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Casino is a 1995 epic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from the latter's nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. [7] It stars Robert De Niro , Sharon Stone , Joe Pesci , Don Rickles , Kevin Pollak , Frank Vincent and James Woods .
The book is the basis for the Oscar–nominated 1995 film Casino directed by Martin Scorsese.The screenplay for Casino was by Pileggi and Scorsese. Although Pileggi had already written the book and wanted it published in advance of the film version, Scorsese tried to persuade him to forgo the usual chronology and to release the book after the film.
Highest-grossing films of 1995 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Toy Story: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: $191,796,233 2 Batman Forever: Warner Bros. $184,031,112 3 Apollo 13: Universal Pictures: $172,071,312 4 Pocahontas: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: $141,579,773 5 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: Warner Bros. $108,385,533 ...
Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes Ref; 1: January 8, 1995: Dumb and Dumber: $9,177,151 [2]2: January 16, 1995 4-day weekend: Legends of the Fall: $14,038,128: Legends of the Fall reached number one in its first weekend of wide release and fourth overall week.
The Mavericks are owned by the family of Miriam Adelson, who run the Las Vegas Sands casino company. Patrick Dumont, Adelson's son-in-law, is the team governor and gave the final approval on the ...
Frank Lawrence Rosenthal (June 12, 1929 – October 13, 2008), also known as "Lefty" Rosenthal, was an American professional sports gambler, Las Vegas casino executive, organized crime associate, and FBI informant.
In 1995, theatrical box-office revenue was falling; the first quarter was about $90 million lower than the same period in 1994. Markets outside of the U.S. and Canada were growing, accounting for 41% of a film's total revenue—including theatrical and home media profits—and outperformed the U.S. and Canadian box offices for the first time in ...
Casino is certainly a Western; you have to be pretty myopic to miss this. It has all the elements of classic Western: the open range, the desert, endless possibilities which are thwarted by allegiances and greed, outlaws, renegades, guns, violence, murder, women, prostitutes, lawlessness, the fateful approach of "civilization".