Movie
1990
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'…
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If *Goodfellas*, Martin Scorsese’s epic gangster film, requires a companion piece, the best candidate should be *My Blue Heaven*, 1990 comedy directed by Herbert Ross. Two films are very different, especially in genre and general tone, but they share the same source – life and times of small-time New York gangster Henry Hill. *Goodfellas* was based on *Wiseguy*, biographical book by Nicholas Pileggi. During Pileggi’…More
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