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Casino (1995) 8.2
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Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 482 user | 107 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director:Martin Scorsese |
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Cast
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| Robert De Niro | ... | ||
| Sharon Stone | ... | ||
| Joe Pesci | ... | ||
| James Woods | ... | ||
| Frank Vincent | ... | ||
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Pasquale Cajano | ... | |
| Kevin Pollak | ... | ||
| Don Rickles | ... | ||
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Vinny Vella | ... | |
| Alan King | ... | ||
| L.Q. Jones | ... | ||
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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 Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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No one stays at the top forever. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
22 November 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kasino See more »Box Office
Budget:
$52,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£3,834,340 (UK) (15 March 1996)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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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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Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Published by ABKCO Music, Inc.
by Arrangement with ABKCO Records
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Trivia
Martin Scorsese stated before the film's release that he created the "head in the vise" scene as a sacrifice, certain the MPAA would insist it be cut. He hoped this would draw fire away from other violent scenes that would seem less so by comparison. When the MPAA made no objection to the vise scene, he left it in, albeit slightly edited. See more »Goofs
When Piscano is ranting in the Italian Grocery about the trips to Vegas, the money his mother is counting appears and disappears between shots. He also knocks over bottles of olive oil which are reassembled in the next shot. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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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Soundtracks
"Gimme Shelter"Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Published by ABKCO Music, Inc.
by Arrangement with ABKCO Records
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Based on a true story, Martin Scorsese "Casino" is a motion picture about two characters and their chance to rule the desert paradise of Las Vegas… We are introduced in with all the lights, the noise, the flashing and the colors of the town that doesn't sleep day or night…
De Niro's character, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, is based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who was a hell of a handicapper… He was so good that whenever he bets, he could change the odds for every bookmaker in the country… Genius at what he was doing with numbers, he proved to a lot of guys in the Chicago Mob that he was a tremendous earner that he could make a lot of money for them… As a result, he was able to accomplish whatever bookmaking, handicapping, he wanted to do, with the umbrella of protection from those guys… 'Ace' runs the casino with an iron fist refusing any outside people cheating at his tables…
But he had a fatal flaw… 'Ace' always felt that he could logically and intelligently deal with things, even to deal with emotions… So he decides on making a life with a woman who, he knows, does not necessarily love him… Anyway with such a sexy wife and money to burn, 'Ace' was the epitome of opulence, confidence and power…
Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) was fascinating… Great woman, truly beautiful, one of the best-known hustlers in town… For her, a guy like 'Ace' was the ultimate score… So the way to Ginger's heart was clearly money… 'Ace' knew that but he didn't care…What he wanted was to marry her…
Sharon Stone really stood up to the challenge in her role as a casino hustler who is so wild… She was young, fresh, confident, looking absolutely fantastic as the independent woman whom everybody desires…
Joe Pesci succeeds in his scary tough role as the strong man who has nerve, and isn't afraid of the cops… He was reportedly a mob hit man reputed to be a sadistic killer… (In one scene, his character is shown torturing someone by putting his head in a vise.)
To protect his friend and adviser, Nicky (Pesci) would beat to a pulp any street guys who messed with 'Ace' or didn't give him the proper respect… Over the course of their friendship Nicky delivered a number of these messages always making sure that 'Ace' didn't get his hands dirty… 'Ace' witnessed several beatings on his behalf… Nicky's mission was to show his worth to the family as an enforcer…
The clothes on De Niro looked very straight, more dangerous and very threatening… They were very important cues to his character, and again, to the progression of the story… 'Ace' was an extremely fastidious guy… And, of course, as you follow the story he starts out in more conservative colors and as things become more chaotic, the colors become more chaotic…