ARTWORK By Henry Hill 14 x 17 GOODFELLA HENRY HILL IS THE ORIGINAL HENRY IS IN SEMI RETIREMENT AND ENJOYS PAINTING AND WRITING HE WILL SIGN EVERYTHING HE SELLS WITH C O A PLUS A AUTOGRAPH PICTURE WITH PICTURE SO OWN A PIECE OF ITALIAN HISTORY WE THANK YOU AND WISH YOU THE BEST In the film, Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta, becomes involved in the mafia at a young age: as he says in the beginning of the film; "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." As a boy, Henry idolized the Lucchese crime family gangsters in his blue-collar, predominantly Italian New York City neighborhood in East New York, Brooklyn, and in 1955 quit school and went to work for them at a local cab stand. The local Lucchese mob capo, Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) (based on the actual Lucchese mobster Paul Vario) and Cicero's close associate Jimmy Conway (De Niro) (based on actual associate, Jimmy Burke) help cultivate the boy's developing criminal career. From left to right: Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, Robert De Niro as Jimmy "The Gent" Conway, Paul Sorvino as Paul Cicero, and Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito. Photo credit: Dirck HalsteadAs adults, Henry and his associate Tommy