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| Movie Description Martin Scorsese, one of America's most influential filmmakers, returns to the world of mobsters, greed, and excess that he explored so compellingly in 1990's GOODFELLAS. Set in the 1970s and reveling in the minute details of how Las Vegas casinos operate, the film chronicles the rise and fall of casino manager Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro). As the king of his domain, Ace efficiently runs the business and regularly sends lots of cold cash to his bosses. Helping him keep the casino's employees and customers honest is his best friend, Nicky (Joe Pesci), a violent sociopath. Although Ace aims to run a relatively respectable casino, the volatile Nicky wants to take over the entire gambling mecca, and when Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), a seasoned Vegas hustler, enters the picture, Ace and Nicky's friendship is complicated even further. As drugs and alcohol become a bigger part of Ginger's life, all three are eventually brought down by their own greed and blind ambition. CASINO shares many similarities with GOODFELLAS, beginning with a script that was cowritten by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi. Regulars De Niro and Pesci are first rate once again as the dissimilar companions, but it is Stone who steals the show with her grueling, intense performance.
Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/14/1995) Sight and Sound - Jonathan Romney (03/01/1996) Variety - Todd McCarthy (11/20/1995) Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (11/22/1995) Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (11/22/1995) Premiere - Premiere Staff (06/01/2003) Uncut - Allan Jones (09/01/2005) Uncut - Uncut Staff (01/01/2006) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||
Reviews  Amazing movie in the best quality you can get I love this movie and to see in an HD was a dream, amazing picture quality, I was very impressed that you could take an older movie and fine tune it so well. Review ID: 10000000006050733 Was this review helpful? Report this review Awesome seller!Review created: 01/31/08 by: I saw these movies and really wanted to get them. I contacted the seller for a combined shipping and was offered a PERFECT deal! The communication was excellent and the shippment came in within two days! This really is a good seller and I will be looking for more DVDs again. Thanks. Review ID: 10000000005309259 Was this review helpful? Report this review  See Some Goodfellas In Scorsese's CasinoReview created: 07/05/07 by: lyoness913-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Movies Pros: The story, the cast Cons: Lots of profanity In the whole scheme of mob/mafia movies, I d have to say that Martin Scorsese s Casino ranks in the top ten, (okay, maybe even top 5) of all time best organized crime flicks. The massive talent and the unforgettable characters in Casino stand out and the film screams I m Way More Than Interesting! from start to finish. We are privy to the goings on in Las Vegas when the mob still controlled the hotels. As they sat on their thrones in Kansas City, Las Vegas continued to put food on their tables and dirty money in their pockets. We are introduced to Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, (Robert DeNiro), who is.. Review ID: 10000000003951307 Goodfellas Lose All in VegasReview created: 05/06/06 by: virtuelle2 -- a member of Epinions Pros: Superb acting (Stone, Pesci, de Niro); story, costumes, colour, camerawork; spectacular opening sequence. Cons: Graphic, brutal violence, excessive voice-overs; competes with Scarface for most use of the f-word. When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And, for a while...I believed that's the kind of love I had. - Sam Ace Rothstein, Casino In one of cinema s most spectacular opening scenes, Sam Ace Rothstein (Robert de Niro) is heard in a voice-over as he leaves a restaurant, gets behind the wheel of an American car circa 1980, and turns the key. Then, BOOM! A stunningly magnificent sequence unfolds to the majestic music of St Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach, which thunders forth like.. Review ID: 10000000004043073 A Mobster Tale That Plays Like Greek TragedyReview created: 01/14/07 by: bilavideo-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Movies Pros: great dialogue, performances and cinematography Cons: Its comparisons to Goodfellas made it an easy target for criticism. I had an encounter with a teen. I'd caught her trying to hustle me. I said, "You need to stop doing this." "Why?" she asked. "Because it's against the rules?" "No, I said, "because you suck at it." I then explained to her the way things work. For every action, there are consequences. If you choose to break the rules, you're on your own. That doesn't mean others don't break them. It means they're prepared to pay up if they get caught. People who have no discipline like to break rules. They think it's easier. It's not. If it takes discipline to follow the rules, it takes even more to break them. Review ID: 10000000002772664  Gamblers Anonymous: CasinoReview created: 04/17/00 by: George_Chabot-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Movies Pros: Sharon Stone and James Woods Cons: Overlong, DeNiro, Pesci, editing Casino (1995) Directed by the celebrated Martin Scorsese, Casino left me a little flat. I began to wonder if the billing as America's greatest living director had gone to his head... Worse, I was left wondering if main character DeNiro's almost complete lack of emotion was part of the character, or was it because DeNiro can't act. I mused backwards through "Jackie Brown", "Heat", "Goodfellas", "Godfather;" nope, DeNiro really doesn't know how to show emotion. He even has a straight face when he yells. With DeNiro, I always feel like he could do more, why is there no emotion? He is no Clint... Review ID: 10000000002776033  Did you know that Sharon Stone was once good looking?Review created: 05/23/06 by: underdawg -- a member of Epinions Pros: fun movie Cons: "die ginger, dammit!" i shouted at my computer screen. I'll admit off the bat that I have a weakness for organized crime movies, but I do believe that Casino is a thoroughly enjoyable film despite its numerous flaws. The story centers around Sam or "Ace" (Robert De Niro), a professional gambler who always wins, who gets sent by the mafia bosses to run their casino in Vegas, the Tangiers'. They also send his boyhood friend, Nicky (Pesci), to protect him. Sam runs a tight ship; he knows everything there is to know about gambling, and so he makes a lot of money. He's got things under control, and he's sending money back to the bosses, and he just... Review ID: 10000000002772665 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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