Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci's character as 'Tommy' is very appealing to the audience when we see the title and cover of the film, we expect there to be violence. However, violence can be disturbing because it gives the film a bad rating. The violence Pesci uses is comical violence which gives the audience entertainment yet they feel guilty that someone has been shot. The way Pesci does this is by making a joke firstly and then kills them. This way, the audience like his character which gives the film a little more life.
Robert DeNiro
Robert DeNiro's character as 'Jimmy' shows the audience that DeNiro is in the film. The production team have diliberatly placed DeNiro at the centre of the DVD cover to make the film appealing to DeNiro fans, eventhought he isn't the main character. Tommy is the laid back type which the audience find boring as he isn't really doing anything, but as the film progresses, his attitude changes, more like into a very secretive gangster. Like Tommy, but without the comedy and less violence. People only find him appealing is because of his star rating in other films.
James Cagney
James Cagney's character was 'Rocky Sullivan'. Cagney's performance in AWDF was brilliant because the audience relate him to gangster-like roles. He is used to his tough guy characters.
Pat O'Brian
Pat O'Brian's character as 'Jerry'. He was found very appealing to the audience because of his representation to the society, like people wanted to be like him and find the right path, instead of Rocky and in the ending dying. His appeal was sending a message to viewers and not to get to ahead of yourselves.
Budgets
Goodfellas
Production Budget - $25 Million
Theatrical Performance - $46, 743,809
AWDF
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