Casino [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises present ; a De Fina/Cappa production ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 29796 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (179 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1417078391
- 9781417078394
- Casino (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Casino | Available | 33111010887376 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend to Ace; and Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone, in a role she was born to play), a leggy ex-prostitute with a fondness for jewelry and a penchant for playing the field. Ace plays by the rules (albeit Vegas rules, which, as he reminds the audience in voiceover, would make him a criminal in any other state), while Nicky and Ginger lie, cheat, and steal their respective ways to the top. The film's first hour and a half details their rise to power, while the second half follows their downfall as the FBI, corrupt government officials, and angry mob bosses pick apart their Camelot piece by piece. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
Based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi.
DVD release of the 1995 motion picture.
Special features: Casino, the story ; deleted scenes ; interviews with cast and crew.
Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones.
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.
MPAA rating: R; strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use, and some sexuality.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen version (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1.
Closed-captioned.
In English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.