Bugsy

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The Resource Bugsy

Statement of responsibility: TriStar Pictures presents a Mulholland Productions/Baltimore Pictures production ; a Barry Levinson film ; written by James Toback ; produced by Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, and Warren Beatty ; directed by Barry Levinson

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Summary: If he hadn't been a gangster, he might have been honored on a postage stamp, as the Father of Las Vegas. When Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel ventured west with some of the Eastern mob's investment funds in the early 1940s, he fell in love with the movies, and a feisty moll named Virginia Hill. Siegel had a vision, which gave rise to an historic plan to transform Las Vegas from a sleepy, sand-choked backwater into an international entertainment Mecca. Nobody shared his vision, but he knew that if he built it, they would come. He built it with other people's money, dangerous people like Meyer Lansky, Moe Green, and Charlie Luciano. While creating this seductive vision, he became so obsessed with it that he was rubbed out before he could see the modern city that sprang from his dream. In their posh Vegas boardrooms, though, the mobsters made out like bandits

Awards note: Winner, 1992 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture-Drama; Winner, 1992 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration--Dennis Gassner, Nancy Haigh, and Best Costume Design--Albert Wolsky.

Credits note: Director of photography, Allen Daviau; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; editor, Stu Linder ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone

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Intended audience: MPAA Rating: Unrated [extended cut]; Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Language note: In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Portuguese with optional subtitles in English, French, or Portuguese; closed-captioned

PerformerNote: Warren Beatty (Bugsy Siegel), Annette Bening (Virginia Hill), Harvey Keitel (Mickey Cohen), Ben Kingsley (Meyer Lansky), Elliott Gould (Harry Greenberg), Joe Mantegna (George), Bebe Neuwirth (Countess di Frasso), Wendy Phillips (Esta Siegel), Richard Sarafian (Jack Dragna), Lewis Van Bergen (Joey Adonis), Bill Graham (Charlie Luciano), Andy Romano (Del Webb), Robert Beltran (Alejandro)

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