Casino Executive: Richard F. Strafella ... Casino Executive: Casper Molee ... Counter: David Leavitt ... Counter: Peter Conti ... Arthur Capp: Cathy Scorsese ... Piscano's Daughter (as Catherine T. Scorsese) Steve Vignari ... Beeper: Rick Crachy ... Chastised Dealer
Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Barbara De Fina and distributed by Universal Pictures.The film is based on the 1995 nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese.It stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak and …
Jun 18, 2017 · Alfred Nittoli is an Italian American actor who reprised several minor roles in various gangster movies in this clear case of typecasting. The first role he ever played on the big screen was of a man who is only called “Chastised Gambler.”
Sep 28, 2014 · U.S. actor George Clooney, long considered one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors, married Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Alamuddin in Venice, Italy Saturday, Sept. 27.
AccoladesAssociationCategoryRecipientGolden Globe AwardsBest Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaSharon StoneBest Director – Motion PictureMartin ScorseseMTV Movie AwardsBest Female PerformanceSharon StoneBest VillainJoe Pesci11 more rows
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French.
All Main Characters Were Based On Real-Life Counterparts Sam Rothstein is based on Frank Rosenthal, Nick Santoro is based on Anthony Splitotro, Ginger McKenna is based on Geri McGee and Phillip Green is based on Allen Glick.
Actor Andy Garcia has a long list of notable film roles, including “The Godfather: Part III,” “When A Man Loves A Woman,” and the Ocean's Franchise, and now he's adding a new television show to his list of credentials. Garcia starts as Katey Sagal's boss in the new ABC hit series “Rebel.”May 6, 2021
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin DiCaprio (née Indenbirken) and former comic book artist George DiCaprio. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, who is German-born, is of German and Russian ancestry.
Top Ten Italian ActorsVittorio Gassman. Vittorio Gassman, considered one of the greatest Italian actors of all time, was born in Genoa in 1922. ... Alberto Sordi. Considered one of Italy's most talented comedy actors, Alberto Sordi was born in Rome in 1920. ... Ugo Tognazzi. ... Massimo Troisi. ... Totò ... Nino Manfredi. ... Terence Hill.Aug 21, 2013
Frank “Lefty” RosenthalThe 1995 movie Casino – directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone – was based on a true story. The plot was inspired by the life of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal who managed the Fremont, Hacienda, and Stardust casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago mob back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Anthony John SpilotroAnthony Spilotro1974 FBI mugshot of SpilotroBornAnthony John SpilotroMay 19, 1938 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.DisappearedJune 14, 1986 (aged 48)DiedJune 14, 1986 (aged 48) Bensenville, Illinois, U.S.9 more rows
the Stardust casinoWhile the movie begins by stating it is adapted from a true story, it never names the real-life casino involved. The "Tangiers" casino is fictional. The story is based upon the history of the Stardust casino, a fact well documented in the Las Vegas history books.
He is the son of Italian-American parents Rose Gerardi and Salvatore Pacino. His parents divorced when he was two years old. He then moved with his mother to the Bronx to live with her parents, Kate and James Gerardi, who were Italian immigrants from Corleone, Sicily.
68 years (May 16, 1953)Pierce Brosnan / Age
Cooper appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100 three times and on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $11 billion worldwide and he has placed four times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors....Bradley CooperAwardsFull listSignature11 more rows
Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four, stating that "Martin Scorsese's fascinating new film Casino knows a lot about the Mafia's relationship with Las Vegas. Like The Godfather it makes us feel like eavesdroppers in a secret place.".
In 1979, the FBI closes the casino and Green agrees to cooperate. Piscano dies of a heart attack when federal agents discover his notebook. The FBI approaches Sam for help by showing him photos of Nicky and Ginger together, but he turns them down.
Sam convinces Ginger to return with Amy, then overhears her planning on the phone to kill him. Sam kicks her out of their home but later relents. Ginger approaches Nicky to get her valuables from Sam's safe deposit box, and the two start an affair. Sam confronts and disowns Ginger, and ends his friendship with Nicky.
Nicky throws Ginger out when she demands he kill Sam. Drunk and furious, Ginger crashes her car into Sam's on the driveway and retrieves the key to their deposit box. She takes the contents of the box but is arrested by the FBI as a witness. In 1979, the FBI closes the casino and Green agrees to cooperate.
Robert Deniro is one of the most famous actor in the world alive today. He played the lead role of Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein, a high ranking fixer and mafia associate, in Casino.
Riehle would go on to reprise roles in a whole plethora of shows and movies after Casino, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Office Space , and Small Town Famous.
Deniro has starred in a plethora of roles since, including, but not limited to Wag the Dog, Great Expectations, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The Good Shepherd, and Dirty Grandpa.
Mrs. Scorsese sadly passed away in 1997 at the age of 84 due to complications resulting from Alzheimer’s. Casino was her final role. She died in the same place she was born – the island of Manhattan in New York City.
John Bloom would go on to play roles in Guns of Paradise, reprising a role whose name was Tiny, as well as Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. He passed away in 1999 from heart complications due to his height.
Tommy does not really act too much at 88 years old. He is the subject of a Tony award winning musical about him and his band’s life called Jersey Boys, and has also reprised roles in Gone Fishin and The Good Shepherd.
Pollak has been in several big name films and television shows, including Transformers: Robots in Disguise animated series, War Dogs, and Niagara Motel. He is also a comedian, having performed a highly successful standup special.
The son of Italian theatre critic Antonio Cervi, Gino Cervi was one of the most famous Italian actors, first on stage, then on screen and finally on television. He appeared in his first play in 1924, a year after his father's death. He won world fame with three movies directed by Alessandro Blasetti ...
Manly, chiseled, exceedingly handsome, very agile Massimo Girotti was an engineering student and polo/swimming star before entering films in 1939. He began auspiciously in serious leads, most notably Roberto Rossellini 's Desire (1946), Luchino Visconti 's Obsession (1943) and Vittorio De Sica 's La ...
Beloved, hugely popular Italian comic character actor/writer/director, in music halls and variety shows for much of his early career. Fabrizi entered films in 1942 and often wrote and directed his vehicles, winning international acclaim in the Roberto Rossellini's neorealist drama Rome, Open City (...
Marcello Pagliero was born on January 15, 1907 in London, England. He was an actor and writer, known for The Respectful Whore (1952), Paisan (1946) and Desire (1946). He died on December 9, 1980 in Paris, France.
Rinaldo Smordoni was born on February 5, 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Shoeshine (1946), Fabiola (1949) and Protagonisti per sempre (2014).
Enzo Staiola was born on November 15, 1939 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Bicycle Thieves (1948), The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and A Tale of Five Women (1951).
Lamberto Maggiorani was born on August 28, 1909 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Bicycle Thieves (1948), The Last Judgment (1961) and A Tale of Five Women (1951). He died on April 22, 1983 in Rome.
Separating fact from fiction in ‘Casino’. Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is surrounded by the press at a Nevada Gaming Commission meeting portrayed in Casino. Rothstein’s lawyer, Oscar Goodman (played by Goodman himself), stands by his side. Photo courtesy of Oscar Goodman.
Rothstein’s lawyer, Oscar Goodman (played by Goodman himself), stands by his side. Photo courtesy of Oscar Goodman. Though the movie Casino was released more than 22 years ago, it still serves as a reference point for those hoping to understand what real Las Vegas mobsters were like when they were a sinister fixture in the news.
The Spilotros were identified by dental X-rays provided by a third bother, Patrick Spilotro, a dentist. Why did this happen to Anthony and Michael Spilotro? Mob higher-ups felt the two had to be silenced. Since the early 1970s, Anthony Spilotro had overseen street rackets in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit.
But according to trial testimony, the Spilotros were lured to a residence near O’Hare International Airport in Bensenville, a subdivision of “modest homes,” and were beaten to death in the basement. (At the trial, one of the killers, Mob turncoat Nick Calabrese, said he could not recall which house it was.)
Since the early 1970s, Anthony Spilotro had overseen street rackets in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit. He also was keeping an eye on Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, a Chicago bookie handling the skim in Las Vegas for Midwestern Mob bosses.
Coen covered the Family Secrets trial for the Chicago Tribune. That 2007 trial resulted in convictions and revealed details that weren’t publicly known when the movie came out more than a decade earlier. In the 1995 movie, it was baseball bats in a cornfield.
The 41-year-old Michael had a fractured Adam’s apple. Neither man’s skin was broken, indicating the killers did not use a heavy object such as a baseball bat. The brothers were beaten with fists, knees and feet, according to a pathologist at the trial. Tony Spilotro.
Born in Milan in 1933, Gian Maria Volontè studied in Rome at the National Dramatic Arts Academy, where he obtained his degree in 1957. He began working in theatre and television, where he was soon noticed as one of the most promising actors of his generation. After several supporting appearances in ...
Marcello Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, Italy in 1924, but soon his family moved to Turin and then Rome. During WW2 he was sent to a German prison camp, but he managed to escape and hide in Venice. He debuted in films as an extra in Marionette (1939), then started working for the Italian ...
Born in San Giorgio di Piano, Giulietta Masina spent part of her teenage years living with a widowed aunt in Rome, where she cultivated a passion for the theater and studied for a degree in Philosophy. She began her career on the radio with the program "Terzoglio" (1942), about the adventures of ...
Silvana Mangano was born on April 21, 1930 in Rome, Italy and was raised in poverty during World War II. She trained as a dancer for seven years and supported herself as a model. In 1946, at age 16, she won the Miss Rome beauty pageant and through this, she obtained role in a Maria Della Costa film...
Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects. He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...
Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...
Omero Antonutti (born 3 August 1935) is an Italian actor and dubber, appearing regularly in films and theatre performances. He was born at Basiliano, Friuli. Antonutti's most notable performance to date was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film "Padre Padrone". He is also regularly employed in ...
Screen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second son of Arthur Sigmund Newman (died 1950) and Theresa Fetsko (died 1982). His elder brother was Arthur S. Newman Jr., named for ...
He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Over 40 years after his untimely death from mesothelioma in 1980, Steve McQueen is still considered hip and cool, and he endures as an icon of popular ...
Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s. James Garner was born James Scott ...
James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to ...
Patrick Dempsey has lived two charming but separate lives on film and television. From an exuberant, somewhat awkward charmer in college comedy films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, he has morphed spectacularly into a dreamy, wavy-haired television hunk of the new-age millennium and this ...
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on 6 January, 1955, in Consett, Co. Durham, UK, to Ella May (Bainbridge) and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees ...
Frankie was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, to Denise, a nurse, and Francisco Muniz III, a restaurateur. His father is of Puerto Rican heritage and his mother is of Irish and Italian descent. Frankie was home-schooled since Grade Six. He started his acting career performing the role of Tiny Tim in ...
In the semi-factual 1995 movie Casino, the character of Nicky Santoro was based on Spilotro and was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci. Goodman had a cameo appearance in the film as himself while defending "Ace Rothstein", a character closely based on Lefty Rosenthal and played by Robert De Niro .
Attorney and politician. Oscar Baylin Goodman (born July 26, 1939) is an American attorney and politician. He was the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1999 to 2011. His wife, Carolyn Goodman, succeeded him as mayor in 2011. Goodman is an independent.
In July 2006 Goodman criticized the Ubisoft game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas for its premise of terrorism in Las Vegas, because he thought it may tarnish the city's image. He stated, "It's based on a false premise ....
When asked what he would take with him if marooned on a desert island, the mayor replied, "A bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin.". When asked about his hobbies, the mayor named drinking Bombay Sapphire Gin as a favorite.
Ultimately in 2017, under the tenure of his wife as mayor the Oakland Raiders agreed to relocate to Las Vegas for the 2020 season. The Chargers ultimately relocated to Los Angeles . Goodman was angered by President Barack Obama 's negative remarks about Las Vegas in 2009 and 2010.
On June 28, 1999 , Goodman was the first mayor of Las Vegas to have his image placed on $5 and $25 casino chips issued by a Las Vegas casino. The two chips were issued by the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. In 2006, the Four Queens put out a $200 Silver Strike with the likeness of Oscar on it.
In 2006, the Four Queens put out a $200 Silver Strike with the likeness of Oscar on it. In 2000, a bobblehead doll was issued as a promotion during a Las Vegas 51s baseball game. Mayor Goodman was an invited celebrity photographer for the Playboy Cyber Club.