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Actors: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna
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BUGSY is a movie written by James Toback and directed by Barry Levinson in 1991. Nine nominations for the Academy Awards.
The movie depicts the last years of the life of Benjamin -Bugsy- Siegel who, with Meyer Lansky and Charlie Luciano, was one of the top gangsters of NYC. Warren -Bugsy- Beatty meets the aspirant actress Annette Bening in Los Angeles and falls madly in love with her while his family has stayed in New-York. After an almost mystical vision in the Nevada desert, Beatty persuades his criminal partners to join him in the construction of a casino in the middle of the desert : the Flamingo set in a nowhere place called Las Vegas. Leaving the economical questions to Annette Bening, Beatty wants and sees his dream coming true before his very eyes. But the operation, first budgeted at 1 million $ will cost nearly 6 millions and the mob doesn't trust Bugsy anymore as a secret account related to Annette Bening has been discovered in a swiss bank.
The american dream of a criminal. Perfect.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- criminals killing each other
- Mafia conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- deluded
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Northeast
- California
Desert?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- wealthy
- Las Vegas
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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