Breaking down what the movies got right and what they fabricated
Martin Scorsese’s Casino told Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal’s story — but left out the parts that were too ugly even for Hollywood. The real skimming operation was far bigger and bloodier.
Steven Spielberg turned Frank Abagnale Jr. into a lovable con artist. But investigators have since proven that nearly everything Abagnale claimed about himself was fabricated.
Henry Hill wasn’t the charming wiseguy Hollywood made him out to be. The real story behind Goodfellas reveals a much darker and more complicated truth about one of the mob’s most famous informants.
