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"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." So begins Martin Scorsese's peerless Mafia saga, based on crime journalist Nicolas Pileggi's bestselling biography of real-life mobster Henry Hill. Amidst a plethora of once-in-a-lifetime roles, Ray Liotta literally has it made as Henry, the kid from Queens who rose to the top of New York's most fearsome crime syndicate. But with great power comes even greater paranoia, especially when your associates are as unpredictable as Robert De Niro's enigmatic 'capo' Jimmy Conway and the psychotic tour-de-force that is Joe Pesci's henchman Tommy DeVito. Achieving brilliance on every level, it's funny that Pesci was the film's only Oscar recipient. Funny? Funny how...?