Summary of Why Was Only Tommy Killed in Goodfellas, and Not Jimmy & Henry ?

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The YouTube video discusses why Tommy DeSimone was killed in the movie "Goodfellas," while Jimmy Conway and Henry Hill were not. Tommy's temper got him into trouble with the family, and his unsanctioned murder of Billy Batts led to his death. Henry Hill, however, got caught selling drugs and was eventually turned away by Paulie Gigante, who refused to help him.

• 00:00:00 In a recent TCM interview, director Martin Scorsese said he didn't want to make another mob film, but when he read the book Wise Guy by Nicholas Pileggi, he was inspired to share what he himself saw every day as a kid growing up in New York City. Goodfellas is remarkable for its street-level view of life in the mob, and the movie is narrated for the most part by the late Ray Liotta as Henry Hill and Irish Italian teenager in 1955 Brooklyn Henry. Henry has always wanted to be part of the local mob, and his first job is parking cars for the neighborhood boss, Paul Cesaro. Henry is soon partnered with another boy, a young Italian-American by the name of Tommy DeVito, who looks a bit comical in the suits he wears which are two sizes too big for him. Almost like he's trying too hard to be one of the big boys, Tommy and Henry are told to work under one of Paulie's Associates, an Irish American by the name of Jimmy Conway already the relationship among the three is laid out in front of us. However, Jimmy is the brains of the operation, Henry is the go-to guy, and Tommy is the third member of the group. The characters are
• 00:05:00 The YouTube video discusses why Tommy DeSimone was killed in the movie "Goodfellas," while Jimmy Conway and Henry Hill were not. Tommy's temper got him into trouble with the family, and his unsanctioned murder of Billy Batts led to his death. Henry Hill, however, got caught selling drugs and was eventually turned away by Paulie Gigante, who refused to help him.