Ray Liotta Biography

Read the book behind the blockbuster - Goodfellas by Nicholas Pileggi

This is the book that inspired the film, written by Nicholas Pileggi in 1985 and originally entitled 'Wiseguy'. Martin Scorsese read it, contacted Pileggi who apparently "had been waiting for this phone call all my life", and between them they wrote the screenplay for the hugely popular 1990 movie. The resulting blend of snappy dialogue, snappier editing and superb ensemble acting tended to overshadow Scorsese's dubious ambivalence towards violence, but the audience was blown away more spectacularly than one of Tommy De Vito's victims.

Revisit a classic - Goodfellas (2 Disc Special Edition)

Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalises the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program.