Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas.
Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas.
Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas.
βNow you're insulting my intelligence; what you think I am, a fuckin' idiot? You know goddamn well that someone had to get into those machines and set those.
Casino follows Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a Jewish American gambling the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas.
I was given one of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas to run, the Tangiers by the only kind of guys that can actually get you that kind of money $. I don't know.
They know they can't fuck around with me like they could if I was an unknown, that's right, yeah! Flirting Executive : Hello Mrs. What balls on this fuckin' kid. Nicky Santoro : Oh I don't know whether you know this or not, but you only have your fuckin casino because I made that possible. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. You're a lucky man, Mr. You're orderin me out? Ace Rothstein : Me? Otherwise, what's the point? Ace Rothstein : I don't even know what you're talking about Nick Nicky Santoro : No? You understand? You said I'm bringing heat on YOU? Nicky Santoro : Where the fuck do you get off talking to people about me behind my back, going over my head? I wouldn't even be in this situation if it wasn't for you. Nice kid, bright boy. You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went bat shit! I saw you shuffling your checks with your right hand. Nicky Santoro : You want me to get out of my own fuckin town? Rothstein, how are you? And that's that. I'm watching the casino manager. Nicky Santoro : You're making a big fuckin spectacle of yourself! And guess what? I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. You better get your own fuckin army pal! Nicky Santoro : [ voice-over ] A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. You understand that, you know that, come on. People see me. Anything goes wrong with the casino it's my ass, it's not yours, it's my ass! The box men are watching the dealers. I'm known. You could be there all fuckin' night. Nicky Santoro : Oh sure now you wanna bring your fuckin license on me, is that it?{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} That's what I do. The next day I fired him. Nicky Santoro : I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. I gotta listen to people because of your fuckin shit? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had. You brought down so much fuckin heat on me, I mean every time I meet somebody the big question is "do I know you? The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. Signaller : Well, I I never tried. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. You wanted to go on TV. And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. I'm what counts out here, not your fuckin country clubs or your fuckin TV shows! Ace Rothstein : Can't do it with both hands? I don't give a fuck about jail. Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. Flirting Executive : You're one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. I'll split your fuckin' head open again. Ace Rothstein : Now you're gonna have to learn with your left hand. Ace Rothstein : Yeah I said l-let the bullshit blow over for a while, so I can run the casino. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. Can you do that with both hands? {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}Ace Rothstein : [ to Don ] Listen to me very carefully. Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. Junk bonds. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. But you gotta do it right. Ace Rothstein : I didn't do anything, I mean, I didn't order you or anybody. The floor men are watching the box men. Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] He was a young kid from the casino. Ace Rothstein : I'm just curious. Nicky Santoro : What people, d'ja think I wasn't gonna find out? That way I have a forum, I can fight back. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. Today it looks like Disneyland. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead. You coulda had the food and beverage job without going on television. Ace Rothstein : [ narrating ] The town will never be the same. Today, it's all gone. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Ace Rothstein : Can you do it with your left hand? That's my business. Ace Rothstein : [ hesitant ] Thank you, thanks for that compliment. There's no other way. Ace Rothstein : So you're a righty? The pit bosses are watching the floor men. And why mess up a good thing? Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids? You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. I only told Andy Stone that you had a lot of heat on you and that was a problem. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Nicky Santoro : Your fuckin ass!