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Deciding to make a remake of an old Frank Sinatra movie, director Steven Soderbergh set about finding a star-power cast of the most popular and bankable stars working in Hollywood. Nevertheless, the script was both clever and funny and it gave the famous actors a chance to shine, as did Soderbergh's clean and immersive directing style. They used the real-life Bellagio Casino and Resort in Las Vegas for many of the casino scenes. Without a doubt, this gives the movie a sense of authenticity.

No movie catches those early years of the building of las Vegas better than Scorsese's Casino. Set in a fictional Tangiers Casino, it tells the story of the casino's manager, Lefty Rosenthal. Trying to run an upright establishment, ut with the mafia wanting their cut, and a crazy mobster constantly undermining him, Rosenthal has to walk a fine line. When things do go sideways, the movie descends into the dark and grim universe of the mafia's underbelly. Robert De Nero absolutely nails the part.