The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 41 nominations total
Richard C. Sarafian
- Jack Dragna
- (as Richard Sarafian)
- Director
- Writers
- James Toback
- Dean Jennings(research source)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie shows Bugsy Siegel watching a screentest of himself. In real life, Siegel made many friends amongst the Hollywood elite, asked for, and had a screentest. The footage no longer exists, like so many other screentests, yet the legend of Siegel's attempt to break into showbiz lives on.
- GoofsWhen "selling" the concept of Las Vegas to the other mobsters, Bugsy states that "when Hoover Dam opens up", there will be power for air conditioning. The scene takes place in the mid 1940's and Hoover Dam had already been producing power since the late 1930's. In addition, Las Vegas never got any power from Hoover Dam until 2017.
- Quotes
"Bugsy" Siegel: Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet. Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet. Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet...
- Alternate versionsThe 2006 DVD features fifteen minutes of extra footage that Barry Levinson had to cut from the 1991 theatrical version.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Bugsy (2008)
- SoundtracksAc-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Written by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen
Performed by Johnny Mercer
Courtesy of Capitol Records
By arrangement with CEMA Special Markets
Featured review
Beauty with a Capital B
A big elegant movie, beautiful in every sense of the word, a fascinating story of the man who created Las Vegas and Warren Beatty is perfect in this movie. If you're not a huge fan of his, as I am not, you'll still appreciate the great talents of this star who is not necessarily known for his acting prowess. He is a joy to watch with the gorgeous Annette Bening Beatty. They have a great chemistry and all the actors involved were fantastic, there were many oscar nominations for all aspects of this film, acting, costumes, best film, best director, but when I saw that that Elliott Gould was not nominated for his wonderfully moving performance as Harry Greenberg, I was very surprised. Maybe it was just too small of a role. But it's a movie to be savoured and worth seeing on DVD, if anything just to appreciate the stunning photography.
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- waldorfsalad
- Jun 9, 2000
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tên Cướp Bugsy
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $49,114,016
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $140,358
- Dec 15, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $49,114,016
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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