Casino
Casino - was released on: 22 November 1995.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Robert De Niro… - played the character of: Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein
- Sharon Stone… - played the character of: Ginger McKenna
- Joe Pesci… - played the character of: Nicky Santoro
- James Woods… - played the character of: Lester Diamond
- Frank Vincent… - played the character of: Frank Marino
- Pasquale Cajano… - played the character of: Remo Gaggi
- Kevin Pollak… - played the character of: Phillip Green
- Don Rickles… - played the character of: Billy Sherbert
- Vinny Vella… - played the character of: Artie Piscano
- Alan King… - played the character of: Andy Stone
- L.Q. Jones… - played the character of: Pat Webb
- Dick Smothers… - played the character of: Senator
- Joseph Rigano… - played the character of: Vincent Borelli
- John Bloom… - played the character of: Don Ward
- Melissa Prophet… - played the character of: Jennifer Santoro
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
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}