Martin Scorsese's fascinating new film 'Casino' knows a lot about the Mafia's relationship with Las Vegas. It's based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi, who had full access to a man who once ran four casinos for the mob, and whose true story inspires the movie's plot.
Like 'The Godfather,' it makes us feel like eavesdroppers in a secret place.
The movie opens with a car bombing, and the figure of Sam 'Ace' Rothstein floating through the air. The movie explains how such a thing came to happen to him. The first hour plays like a documentary; there's a narration, by Rothstein (Robert De Niro) and others, explaining how the mob skimmed millions out of the casinos.
It's an interesting process. Assuming you could steal 25 percent of the slot-machine take - what would you do with tons of coins? How would you convert them into bills that could be stuffed into the weekly suitcase for delivery to the mob in Kansas City? 'Casino' knows. It also knows how to skim from the other games, and from food service and the gift shops. And it knows about how casinos don't like to be stolen from.
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There's an incident where a man is cheating at blackjack, and a couple of security guys sidle up to him and jab him with a stun gun.
He collapses, the security guys call for medical attention, and hurry him away to a little room where they pound on his fingers with a mallet and he agrees that he made a very bad mistake.
Rothstein, based on the real-life figure of Frank (Lefty) Rosenthal, starts life as a sports oddsmaker in Chicago, attracts the attention of the mob because of his genius with numbers and is assigned to run casinos because he looks like an efficient businessman who will encourage the Vegas goose to continue laying its golden eggs. He is a man who detests unnecessary trouble. One day, however, trouble finds him, in the person of Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), a high-priced call girl.
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Scorsese shows him seeing Ginger on a TV security monitor and falling so instantly in love that the image becomes a freeze-frame.
Ace showers her with gifts, which she is happy to have, but when he wants to marry her, she objects; she's been with a pimp named Lester Diamond (James Woods) since she was a kid, and she doesn't want to give up her profession. Rothstein will make her an offer she can't refuse: cars, diamonds, furs, a home with a pool and the key to his safety-deposit box. She marries him. It is Ace's first mistake.
Another mistake was to meet Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) when they were both kids in Chicago. Nicky is a thief and a killer, who comes to Vegas, forms a crew and throws his weight around. After he squeezes one guy's head in a vise, the word goes out that he's the mob's enforcer. Not true, but people believe it, and soon Nicky's name is being linked with his old pal Ace in all the newspapers.
Scorsese tells his story with the energy and pacing he's famous for, and with a wealth of little details that feel just right. Not only the details of tacky 1970s period decor, but little moments such as when Ace orders the casino cooks to put 'exactly the same amount of blueberries in every muffin.' Or when airborne feds are circling a golf course while spying on the hoods, and their plane runs out of gas and they have to make an emergency landing right on the green.
And when crucial evidence is obtained because a low-level hood kept a record of his expenses. And when Ace hosts a weekly show on local TV - and reveals a talent for juggling.
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Meanwhile, Ginger starts drinking, and Ace is worried about their kid, and they start having public fights, and she turns to Nicky for advice that soon becomes consolation, and when Ace finds out she may be fooling around, he utters a line that, in its way, is perfect: 'I just hope it's not somebody who I think it might be.' 'It was,' a narrator tells us, 'the last time street guys would ever be given such an opportunity.' All the mob had to do was take care of business. But when Ace met Ginger and when Nicky came to town, the pieces were in place for the mob to become the biggest loser in Vegas history. 'We screwed up good,' Nicky says, not using exactly those words. Scorsese gets the feel, the mood, almost the smell of the city just right; De Niro and Pesci inhabit their roles with unconscious assurance, Stone's call girl is her best performance, and the supporting cast includes such people as Don Rickles, whose very presence evokes an era (his job is to stand impassively beside the boss and look very sad about what might happen to whoever the boss is talking to).
Unlike his other Mafia movies ('Mean Streets' and 'GoodFellas'), Scorsese's 'Casino' is as concerned with history as with plot and character. The city of Las Vegas is his subject, and he shows how it permitted people like Ace, Ginger and Nicky to flourish, and then spit them out, because the Vegas machine is too profitable and powerful to allow anyone to slow its operation. When the Mafia, using funds from the Teamsters union, was ejected in the late 1970s, the 1980s ushered in a new source of financing: junk bonds. The guys who floated those might be the inspiration for 'Casino II.' 'The big corporations took over,' the narrator observes, almost sadly. 'Today, it works like Disneyland.' Which brings us back to our opening insight. In a sense, people need to believe a town like Vegas is run by guys like Ace and Nicky.
In a place that breaks the rules, maybe you can break some, too. For those with the gambler mentality, it's actually less reassuring to know that giant corporations, financed by bonds and run by accountants, operate the Vegas machine. They know all the odds, and the house always wins. With Ace in charge, who knows what might happen?
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Scorsese at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. Scorsese has directed twenty-five narrative films to date.
His movies Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas are often cited among the greatest films ever made.[1]
Martin Scorsese Films
According to Box Office Mojo, Scorsese's 24 feature films have earned a lifetime gross of over $1.9 billion.
- 2Documentary films
Feature narrative films[edit]
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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1967 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | Yes | No | Yes | |
1969 | Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur | No | No | Yes | |
1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Yes | No | No | |
1973 | Mean Streets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Mardik Martin |
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Yes | No | No | |
1976 | Taxi Driver | Yes | No | No | |
1977 | New York, New York | Yes | No | No | |
1980 | Raging Bull | Yes | No | No | |
1982 | The King of Comedy | Yes | No | No | |
1985 | After Hours | Yes | No | No | |
1986 | The Color of Money | Yes | No | No | |
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Yes | No | No | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi |
1991 | Cape Fear | Yes | No | No | |
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Yes | No | Yes | Co-written with Jay Cocks |
1995 | Casino | Yes | No | Yes | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi |
1997 | Kundun | Yes | No | No | |
1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Yes | No | No | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Yes | No | No | |
2004 | The Aviator | Yes | No | No | |
2006 | The Departed | Yes | No | No | |
2010 | Shutter Island | Yes | Yes | No | |
2011 | Hugo | Yes | Yes | No | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Yes | Yes | No | |
2016 | Silence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Jay Cocks |
2019 | The Irishman | Yes | Yes | No |
Documentary films[edit]
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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1966 | New York City... Melting Point | Yes | No | Yes | |
1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | No | No | No | Post-production director |
1974 | Italianamerican | Yes | No | No | |
1978 | The Last Waltz | Yes | No | No | |
1978 | American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince | Yes | No | No | |
1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson |
1999 | My Voyage to Italy | Yes | No | Yes | Melbourne International Film Festival Best Documentary National Board of Review William K. Everson Film History Award National Society of Film Critics Award Special Award Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film |
2001 | The Neighborhood | Yes | No | No | Short documentary premiered at The Concert for New York City |
2003 | Feel Like Going Home | Yes | No | No | For the documentary series The Blues |
2004 | Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed and written with Kent Jones |
2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Yes | Yes | No | Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction for Nonfiction Programming |
2008 | Shine a Light | Yes | No | No | |
2010 | A Letter to Elia | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Public Speaking | Yes | Yes | No | Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Awards 2010 | |
2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Yes | Yes | No | Director Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Documentary Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction for a Nonfiction Program (won) |
2014 | The 50 Year Argument[2] | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with David Tedeschi |
2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Yes | No | No |
Interviewee[edit]
- Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
- Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)[3]
Short films[edit]
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1959 | Vesuvius VI | |
1963 | What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival[4] |
1964 | It's Not Just You, Murray! | |
1967 | The Big Shave | L'Âge d'or – Knokke-le-Zoute Film Festival |
1989 | New York Stories | Segment: Life Lessons |
1990 | Made in Milan | |
2007 | The Key to Reserva | |
2015 | The Scorsese Holiday Special | [5][6] |
2015 | The Audition |
Television work[edit]
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Writer | Notes |
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1986 | Amazing Stories | Yes | No | No | Episode: 'Mirror, Mirror' |
2010–14 | Boardwalk Empire | Yes | Yes | No | Episode: 'Boardwalk Empire' Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
2016 | Vinyl | Yes | Yes | Story | Episode: 'Pilot' |
Music videos[edit]
Year | Title | Artist |
---|---|---|
1987 | 'Bad' | Michael Jackson |
'Somewhere Down the Crazy River' | Robbie Robertson |
Commercials[edit]
Year | Title[7] | Director | Himself | Company / Product | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | N/A | Yes | No | Icelandic Airlines | |
N/A | Yes | No | Revlon | ||
1986 | N/A | Yes | No | Giorgio Armani / Emporio Armani | Two commercials |
1998 | N/A | No | Yes | U.S. Satellite Broadcasting | |
2002 | 'Scorsese' | No | Yes | Johnnie Walker | |
2003 | 'One Hour Photo' | No | Yes | American Express | |
2004 | 'My Life. My Card.' | Yes | No | American Express / Tribeca Film Festival | |
2007 | 'The Members Project' | No | Yes | American Express Member's Project | |
The Key to Reserva | Yes | Yes | Long-form commercial | ||
2008 | “Be Sensible” | No | Yes | AT&T | Public service announcement |
2010 | 'Bleu de Chanel' | Yes | No | Bleu de Chanel | |
2012 | 'NY Taxi' | No | Yes | ||
2013 | 'Street of Dreams' | Yes | No | The One by Dolce & Gabbana | |
2015 | The Audition | Yes | Yes | Studio City | Long-form commercial |
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Acting performances[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | Thug #2 | Cameo |
1970 | Street Scenes | Himself / Interviewer | |
1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Brothel customer | Cameo |
1973 | Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block | Himself | |
Mean Streets | Jimmy Shorts / Charlie Cappa's narration | Cameo | |
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Man in cafeteria | |
Italianamerican | Himself | Uncredited | |
1976 | Cannonball | Mafioso #1 | |
Taxi Driver | Passenger Watching Silhouette / Man Outside Senator's Building | ||
1978 | The Last Waltz | Himself / Interviewer | |
1980 | Raging Bull | Barbizon Stagehand | Voice |
In the Pope's Eye | TV director | ||
1983 | The King of Comedy | TV director / Man In Green Van | Cameo |
Anna Pavlova | Giulio Gatti-Casazza | ||
1985 | After Hours | Man with searchlight | Cameo |
1986 | The Color of Money | Opening narrator / Man Playing Pool / Man Walking Dog | Uncredited |
Round Midnight | R. W. Goodley | ||
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Isaiah | Uncredited |
1989 | New York Stories | Man having picture taken with Lionel Dobie | Uncredited cameo |
1990 | Dreams | Vincent van Gogh | |
The Grifters | Opening voice-over | Uncredited | |
1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Joe Lesser | |
1992 | The Player | Himself | |
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Photographer | Uncredited cameo |
1994 | Quiz Show | Martin Rittenhome | |
1995 | Search and Destroy | The Accountant | |
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Himself | Host | |
1998 | With Friends Like These... | ||
In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese | |||
1999 | The Muse | ||
Bringing Out the Dead | Dispatcher | ||
My Voyage to Italy | Himself | Host | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Wealthy homeowner | |
2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Himself | |
2004 | The Aviator | Hell's Angel's projectionist | Voice; Uncredited |
Shark Tale | Sykes | Voice role | |
2005 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | 2 episodes |
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Voice; Uncredited | ||
2007 | The Key to Reserva | ||
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | Himself | Host | |
2008 | Shine a Light | Male gigolo | Uncredited |
Entourage | Himself | ||
2011 | Hugo | Cameraman | |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie[8] | Himself | Short film |
Bad 25 | |||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | John | Voice; Uncredited |
2015 | Campus Code | Doctor | |
The Audition | Himself |
Producer credits[edit]
As executive producer
| As producer
|
Other credits
Year | Title | Credit |
---|---|---|
1970 | Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon | Consulting producer |
1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters | Associate producer |
Editing[edit]
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1966 | New York City... Melting Point | |
1967 | The Big Shave | |
1970 | Woodstock | |
1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters | Uncredited |
1972 | Unholy Rollers | Supervising editor |
Additional credits[edit]
Martin Scorsese Movies
Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | Inesita | Photographer | |
1970 | Woodstock | Assistant director | |
1972 | Elvis on Tour | Montage supervisor | |
1995 | Rough Magic | Presenter | |
2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | U.S. release | |
2005 | Brooklyn Lobster | ||
2008 | Gomorrah | U.S. release |
References[edit]
- ^'AFI's 100 Greatest American Films of All Time' - 4.Raging Bull (1980) 52.Taxi Driver (1976) 92.Goodfellas (1990)'. American Film Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2017
- ^'Martin Scorsese premiere for Sheffield Doc/Fest', BBC, May 8, 2014
- ^Okazaki, Steven (Director) (November 25, 2016). Mifune: The Last Samurai (Motion picture). United States: Creative Associates Limited.
- ^Raymond, Marc (2013-04-01). Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese. SUNY Press. ISBN9781438445717.
- ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QklUnUuR-oU
- ^https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fg-film-china-casino-scorsese-pitt-deniro-dicaprio-20151027-story.html
- ^Obias, Rudie (July 23, 2015). '8 Commercials Directed by Martin Scorsese'. Mental Floss. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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