Interesting You Tube video comparing Casino to the history.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=histoty+of+the+movie+casino+on+you+tube&docid=607986903446404326&mid=B90101A5153532FA17B8B90101A5153532FA17B8&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Interesting You Tube video comparing Casino to the history.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=histoty+of+the+movie+casino+on+you+tube&docid=607986903446404326&mid=B90101A5153532FA17B8B90101A5153532FA17B8&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
If you take the Mob Tour in Vegas they take you to all of the real-life landmarks from the reign of Frank Rosenthal and Anthony Spilotro. They even park in the spot where Rosenthal was blown up in his car (and lived).
Lost in all the hype was the fact that it was a pretty bad movie. A LOT of the portrayals of what went on in casinos back then were grossly inaccurate--but there was also a reasonable amount of historical accuracy. Hollywood has never made an even halfway decent movie about casinos and gambling. I do think that Sharon Stone did a great job of portraying possibly the single most loathsome character in cinema history.
I just watched the worst casino movie of all time--"21." The fall-on-the-floor-laughing moment for me--kind of the climax of the shitshow--is when a dealer reaches across the blackjack table to shake a player's hand. That would NEVER happen in ANY context.
I've always wondered why people are so fascinated with the Mob. They were and are a collection of brutal thugs. What's interesting about them or their enterprises?
The Mob offered more player friendly games and comps than the corporations do. A middle class gambler in the 1970's 80's pretty much stayed, ate, and entertained for free on a typical trip...all while enjoying games with better odds.
I'd take that over anything Caesers or Boyd gives us today.
Point taken, though that wasn't because of their Mobbiness. It was because the Mob's business fronts were usually well run, and back then, that was part of any competent casino operation. Many non-Mob casinos back then used the same business model.
And then, of course, one must consider the Mob's often violent reaction to any customer who dared to win. Nowadays, people get thrown out, but not beaten senseless or dragged away by the corrupt police.
