Get a sneak peek at the action-packed adventures that await the brick friends in THE LEGO® MOVIE 2™ coming in 2019! And check out the latest product. CASINO is a film by legendary director Martin Scorsese, who is famous for the movies Taxi Driver and Scarface. Scorsese has an enduring interest in the lives and workings of underworld figures and their lives, blown up to epic proportions, and Casino is no exception.


Image Copyright: Universal Studios/moviestillsdb.com The movie was a 1995 release directed by Martin Scorsese. It starred Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone.
The plot was inspired by the real-life story of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal who managed the Fremont, Hacienda, and Stardust casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago mob back in the 1970s and 1980s. But just how much of the movie Casino was based on real life events?
Image Copyright: Universal Studios/moviestillsdb.com It goes without saying that the storyline of Casino borrowed and changed some details from the real-life account of Rosenthal. However, there are a number of scenes that remain true to reality. Let’s take a look at those scenes that were too good to ignore for the script writers. The main characters were based on real-life counterparts Every main character in Casino is based on a real-life individual.