Casino
Scorsese's epic of the mob, money and a Las Vegas casino.
Casino is a 1995 gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from Pileggi's non-fiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. It was Scorsese's eighth collaboration with Robert De Niro.
De Niro plays Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a gambling handicapper whom the Chicago Outfit puts in charge of the Tangiers casino in Las Vegas, with Joe Pesci as his childhood friend Nicky Santoro and Sharon Stone as the hustler Ginger McKenna, whom Ace marries.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Producer
- Barbara De Fina
- Screenplay
- Nicholas Pileggi; Martin Scorsese
- Based on
- Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, Nicholas Pileggi
- Starring
- Robert De Niro
- Sharon Stone
- Joe Pesci
- Don Rickles
- Kevin Pollak
- James Woods
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Editing
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Syalis D.A.
- Légende Entreprises
- De Fina/Cappa
Facts from the source article.
Background
The main characters are based on real people: Ace on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who ran casinos including the Stardust for the Chicago Outfit from 1968 to 1981, Nicky on the mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro, and Ginger on Geri McGee. Universal released the film on 22 November 1995 to a mostly positive reception and worldwide box office success, and Stone won a Golden Globe for her performance.
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