When Was Good Fellas?

Goodfellas premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 1990, where Scorsese was awarded with Silver Lion for Best Director, and was released in the United States on September 19, 1990 by Warner Bros. The film was made on a budget of $25 million, and grossed $47 million.

Is Goodfellas a true story?

Los Angeles, California, U.S. Henry Hill Jr. ... Hill's life story was documented in the true crime book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi, which was subsequently adapted by Martin Scorsese into the critically acclaimed film Goodfellas in 1990, where Hill is portrayed by Ray Liotta.

How much of Goodfellas is true?

Some of the real criminals portrayed in Goodfellas were actually toned down for the film. According to Hill, despite combining characters and slightly altering plot points and timelines, Goodfellas was about 95 percent accurate.