Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Frank Vincent Directed By: Martin Scorsese Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 17, 2006 Running Time: 178 minutes Studio: MCA/Universal Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1995
Casino ^ Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw, Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. If you haven't seen "Casino" yet, stop whatever it is you're doing, rush to the nearest video store, rent it, and watch it. "Casino" exemplifies not only the best of a Scorsese film, but transcends it. This movie is truly a gem.
The fall of first generation Los Vegas crime? ^ The Disney-ization of Los Vegas is seen as a bad thing? Here the street wise bookie becomes a Casino boss and everything goes well until his marriage hits the rocks. The Robert de Niro character survives but everyone else dies in this modern tragedy that reminds one of a Shakespeare play. My take on this is that the next generation crime bosses are the ones behind the laundered money corporations that run Los Vegas now. The fantastic profits are still there and still being sent in suitcases to the people running things, but just in a way that is apparently completely legal. Cheaters in the Casinos still gets treated pretty much the same? There are still holes dug in the desert...
The MAFIA fumbles the ball in Las Vegas!! ^ Martin Scorsese was the man that owned That MAFIA Genre in the 90's, With "GOODFELLAS" and "CASINO". This Movie shows how the MAFIA fumbled the ball in Las Vegas & lost all ties to the city in the Desert. They go from making millions to making the biggest mistake of their life!! If you like MAFIA movies check this one out, I give it 5 of 5 stars!!
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