[mgc1122]

I’m sure Rosenthal will still be voting (again and again) come November 4 ...

[prolifefirst]

Here’s an article that compares the movie, “Casino”, with real life:

The 1995 Martin Scorsese movie “Casino” was based on the life of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, but the movie took some liberties.

The movie: “Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein” was played by Robert DeNiro. His mob associate, played by Joe Pesci, was “Nicky Santoro.”

Real life: Rothstein is Rosenthal. Santoro is Tony Spilotro. Spilotro’s brother Michael was renamed Dominick. Rosenthal’s wife is Geri McKenna, not Ginger McGee (played by Sharon Stone).

Movie: Rothstein ran the Tangiers casino, loosely based on the Stardust.

Real life: Lefty ran several casinos.

Movie: Santoro goes to Las Vegas and is introduced to Ginger.

Real life: Spilotro reportedly hooked up with Geri in Atlantic City before she married Lefty. And long before marrying Lefty, Geri had a daughter with her longtime boyfriend.

Movie: Spilotro and his brother are beaten with aluminum baseball bats and buried alive in an Indiana cornfield.

Real life: Dumped, yes — but not buried alive. According to testimony by mob turncoat Nicholas Calabrese in last year’s Operation Family Secrets mob trial, the Spilotros were killed in a basement in Bensenville.

Movie: Rothstein has his own TV show.

Real life: Rosenthal was indeed on TV but said before he died, “I did not juggle on my television show!’’

[happygrl]

Did the baseball bat scene really happen ?

[dilvish]

Wow, the uber edition of Casino is supposed to arrive in my mailbox today. Awesome movie, interesting guy.

[theDentist]

Hmph... what are the odds of surviving a mob contract?

[BallyBill]

Sharon Stone was incredible in that movie. Turned out she was playing herself, but she was great.

[advertising guy]

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[dfwgator]

“And that’s that!”

[Stevenc131]

‘Casino’ gets compared a lot to ‘Goodfellas’ and some people think it comes up a little short. However, it’s a really good movie and stands on it’s own (and most other movies come up more than a little short compared to Goodfellas IMO).

It’s a glimpse into a different Vegas, a freewheeling Vegas that even at the time portrayed in the movie was starting to disappear. In the movie DeNiro says “it was the last time guys like us were given anything that f...ing valuable”. The tide of accountants and lawyers was sweeping over the country, and not even the Mob or Vegas were immune.

[Maceman]

Video: Bert & Ernie ARE Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.

Caution: Profanity.

[freekitty]

I lived in Las Vegas when all that happened. Casino is one of the few movies that portrays the mob for what it really is.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

bkmark

[monkapotamus]

ping

[mad_as_he$$]

Odd I was talking to one of Lefty's old companions just over the weekend - who shall remain nameless. He talked about the good old days when he used to shuttle bags around for Lefty and sworn to me that he never looked into one. He talks of the old days with mist in his eyes. Got some great stories that need to be told so I have been trying to get him to tell them to a writer I know. He has agreed with one caveat; ALL of the people mentioned MUST be dead before it can be published.

[FastCoyote]

Lefty’s lawyers were Oscar Goodman and Jay Brown when they went up against “Mr. Cleanface” Harry Reid. Curiously, Jay Brown now owns a lot of property with Harry, some of it showed up in Harry’s recent real estate scandals where he wasn’t reporting property transactions. This is only part of Harry’s links to mob connected people, Don Williams was also a campaign manager. Good ole clean face.

[SevenofNine]

I think real reason why Nicky got rid of

A He tick off the bosses
B he mess with this guy wife

See in old days the bosses have some weird morality you don’t mess with other guy wife

It is bad for business

See that problem for old timers
They just don’t like it

[SevenofNine]

OH TOMKOWWWWW