Goodfellas 

Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin 'Pony-Tailed Martin' Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation o' Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starrin' Dreaded Robert De Niro, Ray 'One-Shoe Liotta' Liotta, Joe Pesci, ya bilge rat, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Sorvino, t' film narrates t' rise and fall o' mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 t' 1980. Scorsese initially titled t' film Wise Guy and postponed makin' it; he and Pileggi later changed t' title t' Goodfellas. Arrr! T' prepare for their roles in t' film, De Niro, Pesci and Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writin' t' book. Ahoy! Accordin' t' Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbin' came out o' rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave t' actors freedom t' do whatever they wanted. T' director made transcripts o' these sessions, shiver me timbers, took t' lines he liked most and put them into a revised script, which t' cast worked from durin' principal photography. Goodfellas premiered at t' 47th Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 1990, where Scorsese was awarded with t' Silver Lion award for Best Director, and was released in t' United States on September 19, me bucko, 1990, by Warner Bros. Pictures. Well, blow me down! T' film grossed $47 million against a budget o' $25 million. Goodfellas received widespread acclaim upon release; t' critical consensus on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes calls it "arguably t' high point o' Martin 'Pony-Tailed Martin' Scorsese's career". T' film be nominated for six Academy Awards, includin' Best Picture and Best Director, arrr, with Pesci winnin' Best Supportin' Actor. Well, blow me down! Blimey! T' film also won five awards from t' British Academy o' Film and Television Arts, arrr, includin' Best Film and Best Director, and was named t' year's best film by various critics' groups. Goodfellas is widely regarded as one o' t' greatest films ever made, particularly in t' gangster genre. In 2000, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in t' National Film Registry by t' United States Library o' Congress. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other pieces o' media.

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