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Actors: Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , Sharon Stone
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Casino |
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The theme of "Casino" involves gambling controlled by organized crime transitioning into a major form of legimate business enterprise.
--Bradford J. Novak, Resident Scholar
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This movie goes through the life of a Jewish gangster named Goldstien who is played by Deniro.Pesci is one of his partners in their way to make it big in Las Vegas.Sharon Stone plays the love interest of Deniro.A fabulous story of betrayal and revenge.
--dino, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Casino |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- casino crime
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- fat (man)
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
- Las Vegas
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- unhappy
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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