Sam quickly begins to increase the casino’s profits which are skimmed by the mafia before taxes are paid. These 3 act as Sam’s protectors and enforcers. Alongside Sam is his childhood friend and mob enforcer Nicky Santaro (Pesci), his younger brother Dominick and Nicky’s childhood friend, Frankie Marino.
Mafia associate Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein, a sports handicapper is sent by the Chicago Outfit to run the Tangiers Casino and oversee skimming operations as well as numerous other extortion related operations. The premise is regularly likened to Scorsese’s other gangster classic, 1990s Goodfellas (also starring De Niro and Pesci). The film’s main character arc is centered on Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein (De Niro) a Jewish-American gambler who is offered the chance to oversee the day-to-day operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. The screenplay of ‘Casino’ was based on the 1995 non-fiction book ‘Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas’ by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the script with Scorsese. Here we will dive deep into Scorsese’s creation explaining both the premise, the impact, and its real-life connections.
Scorsese probably is best known for films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), or The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), however, he has often stated Casino as one of his favorite ever productions due to its simplicity in storytelling and clever narrative. Published on: 20 November 2020 The Story of Tangiers Casino
