1: Goodfellas, Part 1

Welcome to Truth vs Hollywood! In the inaugural episode, David Chen and Joanna Robison start a deep dive into Scorsese's Goodfellas, based on the life of gangster Henry Hill. Hear from experts about the cut heist scenes, real-life Karen's background, and the accuracy of Joe Pesci's portrayal of Tommy De Simone.  This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus (https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/tvh) Mint Mobile (https://www.mintmobile.com/tvh) Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas (http://www.sixumbrellas.de/) . Music in this episode is “Thoughtful,” and “I Bet You Wonder Why,” by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/) ; and “Escapade” by Nctrnm (https://soundcloud.com/nctrnlmusic) . Sound effects from freesound.org (http://freesound.org/) by qubodup (https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/182109/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)