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Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English French German Italian Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Soundtracks in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (Mexico). |
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[Universal City, California] :
Universal Pictures,
1995.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus) |
| Summary: | Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi; "adapted from a true story." Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (178 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use, and some sexuality. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. |