Tonight on TV: Along with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver, this is another masterpiece from the duo of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese

Tonight on TV: Along with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver, this is another masterpiece from the duo of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese

If we say Las Vegas, Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone or even Martin Scorsese, it’s a safe bet that you think of the essential feature film Casino. Well, this is the thriller we are talking about!

It was released in cinemas in 1996 and won a Golden Globe. Casino It remains among the best films today Martin Scorsese. In 1973, Sam Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is the big man of the city of all madness, Las Vegas.

With his thousands of dollars, he buys and marries the swindling virtuoso, Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), but he quickly turns to alcohol and drugs. Unfortunately, another problem awaits him, his childhood friend Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) plans to rule Sin City…

Classic rated 4.4 out of 5

Along with Goodfellas and Taxi Driver, Casino Another masterpiece of the duo Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese. It’s also the seventh collaboration between the actor, who turns 82 this year, and the filmmaker, who turns 83. Both also worked on Mean Streets (1973), Raging Bull (1980), La Valse des pantins (1982) and Les Nerfs à vive (1992).

And that’s not the only thing they have in common. because with Casino, Martin Scorsese Dive once again into the world of the mafia. He knows this environment well because he has already worked on this topic in his feature film average streets.

Robert De Niro Also a non-starter when it comes to the mafia. He played Johnny Boy Civelo in the same film released in 1973, but also the godfather Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part 2 (1974), gangster Noodles Aaronson in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Jimmy Conway. free (1990), or even Paul Witt in Mafia blues (2000) and Mafia blues 2 – la relapse (2002). A role that really sticks to him!

And once again, this collaboration works great! The press wrote Casino Excellent rating of 4.4 out of 5 and average viewer rating of 4.3 out of 5.

And finally, on AlloCiné, Casino It ranks sixteenth among the 300 Greatest Thrillers and 132nd among the Greatest Movies of All Time. A masterpiece not to be missed.

Tonight on Arte at 21:00.

Source: Allocine

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