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Until [[The Eighties|the early 1980s]], [[The Mafia]] had a huge stake in Las Vegas. But while they ran the casinos, they didn't run the town. They had to use fronts to get their men in to run everything. One of these men was Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who unofficially ran three casinos for the bosses in Chicago. His work, and involvement with the fall of organized crime in Vegas, was the basis for this film. |
Until [[The Eighties|the early 1980s]], [[The Mafia]] had a huge stake in Las Vegas. But while they ran the casinos, they didn't run the town. They had to use fronts to get their men in to run everything. One of these men was Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who unofficially ran three casinos for the bosses in Chicago. His work, and involvement with the fall of organized crime in Vegas, was the basis for this film. |
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The film is loosely based on the years between when he started running the casinos, and when he play at [https://casinoscroll.com/ |
The film is loosely based on the years between when he started running the casinos, and when he play at [https://casinoscroll.com/mobiilipelit/ mobile casino]. Although the film isn't an exact account of what happened in that time (a lot of that is more [[Artistic License]] than [[Did Not Do the Research]]), it does provide a good overview of it. |
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It also got a lot of criticism for being, basically, ''[[Goodfellas]]'' {{smallcaps|[[Recycled in Space|IN VEGAS!]]}}, largely due to [[Martin Scorsese]] directing it the same way, Nicholas Pileggi adapting again one of his books, and for [[Joe Pesci|some characters]] having a [[Ax Crazy|really]] [[Hair-Trigger Temper|close]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|resemblance]] to similar characters in the last movie - though, in that respect, [[Reality Is Unrealistic|both men Pesci played really existed and acted even ''worse'' in real life]]. Being both significantly longer and more slowly paced didn't help either. |
It also got a lot of criticism for being, basically, ''[[Goodfellas]]'' {{smallcaps|[[Recycled in Space|IN VEGAS!]]}}, largely due to [[Martin Scorsese]] directing it the same way, Nicholas Pileggi adapting again one of his books, and for [[Joe Pesci|some characters]] having a [[Ax Crazy|really]] [[Hair-Trigger Temper|close]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|resemblance]] to similar characters in the last movie - though, in that respect, [[Reality Is Unrealistic|both men Pesci played really existed and acted even ''worse'' in real life]]. Being both significantly longer and more slowly paced didn't help either. |
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