When Hollywood and the Casino Join Forces
July 24th, 2009. Published under Movies. No Comments.
Over the years, a number of movies have featured casinos. For some of the movies the use of the casino was an incidental setting whereas for others it was instrumental and pivotal to the plot.
The most obvious film which comes to mind is Casino. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro combined to bring this tale which was all about the comings and goings at a casino. It nicely showcased the history of Las Vegas over a 25 year period and what the casino meant to a number of people associated with it. Joe Pesci combined with the two on Raging Bull and returns here in a fine supporting role. It has finished showing in the cinema, but if someone wants to watch it they can download casino online.
A more recent movie which is specifically one of the casino games is 21. This is a story of a group of MIT students who were implementing a system of card counting in order to win at Blackjack. For a while their winnings were quite large but as usually is the case in stories such as this, things started to unravel and they were caught. Kevin Spacey plays the teacher of the students, while Kate Bosworth is one of the students.
Ocean’s Eleven is about a heist which occurs at a casino and Ocean’s Thirteen follows a similar storyline. Danny Ocean and his gang try to pull off one of the most daring and audacious raids in Las Vegas’ history. The games itself don’t really play much of a part although there is a scene at the end of Ocean’s Thirteen when one of the innocent victims receives a big windfall at one of the slots machines at McCarran Airport.
Another movie which features the slots is Whatever Happens In Vegas. Starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kuchar, the plot revolves around the antics following a jackpot slots machine that goes off. Kuchar wins a $3 million jackpot and Diaz argues since they just got married, that she is entitled to half of the winnings. A good idea, it isn’t really developed and there are quite a few holes in the plot. It was panned by the critics and didn’t turn out to be the hit that many imagined it would be.
As of yet, Hollywood hasn’t caught up with the technology. There haven’t yet been any movies made about an online casino. The fact is that someone sitting at their desk isn’t as glamorous as someone in Monte Carlo or Las Vegas. Likewise the bells, whistles and sirens of a casino aren’t apparent online. This is why the online casino hasn’t yet made the transition to the silver screen.
In many of the James Bond films, the action is set in a casino. Bond is a gambling man and the casino is where competition meets glamour. A Bond movie which revolves around the Casino is Casino Royale. The movie has been made twice and is one of the more famous Bond movies. In the remake, Daniel Craig plays a 007 agent who comes to learn a new definition of what it means to gamble. This movie was a smash hit at the box office.
Stuart Grayson is a freelance writer who covers all aspects of the gaming and online casino world. He is a huge fan of visiting real casinos across the globe, and also enjoys playing slots and other casino games online at http://www.casinojoy.com