dead at age 69, posted by Easy on Fri Jun 15 00:22:18 2012. I didn't say that GoodFellas didn't have inaccuracies, as well, but the ones I saw in DWW jumped out at me, the first time I saw it. |
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