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"Lucky Chances" (1990)
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7 October 1990 (USA)
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Based on the novels "Chances" and "Lucky" by Jackie Collins, this miniseries features the rise of Gino Santangelo in the Las Vegas casino industry...
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Won Primetime Emmy.
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Only a 2. Horrendous casting.
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(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | Vincent Irizarry | ... | Gino Santangelo |
 | Michael Nader | ... | Enzio Bonnatti |
| Anne-Marie Johnson | ... | Carrie Jones / Carolyn Dimes |
| Eric Braeden | ... | Dimitri Stanislopolous |
 | Sandra Bullock | ... | Maria Santangelo |
| Stephanie Beacham | ... | Susan Martino Santangelo |
| Tim Ryan | ... | Lennie Golden |
 | Phil Morris | ... | Steven Dimes |
 | Shawnee Smith | ... | Olympia Stanislopolous |
| Alan Rosenberg | ... | Costa |
| David McCallum | ... | Bernard Dimes |
 | Luca Bercovici | ... | Santino Bonnatti |
 | Richard Anderson | ... | Mr. Duke |
| Leann Hunley | ... | Eden |
| Harold Pruett | ... | Dario Santangelo |
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Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances (USA) (complete title)
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Chances and Lucky are great reads, but to say that the miniseries doesn't do it justice is a HUGE understatement. It's not the worst thing ever made. I just wish that the powers that were had been a little more faithful to the book, at least in the casting part. I mean, blonde, blue-eyed Nicolette Sheridan as Lucky, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! That also goes for Sandra Bullock being cast as Maria and Shawnee Smith being cast as Olimpia. The casting director was either drunk or in a hurry. The closest that the casting people got was with Gino, played by Vincent Irizarry. There were also a lot of plots that were skipped, like Dario's homosexuality, Carrie's abuse and rape as well as how and why she came to be a prostitute, the stories of Gino's abusive father, and the list goes on and on. I would pay anything to see a "CORRECTLY CASTED AND NON-POLITICALLY CORRECT" remake of this movie, whether it be on the small screen or on the big screen, preferably on the small screen, or otherwise many subplots may have to be sacrificed due to time. Let me know if it ever happens.