Casino (1995) Overview. Watch Casino (1995): full movie, online, free Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. Casino is a 1995 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a mobster and his rise to success while running a mob-controlled casino in Las Vegas. The film was inspired by the events surrounding the mob-controlled Stardust casino in Las Vegas during the 1970's. Casino movie clips: THE MOVIE: miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: DESCRIPTION:Ace (Ro. It's been 25 years since 'Casino,' which is based on Nicholas Pileggi's novel 'Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,' opened in theaters on Nov. Casino (1995) Awards. Academy Awards, USA (1996) Oscar Nominee Best Actress in a Leading Role Sharon Stone. Golden Globes, USA (1996) Golden Globe Winner.
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It's been 25 years since 'Casino,' which is based on Nicholas Pileggi's novel 'Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,' opened in theaters on Nov. 22, 1995. The Martin Scorsese-directed film starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci is one of the lauded director's most celebrated to date. The 1995 gangster epic tells the tale of the Mafia's convoluted relationship with Las Vegas and hits on themes of power, scandal and romance. Sharon was nominated for a best actress Academy Award for her performance. In honor of its big anniversary, Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at more of the best movies set in Las Vegas...
© Universal Pictures / PhotofestMartin 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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