Bugsy

Titolo originale: Bugsy
Regia: Barry Levinson |
Anno: 1991
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Mistero
Tag: hotel | casino | hitman | psychopath | biography | romance | money | mafia | hollywood | las vegas | hoodlum | 1940s |
Cast: Warren Beatty | Annette Bening | Harvey Keitel | Ben Kingsley | Elliott Gould | Joe Mantegna | Bebe Neuwirth | Bill Graham | Lewis van Bergen | Wendy Phillips | Richard C. Sarafian | Karen Russell | Robert Beltran | Stefanie Mason | Kimberly McCullough | Andy Romano | Bryan Smith | Eric Christmas | Ray McKinnon | Joseph Roman | Don Carrara | Carmine Caridi | Don Calfa | Robert Glaudini | Joe Baker | Ksenia Prohaska | Bruce Ed Morrow | Clive Rosengren | Traci Lind | Anthony Russell | Wendie Malick | Ralph Tabakin | Julie Strain |

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster psicopatico e incallito donnaiolo, con i soci Charley "Lucky" Luciano e Meyer Lansky, controlla il racket del gioco d'azzardo a New York. Mandato in missione a Los Angeles, conosce Virginia Hill, avvenente attrice di cinema, e se ne innamora. Una volta eliminato il boss locale, i suoi progetti si fanno ambiziosi: decide infatti di aprire con Virginia una grandiosa casa da gioco nel deserto del Nevada, il Flamingo. Nonostante abbia avuto numerose nominations all'Oscar '92 (vincendo quelli per scenografia e costumi), il film è solo in parte riuscito. Ha comunque al suo attivo l'interpretazione di Beatty, anche se un po' troppo sopra le righe.

Errori

Millicent's birthday is January 14th, but the time in the film is April 1945 - before Mussolini's de [...] D
The Flamingo was built 4 miles from downtown Las Vegas, 1 mile from The Hotel Last Frontier, not in [...] D
Luciano recalled in his memoir: "There was no doubt in Meyer's mind that Bugsy had skimmed this doug [...] D
In the scene where Bugsy is viewing an outdoor patriotic rally through a basement window, all the Am [...] D
Another time-line reversal was that "Lucky" Luciano was deported in February 1946, but after his goi [...] D
When "selling" the concept of Las Vegas to the other mobsters, Bugsy states that "when Hoover Dam op [...] D
Bugsy Siegel was murdered on June 20, 1947, and not just after the unsuccessful first opening night [...] D
Virginia shoots all the ammo in Bugsy's .45 pistol; when the last round is fired the slide should st [...] D
When Ben is frosting his daughter's birthday cake, the drape of the top of his chef's hat changes wh [...] D
The smoke coming from the candles on the birthday cake disappears and reappears between shots. D
On opening night at the Flamingo when Ben is called back to Los Angeles; Mickey Cohen is in the casi [...] D
The cars in this film were very authentic except for the 1948 black Lincoln continental in 1944 and [...] D
The film takes several key historical liberties, especially with the Flamingo and Bugsy's dealings w [...] D
Luciano's name is pronounced Lucy-ano, not Luchi-ano. D
After Siegel (allegedly) murders Greenburg, and as the car containing him and Virginia Hill begins t [...] D
After Bugsy's house has been sold to finance the Flamingo Club, he takes another look at his "screen [...] D
During WW2, all American cars had gas ration stickers on the windshields. Mostly A stickers. There w [...] D
Harry Greenberg was in fact murdered in November 1939, not in 1945 as depicted in this film. D
When Virginia Hill is being dragged by Ben in the "Fear of flying " scene she is wearing white shoes [...] D
In Virginia's "fear of flying" scene at the airport, there is an airplane hangar with a sign for "Mo [...] D
After twenty minutes, when Bugsy speaks of Mussolini's friend, he evokes Nazi gas chambers. The stor [...] D
The Flamingo did have a huge (yet unsuccessful) opening: attendees included Clark Gable, Lana Turner [...] D