Nicky Santoro Casino Quotes
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EXT. RESTAURANTPARKING LOT, LAS VEGAS, 1983 - DAY

Ace is known as being a resourceful mafia associate and finds himself rising to power and running one of the most popular casino venues in Las Vegas. There he meets Ginger, a woman who knows how to treat the punters well. Nicky is his highly volatile mate who ends up with his name in the ‘black book’, a book nobody wants to find themselves in. Casino quotes,Casino (1995) Director: Martin Scorsese,Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci 1. Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up. In a lot of ways, Joe Pesci’s character in Casino, Nicky Santoro, is the flipside of his Goodfellas character, Tommy DeVito. While they were both hot-headed gangsters prone to impulsive acts of. Casino isn't one of Martin Scorsese's most popular movies, but it's a surprisingly thought-provoking and sophisticated film full of great quotes. From the gritty reality of life behind the glamor to the spectacle of the city, Casino has a memorable quote for every aspect of Vegas life.

SAM 'ACE' ROTHSTEIN, a tall, lean, immaculatelydressed man

approaches his car, opens the door, and gets inside to turn

on the ignition.

ACE (V.O.)

When you love someone, you've gotta

trust them. There's no other way.

You've got to give them the key to

everything that's yours. Otherwise,

what's the point? And, for a while...

I believed that's the kind of love I

had.

Suddenly, the car explodes. Flames, smoke and metal rise

into the sky covering the view of the Las Vegascasinos and

their signs.

Music in:
J.S. Bach - 'St Matthew Passion'.

Ace's body comesflying in - extreme slow motion. His body

twists and turnsthrough the frame like a soul about to tumble

into the flames of damnation.

MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE.

INT. TANGIERSCASINOFLOOR - NIGHT

Vignette of ACEthroughrippling flames, we move in on ACE

ROTHSTEIN overseeing the casino. He lights a cigarette.

ACE (V.O.)

Before I ever ran a casino or got

myself blown up, Ace Rothstein was a

hell of a handicapper, I can tell

you that. I was so good, that whenever

I bet, I couldchange the odds for

every bookmaker in the country. I'm

serious. I had it down so cold that

I was givenparadise on earth. I was

given one of the biggestcasinos in

Las Vegas to run, the Tangiers...

INT. SANMARINOITALIAN GROCERY/BACK ROOM, KANSASCITY -

NIGHT:

Vignette of MOBBOSSESsitting at a tablesurrounded by food

and wine like the gods of Olympus.

ACE (V.O.)

...by the only kind of guys that can

actually get you that kind of money:

sixty-two million, seven-hundred

thousand dollars. I don't know all

the details.

NICKY (V.O.)

Matter of fact...

INT. BAR, LASVEGAS - NIGHT

Vignette of NICKYSANTOROstanding at a bar with DOMINICK

SANTORO, his brother, and FRANK MARINO, his right-hand man.

NICKY (V.O.)

...nobody knew all the details, but

it should'a been perfect. I mean, he

had me, Nicky Santoro, his best

friend, watching his ass...

INT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

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Vignette of GINGERMCKENNA a dazzling thirty-one-year-old

blonde seated by a smallfiery pool.

NICKY (V.O.)

...and he had Ginger, the woman he

loved, on his arm. But in the end...

INT. TANGIERS SPORTSBOOK/ACE'S OFFICE - NIGHT

ACE looks over the casino he rules.

NICKY (V.O.)

...we fucked it all up. It should'a

been so sweet, too. But it turned

out to be the last time that street

guys like us were ever given anything

that fuckin' valuable again.

EXT. LASVEGAS - NIGHT

Aerial shot coming down out of the clouds over the brightly

lit VegasStrip and off into the blackness of the desert

night.

ACE (V.O.)

At that time, Vegas was a place where

millions of suckers flew in every

year on their own nickel, and left

behind about a billion dollars. But

at night, you couldn't see the desert

that surrounds Las Vegas...

EXT. DESERT - DAWN

Aerial shot swoopingalong the desert floor, then rising

above the mist to revealmountains in the distance.

ACE (V.O.)

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But it's in the desertwhere lots of

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the town's problems are solved.

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