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Netflix's Get Gotti offers viewers an inside look into the FBI's crusade to bring down notorious Gambino family crime boss John Gotti. The three-episode docuseries features interviews from both members of law enforcement and former Gotti associates, while also providing insight into a wide cast of characters who made lucrative livings throughout the '80s and '90s as members of New York City's criminal underground.

Now, Joe Pesci may not be among those characters, but he does actually have a connection to a couple of the mobsters mentioned in Get Gotti. Well, a movie role-based connection, anyway. Over the years, Pesci's penchant for playing tough guys and mobsters on the big screen provided him with the opportunities for roles based on real criminals in the Teflon Don's orbit. One of those roles earned Pesci the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The other resulted in...

Goodfellas showed the early stages of the planning of the Lufthansa heist and the aftermath of it, including the clues left by some of the crew that should have led to their arrest – but why was no one charged for the Lufthansa heist? Based on Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Wiseguy, Goodfellas is based on the true story of mob associate Henry Hill, chronicling his rise and fall as part of the Lucchese crime family.

During his time with the mob, Henry Hill became acquainted with some notable names from the criminal underworld, such as Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy “The Gent” Conway (Robert De Niro). Henry was also involved in various criminal activities, mostly with Tommy and Jimmy, and while he wasn’t part of the crew that made the Lufthansa heist possible, he was a key player in it as he helped plan the whole robbery. Although the heist was carefully planned,...