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Made men : the story of Goodfellas / Glenn Kenny.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781335910226
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72
LOC classification:
  • PN 1997 K36m 2021
Contents:
Nick, and Nora, and others -- Players -- The prep work -- A Martin Scorsese picture, scene by scene -- All the songs -- The Schoonmaker treatment -- The aftermath -- The eventual tragedy of Henry Hill -- Unofficial narratives -- From Goodfellas to The Irishman.
Summary: Celebrating 30 years since the premiere of Martin Scorsese's signature film, this chronicle of the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster features interviews with the film's major players.Summary: When Goodfellas hit the theatres in 1990, few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture: that it would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster-- brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. With interviews with the film's major players, the book shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. -- adapted from jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-379) and index.

Nick, and Nora, and others -- Players -- The prep work -- A Martin Scorsese picture, scene by scene -- All the songs -- The Schoonmaker treatment -- The aftermath -- The eventual tragedy of Henry Hill -- Unofficial narratives -- From Goodfellas to The Irishman.

Celebrating 30 years since the premiere of Martin Scorsese's signature film, this chronicle of the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster features interviews with the film's major players.

When Goodfellas hit the theatres in 1990, few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture: that it would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster-- brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. With interviews with the film's major players, the book shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. -- adapted from jacket

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