Scorsese, seeing an opportunity to make the anti-Godfather, purchased the film rights and turned Wiseguy into the masterly Goodfellas, which put Pileggi on the map. Before that point, he was as ...

Certain movies were only available on VHS for a limited time, too, as Disney consistently put titles back in the so-called Disney Vault to create scarcity and to pump up sales numbers. That made ...