Goodfellas Opening Scene Remake

[pahdy93]

it would have been better if "tommy" stabbed "billy bats" with a little more feeling lol

it was alright

[TheLackofattack]

What the hell is Maple Heights?

[tylerf13ful]

do not mess witha classic

[UpInThisMixTrix]

Bro! this was way awesome! I have Mad respect for you guys hah! Although the acting was a little cheesey it was still wicked cool! great job guys!

[kingbrenty]

this video is a massive pile of shit,. im embarrassed for all of you.

[eldusto84]

@kingbrenty To quote The Dude, "well, that's just, like, your opinion man."

Feel free to make something better then.

[absolutetuber]

@eldusto84

you do realize it got that many hits because people stopped reading after "goodfellas opening scene", right?

[complementocomico]

is pretty good...but i dont like the guy who play's pesci

[controllerbrain]

that was pretty funny haha

[Montessoriproductios]

This is awesome! That's my favorite scene from the movie

[steel62282]

Nice video guys for what you had to work with im very impressed!!

[MrFungilicious]

love it guys,.. love the way the shots are all the same :D

[GuyandLori]

funny....not sure what a Dzzzude is though, but funny.

[norsemustang]

Nice video. Very close to the original.

[BlazyDukes]

Sweet man! I like this and the Kent cops parody lol

[munozestevan]

hahahahahaha dude the knife scene was awesome

[1312scarface]

not bad could be a little better round sertan parts

[nafshalabi]

go learn to spell

[curryisbest1]

stabing scean could hav been alot betta

ova all good vid

[DJproducti0ns]

It was supposed 2 be done with a shovel... joe pesci had the knife idea.

[eldusto84]

Thanks! Glad I managed to trick ya lol...

[Zombiemaster613]

this was very well made thank you for posting this

[vidyut440]

nice..

[bodypowr]

"as far back as i can remember i always wanted to be a gangster!" the best opening line ever!!!

[wezatch]

Kick ass movie better than scarface

[beavistv369]

damm right!

[bodypowr]

yes much better.. id say equal to godfather one

[wezatch]

Ok but what about Godfather 2 which also features both Pacino and De Niro? Still in my opinion Jimmy Conway was played 10/10 performance by De Niro. I know its a clash of the Titans but De Niro prevails because of Goodfellas in my opinion.

[aBIGFOOTproduction]

the only thing i didnt like was the light on the guy in the back. looks like hes telling a scary story with a flash light lol

[MoonLoaf]

I liked. The dude playing Pesci could have been more convincing, other than that it was pretty awesome.

[fullhouse41]

3 words, VERY WELL DONE !! (now go home and get your fuckin shine box)

[TeamHayMan]

i just lol'd!

[jonnyhboy94]

I know you probably don't care but, when the trunk lid closes the camera followed it down and then swhished up to Ray Liottas face. Just a thought for next time. Maybe you could do the bit in the bar. A prequel to this scene, lol.

[larrywalkerntbi]

Hey, I thought this was excellent. Really. The guy playing Pesci just needed more passion. I don't know about him sounding like a 12 year old though. Heck, Joe Pesci sounds like a 12 year old.A crazy 12 year old, but a 12 year old nonetheless. You guys did a great job, you should make another one.Great job on the music when the guy slammed the hood, it was perfect.

[Fughedabouitpal]

Maybe I will!

[Fughedabouitpal]

yeah the guy playing pesci's character sounds like a 12 year old boy. Youse guys need someone with a new york accent to do this and better lighting.

[j0elegend]

hahaha that was so sweet. well done guys.

[fedemonsalve]

very good but the guy doing pesci sucks so much

[eldusto84]

That seems to be the general consensus with this video. To be fair though, anyone trying to imitate an Oscar-winning performance like Pesci's is going to come up short. It was hard enough to direct the scene, let alone act it out (I played Ray Liotta).

[fatmankane]

Yeah, same comment about the acting. But I gotta say you really nailed the shots nicely. And I thought the lighting was pretty close too...Do you shoot any original stuff?

[eldusto84]

Thanks for the comments! Yeah, I do shoot original stuff as well, you can check my other videos to see. Take a look at "Another Life," I would say it's probably the closest thing to an actual short film.

[lazyguy216]

the guy playing Joe Pesci needs a little more passion and anger.

But what the hell its only a homage, very good job guys.

[HamzahFilms]

I'd love it if you could supply me with the traffic sounds and I can post my attempt as a video response :)

[eldusto84]

I actually pulled the sounds directly from the film. I don't have them anymore but if you find a way to rip them from a Goodfellas DVD it will be just the same. Good luck!

[AlexDeLargeLives]

Some criticisms though:

While the timing was down, and you captured some of the smaller nuances of the opening (ie- the red haze after the gunshots) the acting is very forced. You really should have used a dolly on the shots that required it. The scene in the car, while lit well, could have used some rocking of the car as well as lights passing to convey movement. Besides that and some other things, good work.

[eldusto84]

Actually, there was a rotating florescent light on the left side of the car. It's probably just hard to see because of Youtube's compression requirements.

I agree that our acting wasn't great, but that's why people like Deniro and Pesci get paid so much- because they can act well. We did what we could with what we had, and you're right when you say that Scorsese just has a certain style that is very hard to emulate. Thanks for the honest feedback!

[AlexDeLargeLives]

This is actually better than most. Scorsese hardly ever translates well over to the video format. I have seen quite a handful of vid's trying to do his style, and to see someone do a shot by shot remake really drives home the point on how hard of a filmmaker he is to emulate, much less imitate.

[fedemonsalve]

the one playing joe pesci kind of sucks

[HamzahFilms]

how did you do the scrolling effect on the actual titles? I'd really like to know :)

[eldusto84]

I did all of that in Adobe After Effects. I played the actual film credits while I was making it in order to time it up perfectly. The traffic sounds are actually from the movie.

[HamzahFilms]

thanks :)

[specialwilbon]

thats fucking brilliant m8, im a big fan of al mob films n that is the best home remake i have ever seen. well done, u must of spent ages doing that

[eldusto84]

Actually it only took a couple hours to shoot. I think we had all watched the movie so many times that we knew most of it by heart lol!

[Hamenen]

That was brilliant. Nice work, dzzzude.

[Swesuburan]

Haha, pretty good.

but the guy doin' Pesci is really bad.

[eldusto84]

Yeah, none of us will win awards for our performances lol. I'll tell my friend to work on his Pesci impersonation haha...

[Faust668]

Good job! Well-executed.