The film's cast includes Don Rickles, Frank Vincent, James Woods, and Sharon Stone, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role as Ginger McKenna. Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Barbara De Fina and distributed by Universal Pictures.It is based on the 1995 nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with Scorsese. The film chronicles the lives and times of t. A in-depth look at the operation of a Las Vegas casino in the 1970s, Scorseses film chronicles the rise and fall of casino manager Ace Rothstein (Robert De. Considered the spiritual sequel to Goodfellas, the film reunites Scorsese, writer Nicholas Pileggi, and actors Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, who play fictionalized versions of real-life figures Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal and Anthony 'Tony the Ant' Spilotro. The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorseses story of crime and punishment. The film was inspired by the events surrounding the mob-controlled Stardust casino in Las Vegas during the 1970's. In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite. Casino is a 1995 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a mobster and his rise to success while running a mob-controlled casino in Las Vegas. With Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods.
