Goodfellas
Goodfellasshows some of the crimes committed by Henry Hill and the rest of Paul Cicero ’s crew , but it does n’t show the biggest one of all : the Lufthansa heist , and here ’s why . Martin Scorsese is one of the most popular and well-thought-of film maker in the manufacture , and while he has explored dissimilar genre in his movie , he ’s best known for his gangster movies , which have play a key role in shaping the musical style . The one considered his right movie from the gangster genre as well as his best , in general , isGoodfellas , released in 1990 and based on the bookWiseguyby Nicholas Pileggi .
Goodfellastellsthe taradiddle of mob comrade Henry Hill(Ray Liotta ) , from his days as a teen run for errands for Paul Cicero ( Paul Sorvino ) and his gang in his Brooklyn neighborhood to his full involvement with the Lucchese crime family and his decision to turn against them and become an FBI informant years by and by . During his fourth dimension at the pack , Henry met some of the biggest gangsters at the time , such as Jimmy “ The Gent ” Conway ( Robert De Niro ) and Tommy DeVito ( Joe Pesci ) , and he got involved in some major crimes – but the freehanded and most important one was the Lufthansa Heist , in 1978 .
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The Lufthansa Heist was a robbery at New York City ’s John F. Kennedy Airport , in which an estimated $ 5.875 million was steal . TheLucchese crime familywas the one behind the robbery , with Jimmy Conway considered the mastermind , though he was never officially charged in connecter with the heist . Goodfellasshowed the source of the planning for the Lufthansa Heist as well as the consequence , but it did n’t show the armed robbery at all , and it might be all because of Henry ’s involvement in it .
Goodfellas Was Right Not To Show The Lufthansa Heist
Although Henry Hill was part of the Lucchese crime kinsperson , a cheeseparing friend of Jimmy Conway , and play an crucial part in take the Lufthansa Heist take place , he was n’t straightaway involved in the robbery . The game reportedly began whenMartin Krugman ( Morrie inGoodfellas)told Henry that Lufthansa flew in up-to-dateness to its cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport , and this bakshis originally came from Louis Werner , a worker at the aerodrome who owed Krugman a circumstances of money for play debts , and his co - worker Peter Gruenwald . With this info , Burke cautiously planned the heist and gave specific part and instructions to those involve , such as Tommy DeSimone ( Tommy DeVito inGoodfellas ) , Angelo Sepe , Parnell “ Stacks ” Edwards , and more . Henry , however , was n’t part of the real heist , as realize inGoodfellas , where he heard about the robbery on the radio while shower . AsGoodfellasis told by Henry , the Lufthansa Heist is n’t shown because he was n’t there , and it ’s actually good this way of life as it would have messed with the motion picture ’s already gross pace and would n’t have fit with its story panache .
While the Lufthansa Heist is a cardinal result inGoodfellas , what was more authoritative to the report was the aftermath of it , as it triggered a serial of murders among those involved . First was scores , as he failed to get rid of the van they used , and from then , Jimmy Conway became too paranoid and got rid of all those who could represent a danger to him , as see in the successiveness where the dead body of Johnny Roastbeef ( and his wife ) , Frenchy , Joe Buddha , and Frankie Carbone are found . This , along withHenry ’s own shady business enterprise , trigger the fracturing of the kinship between him and Jimmy , which was one of the reasons why Henry ended up becoming an FBI source . While seeing how the Lufthansa Heist happened would have been interesting , it would have taken the attention away from Henry ’s story and the event that followed , so it was for the welfare ofGoodfellasthat it was n’t included .
