I'd bet twenty, thirty grand over a weekend and then I’d either blow the winnings in a week or go to the sharks to pay back the bookies. Keys to a dozen hideouts all over the city. Since 1987 he has been clean Īnything I wanted was a phone away! Free cars. In 1987 has arrested in Seattle, Washington, for narcotics conspiracy and he received 5 years probation. Henry Hill is still in the Witness Protection Program.

Film released in 1990, directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book WISEGUY by Nicholas Pileggi.

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If De Niro is playing the two leads, clearly all bets are off on this one. Harry Styles and Timothée Chalamet can duke it out to play Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, for example. Nevertheless, with a Mount Rushmore of elder statesmen putting this thing together, A-list talent (dare I suggest younger talent?) will likely be breaking thumbs just to be considered for a part. His latest project, “The Survivor,” is a favorite at this year’s Emmy Awards in the TV Movie category. Levinson remains active (and 2012’s stripped-down action-horror picture “The Bay” is something of a find) but to find his last big win with mainstream ticket-buyers you might have to go back to “Sphere” from 1998. “The Irishman” was extremely well-received by critics and people who fire off memes on Twitter, and got plenty of Awards season play, but its streaming debut makes it hard to gauge from a dollars-and-cents perspective.

“Wise Guys” is certainly a project loaded with veterans, but whether this makes for a box office win is tough to say. Imagine the lunches these four guys will have. Barry Levinson, who directed De Niro in “Wag The Dog” and “What Just Happened,” and won the Best Director Oscar for “Rain Man,” will be helming. Irwin Winkler, the “Rocky” producer who was also behind “GoodFellas” and “Raging Bull” and also directed De Niro in “Guilty By Suspicion” and “Night and the City,” is producing this one.

The script comes from a guy who knows a thing or two about the New York City mob: Nicholas Pileggi, whose book “Wiseguy” he co-adapted with Martin Scorsese to become “GoodFellas.” He did the same with his book and screenplay for “Casino.” Pileggi also served as an executive producer on “The Irishman.”

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