![]() ![]() Rosenthal’s character in the film is Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein – played by Robert de Niro. ![]() ![]() It has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal. This film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas. Casino was released in 1995 and is based on a true story – the life of Frank Rosenthal, who ran three different casinos in Las Vegas during the 1970s and 1980s on behalf of a group of mobsters in Chicago called the Chicago Outfit. This was the eighth film that Scorsese and de Niro had worked on together, and you’ll see a lot of similarities with another of their films – Goodfellas. There have been plenty of movies that show both sides of casino industry – the glamour and the seediness – but one that really concentrates on its underbelly is Martin Scorsese’s Casino (1995), starring Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone. ![]()
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