The Quintessential Gangster Film?

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2013)

Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob.
I am impressed with how closely the film follows the book, with some lines seemingly coming across exactly. If Pileggi's book is accurate, this film is also accurate. (As an organized crime historian, I can confidently say that Pileggi's book is among the best-written accounts of mob life ever put to paper.) Some say this is Scorsese's best film. I tend to prefer "Gangs of New York", but this could go either way.