I mean, when you say to someone, "Have you seen Goodfellas?", most people say something like "Yeah, starring Robert Deniro right?"

But clearly the movie was centered around Henry Hill's life, not Jimmy Conway's, right? So why do a lot of people think DeNiro is the main star of the film? Doesn't that honor go to Ray Liota?

Because De Niro was (and still is) the bigger star, and I believe he received top billing despite a supporting role.

Think Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman getting billed before Christopher Reeve in Superman.

Why would somebody say that?

"Have you seen Goodfellas?"
"Yeah, starring Robert DeNiro, right?"
"No. I mean the other Goodfellas."

The food.

In all honesty, Liotta. Though Pesci chews scenery.

Chews, how? How is he chewing? D'ya mean chewing, like a dog? What the fuck is so chewy about him? Tell me, tell me how is he chewing?








And.....scene.

Anyone remember if Spacey got billing over Routh in the lastest Superman movie...or did Spacey get one of those "final" billing spots...you know - where the list all the actors and then add "And Kevin Spacey".

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

I didn't realize people thought of it as anything other than a Ray Liotta film with great supporting performances from DeNiro, Pesci, etc.

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That's it in a nutshell!

Billy Batts is the real star of GoodFellas.

Well i would say that whilst Ray Liotta played the main protaganist in the piece the movie as a whole plays as an ensemble and as such one single player cannot be given the role of lead actor. The movie tells the story arc of Henry Hill, but as such it involves the characters that he knew, grew up with and killed with. I think the reason that De Niro and Pesci get higher credits have been discussed already. They were major names already recognized by the public (and studios like to ensure that star power plays as much a part in the marketing as possible) and the fact that Liotta had really not been in much up until this point (Field of Dreams and Something Wild).

Michael Imperioli

Lorraine Bracco

Samuel L. Jackson!

"Lucky Hat"

Liotta, hands down. Story is told through his character's POV.

Please. It was Vincent Pastore as Man With Coat Rack.

He got the final credit ...and Kevin Spacey. Even Kal Penn was listed before him.

I would say Ray Liotta is the main character.

Everyone knows the star of Goodfellas is JIMMY 2 TIMES.

Mike Starr is the starr of Goodfellas.

DeNiro is the Deniro, Pesci is the Pesci and Liotta is the Liotta.





Duh...

whenever i think of Goodfellas I think of Liotta

When saying "Yeah, starring Robert DeNiro, right?" maybe they mean Casino. DeNiro was clearly the star of that one (or was it Joe Pesci?) - it's practically the same movie.

Get the fuck out of here, Charlie.

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