A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
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 1970s and '80s 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>
The scenes outside the fictional Tangiers were filmed in front of the Landmark Hotel across from the Las Vegas Hilton. The Landmark was imploded shortly after filming. See more »
Goofs
Camera crew can be seen reflected in car door as Nicky opens it when driving up to meet Ace in the desert. 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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Crazy Credits
SPOILER: Nicky is about to finish his narration, he's cut short by the mobsters wanting to whack him. See more »
Alternate Versions
Original release and VHS showed a mirror with lines of cocaine in the hotel drawer of the Senator / Congressman along with the money chips. In the later DVD release the cocaine is no longer there. See more »
Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Written by Spencer Williams / Clarence Muse, Leon René (as Leon Rene), Otis René
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under License from CEMA Special Markets
Published by Edwin H. Morris & Company, a division of MPL Communications, Inc./EMI Mills Music Inc. and Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. See more »
Casino is by far my favourite film. I enjoyed good fellas, thought Raging Bull was great and enjoyed Taxi driver but this is a cut above the rest imo
I have seen this film to many times to count and i am yet to become even remotely sick of it. The acting is flawless, story flows at a great pace for the full all but 3 hours, great narration and a great soundtrack
Pesci and De Niro play their parts so well as does Stone. When watching this film I started to wonder what PEsci is really like in real life. Is he a crazed man like he so often plays? After seeing Casino you are likely to wonder, he is that good
I also think the characters in Casino are far more believable then those in good fellas.
Must see for any gangster film fan
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Casino is by far my favourite film. I enjoyed good fellas, thought Raging Bull was great and enjoyed Taxi driver but this is a cut above the rest imo
I have seen this film to many times to count and i am yet to become even remotely sick of it. The acting is flawless, story flows at a great pace for the full all but 3 hours, great narration and a great soundtrack
Pesci and De Niro play their parts so well as does Stone. When watching this film I started to wonder what PEsci is really like in real life. Is he a crazed man like he so often plays? After seeing Casino you are likely to wonder, he is that good
I also think the characters in Casino are far more believable then those in good fellas.
Must see for any gangster film fan