Casino: Book vs. Movie
Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995) is based on Nicholas Pileggi's Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci star in the story of a casino operator whose business and personal loyalties come into conflict.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Nicholas Pileggi
- Year
- 1995
- Pages
- 432Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 2 hr 51 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Ken Weitzman, Fred Neumann, Ron Leibman
Nicholas Pileggi follows Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, a gambling specialist entrusted with running Las Vegas casinos, and Anthony Spilotro, the mob enforcer working alongside him. Their business depends on keeping money flowing to distant bosses without attracting too much attention. Rosenthal's marriage to Geri adds another volatile relationship to a world already strained by surveillance, ambition, and conflicting loyalties.
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer
- Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 2 hr 58 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
- Genre
- biographical, Crime, crime drama, crime thriller, Drama, epic, gangster, Mystery, Thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
The mob puts Sam 'Ace' Rothstein in charge of a Las Vegas casino, where his eye for detail keeps the gambling floor profitable. His friend Nicky Santoro supplies muscle but brings trouble, while Ace's pursuit of hustler Ginger turns into a difficult marriage. Keeping control of the business becomes harder as his personal life and Nicky's ambitions collide.
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