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Raymond Liotta(born December 18, 1954) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, and for his portrayal as Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He has won an Emmy Award and been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.Ray Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was adopted at the age of six months by Mary, an appointed township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, an auto parts store owner, personnel director, and the president of a local Democratic club. ... Read more

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Mac Taylor is a fictional character featured in the TV series CSI: NY. He is played by Gary Sinise. Andy Garcia was originally offered the lead role, a character who would have been named Detective Rick Calucci. He declined, as did Ray Liotta, who later accepted a lead role in another CBS series, Smith, which only lasted 3 episodes. Mac Taylor shares the same last name with the other character for which Sinise is best known, namely Lieutenant Dan Taylor from Forrest Gump. In the Season 2 episode "Fare Game," a man and his daughter are running lines from Of Mice and Men as George Milton and Lennie Small, respectively. Mac walks up and says, "She just might beat us both out for the part." Gary Sinise played George Milton in the 1992 movie version of Of Mice and Men, which he also directed. ... Read more

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Weekly news and general interest magazine which re-appeared between 2004 and 2007 and was distributed by inclusion inside certain local Newspapers across the country. The Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen cover is one of three different covers on this week's issue of Life magazine. ... Read more

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MARCH 2002 ISSUE OF STUFF MAGAZINE FEATURING SHERYL CROW ON THE COVER. OTHER ARTICLES/PICTORIALS FEATURE CARNAL CRASH COURSE, CONFESSIONS OF A RETIRED ADULT FILM STAR, BO DEREK, RAY LIOTTA, AND MORE. ... Read more

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"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster."

Henry Hill grew up in the midst of New York City's criminal underworld, finally achieving the coveted status of "wiseguy." But in 1980, he made the decision to exchange his knowledge for a new identity. GoodFellas, Hill's own account of crude hierarchies, casual murders, and collaboration with the Feds (as a member of the Witness Protection Program) was adapted for the screen by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi--and is now seen as a contemporary classic. The film drew rave reviews everywhere upon its theatrical release in 1990, and was nominated for Oscars in both the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.

This book also offers an introduction by David Thompson, the noted film critic and co-editor of Scorsese on Scorsese.
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Fantastic Script
Sure, if you're not into the film "Goodfellas" that much or if you don't care for screenplays, then chances are that this would be rather worthless to you.Might as well find something else to buy, because this isn't going to do anything for you.

But, if you DO love the film and would like to read the screenplay, then this is just the thing for you.Written by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi, "Goodfellas" is an amazing script that sucks you in right away.

Henry Hill has always wanted to be gangster, as he states in the very beginning of the film.This is his story of how he became one and everything he had witnessed and experienced.It's a tragic story of how good things always have to come to an end.It's also about how power and money can grab hold of your life until it's too late to turn back.A tale full of crime, murder, paranoia, and greed, "Goodfellas" is a trip down Mafia Lane that you will never forget.This is Mr. Hill's story.

The script is based on Nicholas Pileggi's novel, "Wise Guys," which is also based on a true story.The dialogue is sharp and very realistic and gives us a window into the lives of people in the Mafia.It is a very quick read, only about 130 pages.That's pretty short, considering that the movie was at least 2 and a half hours long.But, it's just dialogue, which is why it is very easy to read it quickly.I finished it in less than a day.

If you love the film "Goodfellas," and are interested in reading screenplays, then this is the perfect book for you.Here's your chance to relive some of your favorite moments, this time in writing.A very fine screenplay, it is.

Wiseguy
Great book. Great detail.A must for anyone who has seen the film. Gives you a 100% more info and detail.

Best Gangster Film Ever Made
Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" is, hands down, the best gangster film ever made."The Godfather" created the mythical imagery of mob families that was forever buried by this gutty, bloody real life drama.Based upon the true story as told by the film's main character, Henry Hill, "Goodfellas is the best filmed example of the real life glamour and woekmanlike drudgery that goes with being a wiseguy.It is difficult to imagine a show like "The Sopranos," for example, had not "Goodfellas" reinvented the gangster film genre.

Ray Liotta is excellent as Henry, but the movie's real showcases are the performances of Joe Pesci and Robert DiNiro as his partners in crime.Pesci in particular gives a tour de force performance that is downright frightening.Other first rate performances come from Lorraine Bracco as Henry's Jewish wife and Paul Sorvino, whose performance as a real life Godfather could not be more different than Marlon Brando's.

This film is a must see for anyone who enjoys gangster movies.It also has to rank as THE best American movie of the 1990s.

"Like I'm A Clown...I'm Here To Amuse you?"
Turning dense, non fiction material such as Nick Pileggi's 1985 best seller "Wiseguy," into a cohesive screenplay is no easy task, but Pileggi and the brilliant Martin Scorsese pulled it off beautifully in 1990 with the script for "Goodfellas"

"Goodfellas" remains America's penultimate crime film; the "Godfather" is Hollywood's version of what wiseguys are like; "Goodfellas" depicts them as how they really are.

This Faber paperback edition of the screenplay, with a foreward by David Thompson ("Scorsese on Scorses") reproduces all of the dialouge verbatim (including the scenes that were improvised on the set such as the famous "what's so funnny about me" sequence between Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta).

The book serves as both as written testamint to what great movie making is all about and as a primer for budding screenwriters.

As a bonus, there is a listing of all the music Scorcese used on the soundtrack (no small part of what made the movie a classic),including those selections that were unfortunately deleted from the commercial issue on Atlantic records).

As Joe Pesci's character might say--"this is one great -------book!"

A classic screenplay to a classic film.
Though Nicholas Pileggi's source book, Wise Guy, gave this screenplay both its voice-over and its final conclusion, the screenplay to GoodFellas is an essential addition to any screenplay library.If not for the fact thatPileggi and Martin Scorsese have pulled off the mammoth task ofinterpreting the detailed-packed, wide-scoped vision of the book intocinema-speak, then for the writing itself.GoodFellas is a screenplay thatcan be read as entertainment -- fast-paced, crisp, clear, and exciting. The published version of this script is mostly in master-scene form, givingonly the most evocative details, beautifully paced.This is one of thecrowning entries in Faber and Faber's superb screenplay series, rankingright up there along Paul Schrader's Taxi Driver and Odets/Lehmann's forSweet Smell of Success.To any upstart screenwriter or serious student offilm, this series is invaluable. ... Read more

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