Scorsese. It is based on the book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi
and Larry Shandling. Robert De Niro stars as Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a
chain-smoking top gambling handicapper who is called by the Mob to
oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers Casino in
Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who ran the
Stardust, Fremont and the Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for the
Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s.
Joe Pesci plays Nicky Santoro, based on the real-life Anthony "Tony
the Ant" Spilotro, an intimidating enforcer and psychopath. Santoro is
sent by the Chicago Outfit to Vegas to make sure that money from the
Tangiers is skimmed off the top and that the casinos and mobsters in
Vegas are kept in line. Sharon Stone plays Rothstein's wife, the
self-obsessed, spoiled, devious and sly Ginger, a role that earned her
a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actress.
When released, Casino had the most uses of the word "fuck" (422) in a
feature length film[1], but was surpassed two years later by the film
Nil by Mouth [2] though it remains the highest number of uses of the
word in an American film that is based on a true story.
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