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"Being a gangster was better than being President of the United States." (Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas) How far do representations of UK/ Hollywood gangsters present a glamorous and attractive lifestyle? The Liotta statement clearly outlines how organised crime has been represented in the American film industry in the last ten years. The statement followed a close narration of Hill's life and at its peak, he had extreme power of his community that represented the power of the president as every institution from the post office to taxi firms were under his "family's" control. This statement is key to answering the question as to whether British and American institutions represent crime in a glamorous light and whether it differs between them. There is a clear argument to state that the American organised crime rings are portrayed in a positive manner as opposed to that of the British ones, and several...

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