Goodfellas (1990) - "A Night at the Club" Steadicam Shot One of the best known Steadicam one-shots; we track Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta) and his date, Karen (played by Elaine Bracco (Dr. Melfi from the HBO series "The Sopranos")) as they enter the Copacabana nightclub through the back entrance. Tracking through the hallways, kitchen, and eventually the crowd, this shot contains excellent examples of how "dead space" in a shot can creatively be filled. The camera operator was Larry McConkey. The Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizing mount for motion picture cameras that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement, allowing for a smooth shot even when moving quickly over an uneven surface. The Steadicam was invented in 1975 by cameraman Garrett Brown, and is now a registered trademark of Tiffen. Go here to see the Steadicam's inventor, Garrett Brown, demonstrate the Steadicam.... www.youtube.com The Steadicam has been used in many films since 1975 to obtain "tracking," ie moving shots. Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associates Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980. Scorsese originally intended to direct Goodfellas before The Last Temptation of Christ, but when funds materialized to make ...