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 The appealing world of casino was often captured in movies. In many box office hits a small part of the action takes place in a casino but in several films the scenery is the actual casino. The scenes taking place in a casino present the luxury and the glamour that fills up the atmosphere in these sensational gambling spots.
The list of casino movies is pretty long but there are some productions that stand out. These are: - “Casino Royale” (2006) with Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Mads Mikkelsen is the James Bond movie that introduced a new 007 Agent, more brutal.
- “Croupier” (1998) starring Clive Owen, shows the other side of the gambling world from a unique perspective of a casino dealer. - Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) with James Caan, Nicolas Cage, and Sarah Jessica Parker it’s a comedy about gambling and relationships between people. - “Rounders” (1998) with Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro presents the story of a young poker player that quits gambling for law school but is allured back in the world of shark poker players. - “21” (2008,)starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey is based on a true story of a group of students that won millions in Las Vegas using a card counting system. - “Ocean's Eleven” (2001), “Ocean's Twelve” (2004), “Ocean's Thirteen” (2007) the trilogy starring big Hollywood names such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia was a hit from the first picture to the last one. - Casino (1995), starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone presents the real 1970 casino life, when the Mob was operating the casinos were the life could be changed with only a roll of the dice. As mentioned before the list of casino movies is much longer but we have chose only few of the most emblematic movies whose action takes place mainly in a casino. |
