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Released Year: 1991
Runtime: 134 minutes
Directors: Barry Levinson
Casts: Joe Mantegna, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Wendy Phillips, Annette Bening, Bebe Neuwirth, Richard C. Sarafian, Karen Russell, Bill Graham, Lewis Van Bergen, Warren Beatty
IMDB: Bugsy (1991)
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Chicago Sun-Times -
He’s a real smoothie, Warren Beatty, and when he plays one in a movie he is almost always effective. But his title role in Bugsy is more than effective, it’s perfect for him - showing a man who not only creates a seductive vision, but falls in love with it himself.
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Washington Post -
A great gangster picture, with all the visceral excitement of a classic mob saga. But that's just its jumping-off point. It's also a salute to old Hollywood glamour, to the genre and the movies in general, and an elegant eulogy for the passing of those glory days. It's darned near perfect: violent, sexy and knowingly smart.
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Los Angeles Times -
Levinson has always been a director who completely understands the concept of the American Dream, and his sensibility is perfect for this story of a man who cared so little about money that he was willing to stake everything he was or ever hoped to be on a crackpot scheme to turn a corner of Nevada desert into the pleasure dome of the American West.
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Time Out -
With a sparklingly witty script (James Toback), classy direction and terrific performances all round, Beatty's return to the fray is his best movie since McCabe and Mrs Miller.
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Empire -
If you can overlook the smarm and the historical airbrushing there's much to enjoy here.
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Bugsy (1991)
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Bugsy (1991)
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 1991
Runtime: 134 minutes
Directors: Barry Levinson
Casts: Joe Mantegna, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Wendy Phillips, Annette Bening, Bebe Neuwirth, Richard C. Sarafian, Karen Russell, Bill Graham, Lewis Van Bergen, Warren Beatty
IMDB: Bugsy (1991)
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New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
He’s a real smoothie, Warren Beatty, and when he plays one in a movie he is almost always effective. But his title role in Bugsy is more than effective, it’s perfect for him - showing a man who not only creates a seductive vision, but falls in love with it himself.
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Washington Post -
A great gangster picture, with all the visceral excitement of a classic mob saga. But that's just its jumping-off point. It's also a salute to old Hollywood glamour, to the genre and the movies in general, and an elegant eulogy for the passing of those glory days. It's darned near perfect: violent, sexy and knowingly smart.
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Los Angeles Times -
Levinson has always been a director who completely understands the concept of the American Dream, and his sensibility is perfect for this story of a man who cared so little about money that he was willing to stake everything he was or ever hoped to be on a crackpot scheme to turn a corner of Nevada desert into the pleasure dome of the American West.
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Time Out -
With a sparklingly witty script (James Toback), classy direction and terrific performances all round, Beatty's return to the fray is his best movie since McCabe and Mrs Miller.
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Empire -
If you can overlook the smarm and the historical airbrushing there's much to enjoy here.
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