Category "casino"

Why was Sam "Ace" Rothstein spared by the bosses?

During an after trial meeting, the bosses decide to eliminate anyone involved or with knowledge of the skim in order to keep them from testifying. The car

What's about the shirt collars in Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995)?

I recently watched Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995). The director of both movies is Martin Scorsese. But I noticed something quite interesting. The shirt col

Why did Frankie Marino kill Nicky Santoro and his brother with such confidence

I just watched the Casino (1995) and asked myself why Frankie killed Nicky and his brother so angrily with a baseball bat. Before the killing scene I thought t

Is the visible mannequin in the opening car bomb scene in Casino (1995) intentional, and if so why?

In the opening scene of Casino (1995), Sam Rothstein gets into his car and is blown up. In the moment of the detonation, you can clearly see that DeNiro has bee

How is Ace able to have the Tangier's eye in the sky cameras at home?

In Casino, After Ginger is thrown out of the house by Ace, he is in bed watching the cameras from the eye in the sky from the Tangiers. How can he have that co

What version of Casino (1995) is the uncut version?

I cannot for the life of me find the proper uncut version of Martin Scorsese's Casino. Do you know where I can find it? The version is instantly recognizable a

Why does Ace say "You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours?"

Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yo

Why is almost everyone who is not Italian a Jew?

Watching movies made by Martin Scorsese, Casino and Goodfellas I can't help but notice that almost everyone of any significance that is not an Italian is a Jew

Who are all these people killed at the end of Casino?

At the end of the movie Casino, we can see the Whacking scene where several people are killed.Alternative link It is not very clear who they are, and why the M

Who are the mob stealing from in Casino?

In Casino the story revolves around the mob stealing from the Tangiers casino by skimming off the top of all money earned. In order to get away with this, they

Why did Nicky Santoro try to kill Sam?

It didn't make sense to me why Nicky Santoro tried to kill Sam in Casino. When Ginger asked to have him killed, Nicky says he wouldn't kill the guy, he's know

Where is "Back Home" in Casino?

In the movie Casino (1995) both Sam and Nicky move to Las Vegas from "Back Home" where the bosses are. It is clear that they both started their career in in the

What did Nicky mean by this?

In Casino, when Nicky talks of the diamonds he has stolen and sent to be appraised he says that Some of these stones got a lot of niggers in them. What d

Is there any significance to Frankie Avalon's apperarance on Casino (1995)?

When Robert De Niro's character launches a short-lived talk show in the movie Casino (1995), his first guest is singer Frankie Avalon in a cameo appearance. Why

Was scene with Dick Smothers early in film with hooker in theatrical release?

I just now saw a scene I do not recall seeing before in Casino -- Dick Smothers plays "Senator" and he eventually denies Rothstein a license but early in the fi

Nicky talks to the two "wise guys" at the cage -- what did Nicky prevent specifically?

Nicky in a voice over makes it clear that no other mobsters will rob the casino and he talks very obliquely but significantly to the two men at the cage who the