Martin Scorsese "Goodfellas", and its excessive violence that garnered it a reputation as possibly the most violent American gangster film ever made. Indeed, many of the tropes and tricks of the earlier film resurfaced more or less intact, most obviously the casting of both Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, Pesci once again playing an unbridled psychopath. Sharon Stone was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. During the filming Scorsese played a background part as a gambler at one of the tables. Scorsese still found time for a four-hour documentary in 1995, titled "A Personal Journey with Martin
Robert De Niro time. They once again appeared together in "Righteous Kill" (2008). De Niro played Master Chief Billy Sunday in the biographical film "Men of Honor" (2000), based on the life of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver. He also hosted "9/11" (2002), a documentary about the 9/11 attacks, shown on CBS and focusing on video footage made by Jules and Gedeon Naudet that showed the role of firefighters following the attacks. He reprised his role as Jack Byrnes in "Meet the Fockers" (2004) and was featured in "Stardust" (2007). All of the films were