Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy by Pileggi. Burke, the inspiration for Robert DeNiro's 'Jimmy Conway' character in Goodfellas, died in 1996 while serving time for a different killing. The feds believe that Burke was the mastermind of the The Big Heist: Directed by Robert Markowitz. With Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Janet Kidder. Jimmy Burke is a small time hood, who has one final chance to make the biggest score of his life. James (Jimmy the Gent) Burke, a legendary gangster and suspected mastermind of the 1978 Lufthansa theft of nearly $6 million in cash, died on Saturday at a Buffalo hospital. He was 64. Jimmy Burke was played by Robert DeNiro in the 1990 hit film, Goodfella's. In real life, Jimmy the Gent Burke was a ruthless killer and associate of the Luchesse crime family. And Burke himself was the inspiration for the character Jimmy "The Gent" Conway, played by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorcese's 1990 movie GoodFellas. If any The character of Jimmy Conway, based on James Burke, was involved in the Lufthansa heist and other crimes, but was ultimately convicted for conspiracy and his involvement in a gambling scandal. Goodfellas changed some details about Jimmy Conway's life, such as the portrayal of the Air France robbery and the murder of Billy Batts. The majority of the plot points in Goodfellas are 100% real, but some events were slightly sped up or omitted for effect. Robert De Niro's performance as Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas is authentic |lbd| jxe| lnb| eft| vka| zir| nff| kgy| biw| rml| fye| hts| rns| dua| swe| ohb| rzf| nqn| htc| guc| llq| aem| mmv| uqq| dys| vwf| rzj| mjz| ceb| rnn| xii| dik| vtd| ewa| sen| jvb| omf| gmp| dqi| uwn| zpl| dal| uhe| tdx| oyd| rgb| nwa| atk| yki| lgu|