Casino., Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises present ; a De Fina/Cappa production ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese, Widescreen
Type
Label
Casino., Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises present ; a De Fina/Cappa production ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese, Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Casino.
Oclc number
40493950
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises present ; a De Fina/Cappa production ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese
Review
As the opening credits say, the film is "adapted from a true story". The source material is Pileggi's nonfiction biography of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, and most of the characters in the film are based on real people
Runtime
179
Summary
The story of the rise and fall of three friends in 1970s-era Las Vegas: Mafia-connected casino operator Sam "Ace" Rothstein, Mafia enforcer Nicky Santoro, and hustler Ginger McKenna
Technique
live action
resource.version
Widescreen
Classification
Contributor
- Bloom, John, 1953-
- Pileggi, Nicholas
- Pollak, Kevin, 1958-
- Légende Entreprises
- Schoonmaker, Thelma
- De Fina, Barbara
- Woods, James, 1947-
- Pesci, Joe
- Richardson, Robert, 1955-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Scorsese, Martin
- Smothers, Dick
- Rickles, Don
- Cappa Productions
- Stone, Sharon, 1958-
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- De Niro, Robert
- King, Alan, 1927-2004
- Jones, L. Q., 1927-2022
- Vincent, Frank
- Syalis D.A. (Firm)
Genre
Subject
Content
Is Based On
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor21
- Bloom, John, 1953-
- Pileggi, Nicholas
- Pollak, Kevin, 1958-
- Légende Entreprises
- Schoonmaker, Thelma
- De Fina, Barbara
- Woods, James, 1947-
- Pesci, Joe
- Richardson, Robert, 1955-
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Scorsese, Martin
- Smothers, Dick
- Rickles, Don
- Cappa Productions
- Stone, Sharon, 1958-
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- De Niro, Robert
- King, Alan, 1927-2004
- Jones, L. Q., 1927-2022
- Vincent, Frank
- Syalis D.A. (Firm)
- Genre7
- Subject11
- Content1
- Is Based On1
- Mapped to1