Casino / Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises present ; a De Fina/Cappa production ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.

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The story of the rise and fall of three friends in 1970s-era Las Vegas: Mafia-connected casino operator Sam "Ace" Rothstein, Mafia enforcer Nicky Santoro, and hustler Ginger McKenna. As the opening credits say, the film is "adapted from a true story". The source material is Pileggi's nonfiction biog...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Casino (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
Syalis D.A. (Firm)
Légende Entreprises
Cappa Productions
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Pileggi, Nicholas
Scorsese, Martin
De Fina, Barbara
De Niro, Robert
Stone, Sharon, 1958-
Pesci, Joe
Woods, James, 1947-
Rickles, Don
King, Alan, 1927-2004
Pollak, Kevin, 1958-
Jones, L. Q., 1927-2022
Smothers, Dick
Vincent, Frank
Bloom, John, 1953-
Richardson, Robert, 1955-
Schoonmaker, Thelma
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed French; with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, CA : MCA Universal Home Video, [1996], ©1996.
Edition:Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:first).
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Casinos > Nevada > Las Vegas > Drama.
Mafia > Nevada > Las Vegas > Drama.
Criminals > Nevada > Las Vegas > Drama.
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Drama.
Gangster films.
Crime films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Casinos.
Criminals.
Mafia.
Nevada > Las Vegas.
Genre:
Drama.
Gangster films.
Crime films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The story of the rise and fall of three friends in 1970s-era Las Vegas: Mafia-connected casino operator Sam "Ace" Rothstein, Mafia enforcer Nicky Santoro, and hustler Ginger McKenna.
Review:
As the opening credits say, the film is "adapted from a true story". The source material is Pileggi's nonfiction biography of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, and most of the characters in the film are based on real people.
Note:Based on the book: Casino / by Nicholas Pileggi.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF8 D0003084 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0783225792
9780783225791
Credits:Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.
System Details:DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, John Bloom.