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33-437: Dinosaur Island may refer to: Films [ edit ] Dinosaur Island (1994 film) , an American film Dinosaur Island , a 2002 animated film part of DIC Movie Toons series The Land That Time Forgot (2009 film) , an American film also known as Dinosaur Island Dinosaur Island (2014 film) , a British-Australian film Other [ edit ] Dinosaur Island,

66-730: A BAFTA Award with nominations for three Golden Globe Awards . He also appeared in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Moonwalker (1988), JFK (1991), A Bronx Tale (1993), and The Good Shepherd (2006). Pesci is also known for his comic roles in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), My Cousin Vinny (1992), and the Lethal Weapon franchise (1989–1998). Pesci won

99-542: A cameo in De Niro's 2006 film The Good Shepherd . In 2010, he starred in the brothel drama Love Ranch alongside Helen Mirren . Pesci appeared with Don Rickles , with whom he had worked in Casino , in a 2011 Snickers advertisement in which he portrays the angry alter ego of a young man who attends a party and becomes agitated by two women until he is calmed down by eating a Snickers bar. In 2011, Pesci sued Fiore Films,

132-480: A comedy duo , performing as "Vincent and Pesci" from 1970 to 1976. Their act coupled Abbott and Costello -inspired double act antics with Don Rickles -style insult comedy , which proved popular with crowds. During this time, the pair developed a strong professional and personal friendship. In 1975, they appeared in the Broadway show The New Vaudevillians , which only lasted one week. The first film Pesci starred in

165-703: A limited theatrical release on November 1, 2019, followed by digital streaming on November 27, 2019, by Netflix . Pesci's performance as Russell Bufalino was critically acclaimed and earned him various accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor and for two Screen Actors Guild Awards . Pesci also returned to music with his third album and his first in 21 years, titled Pesci... Still Singing , released on November 29, 2019. Pesci has been married and divorced three times. His first marriage

198-493: A comedic sidekick and best friend to protagonist detectives Martin Riggs ( Mel Gibson ) and Roger Murtaugh ( Danny Glover ) in the Lethal Weapon sequels, released in 1989 , 1992 and 1998 . In 1990, he reunited with Scorsese and De Niro for Goodfellas , in which he played mobster Tommy DeVito, based on real-life mobster Thomas DeSimone . Tommy DeVito was also the name of Pesci's old acquaintance from Belleville, New Jersey, and

231-723: A location in the 1960s comic book The War that Time Forgot Dinosaur Island (Sea World) , a theme park attraction Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dinosaur Island . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dinosaur_Island&oldid=1186250447 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description matches Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dinosaur Island (1994 film) An U.S. Army captain

264-494: A member of The Four Seasons, but contrary to popular belief, the naming is coincidental. Pesci's old friend Frank Vincent also appears in the film. Pesci's character kills Vincent's character in a rage in one of the best-remembered scenes in the film after the Vincent character contemptuously tells him to "go home and get your fucking shine box". According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals, where Scorsese let

297-499: A sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York . In 1991, Pesci played David Ferrie in JFK . In 1992, he appeared as the title character in the comedy My Cousin Vinny with Ralph Macchio , Marisa Tomei and Fred Gwynne . During the same year Pesci headed up the cast of The Public Eye as Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein, a photographer. His performance in the film, a departure from his usual characters, has been critically acclaimed. Pesci hosted

330-434: Is flying three misfit deserters home for a court martial when the airplane has engine trouble and they crash-land in the ocean near an uncharted island. There they find a primitive society of cave women who routinely sacrifice virgins to appease The Great One, the top-dog dinosaur on the island. Mistaken for gods as part of a prophecy, the men must destroy The Great One or face death, but meanwhile they fall in love despite

363-686: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the gangster character Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas and received two other nominations in the same category for his portrayals of Joey LaMotta and Russell Bufalino in Raging Bull and The Irishman , respectively. He announced his retirement from acting in 1999, but has periodically returned to act since then. Pesci is also a musician who has recorded three studio albums: Little Joe Sure Can Sing! (1968), Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You (1998), and Pesci... Still Singing (2019). Pesci

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396-461: The Deinonychus pet of the tribe and the antagonistic Great One were reused and refurbished from the previous year's film, Carnosaur , which Corman had produced. Wynorski later said, "I'd never co-directed a movie before, but it was smooth sailing all the way. When one of us got tired, the other would take over. I'd usually go back to the comfort of the air-conditioned motor home and hang out with

429-598: The 1960s, Pesci began working as a barber, following in his mother's footsteps. At the same time, he tried to start a musical career, playing guitar with several bands, including Joey Dee and the Starliters who introduced the " Peppermint Twist " record, dance, and Peppermint Lounge in New York City. In 1968, he released his debut album Little Joe Sure Can Sing! (billed as Joe Ritchie ), on which he sang covers of contemporary pop hits. Pesci later joined Frank Vincent as

462-698: The 2016 music documentary Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home, in which he is filmed recording " The Folks Who Live on the Hill " from Scott's 2017 posthumous album I Go Back Home . In 2017, Pesci was cast alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Irishman , a crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . Pesci was offered his role a reported 50 times before agreeing to take part, at first saying he did not want to do "the gangster thing again," while Scorsese tried to persuade him The Irishman would be "different." The film received

495-402: The actors do whatever they wanted. He made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines the actors came up with that he liked best, and put them into a revised script that the cast worked from during principal photography. For example, the scene where Tommy tells a story and Henry is responding to him—the "Funny how? Do I amuse you?" scene—is based on an actual event that Pesci experienced. He

528-451: The advice of their Queen, who tries to dissuade them from being corrupted by the outsiders' ways. Wynorski said that Roger Corman asked him and Fred Olen Ray to make the film after Jurassic Park came out. "It wasn't so much a Jurassic Park rip off as a cavewoman movie", Wynorski said. Wynorski and Ray said they rewrote the script entirely. They knew who they were going to cast, employing actors they had worked with before, and tailored

561-569: The course of filming Pesci broke one of his ribs. Pesci won the BAFTA Film Award for Newcomer to Leading Film Roles in 1981 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Over the next few years, Pesci appeared in several smaller films, including Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982), Eureka (1983) and Easy Money (1983). In 1984, he was cast in Once Upon a Time in America , again appearing alongside De Niro. The following year he starred as private detective Rocky Nelson in

594-541: The film among the 100 Best B Movies of all time (#56). Joe Pesci Joseph Frank Pesci ( / ˈ p ɛ ʃ i / PESH -ee , Italian: [ˈpeʃʃi] ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019). He has received several awards including an Academy Award and

627-465: The formation of the band The Four Seasons . Pesci and DeVito remained friends for the rest of DeVito's life; when DeVito fell on hard times in the 1970s following his resignation from the Four Seasons, Pesci placed DeVito on his personal payroll, and Pesci arranged for DeVito to make cameos in some of Pesci's 1990s films. Pesci was childhood friends with American Mafia figure Robert Bisaccia. In

660-429: The girls. You really can't beat that." "Roger ended up hating the movie," said Wynorski. "He didn't think the girls in it were pretty and he thought the story was too campy. But it did really well." The film performed better on television than on video. Wynorski says he was at a party when he met Joe Pesci who told him he loved the film, saying "everytime I watch it I feel like I want to go there." Paste listed

693-478: The play from which the film was adapted. Both De Niro and Palminteri personally offered Pesci the role. In 1995, Pesci had his third collaboration with Scorsese and De Niro in the film Casino , playing Nicky Santoro, based on real-life Mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro , along with Sharon Stone and James Woods ; Pesci had previously co-starred with the latter in Once Upon a Time in America . During filming, Pesci broke

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726-457: The producers of the film Gotti , saying they had broken their promise to cast him in the film as real-life mobster Angelo Ruggiero . Pesci stated that he had gained 30 pounds (14 kg) for the role. He sued them for $ 3 million, which was the payment he had been promised. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 2013 for an unspecified sum, and the role, after many production delays, eventually went to Pruitt Taylor Vince . Pesci appears in

759-620: The role, which he accepted with one of the shortest speeches in Oscar history, saying simply, "It's my privilege. Thank you" before leaving the stage. Pesci also co-starred in the blockbuster Home Alone in 1990, his character Harry Lime one of two bumbling burglars - along with Daniel Stern as Marv Murchins - who attempt to burgle the house of an eight-year-old played by Macaulay Culkin . Pesci's use of "cartoon cursing", or menacing gibberish, garnered comparisons to Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam . Two years later, Pesci reprised his role in

792-706: The same rib that had been broken 15 years prior during the production of Raging Bull . In 1996, Pesci was considered to play Myron Larabee, the stressed-out postman, in Jingle All the Way opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger , but the part was ultimately given to Sinbad , whose physical size was more comparable to Schwarzenegger's. He had starring roles in several other films, including Man on Fire (1987), The Super (1991), Jimmy Hollywood (1994), With Honors (also 1994) and Gone Fishin' (1997). Pesci's role in With Honors

825-522: The script accordingly. They based the characters of the soldiers on characters in Stripes . Another influence was The War that Time Forgot , part of the Star Spangled War Stories comic book series. The movie was shot at Vasquez Rocks and David Carradine 's ranch at Sun Valley over ten days. Wynorski says he and Ray made it "on a wing and a prayer". Several of the dinosaur props, namely

858-491: The short-lived television comedy series Half Nelson . In 1988, Pesci appeared in the Michael Jackson musical anthology film Moonwalker , in the film's sixth and longest segment, " Smooth Criminal ". He played the antagonist, crime boss Frankie "Mr. Big" LiDeo (an anagram for one of the film's producers and longtime Jackson manager Frank DiLeo , with whom Pesci later acted in Goodfellas ). He appeared as Leo Getz,

891-469: The single "Wise Guy", a rap number that played on the gangsta theme by making reference to Mafia gangsterism. "Wise Guy" interpolated the 1980 hit " Rapture " by Blondie , and was co-written and produced by the hip-hop production team the Trackmasters . In 1999, Pesci announced his retirement from acting to pursue a musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera. He returned to acting when he did

924-553: The sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on October 10, 1992, while doing publicity for My Cousin Vinny . During his monologue, in response to Sinéad O'Connor tearing a picture of Pope John Paul II on the previous broadcast in protest of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, he described how he wished to give her "such a smack". In 1993, Pesci made an appearance in A Bronx Tale as Carmine. The film starred Robert De Niro, who also directed, and Chazz Palminteri , who wrote

957-494: The time Pesci was five years old he was appearing in plays in New York. At age 10 he was a regular on a television variety show called Startime Kids , which also featured Connie Francis . As an entertainer from Belleville, he was acquainted with guitarist Tommy DeVito of The Four Lovers , a novelty act from Belleville that included singer Frankie Valli ; Pesci also knew keyboardist Bob Gaudio of The Royal Teens . Pesci introduced Gaudio to DeVito and Valli in 1958, which led to

990-409: Was a dramatic role in which he played a homeless man living on the campus of Harvard. In 1998, he released his second album and his first in 30 years, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You which was named after his character from the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny . The album was both humorous and serious, exploring a variety of genres, though most of it was big band jazz . The album spawned

1023-567: Was born on February 9, 1943, in Newark, New Jersey . His mother, Maria (Mesce), worked part time as a barber, and his father, Angelo Pesci, was a forklift truck driver for General Motors and a bartender. He is of Italian descent with family origins both in Turin and Aquilonia in the province of Avellino . Pesci was raised in Belleville, New Jersey , and graduated from Belleville High School . By

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1056-483: Was the 1976 low-budget crime film The Death Collector alongside Frank Vincent. After the film Pesci returned to The Bronx and lived above Amici's Restaurant, where he was an employee. In 1979, Pesci received a phone call from Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, who were impressed with his performance in The Death Collector and asked him to co-star in Scorsese's Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta . During

1089-412: Was waiting tables when he thought he made a compliment to a mobster by saying he was "funny", which was not taken well. It was worked on in rehearsals where he and Liotta improvised, and Scorsese recorded four to five takes, rewrote their dialogue, and inserted it into the script. The dinner scene with Tommy's mother was largely improvised. Pesci received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for

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