To be a wiseguy was to own the world.' GoodFellas is Henry Hill's own story, telling the fascinating and sometimes brutal details of the day-to-day life of a working New York mobster - the violence, wild spending sprees, his wife, his mistress, his code of honour. To me being a wiseguy was better than being president of the United States. extraordinary' - Publishers Weekly _ 'At the age of twelve my ambition was to be a gangster. Another henchman disappeared after he bought a pink Cadillac for his wife, like the one we see with the dead bodies in it in the film.The enthralling story of Henry Hill's life as a gangster and notorious participation in the Witness Protection Programme, made into the hugely acclaimed Martin Scorsese film _ 'Absolutely engrossing' - New York Times 'The best book ever written on organised crime' - Cosmopolitan 'A riveting account of organised crime as a way of life.
Jackson in the movie - failed to properly dispose of a van used in the heist. The Lufthansa heist did lead to a trail of dead bodies, not unlike the one set to the tune of the piano exit from "Layla" in "Goodfellas." This came about after one of Burke's henchman, Stacks Edwards - played by Samuel L. In a 1986 interview with NPR, Pileggi observed that the Lufthansa heist was, at the time, "the largest successful cash robbery in American history." Hill set it up with Burke after receiving a tip from a bookie and wig shop owner named Marty Krugman, who retained his initials as Morrie Kessler (Chuck Low) in the movie.
That's about $23 million when adjusted for inflation, which is just shy of the $25 million estimated production budget for "Goodfellas." They could have almost financed Scorsese's movie themselves. Hill, Burke, and DeSimone were all involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist, which netted them and their associates almost $6 million.
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