Casino movies and gambling movies
Las Vegas and its casinos have always been an inspiration for film producers looking to inject excitement and intrigue into their movies.
‘Ocean’s Eleven’ is historically one of the most famous casino movies with a Las Vegas backdrop. This 1960 casino film is directed by Lewis Milestone. In this movie, the members of the original ‘Rat Pack’, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, plan to rob five of the top casinos in Vegas in a single night.
A gang of World War II 82nd Airborne veterans are recruited by Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) and Jimmy Foster (Lawford) to rob five different Las Vegas casinos on a single night. The target casinos are Desert Inn, Riviera, Sahara, Sands and The Flamingo.
The gang plans the elaborate New Year’s Eve heist with the precision of a military operation. Josh Howard (Davis) takes a job driving a garbage truck while others work to keep a close watch on the five casinos.
At exactly midnight, while everyone in every Vegas casino is singing the count-down, the electrical system is blown up and Vegas goes dark. The back-up electrical systems open the cashier cages instead of turning on the emergency lights. The inside gang members slip into the cashier cages and scoop the money. They dump the bags of loot into the hotel’s garbage bins, and then return to mingle with the crowds. As soon as the lights return, the robbers move out of the casinos. A garbage truck driven by Josh Howard picks up the bags and passes through the police check-point. Things go according to plan at least until after the robberies.
‘Ocean’s Eleven’ was remade successfully in 2001 by Steven Soderburgh, who cast George Clooney as the leader of Danny Ocean. Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Elliott Gould cast as gang members. The 2001 remade enhanced the storyline while still convey the same glamorous image of Vegas as the original 1960 movie.
‘Rounders’ is the 1998 casino movie where Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is one of the world’s best poker players. He has given up the game in order to concentrate on finishing law school. Worm (Edward Norton) is his old friend. When he is released from prison, he persuades McDermott to return to the game in order to pay off some bad debts he’s accrued. McDermott then finds himself playing in a series of poker games where the stakes are increasing and the tension is high.
‘Honeymoon in Vegas’ is a comedy movie that offers plenty of laughs. This 1992 comedy tells the story of Jack Singer (played by Nicholas Cage) who decides to wed his long-time partner Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) in Las Vegas. However, when they arrive, Betsy is earmarked by a high-stake gambler who decides he wants to have her companion for the weekend. He engages Jack Singer in poker games with view to win her from him. With Nicholas Cage acting his best as the love-struck bridegroom, James Caan as the sinister gambler, and a number of Elvis impersonators, ‘Honeymoon in Vegas’ is truly played by a great casts of comedians.
‘Casino’ is the 1995 movie directed by Martin Scorcese. It is considered by many to be the definitive casino film. It has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. The details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970s and 1980s are revealed. This movie tells the true story of Sam Ace Rothstein, a gangster who moves to Las Vegas and becomes the operator of the Tangiers casino. Robert De Niro makes the lead role his own. Rothstein not only struggles with marriage to a drug addict (played by Sharon Stone) but also with a fellow gangster, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci).
To enhance this post, I have two movies in my classicmovie site to share with you.
The first is Ransom Money. This movie is nothing great but I like to see the glamorous image and scenaries of Las Vegas in the 70s. In addition, the song “My Mum and I” sung by Bob Engermann is really nice. It is typical of the songs of the seventies. You can view the movie at my classicmovie site
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My Mum and I
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The second movie is The Belle Starr Story. Abused physically and psychologically by men, Belle Starr now out-performs men in riding, smoking, shooting and gambling. However, Blackie out-gambles her in a poker game which leads to a turbulent relationships. Together they become involved in a diamond robbery which turns awry. Belle has to rescue Blackie.
“The Belle Starr Story” (1968) is probably the only Spaghetti Western ever directed by a woman, Lina Wertmüller. She was the first woman director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Direction, for “Seven Beauties” (1976).
You can view the movie at my classicmovie site.
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Enjoy the casino movies.
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