In Goodfellas, Jimmy ordered Stacks to be killed in order to cut any loose ends, and Tommy was the one who shot him. In real life, Stacks was also murdered but it was under the orders of Paul Vario (Cicero in the movie), who sent Tommy to get the job done. Stacks was a minor role for Samuel L.
The van is found by the police, with Frankie Carbone and Tommy DeVito, two Lucchese associates, to pay Stacks a visit. For his recklessness, it did not take long for Tommy to murder Stacks by six silenced-gunshots starting from the back of his head.
Henry explains Tommy's murder was in retribution for the murder of Billy Batts, but there's one important detail in Tommy's execution: the man who pulled the trigger was Tuddy Cicero, Paulie's brother.
In Goodfellas, the one who killed Tommy DeVito was Tuddy, prompting viewers to theorize that it was Paul who told the Gambino family that Tommy was the one responsible for Batts' murder.
Goodfellas: How Tommy Knew He Was Being Whacked - IMDb. Tommy DeVito's death in Goodfellas is a trap, as he quickly realizes his fate upon entering an empty room. The real-life Tommy DeSimone's death is mysterious, as his body was never found, unlike in the film.
This drink here is better than sex, babe. Stacks Edwards (Samuel L. Jackson) is briefly shown pouring shots of green liqueur into glasses full of white wine to impress his date.
New York City, New York, U.S. DeSimone's career in the Lucchese family is explored in the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, and inspired the character of Tommy DeVito, portrayed by Joe Pesci, one of the main characters of the 1990 film Goodfellas.
Goodfellas plays host to two such instances, the first being when Liotta's Henry makes the mistake of referring to Pesci's Tommy as being a "funny guy." Tommy, being the hot head that he is, takes offense, and Pesci improvised the majority of Tommy's dialogue in which he asks Henry "funny how?", demanding to know if ...
Hill testified against his former Mafia associates, resulting in 50 convictions, including those of caporegime (captain) Paul Vario and fellow associate James Burke on multiple charges.
Possibly Henry found out about Tommy trying to rape Karen through Paul, or Karen, and ratted on Tommy, because he knew Tommy killed Billy Batts. In the film it's left open to speculation, but in real life Paul Vario almost certainly betrayed Tommy DeSimone to John Gotti.
Tommy had to wait two weeks to get his revenge. Like in Goodfellas, the initial beating had not done the job. When found to still be alive, Tommy and Jimmy pummeled Billy with a shovel and a tire iron. His real killers did not use the more efficient (and arguably more merciful) tools of a knife and gun.
Although not explained in Goodfellas, Paulie's reasons for not wanting to get involved in drug trafficking were all about the privacy and safety of his crew, and Henry's actions at the end of the film showed exactly why Paul didn't want him to continue with his drug business.
As it happens, they'd discovered the truth behind Billy Batts' "disappearance" sometime prior to the ceremony, and ordered Tommy's execution as punishment for murdering a Made Man without permission.
Carbone was involved in the JFK Airport heist; his purchase of a mink coat for his wife was treated as a potential giveaway that he and his gang were involved in the crime. He was later killed by Jimmy Burke to prevent him from ratting, and to take his share of the money.
Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese crime family caporegime Paulie Cicero (based on real life gangster Paul Vario) in Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster film Goodfellas and as NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the second and third seasons of the TV series Law & Order.
In 1990, Karen filed for divorce after 23 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in 2002. After their divorce, Henry remarried and fathered another child. Karen Hill continues to use an alias to protect her identity, as do her two children, Gregg and Gina.
He wanted to know all his mannerisms such as how he would hold a cigarette, how he would take a shot and even how he would laugh. Additionally, De Niro refused to use prop money for any of his scenes in the film and the crew had to get real money.
By May 11, 1980, Henry has become a nervous wreck from cocaine use and insomnia. He tries to organize a drug deal with his associates in Pittsburgh, which the mafia was against as it was a dangerous business. But in the end Henry brings police attention on him and ends up getting arrested by narcotics agents.
In 1980, Henry is arrested again and Karen quickly flushes $60,000 worth of cocaine down the toilet so the FBI wouldn't find it, leaving them broke. After Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) plans to have her and Henry killed, they enroll in the witness protection program, with Henry serving as an informant.
The climactic sequence sees mobster Henry Hill frantically driving around town as he simultaneously orchestrates a family dinner, a drug shipment, and a black-market arms deal, all while paranoid that he's being followed by federal agents in a helicopter.
