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Las Vegas & The Movies

To be perfectly fair, in the early 60's not really the day of action on the screen before in Las Vegas. The first film of Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas Nights was set 1941st However, the Rat Pack days are always a good starting point.

The Rat Pack

Five gentlemen in Las Vegas: Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Frank Sinatra. Good friends. He added the party. And of course, their favorite spot for walking, that was Sands Hotel hadand Casino (Las Vegas, which was demolished in 1996, today the site of Venice).

The Rat Pack days started late 50, only as a reaction to the Cold War era, the guys had the idea to clean cool its beginning "took in Las Vegas seven years. The fact that the sand was not enough for the design phase them, the five most powerful move to movies and recordings.

In the seven years, seven films: Some wereRunning, Ocean's 11, Sergeant 3, 4 For Texas, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Marriage on the Rocks, and Cannonball Run II is Ocean's 11 (1960) the best known and has been a modern remake (2001), starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts benefited. The action in new Ocean's 11 states, robbery scenes at Bellagio. The Rat Pack, in 1998, and for cable TV, includes scenes from the sand.

TheRe

The good old days gave us the classic Viva Las Vegas (1964), with Elvis Presley, who sang his heart for the beloved "Sin City".

Later, in 1970, the King of the Stars, a documentary at the Hotel International, today, Las Vegas Hilton (Elvis: That's the Way It Is filmed).

Elvis in 1979, a memento of the King, stars Kurt Russell. The story continues in 1988 with Elvis and Me, inspired by Priscilla Presley'sAutobiography. In 1995, it appears that the BBC documentary The Burger and the King ": The life and have the kitchen of Elvis Presley to the set of Elvis and Las Vegas, until now exit.

Casino

The latter was published in 1995, is a classic. "Come, Sin City," ventured any way. The story is based on the life of Frank played fabulous Rosendhale basis of the (Robert De Niro), the best handicapper of all times, and his beautiful wife Gery (embodied inSharon Stone). Las Vegas, they are rich and television made them famous.

"Casino" hit the box offices, but Frank said director Martin Scorsese has the spotlight on his vision of Las Vegas was not hacked, they went really interested in or understand casinos or be faithful to real history would speak, for example, Frank Rosenthal different.

Winners

Las Vegas shooting proved to be a good luck charm for Francis Ford Coppola, knownNephew, Nicolas Cage. He started with Honeymoon in Vegas in 1992, took an Oscar for the road with Leaving Las Vegas and has been with Con Air is once again in 1997, literally, Nick Cage forced his landing on the guitar, Hard Rock Hotel .. .

Just another subjective list

1971 - Diamonds Are Forever, the James Bond (Sean Connery) series
1974 The Godfather - Part II
The Rocky series (parts III and IV) brief appearancesVegas
1987 - Heat, 100% Las Vegas made Starring Burt Reynolds

1988 - Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman, action, mostly set in Caesars Palace
1991 - Bugsy, the story of Bugsy Siegel and the realization of the flamingo. Casts Warren Beatty and Annette Bening
1993 - Indecent Proposal. Some reviews advice to save "the money for slots"
Have 1995 - Heat, this time with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, the film that the two "monsters" made

1995 --Showgirls, especially a film about ... Girls, including many scenes of Stardust

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