How ‘Goodfellas’ saved ‘The Shawshank Redemption’: “I’m going to be damned to movie hell”
An unlikely companion piece.
Goodfellas
The film that almost “ruined” Jon Stewart’s life: “One of my most favourite movies”
It’s a classic, to be fair.
The movie critic who wanted to fight Robert De Niro: “Before I knew it, I was nose-to-nose”
Locking horns with the ‘Raging Bull’.
The movie that got Martin Scorsese through shooting ‘Goodfellas’: “I’d never seen anything like it”
All it takes is the right inspiration.
Peter Jackson’s favourite Martin Scorsese movie: “What great directing is all about”
It’s gotten him through some tough times.
The greatest actor to ever play a mobster, according to the mob: “The best portrayer”
There can be only one.
The test screening that pissed off Martin Scorsese: “It was an angry reaction”
It wasn’t the response he was looking for.
How Marlon Brando almost talked Martin Scorsese out of making ‘Goodfellas’
Don Vito himself nearly convinced Marty not to do his gangster classic.