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Casino
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Casino is a 1995 epic crime drama and biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, with Robert Richardson serving as director of photography and Thelma Schoonmaker as film editor. Produced by Barbara De Fina and Universal Pictures, the film stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, and James Woods. It is an English-language production originating from the United States and France, with filming taking place in San Diego and at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. The narrative is set in Las Vegas, Missouri, and California, focusing on gambling and organized crime.
The film has a runtime of 178 minutes and was released on November 22, 1995. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in formats including DVD and video on demand. Casino received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 8.2, a Metascore of 73, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 79%. The film was rated R and had a budget of 50,000,000, earning 116,112,375 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
8.0In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Sam "Ace" Rothstein
- Sharon Stone as Ginger McKenna
- Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro
- James Woods as Lester Diamond
- Don Rickles as Billy Sherbert
- Alan King as Andy Stone
Themes
- drug abuse
- casino
- based on novel or book
- poker
- italian american
- gambling
- 1970s
- fbi
- pimp
- greed
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
613,907 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 11 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
Casino is a 1995 epic gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from the latter's nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. It stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, Frank Vincent and James Woods. The film was the eighth collaboration between director Scorsese and De Niro.
Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling expert handicapper who is asked by the Chicago Outfit to oversee the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. Other significant characters include Nicky Santoro (Pesci), a "made man" and childhood friend of Ace, and Ginger McKenna (Stone), a streetwise chip hustler whom Ace marries, and with whom he has a daughter. The film details Ace's operation of the casino, the difficulties he confronts in his job, the Mafia's involvement with the casino, and the gradual breakdown of his relationships and standing, as Las Vegas changes over the years.
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