Casino [videorecording - DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, French, Persian Publication details: USA : Universal Studios, 1995Description: 1 videodisc (178 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Production credits:
  • Directed by Martin Scorsese ; Written by Nicholas Pileggi
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin PollakAbstract: 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
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Suitable only for viewing by persons of 18 years and over

Directed by Martin Scorsese ; Written by Nicholas Pileggi

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak

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

Based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi

DVD

In English, French and Persian

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