I had no idea they dropped an unofficial "sequel" to Goodfellas a month before Goodfellas...

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And it was written by the wife of the guy who wrote Goodfellas :dahell:



My Blue Heaven is a 1990 American crime comedy film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron, and starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. This is the third film in which Martin and Moranis starred together. It has been noted for its relationship to Goodfellas, which was released one month later. Both films are based on the life of Henry Hill, although the character is renamed "Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli" in My Blue Heaven. Goodfellas was based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, while the screenplay for My Blue Heaven was written by Pileggi's wife Nora Ephron, and much of the research for both works was done in the same sessions with Hill.
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Vinnie Antonelli is a former mobster recently inducted into the Witness Protection Program with his wife, Linda. The two are under the watchful eye of federal agent Barney Coopersmith. Vinnie and Barney soon find common ground when both of their wives leave them due to their lifestyles. While he succeeds in getting Vinnie to a suburb in California and a private home, Barney has one more problem: he must make sure the jovial and sometimes mischievous Vinnie conforms to Witness Protection protocol until he testifies against mob kingpins.
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Gonna have to watch this to see how it compares.
 
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Y'all never saw My Blue Heaven? It's hilaaaaaaarious. It has quotables for days. Henry Hill kept fukkin up during Witness Protection. He couldn't leave the life alone. They said Henry Hill used to tell the most outrageous stories, so it became Goodfellas and this.

"I amaze everybody"
"Sometimes, I amaze myself"
"This is not the old me. This is the new me"
 
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nieman said:
Y'all never saw My Blue Heaven? It's hilaaaaaaarious. It has quotables for days. Henry Hill kept fukkin up during Witness Protection. He couldn't leave the life alone. They said Henry Hill used to tell the most outrageous stories, so it became Goodfellas and this.

"I amaze everybody"
"Sometimes, I amaze myself"
"This is not the old me. This is the new me"
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Another one of those 80s early 90s era classics no one remembers. There were so many good movies some get lost in the shuffle.

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"You don't tip FBI men."
"Sure you do"
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I saw this in the theater. I love this comedy.

Nora Ephron wrote this after When Harry Met Sally and before Sleepless in Seattle which were huge hits.

That's when Billy Crystal and those guys were still the biggest comedic movie starts in the world. Steve Martin was always a big star and Rick Moranis had Honey I Shrunk the Kids the year before. There's lot's of good movies from them if you go back and watch.
 
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