Scorsese also said that Henry Hill’s language, the particular way he talked and described things, was one of the principal things that attracted him to this project. Scorsese later said he was inspired by the voiceover narration of Francois Truffaut’s JULES AND JIM (1962), and that he wanted his film to employ “all the basic tricks of the New Wave.” Scorsese had previously used narration to outstanding effect in TAXI DRIVER (1976), and would do so again in films like THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993), CASINO (1995), and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013). However, in the case of GOODFELLAS the protagonist’s narration sets the tone of the movie and is arguably its very heart and soul. Some films - Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER is a good example - add narration at the last minute, usually at the insistence of a studio, in order to clarify for the audience a hard-to-follow plot. One of the most striking aspects of the GOODFELLAS screenplay and film is their use of voiceover narration (by Ray Liotta as Henry). Considered one of the greatest of all films in the crime genre, it was nominated for six Academy Awards (winning Best Supporting Actor for Joe Pesci in the role of Tommy), and in 2000 was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as a work deemed “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.” GOODFELLAS was adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from Pileggi’s 1986 book Wiseguy: A Life in the Mafia Family, which told the allegedly factual story of Mafia mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta in the movie. Scarce script for one of the classic gangster films, and one of director Martin Scorsese’s masterpieces. Vintage original film script, brad bound, quarto, printed wrappers, mimeograph, title labeled on bottom edge, minor wear to edges of front wrapper, with one handwritten note, JUST ABOUT FINE in NEAR FINE wrappers.
GOODFELLAS by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese Revised draft script dated 1/12/89.
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