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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers (WGA):

Dean Jennings (book) (research source)
James Toback (written by)

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Release Date:

20 December 1991 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

Glamour Was The Disguise.

Plot:

The story of how Bugsy Siegel started Las Vegas. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(26 articles)

Barry Levinson
 (From The Wrap. 10 November 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)

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A Nutshell Review: Bugsy (DVD, 1991) more (46 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Warren Beatty ... Bugsy Siegel

Annette Bening ... Virginia Hill

Harvey Keitel ... Mickey Cohen

Ben Kingsley ... Meyer Lansky

Elliott Gould ... Harry Greenberg

Joe Mantegna ... George
Richard C. Sarafian ... Jack Dragna (as Richard Sarafian)

Bebe Neuwirth ... Countess di Frasso
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi ... Count di Frasso

Wendy Phillips ... Esta Siegel
Stefanie Mason ... Millicent Siegel

Kimberly McCullough ... Barbara Siegel
Andy Romano ... Del Webb
Robert Beltran ... Alejandro
Bill Graham ... Charlie Luciano
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sensuality.

Runtime:

136 min | USA:149 min (extended edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (1992) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (extended version) (self applied) | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:PG


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Trivia:

In the late 1970s Jean-Luc Godard became obsessed with the story of Siegel and planned to make a movie about him. He wrote a screenplay called, simply, "The Story", and planned to cast Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton in the Siegel and Hill roles. He dropped this plan when Keaton lost interest and then turned his attention to Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) as his return to commercial filmmaking. An excerpt from his draft of the script can be found in the 1985 edition of the book "Godard on Godard." more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The cars in this film were very authentic except for the 1948 black Lincoln continental in 1944 more

Quotes:

"Bugsy" Siegel: You thought you could steal from ME? more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Sopranos: The Test Dream (#5.11)" (2004) more

Soundtrack:

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE more


FAQ

What are the differences between the theatrical version and the Extended Cut?
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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A Nutshell Review: Bugsy (DVD, 1991), 19 December 2005
7/10
Author: DICK STEEL from Singapore

After staying at the Las Vegas Flamingo, and spending a substantial amount of time browsing through the artifacts of old Vegas at the Las Vegas History Museum at the Tropicana Hotel, this is one movie I wanted to watch when I got back. Not that I'm a fan of Warren Beatty (I only watched his Dick Tracy movie), but I'm interested in the Hollywood retelling of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's story.

For the uninitiated, Siegel was a gangster, who loves his family, but is as horny as he can get. He falls in love with the Hollywood glamour and life, and comes to know his new mistress, a starlet called Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), who's known in some circles as the village bicycle - everyone's had a ride.

Seigel shares a love-hate relationship with Hill, and it is always bumpy. And little does he know that this love will ultimately cause his downfall and demise. Love aside, there's also plenty of scenes that shows Siegel's violent nature (hey, he's a gangster), and scenes too that highlights his disregard for money - he spends lavishly. There's a subplot about Mussolini too, which highlights Seigel's eccentricity.

But he does have a vision, and that was having the foresight of predicting how Las Vegas would become as important as can be, with the erection of the Hoover Dam to provide it with electricity. He's the one with the vision of creating something in the middle of the desert, which we know today as the Strip, with casinos, hotels, and entertainment from class acts. His vision started off as The Flamingo hotel, which over blew its budget by almost 5 million dollars (at that time). Of course, when you're dealing with mob money, you'd better be careful, as they become impatient with his grander vision of controlling a casino, city, state, and ultimately having the power to influence presidential elections.

Directed by Barry Levinson, Bugsy is the tale of that one man's vision. It's well acted, with a superb supporting cast. Keeping true to the finale, watch out for that flying eye too. And yes, Beatty and Bening met on set, and married thereafter.

Sadly, this Code 1 DVD contains no special extras.

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