 | Studio: MCA Universal Home Video Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Nicholas Pileggi Actors: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama Language Spoken: English budget: 52000000 Rating: 8.1 Runtime: 2 hrs 58 mins IMDB code : tt0112641 |
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.
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