Casino [videorecording]/

Resource Information

The work Casino [videorecording]/ represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Casino [videorecording]/

Statement of responsibility

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

Creator

• Casino (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Cappa Productions
• Lâegende Entreprises
• Syalis D.A. (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
• trueBloom, John, 1953-
• De Fina, Barbara
• De Niro, Robert
• Jones, L. Q., 1927-
• trueKing, Alan, 1927-2004
• Pesci, Joe
• truePileggi, Nicholas
• truePollak, Kevin, 1958-
• Richardson, Robert, 1955-
• Rickles, Don
• Schoonmaker, Thelma
• Scorsese, Martin
• Smothers, Dick
• trueStone, Sharon, 1958-
• Vincent, Frank
• Woods, James, 1947-

Subject

• Casinos
• Casinos -- Nevada | Las Vegas -- Drama
• Crime films
• Crime films
• Criminals
• Criminals -- Nevada | Las Vegas -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Gangster films
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Drama
• Mafia
• Mafia -- Nevada | Las Vegas -- Drama
• Nevada -- Las Vegas
• Nevada -- Las Vegas
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Crime films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Historical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng

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
• 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

Cataloging source

MCP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

• In English or dubbed French; with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.C35262 1998

PerformerNote

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, John Bloom

Runtime

179

Technique

live action