I don't advocate cheating in a casino, but what I can't stand is the way they hound you even when you win fair and square. It's almost like they're upset when people win.
Yeah its bs. "Machine malfunction voids all pays and plays" The machine was working perfectly fine when it was taking my money. The moment i should get a payout of $1200 or more it conveniently malfunctions.
It sounds like he made the wrong deal. Not only were they going to give him the money, but a free hammer as well. That saves a trip to Home Depot or Lowes.
So does that mean physically throw him out onto the alley and nothing else OR knock him unconscious then thrown him into the alley where a car may run him over (by a driver who cares not what's on the road)? And were the guys who throw him out expected to call the police after they witness a car running the guy down? Or ..... I think the instructions need to be more specific, especially since the mob IQs are rather low to begin with.
I don't think the cops cared very much. They knew the mob ran the casinos, they were probably just happy when they didn't have a murder or "missing person" to investigate.
Smart to do what they did instead of saying "Hey, you cheated" or similar to what I've mentioned by making it a medical incident than a security one. I'm sure the press would be scratching heads as to what happened.
@theprogram863 The uniformed cops are moonlighting for them for a hell of a lot more than their regular cop pay, so that's not going to be a problem. But I agree with you, keep them confused in case somebody decides to take it farther up the police chain or it gets to court or something like that.
Yep Facts of Life that's always their Downfall.. Always FUCKING Wanting more and Can't just be Comfortable or Content with THE Life God has Given them. All snakes and Leaches....
Stone cold ass security. Dude didn't even flinch. Woulda thought he was a goddamn executioner instead of some security guard. That guy is just all savage. 100 fuckin percent. Not a shred of decency left.
The cheating card player wearing glasses and receiving the winning signals is played by Joseph P. Reidy, who happens to be one of the best assistant directors in the movie business. In addition to acting this part and serving as assistant director for "Casino," Reidy was also assistant director for "Tootsie, "Born on the Fourth of July," "Goodfellas," "JFK," "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," "The Departed," "Black Swan," "Quiz Show," "A Bronx Tale," and "Cape Fear," to name some of the best known films he's worked on.
@@russg1801 Pretty much! **Stuck like a bug on flypaper.** He's gonna die of old age, still waiting on his big break (hah!). Folks in Show Biz are **COLD-HEARTED**, folks. It's just like in that 2013 film about backup singers ("Twenty Feet from Stardom"): www.imdb.com/title/tt2396566/
Russ G The AD is the guy who makes the trains run on time for a movie--so to speak. He's the one who is actually in charge of everything and everyone on set whereas the Director is the one who lays out the creative vision and big picture stuff. The first AD is an enormous role (second AD less so).
J P Reidy is a legend in the business, he seems to have a rapport with Robert and Martin. Like Matthew said AD is basically the one that does all the work in a film, if you notice most of those films were Scorsese which means he basically needed Reidy to make his films the way they were, without Reidy there is no Scorsese
What’s hilarious and terrifying is when Ace tells the operator, “I need Mr. Happy. Loud.”, and out comes the distraction with the singing Hostesses and birthday cake. I just picture the dealer whose “birthday” it is being like, “Today’s not my birthday - oh, some dumbass is trying to rob the casino again. Oh boy.”
That's how I run my photocopier sales team. Once caught 2 subordinates skimming A4 80g paper - forced one of them to inhale toner till his lungs clogged up and got the other and jammed his whole arm into the red hot machine, set it to "collate" and "staple" and then fed in a 100 sheet document into the scanner - Jesus, that guy begged for mercy - photocopy justice LOL!!!
@@kewltricks Option # 1: "money + hammer" Option # 2: "walking out" (supposedly unharmed). Ergo, since the first guy already got the hammer, he should be entitled to the money! Of course Ace would not allow such a possibility, I'm just saying...
I stayed at the stardust hotel in 1994 when I was little it was no joke people were getting thrown out and being beaten up for trying to cheat the casino and in 2002 I stayed at the Riviera hotel too 😃
I never got to step foot in the stardust but did see a guy get kicked down several flights of stairs at the Riviera. Glad they brought the Sahara back but places like Dunes Desert Inn Sands just distant memories for some. I just hope nothing happens to the Flamingo. You cheated in any casino back then you were lucky to have your hand broken. You were going 8 miles out 6 feet under
@@alonenjersey it is the term used when someone is trespassed from a casino today however back then it meant you were going for a ride 8 miles out into the desert and being put 6 feet under ground. Hence the holes dug
Dick Warlock is a stuntman, the guy with the cattle prod, and he’s terrific as a stone-faced pit boss. He was Michael Myers in the 1981 film “Halloween II.” Best part is, I met him years back, and he was as nice as can be. Down to earth. Really cool.
And send over a nice.......bottle of champagne on ice.....real special.... Love the way he delivered that line - “I’m a nice guy...and you are F***ED!”
Roger Ebert put it best by describing Rickles' character's job as "standing by his boss and looking very sad at what is about to happen to the guy his boss is talking to."
That's why I don't get the appeal. There are MUCH more fun things you can do with the money you're going to lose than sitting at a card table for hours.
years back I was in Vegas. I didn't even know how to play blackjack at the time. I kept splitting 10's, and every time I won 4 hands. Next thing I know, there's three guys in suits standing behind me. Seemed like a good time to be leaving.
They wouldn’t do anything to you but they would’ve tell you you’re done playing and ask to leave. If they do that. You have every right to keep that money that you won, if they tell you otherwise then you can threaten to sue for that
@@Frankie-O No it won't, not properly at least. The bones in your hand, if fractured like that will never again return to the way they were. He's going to be crippled the rest of his life but hey, at least he got out alive.
I love the role they gave to MR. DON RICKLES. That side stare he gives to DeNiro at 0:24 makes him look badass. What a great movie, and it was great to see Mr. Rickles in an almost tough guy role.
@@pokerface4 and to think he voiced Mr. Potato Head in the same year. Kind of amazing that he got to be in a Pixar Film and a Scorsese film in the same year. Incredible range!
4:16 I can’t help but think the line “send over a bottle of champagne on ice” is code between Don and the cashier that “this guy is a cheat and we’re 86’ing his ass”
Sometimes I have a hard time believing this was shot in 1995. The aesthetic, the clothing, the hairstyles, the mannerisms, the distorted tinge of the picture quality. It all just oozes 1970s. They never make them like this anymore
I know!! It even goes right down to the film stock they use to give it that 70’s look! I’d recommend watching Boogie Nights if you haven’t, it’s another 70’s period piece that utilised a lot of Scorsese’s techniques to make a fantastic sophomore film from Paul Thomas Anderson!
Stallone tells a story about filming Rocky IV where he asked Dolph Lundgren to punch him for real in one shot. Straight to hospital, and the doctors didn't believe it was a punch and thought he got hit by a car!
It's the music that makes the magic. Rod Stewart's singing that Superstition song is terrific. It's like when Scorsese used the song Layla in Goodfellows to set the mood. Pure genius.
0:26 "If he wasn't so greedy, he'd be tougher to spot." I never understood why, even in fiction, gambling cheaters don't ever intentionally lose a hand here or there.
Given they were doing this for years without being caught, they got careless and didn't see the point in losing some money even for appearance's sake if the casino is not gonna find out.
He was playing Black Jack right? So he loses a hand every now and than dispite knowing what the dealer has. There is still luck involved. Also Black Jack is near a 50:50 Game, hence, a massive winning streak can happen and wouldn't really cause attention. He should better play being drunk and making doubles and splits that strategy wise wouldn't makes sense. So it looks more like a moron on a streak.
@@silverfox9267 But you don't want to look like you're intentionally blowing hands like splitting 10s. Best to make some risky moves like doubling 12s.
The cheating man in the blue suit and glasses was a REAL PERSON! That is Ken Uston, a New Yorker who graduated from Harvard University, and was able to master Blackjack games so well that he was banned from casinos all around the ENTIRE WORLD ! Uston even invented digital sunglasses designed to help him with cheating. His true pinnacle of fame was in 1980 when he released his book "Mastering Pac-Man", a book which showed you how to easily win at the arcade game and how to beat it, even showing you the hiding place from the ghosts. So many people read it, including me. Uston died in Paris, France in 1987. Martin Scorsese picked a great example for this cheater!
The man who played him was production assistant to Scorsese films. Does a good job acting like a shit scared cheater despite not really being his day job.
I love the blocking of the scene at 1:45 where the guards appear around the bearded guy. The push-in, the guards almost gliding into place and the almost spotlight on the cheater - I mean, wow. If you ever wonder why Scorsese is one of the masters - this is a classic reason why.
Yeh, that scene is so well-blocked, and lit! The guards all glide into their marks, each of them under overhead lights. And a light on the cheater gets progressively hotter, so that he's highlighted in mid-frame. If you're not looking for them, the guards seem to appear out of nowhere, but all they're doing is stepping into their respective spotlights. Amazing construction!
@@gennettor8915 yup. And while I don't think there's a single person that would disagree with Scorsese's place in the directing pantheon, Stone is certainly a bit more... divisive...
Here’s how they made the hammer bit look so real. There’s a hole in the table where the gambler stick his arm into. The security guy is holding a fake arm so that from the camera’s angle, it looks real. Then the other guy can go to town on the fake arm with the hammer without having to make it look fake. I know your tricks too, Mr. Rothstein.
OK, I re-watched the scene and noticed the give-away: as the guy is thrashing around, the fake arm remains absolutely motionless. Good movie-making technique as the security guy's arm hides the transition between the real arm and the fake one. Yes, we know it's a movie so we don't expect an actor to be maimed. We know on some level that it's being simulated but it can't be obvious as it would detract from the story. The director wants the audience to cringe, not laugh at something that's badly faked.
“Oooh, look what I made them do, man! Oooh, look what I made them do. Oooh. Look what I made them do. They don’t trust nobody and I don’t trust them-“ -Taylor Swift (XD)
Sincere and accurate comment. He was such a great bloke! It’s a shame I haven’t seen many of his films or stand-up but from what I’ve seen he’s an American legend.
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KO Bossy - Yeah, Don was Old School. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman, George Burns, and the best of the best.... Jackie Gleason.
I'm in construction. My hand has been hit by many a hammer. Take one to the knuckle and come back and tell me it's worth 100 grand. Hospital bill is at least half that, you'll have one fully functioning hand the rest of your life (in this case, not your dominant one). Aching pain every time it gets cold and your pins and screws get cold. Nope. Here to verify - 100 grand is NOT worth a hammer to the hand.
He knew that the guy with the glasses was just like him (the “brains” of the operation) the guy who got the hammer was the “muscle”- so all he had to do was, take the muscle out the equation, and scare the glasses guy. You can clearly tell that violence is not the guys forte.
"They never know what hit them. And if and when they do find out that they just got zapped by a cattle prod they wish they really did have a heart attack. " Lmao
@chrislyon5073 nope. Voted for Obama and biden. Nice try though. trying to cast aspersions upon others makes you looks weak and defensive. What I states is factual. He plays a great tough guy on tv.... but in real life he is self conscious of his looks and wears platform shoes because of it. He also is blowhard
@chrislyon5073 not even close. Voted for Obama and Hillary. Nice job casting aspersions upon others though. De niro is an amazing actor. I love everything he is in.... but facts are facts... he wears lifts in his shoes because in real life, he is a short hateful man.
Him and his pal were cheating the mob out of money. Cheaters cheating cheaters. No side is right here and the greedier side is Ace's side. When I watch this scene I think of it as two criminals fighting, with neither side having the higher moral footing.
The determining factor here isn't morals, cheating, the mob, who's a criminal etc. Bottom line is DeNiro's character is the one who owned and ran the casino, and the other two guys were guests of his. Ergo, you as a guest show respect and abide by the casino's rules, and stay on the up and up. If not, then make sure you get a solid referral to a good orthopedist.
I think Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci both played better characters in "Casino" than in "Goodfellas". In "Casino", their characters were more brutal, powerful, smarter, and richer whereas in "Goodfellas" they were basically just glorified degenerate street hustlers.
There's no need for hardcore violence or killing cheaters thats gonna attract attention and trouble they don't need. Ace having security scare him with a saw then having them use the hammer is warning enough because then the cheaters are shit scared and lets them know they got off lightly especially the guy in the glasses he's a greedy treacherous fucker as soon as his "friend" got hit with the cattle prod he grabbed his chips tried to cash them and run with no care that the other guy could have been killed it really does prove that old chestnut true that there's no honour aming thieves
The sheer quality of this film is incredible...Look at how the security assemble from 1:45 and the use of lighting..fucking brilliant..This was Scorsese at his peak.
Top notch film making. Those little subtle details like 1:40 when he checks his tie in the mirror after hanging up the phone. Way better than the CGI filled superhero filmfests today.
@@masonotp332 we still make grounded movies with strong narratives, but they're overshadowed by flashy action packed blockbusters. thats how its always been. terminator, star wars, robocop, those god awful horror franchises with way too many sequels, etc.
@@masonotp332 and with "color grading" and you'd think humanity underwent some kind of color-pocalypse. I love watching pre-2000 movies because the colors you see on the screen are what the camera (and human eye) actually saw, not some ugly digitally-added garbage that looks like an early instagram filter. why modern directors allow this to be applied to their work is beyond me.
+Ben Stevens yeah... cards are okay, often. but everything else, especially relying on technology is rigged. Wouldn't do any of those tho. Know enough people who did.
0:39 I love how Ace pretends to bend down and polish his shoe so that he can do a quick scan and see who and what is on the same eyeline as the weak dealer's hand. Slick. (Not sure I'm ready to give my seal of approval to ALL of his management techniques, but...)
I was just in Vegas and was killing it on the craps tables. I had 13 straight passes. I crapped out on the 14th then hit 5 more. They changed the dice 3 times, the dealers twice and I guarantee they had me on the main monitor with 20 cameras. But it’s just blind ass luck which is the only way to win. With dice there’s no cheating. I get lucky like that about once every four trips. The trick is to realize when you’re getting hot and bump up your bets accordingly
Damn they just don't make many movies this good anymore. Of course Scorsese is still working but outside of his movies other crime movies just don't have this style.
Stone Cold in the old days this is what the mobs do when they run the casinos if they caught you cheating basically they will torture you or killed you nowadays the mafias just regulated they just handle the cheaters to the cops.
Good film. Don Rickles deserves a mention. He actually roasted De Niro for forgetting his lines, during the filming of Casino. RIP, Mr Warmth ( 1926-2017 ).
So true for the tourists, but for the people living in Vegas there wasn't exactly a solid middle class job base. The casino gigs were the only game in town and most of them didn't pay well nor did they have much job security. The temptation to make a fast buck was always there and if you did, and were caught, you disappeared. That simple. In today's Vegas at least a local doesn't get killed for cutting corners. And we all cut them, to some degree or another.
De Niro is so good in this scene. So much authority in the way he carries himself and he doesn't actually do or say that much. (I guess that's why it takes a wild card like Sharon Stone to properly test him.)
I love the way they brighten the light on the guy so we focus on him and then all the sudden it looks like the security appeared out of nowhere stalking him lol
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I don't advocate cheating in a casino, but what I can't stand is the way they hound you even when you win fair and square. It's almost like they're upset when people win.
They are upset
Yeah your taking there money. There supposed to be taking yours.
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They upset because they lose.
Yeah its bs. "Machine malfunction voids all pays and plays" The machine was working perfectly fine when it was taking my money. The moment i should get a payout of $1200 or more it conveniently malfunctions.
It sounds like he made the wrong deal. Not only were they going to give him the money, but a free hammer as well. That saves a trip to Home Depot or Lowes.
I know Ace wouldn't have actually given him the money anyway, but $100K for a broken hand might be worth it
Billy Scarpelli That's so funny. LOL.
Billy Scarpelli 😂😂😂
He never said WHERE he'd get the hammer. My guess is the back of the skull.
Well said lol
"Throw him out in the alley and just tell the cops he got hit by a car." CLASSIC!
Aurik Kal-Durin not sure if that will go so smoothly lol
Aurik Kal-Durin Guy just put his hand in the middle of the road officer, I don’t know how it happened.
So does that mean physically throw him out onto the alley and nothing else OR knock him unconscious then thrown him into the alley where a car may run him over (by a driver who cares not what's on the road)? And were the guys who throw him out expected to call the police after they witness a car running the guy down? Or ..... I think the instructions need to be more specific, especially since the mob IQs are rather low to begin with.
I don't think the cops cared very much. They knew the mob ran the casinos, they were probably just happy when they didn't have a murder or "missing person" to investigate.
No , He got hit by a CAHH lol
“We got cardiac arrest here”
“He’s fine folks”
Smart to do what they did instead of saying "Hey, you cheated" or similar to what I've mentioned by making it a medical incident than a security one. I'm sure the press would be scratching heads as to what happened.
Give us some room folks!!!!
@@hammerbro1947 Well, it did become a medical incident. Poor guy managed to get hit by a car in the middle of the casino...
@@hammerbro1947 it's the mafia. They don't like rats ducking them out of money
@theprogram863
The uniformed cops are moonlighting for them for a hell of a lot more than their regular cop pay, so that's not going to be a problem. But I agree with you, keep them confused in case somebody decides to take it farther up the police chain or it gets to court or something like that.
"In the end they're all greedy" My favorite quote from this scene.
Yep Facts of Life that's always their Downfall.. Always FUCKING Wanting more and Can't just be Comfortable or Content with THE Life God has Given them. All snakes and Leaches....
Elizabeth Martinez The atheists
Imagine greed in a casino. BOGGLES THE MIND
Now go get your fucking shinebox
Technically so are the casinos themselves.
I walked out with a crippled hand, but the blueberry muffins were great!
with the exact number of blueberries.
Must have taken forever to get then exact
“Do you know how long that’s going to take....”
What do you mean??? My blueberry muffin had nothing in it!!!
The chief's face when he says that :D
I've never seen a security guard well paid enough that he would just casually grab a rotary saw ready to cut off a guy's hand for cheating the casino.
djargus lmao right!
He just wanted to scare the guy, they ended up smashing the cheaters right hand with a hammer, not saw it off.
djargus where did they pick these guys up from??
Probably direct from Nevada state prison!
Stone cold ass security. Dude didn't even flinch. Woulda thought he was a goddamn executioner instead of some security guard. That guy is just all savage. 100 fuckin percent. Not a shred of decency left.
Travis went from a troubled career as a cab driver, to a successful casino manager. I'm happy for him!
Then boxed Stallone.
Then getting shot by Joker
Don't forget he Focked around for a little while
I think that's why he told them to tell the cops he got hit by a cab. Cathartic for him😎
@@mg19cal haha yes!
"you can have the money and the hammer or you can walk out of here. You can't have both." classic!
how 'bout have the cash and walk out ?
"how about taking the hammer and walking out without money ?"
110k for a broken hand? i'll take that...
james jones well at the end he got both..the hammer and let him walk out..he should consider himself a lucky man ..lol
How much money was it though? Hammer to the hand sucks but bones heal, might be worth it in the end.
The cheating card player wearing glasses and receiving the winning signals is played by Joseph P. Reidy, who happens to be one of the best assistant directors in the movie business. In addition to acting this part and serving as assistant director for "Casino," Reidy was also assistant director for "Tootsie, "Born on the Fourth of July," "Goodfellas," "JFK," "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," "The Departed," "Black Swan," "Quiz Show," "A Bronx Tale," and "Cape Fear," to name some of the best known films he's worked on.
"Best assistant director?" Is that like being the tallest midget?
He played the part to perfection, too!
@@russg1801 Pretty much! **Stuck like a bug on flypaper.** He's gonna die of old age, still waiting on his big break (hah!). Folks in Show Biz are **COLD-HEARTED**, folks. It's just like in that 2013 film about backup singers ("Twenty Feet from Stardom"): www.imdb.com/title/tt2396566/
Russ G
The AD is the guy who makes the trains run on time for a movie--so to speak. He's the one who is actually in charge of everything and everyone on set whereas the Director is the one who lays out the creative vision and big picture stuff. The first AD is an enormous role (second AD less so).
J P Reidy is a legend in the business, he seems to have a rapport with Robert and Martin.
Like Matthew said AD is basically the one that does all the work in a film, if you notice most of those films were Scorsese which means he basically needed Reidy to make his films the way they were, without Reidy there is no Scorsese
Jeff Beck's guitar made this scene even better.
Damn right
@@kdenas The Jeff Beck group w/ Rod Stewart on lead vocals? I can dig it.
YES
Sounded like Humble Pie.
Thank you for giving me a lead on the song😂 cheers
What’s hilarious and terrifying is when Ace tells the operator, “I need Mr. Happy. Loud.”, and out comes the distraction with the singing Hostesses and birthday cake. I just picture the dealer whose “birthday” it is being like, “Today’s not my birthday - oh, some dumbass is trying to rob the casino again. Oh boy.”
Hopefully dealer Jack gets to eat the cake for his fake birthday.
I would want more birthdays
Those damn casino cheaters mess up everyone’s carbs… 😂😂
Imagine being a regular and being like "i thought it was this dealers birthday last week?"
@@ameliakyle7054 If you were a regular at casinos in Vegas you would know who owned them and would be smart enough not to ask too many questions.
That's how I run my place. It's a domino's.
"You see that fuckin' pizza cutter, we're gonna use it, we don't fuck around in this parlor".
Hate when people cheat at Dominos
@Kapt'n Pee give them the option of leaving with the bottle and the hammer.
That's how I run my photocopier sales team. Once caught 2 subordinates skimming A4 80g paper - forced one of them to inhale toner till his lungs clogged up and got the other and jammed his whole arm into the red hot machine, set it to "collate" and "staple" and then fed in a 100 sheet document into the scanner - Jesus, that guy begged for mercy - photocopy justice LOL!!!
Domino's f'n sucks! They're not worth ripping off 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
"I already got the hammer, does that mean I can have the money?" (first guy)
Listen close to what he says. "You can have the money and the hammer, or you can walk outta here... You CAN'T have both".
@@kewltricks Option # 1: "money + hammer" Option # 2: "walking out" (supposedly unharmed). Ergo, since the first guy already got the hammer, he should be entitled to the money! Of course Ace would not allow such a possibility, I'm just saying...
Yeah he can have the money. But he isn't going to be allowed walk out of there.
The first guy didn't have any money. He was losing at the other table. So it sucks to be him.
DeNiro: "Wha'd you say? Hah? You bein' a fuckin' wise guy??? Now you're gonna learn how to count with your feet!"
This was actually at the old Stardust Hotel Casino in the 70's you did NOT F*ck around in that place. The Stardust was imploded in 2007.
Sad but true. Just like all the great Hotel/Casinos from that bygone era.
I stayed at the stardust hotel in 1994 when I was little it was no joke people were getting thrown out and being beaten up for trying to cheat the casino and in 2002 I stayed at the Riviera hotel too 😃
I never got to step foot in the stardust but did see a guy get kicked down several flights of stairs at the Riviera. Glad they brought the Sahara back but places like Dunes Desert Inn Sands just distant memories for some. I just hope nothing happens to the Flamingo. You cheated in any casino back then you were lucky to have your hand broken. You were going 8 miles out 6 feet under
@@TheCoreyd1086 Wow! I've got to save that comment for future use. "Eight miles out and six feet under." May I ask where you got that?
@@alonenjersey it is the term used when someone is trespassed from a casino today however back then it meant you were going for a ride 8 miles out into the desert and being put 6 feet under ground. Hence the holes dug
Dick Warlock is a stuntman, the guy with the cattle prod, and he’s terrific as a stone-faced pit boss. He was Michael Myers in the 1981 film “Halloween II.” Best part is, I met him years back, and he was as nice as can be. Down to earth. Really cool.
He was at a con I went to last year. Never really saw H2 so. Met the Michaels of the OG film, 2018 and H20.
Dick Warlock? Are you sure that isn't his porn-name?
No wonder he looked familiar
He was one of the androids in H3 too!
@@andrewthompson9714 I saw that.
It's a shame Rickles didn't play the heavy more often. He had the perfect look.
And send over a nice.......bottle of champagne on ice.....real special....
Love the way he delivered that line - “I’m a nice guy...and you are F***ED!”
He was such a great choice for this movie. I saw this movie as a kid before I even knew who he was, so this was my introduction to him. What a man!
Roger Ebert put it best by describing Rickles' character's job as "standing by his boss and looking very sad at what is about to happen to the guy his boss is talking to."
Billy is one of my two favorite characters in the film
He reminds me of the Consul from Destiny 2.
Casinos are a comedy show. It's 2024, and people still go in there thinking they'll beat the house... 😂😂😂😂😂
only mouth breathers do that,casinos are just entertainment,and some people are a gambling addiction,winning isnt their kink,its the chase
That's why I don't get the appeal. There are MUCH more fun things you can do with the money you're going to lose than sitting at a card table for hours.
@@dorpthYeah, like losing your money at the horses
years back I was in Vegas. I didn't even know how to play blackjack at the time. I kept splitting 10's, and every time I won 4 hands. Next thing I know, there's three guys in suits standing behind me. Seemed like a good time to be leaving.
They wouldn’t do anything to you but they would’ve tell you you’re done playing and ask to leave. If they do that. You have every right to keep that money that you won, if they tell you otherwise then you can threaten to sue for that
@@CadolotsAre you a lefty, or a righty?
El Cortez?
“Look what they did to my hand man” that part always cracks me up
The hand will heal.
If they didn’t know they were working together, him saying that ruined everything 😂 like don’t acknowledge that you know me!!
It kills me too😂!!!
@@Frankie-O No it won't, not properly at least. The bones in your hand, if fractured like that will never again return to the way they were.
He's going to be crippled the rest of his life but hey, at least he got out alive.
I love the role they gave to MR. DON RICKLES. That side stare he gives to DeNiro at 0:24 makes him look badass. What a great movie, and it was great to see Mr. Rickles in an almost tough guy role.
Rickles was a great actor and even greater comedian. He will be missed.
And to know that Don Rickles is Mr Potato Head.
No one on this movie knew mobsters better than Rickles.
"And by the way,send over a nice bottle of champagne on ice..real special something"
@@pokerface4 and to think he voiced Mr. Potato Head in the same year. Kind of amazing that he got to be in a Pixar Film and a Scorsese film in the same year. Incredible range!
One of my favorite Robert Deniro roles. He nailed it.
Agree. Goodfellas was far and away a better movie IMO but DeNiro was better in Casino
this movie managed to make don rickles look scary as shit too, which is quite a feat
Tell the cops he slipped on a banana peel.
He did slipped on a narny
Tell him he got blueshelled at the finish line.
Lt. Eckhart from Batman
most of the security were off duty cops there all in on the take :)
There was a loud slide whistle heard when he fell, too.
4:16 I can’t help but think the line “send over a bottle of champagne on ice” is code between Don and the cashier that “this guy is a cheat and we’re 86’ing his ass”
Duh?
@@rav9681 It means they are gonna teach him a lesson.
Or he was going to celebrate a little with DeNiro afterward.
I think that with him and the cashier, his lips moving and sound coming out is code for "This guy is a cheat..."
"You can have the money or the shinebox. You can't have both".
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TheJking85
I want it
All!
I'll take the shinebox. I'll be a youtube legend.
"I stick with the shinebox, cause it has sentimental value."
...
“Officer, he got hit by a car and it pulled his pants down and smashed his fingers”
"Damn, that's the fifth one this week! Crazy"
Actually it happened just that way said a witness who happened to be standing near the alley counting the berries in their muffin.
@@Hysteria98lmao 😂😂😂
Sometimes I have a hard time believing this was shot in 1995. The aesthetic, the clothing, the hairstyles, the mannerisms, the distorted tinge of the picture quality. It all just oozes 1970s. They never make them like this anymore
I know!! It even goes right down to the film stock they use to give it that 70’s look!
I’d recommend watching Boogie Nights if you haven’t, it’s another 70’s period piece that utilised a lot of Scorsese’s techniques to make a fantastic sophomore film from Paul Thomas Anderson!
That's because while the film is made in 1995, the plot is set in the 1970s - it is based on real events.
They try but anymore they just try and get a period look down and the script, acting and directing are all mediocre.
Everything is so fucking digital nowadays and everything from the looks of a frame in any recent movie seems completely a foreshadowing failure
Thats because there were people working in Hollywood in 1995 who went to Vegas in the 60s and 70s and were 45 to 65 and remembered.
“Just throw him out in the alley and tell the cops he got hit by a car...”
That cut was way too perfect 😂😂
He should have told have told him to sprinkle some coke on him too
Stallone tells a story about filming Rocky IV where he asked Dolph Lundgren to punch him for real in one shot. Straight to hospital, and the doctors didn't believe it was a punch and thought he got hit by a car!
It's the music that makes the magic. Rod Stewart's singing that Superstition song is terrific. It's like when Scorsese used the song Layla in Goodfellows to set the mood. Pure genius.
Nobody pairs music with cinema like Scorsese…
@@theimaginist3310 Gimme Shelter in this, GoodFellas and The Departed!!
Only letdown was he didn’t use it in the doco he did on the Stones! 😂
Jeff Beck on guitar rip
0:26 "If he wasn't so greedy, he'd be tougher to spot."
I never understood why, even in fiction, gambling cheaters don't ever intentionally lose a hand here or there.
Given they were doing this for years without being caught, they got careless and didn't see the point in losing some money even for appearance's sake if the casino is not gonna find out.
cause in the end "they're all greedy"
He was playing Black Jack right? So he loses a hand every now and than dispite knowing what the dealer has. There is still luck involved. Also Black Jack is near a 50:50 Game, hence, a massive winning streak can happen and wouldn't really cause attention. He should better play being drunk and making doubles and splits that strategy wise wouldn't makes sense. So it looks more like a moron on a streak.
@@silverfox9267 But you don't want to look like you're intentionally blowing hands like splitting 10s. Best to make some risky moves like doubling 12s.
The cheating man in the blue suit and glasses was a REAL PERSON! That is Ken Uston, a New Yorker who graduated from Harvard University, and was able to master Blackjack games so well that he was banned from casinos all around the ENTIRE WORLD ! Uston even invented digital sunglasses designed to help him with cheating. His true pinnacle of fame was in 1980 when he released his book "Mastering Pac-Man", a book which showed you how to easily win at the arcade game and how to beat it, even showing you the hiding place from the ghosts. So many people read it, including me. Uston died in Paris, France in 1987. Martin Scorsese picked a great example for this cheater!
The man who played him was production assistant to Scorsese films. Does a good job acting like a shit scared cheater despite not really being his day job.
that's interesting considering Uston died a few years before the movie was made
How'd he die?
@@devilpupbear09 he took the money and the hammer
@@AkihabaraWasteland They clearly meant he was _based on_ a real person
Don Rickles’ dialogue at the window is perfection lol
He was such a brilliant performer RIP ✌️
They way he says 'real special'. 4:16 🤌💪
You can tell Don had a lot of fun with this role. 😂
I love the blocking of the scene at 1:45 where the guards appear around the bearded guy. The push-in, the guards almost gliding into place and the almost spotlight on the cheater - I mean, wow. If you ever wonder why Scorsese is one of the masters - this is a classic reason why.
Yeh, that scene is so well-blocked, and lit! The guards all glide into their marks, each of them under overhead lights. And a light on the cheater gets progressively hotter, so that he's highlighted in mid-frame. If you're not looking for them, the guards seem to appear out of nowhere, but all they're doing is stepping into their respective spotlights. Amazing construction!
His only bad movie was JFK.
@@gennettor8915 um ... You might want to check the credits on that film...
@@critter42 You're right - that was Oliver Stone.
@@gennettor8915 yup. And while I don't think there's a single person that would disagree with Scorsese's place in the directing pantheon, Stone is certainly a bit more... divisive...
Here’s how they made the hammer bit look so real. There’s a hole in the table where the gambler stick his arm into. The security guy is holding a fake arm so that from the camera’s angle, it looks real. Then the other guy can go to town on the fake arm with the hammer without having to make it look fake.
I know your tricks too, Mr. Rothstein.
OK, I re-watched the scene and noticed the give-away: as the guy is thrashing around, the fake arm remains absolutely motionless. Good movie-making technique as the security guy's arm hides the transition between the real arm and the fake one. Yes, we know it's a movie so we don't expect an actor to be maimed. We know on some level that it's being simulated but it can't be obvious as it would detract from the story. The director wants the audience to cringe, not laugh at something that's badly faked.
The fingers of the broken hand are moving as the hammer is hitting it and right after. Pneumatically actuated, perhaps? Or wires maybe?
Helium Road or maybe because it’s being pounded by a fucking hammer
@@RCAvhstape
It’s a jump cut so I am guessing the last strike isn’t a real hammer.
@@minnesotajack1 or he hit the table and due to the camera angle it looks as though he is hitting the guys hand
Is this the United Airlines customer service training video?
“You can have the chicken or the fish, you can’t have both.”
@@woodfern909 I remember that choice.
I had the lasagna.
No this is the Starbucks training videos
@@Penoatle Surely you can't be serious?
Cee Cypher Punk no, it’s Chicago’s Ohare airport actual travel experiences on daily basis.
“I made a bad mistake”
“Ya fuckin right ya made a bad mistake” hahahaaha de niro is brilliant here 😂
Next time will be the saw, which will be used, and NOBODY will walk out.
"Look what they did to my hand man!" LMFAO
ohhh you son of a bitch
Winer
“Look what Tommy and Jimmy did to me out in the woods man!”
Oh, stop wining and take yourself and that busted hand over to the hospital, man.
“Oooh, look what I made them do, man! Oooh, look what I made them do. Oooh. Look what I made them do. They don’t trust nobody and I don’t trust them-“
-Taylor Swift (XD)
@1:58 "BJ nineteen, second base, the beard." (blackjack table #19, 2nd position, guy with the beard).
Operator I need Mr Happy Loud
I miss Rickles. Glad he lived as long as he did.. the last of his kind. The end of an era
Yeah...its also unfortunate that he didn't record his lines for Toy Story 4..so...replacement time :(
What about Bob... Newhart? He's still around.
Sincere and accurate comment. He was such a great bloke! It’s a shame I haven’t seen many of his films or stand-up but from what I’ve seen he’s an American legend.
KO Bossy - Yeah, Don was Old School. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman, George Burns, and the best of the best.... Jackie Gleason.
I would have taken the first option. You can keep the money and get a free hammer, sounds like a good deal?
One of the best scenes of all time in cinematography.
Everything is so perfect about this - the acting, the music and the pace.
Great music in the background...Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart, "I ain't Superstitious" recorded back in 1968.
"Why don't I take a moment to verify it in private? Send us some champagne as well!" Excellent bullshit lol 🤭
Rickles was really great in that scene, bullshiting the cheater that he was going to get away with it including send up some champagne.
@@jameshoran8 Hell of a way to disguise that the guy ain't getting fuck all 😂 CHEATER'S JUSTICE
I’m always scared that the casino manager wants to come “verify” my winnings every time I’m on a roll in blackjack
guy knew he was dead meat, the banter was likely designed to put the cashier at ease
I'm thinking the champagne part is probably code
Seeing the great Don Rickles - always the consummate stand-up comedian - in a dramatic role, is absolutely wonderful. So glad they gave him this role.
4:06 "Real special"
Rest in peace, Don Rickles.
Alan King too.
scenes like this are so well done by Scorsese. The camera angles. the lighting, the cutting--all terrific! He is such a great director.
Thelma Schoonmaker...
THE best film editor... EVER!
@@Qboro66 Thank you for this addition.
"So you're a rightie?"
"Yeah."
Not anymore.
110 grand for a hammer to the hand is an amazing deal
Especially if you just recently had your heart broken because it will make the experience relatively less painful.
How bad they smash it, I wonder what the hospital bill would cost.
Looks like a few broken fingers and some stitches. Probably not more than a few hundred.
But your hand will never be the same again.
I'm in construction. My hand has been hit by many a hammer. Take one to the knuckle and come back and tell me it's worth 100 grand. Hospital bill is at least half that, you'll have one fully functioning hand the rest of your life (in this case, not your dominant one). Aching pain every time it gets cold and your pins and screws get cold. Nope. Here to verify - 100 grand is NOT worth a hammer to the hand.
"You're fucking right you made a bad mistake!"
The way he straightens the guy out with the glasses is awesome!
74jailbreaker getting his shinebox was his winning
No. The casino should be straightened out the same way.
Well it was, in the end. There's no mob money in Vegas today. They even cleaned up the metro police.
He knew that the guy with the glasses was just like him (the “brains” of the operation) the guy who got the hammer was the “muscle”- so all he had to do was, take the muscle out the equation, and scare the glasses guy. You can clearly tell that violence is not the guys forte.
You know you're in trouble when you turn around and Don Rickles is standing there.
“Hi ya.”
Not if you are Joe Pesci
"They never know what hit them. And if and when they do find out that they just got zapped by a cattle prod they wish they really did have a heart attack. " Lmao
Love that line.
Classic
tremendous
De Niro shows just how to look a sharp dresser. That suit, shirt and tie are jusr perfect.
Too bad he is completly different in real life. He is a short, insecure, wannabe toughguy
@@moonscar119Indeed, quite a disappointing real life persona he has. Politically braindead.
@@moonscar119Ah you must be a Trump fan… say no more
@chrislyon5073 nope. Voted for Obama and biden. Nice try though. trying to cast aspersions upon others makes you looks weak and defensive. What I states is factual. He plays a great tough guy on tv.... but in real life he is self conscious of his looks and wears platform shoes because of it. He also is blowhard
@chrislyon5073 not even close. Voted for Obama and Hillary. Nice job casting aspersions upon others though. De niro is an amazing actor. I love everything he is in.... but facts are facts... he wears lifts in his shoes because in real life, he is a short hateful man.
The normally genial Don Rickles is a very convincing tough guy here, showing him to be a very decent actor as he was a comedian.
He's also great in The Man With X-Ray Eyes with Ray Milland. One of the best B movies ever.
Casinos are there to make money, to TAKE money.
Casinos are NOT there to give money! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Him and his pal were cheating the mob out of money. Cheaters cheating cheaters. No side is right here and the greedier side is Ace's side. When I watch this scene I think of it as two criminals fighting, with neither side having the higher moral footing.
mtb416 he offered the hammer and money. I'd say that's pretty decent.
mtb416 but the point is you never EVER screw with the mob.
Its not about morality and justice. Its about power, if you have enough power you can change the rules and make everyone else follow them.
Amen. I agree
The determining factor here isn't morals, cheating, the mob, who's a criminal etc. Bottom line is DeNiro's character is the one who owned and ran the casino, and the other two guys were guests of his. Ergo, you as a guest show respect and abide by the casino's rules, and stay on the up and up. If not, then make sure you get a solid referral to a good orthopedist.
The cheater looked like a balding Dana Carvey.
Kip from Napoleon Dynamite.
Funny you say that. The security guard with the cattle prod is Dick Warlock from Halloween 2 . The first film Dana Carvey was cated in.
Love the shot of how the guards surround the cheater and as people disperse you can see them making a full circle around him
This is only a long film if you look at the run time. When you watch it it just flies by.
I think Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci both played better characters in "Casino" than in "Goodfellas". In "Casino", their characters were more brutal, powerful, smarter, and richer whereas in "Goodfellas" they were basically just glorified degenerate street hustlers.
Jeremiah Shea Jimmy Conway was way more of a badass
Mike C agreed .. dude must of only saw Goodfellas once
You forgot raging bull
Tom Evans
Casio is as real as Goodfellas was, both are loosely based on true stories
95% accurate to his version of events anyway..
The casino IS the cheat lol
And the idiots who choose to ENTER the casino...have it coming.
the casino doesn't cheat, the odds are known, they just don't favor the player.
gamblers are losers, every last one.
bingo
Except when the player is good at for example Blackjack and the casino is losing they chuck them out and ban them...
I just got done watching this film for the first time. I had to come back and watch this scene again immediately. It's magnificent.
Two iconic movies in 1995- Heat and Casino. Icon.
rest in peace Don Rickles!! 📿
Right, he was already an old man here, 20 years ago.
I miss him from toy story and I miss him from casino rip
The best. Growing up in the 60s and 70s oh the movies he was in.
thegaygaymerchannel Vegas Strong
RIP DON RICKLES AND FRANK VINCENT
I was disappointed he didn't break the other guy's hand. Joe Pesci would've broken all four hands and then sawed them off, lol
And that's why Nicky ended up in the cornfield and Ace went back to making book in Florida.
And put them in a vice
@@brucetucker4847 it was more about fucking Aces wife
Or use ice picks on their balls
There's no need for hardcore violence or killing cheaters thats gonna attract attention and trouble they don't need. Ace having security scare him with a saw then having them use the hammer is warning enough because then the cheaters are shit scared and lets them know they got off lightly especially the guy in the glasses he's a greedy treacherous fucker as soon as his "friend" got hit with the cattle prod he grabbed his chips tried to cash them and run with no care that the other guy could have been killed it really does prove that old chestnut true that there's no honour aming thieves
the casino manager Don Rickles asks Artie Lange "are you having a good time?" three years later in 1998 in the movie Dirty Work
Scorsese just rams music he likes into his movies. It's one of his biggest weaknesses.
The sheer quality of this film is incredible...Look at how the security assemble from 1:45 and the use of lighting..fucking brilliant..This was Scorsese at his peak.
Robert de Niro is a boss
raxmarrone lol he said De Niro is a boss not Sam rothstein
SicSemperEvelloMortemTyrannis TyrannyEnder shut your right-wing piehole
+wisconsin warlock hahaha,u dont know knives
Only in the movies though...
raxmarrone was*
The beginning of the scene shows how well to keep the vibe in the casino, club, bar while still dealing with trouble.
Good olde Mr. Happy.
"I got a plane to catch to Cleveland...can I get my winnings?"
Becomes
"Look what they did to my hand man..." 😂😂😂
Top notch film making. Those little subtle details like 1:40 when he checks his tie in the mirror after hanging up the phone. Way better than the CGI filled superhero filmfests today.
All movies are basically computer filled nonsense films, they don't make straight up movies anymore with good acting and realist scenarios.
@@masonotp332 we still make grounded movies with strong narratives, but they're overshadowed by flashy action packed blockbusters. thats how its always been. terminator, star wars, robocop, those god awful horror franchises with way too many sequels, etc.
@@masonotp332 and with "color grading" and you'd think humanity underwent some kind of color-pocalypse. I love watching pre-2000 movies because the colors you see on the screen are what the camera (and human eye) actually saw, not some ugly digitally-added garbage that looks like an early instagram filter. why modern directors allow this to be applied to their work is beyond me.
They could at least give him champagne - so he could celebrate his second birthday.
Absolutely, look at Dan akyrord, he knew to take care of Rob Lowe!
BTW Second Birthday - very nicely done
@@woodson21 That's a phrase. For a man who barely survived, we say he celebrated his second birthday.
Like casinos aren't cheaters
steve rodriguez Check out the comment I left regarding this fact and the moronic and violent answers I got from them and some deluded players.
+Ben Stevens yeah... cards are okay, often. but everything else, especially relying on technology is rigged. Wouldn't do any of those tho. Know enough people who did.
police will beat your ass and charge you for cheating, casinos wont be accountable for shit
That is the irony of the scene.
Most likely, but that info is something you should know before playing. Then you will know not to waste a great deal of money on it.👍
4:42 You can have the money and the hammer OR you can walk out....No way he ever gets the money!
Joe Pesci's character had a way of breaking-down things just so that there was no misunderstanding.
That's Robert De Niro's character, Ace.
Pesci isn’t even in this clip
"Just throw him out in the alley and tell the cops he got hit by a car!" lmaoooo
A masterpiece in cinematography you won’t get films like this again👏👏
I never noticed, but look at the lighting at 1:53 -- it's like the security guards are angels of death...
"Hi yah"... Gotta love Don Rickles.....
jsgold2000 ill knock don rickles out cold!
Love Martin Scorsese for the way he moves the camera to show what's going on and how it's done !!
I've seen this movie at least over 500 times. Its pure Gold!!
Ever win big at a casino honestly, without cheating? They'll, more or less, treat you the same way.
i like how his hounds silently descend on the cheaters with a quick call haha so badass
0:39 I love how Ace pretends to bend down and polish his shoe so that he can do a quick scan and see who and what is on the same eyeline as the weak dealer's hand. Slick. (Not sure I'm ready to give my seal of approval to ALL of his management techniques, but...)
Putting "I Ain't Superstitous" behind this really makes the scene 100x better. Scorsese is brilliant with his music selections.
Thank Robbie Robertson, he was musical director for this film
I love the look Don Rickles gives as he says some real special somethin’. 4:18
Love the Jeff Beck in the background.
Such Is Life I was just about to mention the awesome Fuckin music in the background...Do you know the name of the track?
UBZUKKI Jeff Beck - I Ain't Superstitious
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UBZUKKI np :)
UBZUKKI That whole album he did was great.
I was just in Vegas and was killing it on the craps tables. I had 13 straight passes. I crapped out on the 14th then hit 5 more. They changed the dice 3 times, the dealers twice and I guarantee they had me on the main monitor with 20 cameras. But it’s just blind ass luck which is the only way to win. With dice there’s no cheating. I get lucky like that about once every four trips. The trick is to realize when you’re getting hot and bump up your bets accordingly
Damn they just don't make many movies this good anymore. Of course Scorsese is still working but outside of his movies other crime movies just don't have this style.
Stone Cold It's based on a true story that's why it's good. Just like Good fellas, and
nah Stone Colds right you watch Black Mass or Legends or any other recent and compare it to any Scorsese crime movie and it just doesn't compare
Stone Cold in the old days this is what the mobs do when they run the casinos if they caught you cheating basically they will torture you or killed you nowadays the mafias just regulated they just handle the cheaters to the cops.
TV's where I go for the best drama nowadays anyway. I've never seen a mob movie that's better than The Sopranos.
The Sprawl opinion
Good film. Don Rickles deserves a mention. He actually roasted De Niro for forgetting his lines, during the filming of Casino. RIP, Mr Warmth ( 1926-2017 ).
This was when Vegas was a great town! Not like today with all the greedy corporations controlling things.
So true for the tourists, but for the people living in Vegas there wasn't exactly a solid middle class job base. The casino gigs were the only game in town and most of them didn't pay well nor did they have much job security. The temptation to make a fast buck was always there and if you did, and were caught, you disappeared. That simple. In today's Vegas at least a local doesn't get killed for cutting corners. And we all cut them, to some degree or another.
Robert Thomas really?
Ah yes, it was great when the mafia owned it.
Irony!
Your telling me those psychopathic bosses who controlled it wasn’t greedy.
De Niro is so good in this scene. So much authority in the way he carries himself and he doesn't actually do or say that much. (I guess that's why it takes a wild card like Sharon Stone to properly test him.)
The real guy was something. A dog physically. But the story was pretty much as it's shown here. She was gorgeous. Drug addict, too.
"B.J 19, Second Base, a beard"...never caught that until rewatching this clip. Awesome!!
3:02 - "Where you think you're going, you hockey puck?"
I love the way they brighten the light on the guy so we focus on him and then all the sudden it looks like the security appeared out of nowhere stalking him lol
"Throw him out in the alley and tell the cops he got hit by a car."
Best line
The gentleman who zapped the cheater was Dick Warlock who played Michael Myers in Halloween 2 and the robot assassin in Halloween 3.
Love that shot at 1:00. Classic Scorcese.
I totally forgot how good this movie was and I need to get it on DVD all Blu-ray whichever comes first.
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