Casino

UPC: 025195045643

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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

Category: Crime

Awards: Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Director – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi and more!
Deleted scenes
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Casino

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 10/14/2008

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 179 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,German

Subtitles: French,German,Spanish

Lucia Bozzola

The explosive beginning of Saul Bass's customarily brilliant opening credits sequence seems to bode well for Martin Scorsese's epic portrait of 1970s Las Vegas, Casino (1995). Weaving a tale about the town, as well as ill-fated mobsters "Ace" Rothstein (based on actual Vegas-ite Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal) and Nicky Santoro, the first hour merges documentary-style detail (including copious narration) with Scorsese's signature technical flair to depict how the Mob skimmed millions from the casinos. As Rothstein's success unravels, Scorsese unstintingly reveals the viciousness of the old school Vegas powerbrokers (including more gruesome violence than any previous Scorsese work), yet the virtuoso final montage and unsettling coda suggest that the new Disney-fied Vegas robbed the city of its success-fantasy soul. Notwithstanding the bravura visuals and attention to 1970s period detail, and despite a career-best performance from Sharon Stone as Rothstein's hustler-drug addict wife, most reviews noted that the reunion of director Scorsese with writer Nicholas Pileggi and stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci paled in comparison to 1990's Goodfellas. The De Niro-Pesci opposition was too familiar, as was the overlong story of Rothstein's rise and fall. Stone scored the film's sole Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Frankie Avalon  Actor 
Frank Adonis  Actor 
Daniel P. Conte  Actor 
Audrey Meadows  Actor 
Sasha Semenoff  Actor 
John Manca  Actor 
Bill Allison  Actor 
Joe La Due  Actor 
Linda Perri  Actor 
Anthony Russell  Actor 
Frank Vincent  Actor 
Steve Vignari  Actor 
Peter Conti  Actor 
Clem Caserta  Actor 
Paul Herman  Actor 
Jed Mills  Actor 
Eric Randall  Actor 
Max Raven  Actor 
Oscar Goodman  Actor 
Richard Wagner  Actor 
Carl Ciarfalio  Actor 
Tyde Kierney  Actor 
Stuart Nisbet  Actor 
Philip Suriano  Actor 
Fred Smith  Actor 
Craig Vincent  Actor 
Joseph Bono  Actor 
Andy Jarrell  Actor 
Cameron Milzer  Actor 
Brian Reddy  Actor 
Joseph P. Reidy  Actor 
Vinny Vella  Actor 
Dean Casper  Actor 
Jack Orend  Actor 
Richard Riehle  Actor 
Jerry Vale  Actor 
Erika vonTagen  Actor 
Roy Conrad  Actor 
Ronald Maccone  Actor 
Catherine Scorsese  Actor 
L.Q. Jones  Actor 
Mitch Kolpan  Actor 
Toru Nagai  Actor 
Steve Allen  Actor 
Sonny D'Angelo  Actor 
Joey de Pinto  Actor 
Jayne Meadows  Actor 
Melissa Prophet  Actor 
Sly Smith  Actor 
Bret McCormick  Actor 
Pasquale Cajano  Actor 
David Rose  Actor 
David Varriale  Actor 
Barbara de Fina  Producer 
Nicholas Pileggi  Screenwriter 
Martin Scorsese  Director 
Martin Scorsese  Screenwriter 
Robert De Niro  Actor 
Sharon Stone  Actor 
Joe Pesci  Actor 
James Woods  Actor 
Don Rickles  Actor 
Alan King  Actor 
Kevin Pollak  Actor 
Joe Bob Briggs  Actor 
Dick Smothers  Actor 

Country: USA