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Godfather it's not,but it's not meant to be.Henry Hill really lived and really died a few days ago of a heart attack.This film was based on his early life of crime and is considered by many to be Martin Scorsese's finest film.My only knock is grinding down to the end.A very small complaint.Released in 1990 and running a well paced 146 minutes,Ray Liotta became a star for his portrayal of Hill.Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito has some of the more memorable screen scenes of all time.The great Robert De Niro as James Conway is the third member of this crew of wisely wannabes.Working for the most part under classic bad guy actor Paul Sorvino as Paul Cicero and a young and coming Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill ,the film tells their story from low level punks,to the Hills marriage and the infamous Lufthansa airlines cargo heist at JFK cargo airport of over 6 million dollars which as not been recovered and the related deaths of a estimated 14 people and finally Hills capture on drug charges.It's low lifes living "the life"and is really gritty and heartless as coldblooded storytelling ,that can be hard to believe at times,but never hard to watch. The soundtrack is fixed well from the 50's to the 80's and look out for early small roles by Michael Imperioli and Samuel L. Jackson as bullet fodder.Trailer URL follows the pix and this is required film viewing 101.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5jJpHtI1Y
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