Casino is a classic movie that anybody who loves Vegas has to watch.
I was living there at the time and can vouch how realistic it was.
Names and places were changed in the movie but the Stardust was the casino and Lefty Rosenthal( DeNiro ) ran it for the mob. We used to go there and watch a sports betting show he ran every week,he was a very good handicapper.
I still remember when they blew up his Cadillac and he survived. His buddy was Tony the ant Spilotro( Joe Pesci) a crazy **** who you avoided at any cost. We used to eat at a place called the Food Factory until we found out Tony’s brother was the owner. Tony and his brother were later found buried in a Indiana cornfield.
My best friends Ex was pals with Lefty’s wife( Sharon Stone character) and some of the stories were hard to believe. The good old days of Las Vegas.
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