In 1955 an 11-year-old of Irish-Sicilian parentage walked across the street from where he lived in Brooklyn into a dingy, mob-run cab company looking for after-school work. His energy, intelligence and what seems to have been a general likableness quickly started him on his way to becoming the kind of tough thief New Yorkers euphemistically call a “wise guy.” Henry Hill had both driving ambition and a talent for staying alive. Vincent Patrick
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To be a wiseguy was to own the world.
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La source des Affranchis de Scorsese. Un texte dense et passionnant où le cinéaste a puisé la construction de son film et, souvent, ce que raconte son Henry Hill en voix off.