Post #235606 by donhonyc on Fri, Jun 2, 2006 8:33 PM

I just saw 'Goodfellas' again on TNT tonight for the first time probably since it came out 16 years ago. This time I made sure to take a look at the Tiki bar scene as closely as possible. From the very few photos I have seen of the exterior of the Hawaii Kai, I don't think this is where they filmed the sequence. Incidentally...one of the places I have seen a photo of the HK entrance was in a Neil Diamond souvenir concert program from the late 70s when he played a long engagement at the Winter Garden (I looked at the program at a rock memorabilia fair). They had a great exterior shot of the theater with the Hawaii Kai right next door. The Bamboo Lounge exterior in the film doesn't resemble the HK entrance and is way bigger. It's entirely possible that they could have filmed the exterior somewhere else and shot the interior scenes at the HK, but who knows? Wish there was more info out there about that, and about the Hawaii Kai in general. It's a rare occasion to even Google the name and come up with any info on-line. Somebody's gotta have a treasure trove of stuff out there somewhere.