![]() And Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas, shown back in the days before it closed to vehicle traffic to become the spectacular Fremont Street Experience. Including the Plaza, the old-school Vegas joint that’s still home to every filmmaker’s go-to blinky-light rotunda and what is now Oscar’s Steakhouse-named after and owned by a famous mob lawyer. By 1995, when the film was made and released, many of the “real” locations were already gone (including the Stardust, which was “fictionalized” as the “Tangiers”), and many of the other stand-ins have given way to new ventures-but there are plenty of still-standing spots you’ll recognize. Seriously.) But the best film about those bad ol’ days is 1000% Casino by Martin Scorsese. Eventually, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), his ex-hustler wife, Ginger (Sharon Stone), her con-artist ex, Lester Diamond (James Woods) and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.” – Rotten Tomatoes. Plot: “In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert De Niro) gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci.
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