The rewards of unearned privilege are at the heart of “GoodFellas” (1990). I have to wait around like everyone else.” “We were treated like movie stars with muscle,” he remembers. His money is gone, most of his friends are dead, and his best friend was preparing to kill him, but after he finds safety in the federal witness protection program, he still complains. At the end of the film, Henry ( Ray Liotta) still misses the old days.
