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Re: Casino
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10/15/09 07:58 PM
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It was actually Allen Glick who was being sued by Rand, not Dorfman. Supposedly Glick owed Rand $2 million.
Also Caifano was removed from his position in Vegas before he died, having fallen out of favor with Accardo. Caifano died in 2003.
I read in a book that it was actually Dorfman who was being sued and that Glick was involved in the case. You're right about Caifano. I always thought Spilotro took over after Caifano died. But he was just replaced by Spilotro and moved back to Chicago. What's with the photo of TP?????
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Re: Casino
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Thanks for the info..
Do you know if Remo Gaggi in the film was based on Chicago boss Joey Aiuppa? Because he was actually running the Chicago Outfit during the time all this stuff was taking place. It could be Tony Accardo.
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Re: Casino
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I agree, Stone should've won the oscar that year ... but alas, awards are usually fugazy anyway.
I also agree that Casino was at least as good, if not better, than Goodfellas ... but the two are GREAT anyway.
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Re: Casino
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Casino lacked the slam-bang action that Scorsese got by using many short scenes in Goodfellas. Instead, we he gave us a long, richly detailed look at Vegas, the Mob, and a dramatic story of friendship and marriage gone bad under pressure. DeNiro's best performance in years. And Stone's masterpiece. Plus the usual brilliant casting (Tommy Smothers, LQ Jones, Don Rickles). Great film!
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Casino
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Yes, Gaggi is based on Joey (Doves) Aiuppa. "Artie Piscano" was loosely based on Carl (Toughy) DeLuna, a KC mobster. "Vincent Borelli" in the film was loosely based on Nick Civella of KC. Despite Gaggi being based on Aiuppa, didn't he resemble Accardo a lot, too? Especially the way he wanted to keep Vegas low key? Was Aiuppa as adamant about things being low key? Gaggi seems helpless when it comes to Nicky Santoro. He knows Vegas is turning into a disaster and that it's mostly because of Nicky starting operations that he was never supposed to start in the first place, but there's just a shoulder shrug response to it, until he kills him, of course, but by then it's far too late. That helplessness seems to reflect Accardo's adviser status during this era as much as anything, imo.
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Re: Casino
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09/09/16 07:28 PM
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Might as well put this here: I was watching Scorsese and De Niro roasting Rickles, and wondered where Pesci was. Then it occurred to me that Pesci and Rickles might not have seen a lot of each other during production - Billy Sherbet is hardly seen outside of the Casino, and Nicky's barred from it fairly early. So anyone who knows about the production, did they just shoot all the casino interior scenes in a row, so that Rickles was in and out quickly?
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