Casino

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(crime, drama)

This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. 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..

actors:

Robert De Niro	as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
Sharon Stone	as Ginger McKenna/Rothstein
Joe Pesci	as Nicky Santoro
James Woods	as Lester Diamond
Frank Vincent	as Frank Marino
Pasquale Cajano	as Remo Gaggi
Kevin Pollak	as Phillip Green
Don Rickles	as Billy Sherbert
Vinny Vella	as Artie Piscano
Alan King	as Andy Stone
L. Q. Jones	as Pat Webb
Dick Smothers	as Senator
Joseph Rigano	as Vincent Borelli
John Bloom	as Don Ward
Melissa Prophet	as Jennifer Santoro

directors:
Martin Scorsese
rating:7.80

See also: Crime: Simple Plan, A

See also: Robert De Niro in Meet the Fockers

See also Crime 7 Seconds