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The screenplay of the film is based on the true story of Henry Hill. The film was nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture, but won one for Best Supporting Actor (Pesci). The film is known as one of the greatest crime films such as The Godfather and Scarface. Henry Hill (Liotta) has wanted to join the mafia from an early age. He starts out as an errand boy and over the years he gets bigger and bigger jobs. He falls under the care of Jimmy Conway (De Niro), an old hand in the trade. Henry earns tons of money and everything is running smoothly. After a few years, Henry finds out that Jimmy also has some business going on outside the mafia and he finds that he also has to take care of himself a bit if he wants to survive in the hard mafia world. A number of actors from this film later played important roles in the mafia series The Sopranos (1999-2007) On double-sided DVD..
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