The Quintessential Gangster Film?

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2011)

Sergio Leone made a masterpiece and an epic with this one. Robert DeNiro, James Woods, Joe Pesci, the debut of Jennifer Connelly, Danny Aiello... the cast alone sells it.
But then, you have a story of gangsters covering roughly 50 years, from their childhood to their old age. It is quite the story -- who becomes powerful, who goes to prison and who dies?
I particularly loved the scene with the baby switching. The use of the music from "Clockwork Orange" (I do not recall the actual song name) was priceless. I knew instantly that hijinks were coming and I was not let down.