One jump cut later they’re seated at her dinner table, surrounded by pasta, bread, wine, and eggs and potatoes for Jimmy to slather with ketchup. But there’s one small holdup: Their arrival has awakened Tommy’s mom, who misses her son. and the men need to grab a shovel to dispose of Batts. The trio has also brought along Billy Batts, though he stays outside-more specifically, in the trunk of a sedan, slowly bleeding out as punishment for telling Tommy to get his shinebox.

But a brief refresher: Tommy DeVito (played by Joe Pesci in his loudest and most brilliant role) has just walked into his mother’s house in Queens with his cohorts Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro playing an Irishman long before he played the Irishman) and Henry Hill (Ray Liotta, the viewer’s eyes and ears for this detour to Astoria). If you’re here, you’ll also remember the scene in which the painting appears, perhaps the most darkly comedic-and oddly tender-moment in Goodfellas, which turns 30 years old this Saturday. Photo of John Weaving and pals /WTaVYkr6RQ- Truman Capoeti June 4, 2017 National Geographic Nov.'78-When a photo goes on to other fame inspiration for the painting in 'Goodfellas'. That’s because Weaving was immortalized in a manner that’s gained far more acclaim than the bust or the National Geographic feature-he and his river dogs are the real-life inspiration for Tommy’s mother’s painting in Goodfellas, which makes him the real-life inspiration for one of the most famous paintings in all of cinema.

There’s a chance you can also recall a particular outfit he once wore-a green blazer and black turtleneck-and you most certainly remember Brocky and Twiggy, and how they sometimes liked to face in opposite directions. But if you’re here, you know Weaving’s face: his long beard and white hair tousled by a breeze, his weary but warm eyes sitting just beneath his dark, bushy brows. How ‘Goodfellas’ Serves As the Bridge Between ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Sopranos’ Songs of Love and Hate: “Layla” and Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’ The ‘Goodfellas’ Wedding Is Key to Understanding Henry HillĪfter Weaving’s death in 1987, a bronze bust of him was installed in the Shannon Harbour.

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