Casino 1995 Production
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EXT. RESTAURANTPARKING LOT, LAS VEGAS, 1983 - DAY
SAM 'ACE' ROTHSTEIN, a tall, lean, immaculatelydressed man
approaches his car, opens the door, and gets inside to turn
on the ignition.
ACE (V.O.)
When you love someone, you've gotta
trust them. There's no other way.
You've got to give them the key to
everything that's yours. Otherwise,
what's the point? And, for a while...
I believed that's the kind of love I
had.
Suddenly, the car explodes. Flames, smoke and metal rise
into the sky covering the view of the Las Vegascasinos and
their signs.
Music in:
J.S. Bach - 'St Matthew Passion'.
Ace's body comesflying in - extreme slow motion. His body
twists and turnsthrough the frame like a soul about to tumble
into the flames of damnation.
MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE.
INT. TANGIERSCASINOFLOOR - NIGHT
Vignette of ACEthroughrippling flames, we move in on ACE
ROTHSTEIN overseeing the casino. He lights a cigarette.
ACE (V.O.)
Before I ever ran a casino or got
myself blown up, Ace Rothstein was a
hell of a handicapper, I can tell
you that. I was so good, that whenever
I bet, I couldchange the odds for
every bookmaker in the country. I'm
serious. I had it down so cold that
I was givenparadise on earth. I was
given one of the biggestcasinos in
Las Vegas to run, the Tangiers...
INT. SANMARINOITALIAN GROCERY/BACK ROOM, KANSASCITY -
NIGHT:
Vignette of MOBBOSSESsitting at a tablesurrounded by food
and wine like the gods of Olympus.
ACE (V.O.)
...by the only kind of guys that can
actually get you that kind of money:
sixty-two million, seven-hundred
thousand dollars. I don't know all
the details.
NICKY (V.O.)
Matter of fact...
INT. BAR, LASVEGAS - NIGHT
Vignette of NICKYSANTOROstanding at a bar with DOMINICK
SANTORO, his brother, and FRANK MARINO, his right-hand man.
NICKY (V.O.)
...nobody knew all the details, but
it should'a been perfect. I mean, he
had me, Nicky Santoro, his best
friend, watching his ass...
INT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
Vignette of GINGERMCKENNA a dazzling thirty-one-year-old
blonde seated by a smallfiery pool.
NICKY (V.O.)
...and he had Ginger, the woman he
loved, on his arm. But in the end...
INT. TANGIERS SPORTSBOOK/ACE'S OFFICE - NIGHT
ACE looks over the casino he rules.
NICKY (V.O.)
...we fucked it all up. It should'a
been so sweet, too. But it turned
out to be the last time that street
guys like us were ever given anything
that fuckin' valuable again.
EXT. LASVEGAS - NIGHT
Aerial shot coming down out of the clouds over the brightly
lit VegasStrip and off into the blackness of the desert
night.
ACE (V.O.)
At that time, Vegas was a place where
millions of suckers flew in every
year on their own nickel, and left
behind about a billion dollars. But
at night, you couldn't see the desert
that surrounds Las Vegas...
EXT. DESERT - DAWN
Aerial shot swoopingalong the desert floor, then rising
Casino 1995 Productions
above the mist to revealmountains in the distance.
ACE (V.O.)
Casino 1995 Production
But it's in the desertwhere lots of
the town's problems are solved.