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Casino is a 1995crimedrama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese.

Robert De Niro stars as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, a Jewish-American top gamblinghandicapper who is called by the Mob to oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers casino in Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont and the Haciendacasinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s.

Joe Pesci plays Nicky Santoro, based on the real-life mob enforcer Anthony 'Tony the Ant' Spilotro. Nicky is sent to Vegas to make sure that money from the Tangiers is skimmed off the top and that the mobsters in Vegas are kept in line. Sharon Stone plays Ace's wife, the self-obsessed and devious Ginger, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

When released, Casino had the most uses of the word 'fuck' (422) in a feature length film. Casino has been considered a companion piece to Scorsese's earlier film, Goodfellas (1990), which also starred De Niro and Pesci, and was written by Pileggi and Scorsese.

Plot

In 1983, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein exits a restaurant and gets into his car, which explodes when he turns it on. Sam then narrates the story, and flashes back to the beginning.

Going back ten years (1973), Sam, then a sports handicapper for the mob, is entrusted by Chicago Outfit bosses to run the Tangiers Casino, which is under their control through corrupt representatives of the Teamsters. Sam is at first reluctant to manage the Tangiers due his criminal record, but is able to do so through lax gaming laws which simply require an application for a casino license to made by employees; and license hearings are held up by a large backlog. Sam's expertise enables him to quickly double the casino's profits, which are skimmed by the mafia before the records are reported to income tax agencies. Impressed with Sam's work, the bosses send Sam's friend, enforcer Nicholas 'Nicky' Santoro, to protect Sam and the whole business. Nicky, however, begins to become more of a nuisance than a helper, as his brash attitude quickly gets him banned from every casino, and his name is placed in the black book. Nicky then gathers his own crew and begins his own businesses, such as a restaurant and a jewelery store, but also engages in burglary, which is not sanctioned by the bosses.

Sam, meanwhile, meets and falls in love with a hustler, Ginger McKenna. Despite Ginger's reluctance, they soon marry. But their relationship slowly begins to fall apart when Ginger is caught by Sam and Nicky aiding her former boyfriend, a con man named Lester Diamond. Sam also makes an enemy in County Commissioner Pat Webb by firing his brother-in-law from the casino. Webb retaliates by pulling Sam's casino licence application from the backlog, forcing Sam to have a license hearing, but secretly arranges for the board to reject the license. Sam responds by appearing on television and openly accuses the city government of corruption. The bosses, unappreciative of Sam's publicity stunts, ask him to return home, but he stubbornly blames Nicky's reckless lawbreaking for his mess. Nicky chastises Sam to never 'go over his head' in a heated argument.

The bosses soon notice that the suitcases of money that they have been stealing have decreasing amounts of money, meaning that the money counters have begun skimming some for themselves. They put Artie Piscano in charge of overseeing the skims, but he complains about the expensive costs. Despite the bosses warning Piscano not to keep financial records, he secretly starts writing down how much he spends in a ledger. Piscano's rants about the extra work and the costs are overheard by the FBI, who bugged his grocery store. Sam finally reaches the end of his patience with Ginger after she and Lester are in Los Angeles with plans to run away to Europe with his daughter Amy in tow. Sam talks Ginger into bringing Amy back, but her addictions anger Sam so much that he kicks her out of the house. She returns, on the condition that she carry a beeper on her for Sam to contact her whenever he must. Ginger turns to Nicky for help in getting her share of her and Sam's money from the bank, and they begin a sexual affair, which according to mob rules, could get the three of them killed (as well as Nicky's crew for covering it up). Sam reaches his limit with Ginger when she ties Amy to her bedposts to have a night with Nicky. Sam confronts Ginger in the restaurant and disowns her. She turns to Nicky, but he has lost patience with her as well. The next morning, Ginger goes to Sam's house and creates a domestic distrubance, stealing the key to their deposit box in the bank. Ginger takes some of Sam's savings, but she is then arrested by FBI agents for aiding the mob.

With Ginger's arrest and the FBI's discovery of Piscano's records, which are then matched with the skimming operation, the casino empire crumbles and the bosses are arrested. During a court hearing, they decide who to eliminate in order to keep from testifying. The slain include Andy Stone, the head of the Teamsters because he is not Italian-American; John Nance, the money courier whose son was arrested and so whom the bosses wanted to silence; and three casino executives to keep silent. Ginger, who runs away from Sam, eventually sinks deeper into drug addiction and is also silenced by the mob, who gave her an intentional drug overdose.

Nicky and his brother, Dominick, arrange a meeting with their crew in a cornfield, but are suddenly turned on and viciously beaten by their own crew with aluminum baseball bats. Nicky sobs while Dominick is brutally beaten, then he is next. The brothers are stripped of their clothes and buried in a freshly-dug grave while still breathing. Sam narrates that the bosses ordered Nicky's death on account of being fed up with his hotheadedness and disregard for order.

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Returning to the opening scene of the film, Sam survives the car bomb, but knows that the bosses were not responsible for it. With the mafia now out of power, the casinos are purchased by several big corporations. In the final scene similar to the ending of Goodfellas, an aged Sam now lives a simpler lifestyle in San Diego working as a sports handicapper.

Cast

Development

The research for Casino began when Pileggi read a report from the Las Vegas Sun in 1980 about a domestic argument between Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, a casino figure and his wife, Geri McGee, a former topless dancer.^[2] This gave him an idea to focus on a new book about the true story of mob infringement in Las Vegas during the 1970s, when filming of Goodfellas (the screenplay which he co-wrote with Scorsese) was coming to an end.^[3] Pileggi decided to contact Scorsese about taking the helm of the project which would become known as Casino.^[2] Scorsese expressed interest in the project calling this an 'idea of success, no limits'.^[4] Although Pileggi was keen to release the book and then concentrate on a film adaption, Scorsese encouraged him to 'reverse the order'.^[5]

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Screenplay

Scorsese and Pileggi collaborated on the script lasting for a total of five months, towards the end of 1994.^[3] Real-life characters such as Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, Geri, Anthony Spilotro and his brother were reshaped. Some characters were combined as well as parts of the story being set in Las Vegas instead of Chicago. A problem emerged when they were forced to refer Chicago as 'back home' and use the words 'adapted from a true story' instead of 'based on a true story'.^[4] They also decided to simplify the script, so that the character of Sam 'Ace' Rothstein only worked at the Tangiers Casino to show a glimpse of the trials involved in operating a mafia run casino hotel without overwhelming the audience.^[4] According to Scorsese, the initial opening sequence was to feature the main character, Sam Rothstein, fighting with his estranged wife, Ginger, on the lawn on their house. Since the scene was too detailed, they changed the sequence to show the explosion of Sam's car and see him fly into the air before hovering over the flames in slow motion—like a soul about to go straight down in hell.^[4]

Principal photography

Filming took place in The Riviera Casino in Las Vegas to replicate the fictional Tangiers, during the night - which was once as late as 4:00 in the morning. According to the producer Barbara De Fina, there was no point building a set if the same cost was to use a real-life one.^[4] The opening scene - Sam's car explosion - was shot three times with the latter one being used for the film from the real life account of Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal of the way he managed to escape.^[4] The precise details of the explosion were seen to suggest that you never forget these moments if you know how close you can come to being killed.^[4] According to Martin Scorsese, 'we (with Nicholas Pileggi) wanted to show the end of the old way'.^[4]

Reception

While the film was heavily criticized for its excessive violence, it garnered a mostly positive critical response. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 83% 'fresh' rating.^[6] On Metacritic, the rating is 73 (generally favorable reviews) out of 100 based on 17 reviews.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Sharon Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well as a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama. Martin Scorsese was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Director - Motion Picture.

Soundtrack

Track listing

Disc one

1. 'Contempt - Theme De Camille' - Georges Delerue
2. 'Angelina/Zooma, Zooma Medley' - Louis Prima
3. 'Hoochie Coochie Man' - Muddy Waters
4. 'I'll Take You There' - The Staple Singers
5. 'Nights in White Satin' - The Moody Blues
6. 'How High The Moon' - Les Paul & Mary Ford
7. 'Hurt' - Timi Yuro
8. 'Ain't Got No Home' - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
9. 'Without You' - Nilsson
10. 'Love Is the Drug' - Roxy Music
11. 'I'm Sorry' - Brenda Lee
12. 'Go Your Own Way' - Fleetwood Mac
13. 'The Thrill Is Gone' - B.B. King
14. 'Love Is Strange' - Mickey & Sylvia
15. 'The 'In' Crowd' - Ramsey Lewis
16. 'Stardust' - Hoagy Carmichael

Disc two

1. 'Walk on the Wild Side' - Jimmy Smith
2. 'Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)' - Otis Redding
3. 'I Ain't Superstitious' - Jeff Beck Group
4. 'The Glory of Love' - The Velvetones
5. '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' - Devo
6. 'What a Diff'rence a Day Made' - Dinah Washington
7. 'Working in the Coal Mine' - Lee Dorsey
8. 'House of the Rising Sun' - The Animals
9. 'Those Were the Days' - Cream
10. 'Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)' - Tony Bennett
11. 'Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard
12. 'You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You' - Dean Martin
13. 'Compared to What' - Les McCann & Eddie Harris
14. 'Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South' - Louis Prima
15. 'St. Matthew Passion (Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder)' - Johann Sebastian Bach (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Additional songs in the film

• 'Layla' - Derek and the Dominos (also used prominently in the film's trailers)
• 'Moonglow / theme from Picnic' - Eddie DeLange/Irving Mills
• 'Sing Sing Sing' - Louis Prima
• '7-11 (Mambo #5)' - The Gone All Stars
• 'Long Long While' - The Rolling Stones
• 'Heart of Stone' - The Rolling Stones
• 'Nel blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)' - Domenico Modugno
• 'Takes Two to Tango' - Ray Charles & Betty Carter
• 'Unforgettable' - Dinah Washington
• 'Love Me the Way I Love You' - Jerry Vale
• 'Let's Start All Over' - The Paragons
• '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' - The Rolling Stones
• 'Sweet Virginia' - The Rolling Stones
• 'Stella by Starlight' - Ray Charles
• 'Sweet Dreams' - Emmylou Harris
• 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' - The Rolling Stones
• 'Toad' - Cream
• 'Gimme Shelter' (live version from the No Security album) - The Rolling Stones
• 'EEE-O Eleven' 1960 Oceans Eleven - Sammy Davis, Jr.
• 'I'll Walk Alone' - Don Cornell
• 'Whip It' - Devo
• 'I'm Confessing That I Love You' - Louis Prima & Keely Smith
• 'Harbor Lights' - The Platters

References

Notes

1. ^Harry Reid is not boring. - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine
2. ^ ^ab Baxter, John DeNiro: A Biography p.336.
3. ^ ^ab Thompson, David and Christie, Ian Scorsese on Scorsese p.198.
4. ^ ^abcdefgh Thompson, David and Christie, Ian Scorsese on Scorsese pp.200-204.
5. ^ Baxter, John DeNiro: A Biography p.337.
6. ^Casino Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes.

Bibliography

• Thompson, David; Chrstie, Ian (1996). Scorsese on Scorsese. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571220021.
• Evans, David (2006). DeNiro: A Biography.

External links

• Casino at the Internet Movie Database
• Casino at Rotten Tomatoes
• Casino at Metacritic
• Casino at Allmovie
• Casino at Box Office Mojo
• Casino at the TCM Movie Database