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Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

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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. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha">Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

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No one stays at the top forever. See more »

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Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality | See all certifications »

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22 November 1995 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

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Box Office

Budget:

$52,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£3,834,340 (UK) (15 March 1996)
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Trivia

At the time of filming, the Las Vegas house that Sam (Robert DeNiro) and Ginger (Sharon Stone) lives in, was owned by ex-hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight See more »

Goofs

When Ace and Nicky are supposedly driving in Downtown Las Vegas, the view differs from each of their side windows. The Fremont Hotel is visible out of one window, and the Sahara out of the other. The Fremont is on Fremont Street, while the Sahara is on the Las Vegas Strip. See more »

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Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had.
[Ace's car explodes]
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Walk On The Wild Side
Written by Elmer Bernstein & Mack David
From the Columbia Film Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Performed by Jimmy Smith
Courtesy of Verve Records
by Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing
Published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. - Film Divison
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Brilliant acting. Superb story based on events that happened in real life.
22 January 2005 | by (London UK) – See all my reviews

Martin Scorcese's harsh and yet delicately balanced masterpiece rises above anything petty meaning that if one wishes and has the ability and means to create a Sicilian mafia movie he should do so with grandeur and put into it as much effort as possible for people remember those who take advantage of their talent and circumstances and are diligent in their undertakings. Casino is in my opinion an epic, but it's much more than that. This film speaks even to those who dislike the subject of organized crime. You have to be objective when judging this movie and those of us who criticize everything that stands out amongst the grey background of that which is mediocre are fools who envy others' accomplishments and view them as insults to their own personal uselessness. Casino is one of the best movies of the 90's. In fact, in my opinion, it's one of the best organized crime movies of all time. Its moral is that no matter how tough you think you are there's always someone you answer to and that you ultimately will, indeed, if you screw things up.


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