Martin Scorsese's fascinating new film 'Casino' knows a lot about the Mafia's relationship with Las Vegas. It's based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi, who had full access to a man who once ran four casinos for the mob, and whose true story inspires the movie's plot.

Like 'The Godfather,' it makes us feel like eavesdroppers in a secret place.

The movie opens with a car bombing, and the figure of Sam 'Ace' Rothstein floating through the air. The movie explains how such a thing came to happen to him. The first hour plays like a documentary; there's a narration, by Rothstein (Robert De Niro) and others, explaining how the mob skimmed millions out of the casinos.

Casino may well be DeNiro's last great performance before he went on his downward spiral, which started with the fellow 1995 movie 'Heat'. On the whole, while this film is technically sound, it lacks emotional bite and there will be times during the film when your interest will trail off.

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  1. Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Barbara De Fina and distributed by Universal Pictures.The film is based on the nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese.
  2. Based on a true story, Martin Scorsese 'Casino' is a motion picture about two characters and their chance to rule the desert paradise of Las Vegas We are introduced in with all the lights, the noise, the flashing and the colors of the town that doesn't sleep day or night De Niro's character, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, is based on Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, who was a hell of a handicapper He was so.
  3. Casino (1995) Movie Review and True Story Author: Luke Holmes 24 Jul 2020 Casino 1995 could be named the best casino movie of all times because of many reasons, but the one that brings authenticity is the fact that the character Sam the Ace is based on the real person – Frank Rosenthal and his life story.
  4. Review of Casino (1995) by Toasty87 — 11 Jul 2020. Good mixture of violence and small amounts of comedy very good casting and story development enjoyed it all. This review of Casino (1995) was written by Toasty87 on 11 July 2020. Casino has generally received very positive reviews.

It's an interesting process. Assuming you could steal 25 percent of the slot-machine take - what would you do with tons of coins? How would you convert them into bills that could be stuffed into the weekly suitcase for delivery to the mob in Kansas City? 'Casino' knows. It also knows how to skim from the other games, and from food service and the gift shops. And it knows about how casinos don't like to be stolen from.

There's an incident where a man is cheating at blackjack, and a couple of security guys sidle up to him and jab him with a stun gun.

He collapses, the security guys call for medical attention, and hurry him away to a little room where they pound on his fingers with a mallet and he agrees that he made a very bad mistake.

Rothstein, based on the real-life figure of Frank (Lefty) Rosenthal, starts life as a sports oddsmaker in Chicago, attracts the attention of the mob because of his genius with numbers and is assigned to run casinos because he looks like an efficient businessman who will encourage the Vegas goose to continue laying its golden eggs. He is a man who detests unnecessary trouble. One day, however, trouble finds him, in the person of Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), a high-priced call girl.

Story:8/10
Acting:9/10
Visuals:8/10

Gets the seedy nature of Las Vegas, great cast

Movie Info

Movie Name:Casino

Studio: Syalis D.A.

Movie Casino 1995

Genre(s): Drama/Mystery/Suspense

Release Date(s): November 22, 1995

MPAA Rating: R

Things are going great! Nothing will ever go wrong!

In 1973, Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is sent to Las Vegas to run the Tangiers Casino for the mob, but unfortunately for Ace, his childhood friend and fellow mobster Nicholas “Nicky” Santoro (Joe Pesci) has also been sent to be the muscle for the casino. Together, Ace and Nicky turn the Tangiers into a success, and Ace becomes one of the big men of the Strip. Ace has everything he’d want including the hand of hustler Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) who joins him in living the good life. When Nicky is banned from all casinos, things begin to go bad as he becomes a major force in the mafia in Las Vegas…and Ace and Nicky are going to go head-to-head in deadly consequences.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Casino is a historical crime thriller. The movie is based on the 1995 non-fiction Nicholas Pileggi book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas though the story’s names have been changed and some events have been fictionalized. The movie received mostly positive reviews and has since its release become a cult favorite. Sharon Stone received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.

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It sometimes takes a while for me to get worked up to see a gangster film…this time it took twenty years. The problem I often have with gangster films is that they throw a lot of names at you, they are full of unsavory (often irritating) people who are often self-righteous, and in Casino’s case, it takes a looong time to tell the story. This doesn’t mean the films are bad (because I often like them), but I always have to prepare myself for them. I should have seen Casino earlier, but it does have the standard Mafia pitfalls.

Often the Mafia style movies follow any “success” movie pattern (even if they are based on true events). The characters start relatively small, build a name, live the high life, and generally crash and burn. It happened here, Goodfellas (also written by Pileggi), and in movies like A Clockwork Orange and Boogie Nights. The changes involve how the story unfolds and the characters. Casino unfolds a bit unevenly, drags, and isn’t as good as its comparison film Goodfellas, but it is still enjoyable.

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Well…Pesci doesn’t play nice.

The main reason Casino does work is the cast. De Niro is stellar in these type of roles, especially in this movie where he really has to suppress his rage (you can see it boiling in many scenes). Pesci is much like his hot tempered Goodfellas’ role, and love him or hate him, Pesci does crazy well. Sharon Stone is a surprise in the movie with her strongest role thus far in her career but I feel her on-again-off-again partner James Woods is wasted. I particularly enjoy Don Rickles in the movie in a straight role which is a huge difference from his normal performances (Dick Smothers also has an appearance as a Nevada senator).

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Come on, Scorsese…even in 1995 you can do better than this!

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The movie also looks great. It gets both the glitz and glam of Las Vegas but also gets the seediness. I like the trips to the desert to show the vast wasteland surrounding the city and Scorsese always has some flare to his directing and shots. I will say however the exploding car at the beginning isn’t a good start since there is the obvious cut and dummy shot.

Casino is a good flick, but there are better movies that fill the same theme and do it in a much more concise and quicker manner. It just feels that parts of the movie could be cut and other areas which could have been explored more were not beefed up. I do recommend Casino but be sure to see some of De Niro and Scorsese’s other wares first.