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Another kind of New York story—the kind that helped fashion Scorsese’s reputation—was the basis of the acclaimed GoodFellas (1990). Adapted from Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction Wiseguy, this knowing portrait of small-time Brooklyn mobster Henry Hill’s life and crimes (scripted by Pileggi and Scorsese) was as authentic as any Scorsese film since Raging Bull. Ray Liotta played Hill, and Paul Sorvino, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and De Niro excelled in their supporting roles, particularly Pesci, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Hill’s short-tempered friend Tommy DeVito. Scorsese displayed his mastery of the medium in new and unexpected ways, especially in a much-studied tracking shot that followed Hill through a crowded restaurant. Scorsese was again Oscar nominated, both for directing and, with Pileggi, for best adapted screenplay.

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The commercially successful Cape Fear (1991) was an ultraviolent remake of a suspenseful 1962 film. Nolte starred as Sam Bowden, a Southern lawyer whose family is terrorized by ex-con Max Cady (De Niro), who blames the lawyer for his prison conviction and seeks revenge. Screenwriter Wesley Strick’s script complicated the premise of the original by making Bowden culpable on several levels, from his framing of Cady 14 years earlier to his current infidelity to his wife (Jessica Lange).

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Cape Fear’s success enabled Scorsese to attract the big budget he desired for his 1993 version of Edith Wharton’s novelThe Age of Innocence. A lovingly rendered, subtly acerbic portrait of New York City’s upper crust in the late 19th century, the film revolves around the unconsummated love affair between sensitive lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), whose separation from her brutish husband and general flouting of convention are a scandal proper society cannot tolerate. In a more subtle role, Winona Ryder excelled as Archer’s deceptively vapid fiancée, May, who understands far more than she lets on. With his most fluid camera work yet, Scorsese demonstrated that his sensibility—thought by some to be too coarse for such refined period themes and nuances—had an extremely wide range. Scorsese and screenwriter Jay Cocks were Oscar nominated for best adapted screenplay.

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The 1970s Las Vegas morality tale Casino (1995) marked the return of the GoodFellas talent pool, reuniting Scorsese with screenwriter Pileggi and actors De Niro and Pesci, but it did not receive the critical acclaim or commercial success of the earlier film. Casino had an epic running time of just short of three hours, and the De Niro-Pesci pairing had little of the chemistry seen in GoodFellas. However, the film had excellent supporting performances (especially by Sharon Stone, Alan King, James Woods, Don Rickles, and Dickie Smothers). Kundun (1997) followed; it was a respectful, handsomely mounted biography of the 14th Dalai Lama that proceeded at a stately pace, unspooling through the remarkable events of his life, commencing with the Dalai Lama’s discovery as a two-year-old who had become the vessel for the previous Dalai Lama’s spirit and ending with his escape from Tibet in 1959.

Bringing Out the Dead (1999) starred Nicolas Cage as a New York paramedic who is beginning to crack under the stress of his job and offered some of the same surreal nighttime ambience as Taxi Driver. The film had one of Cage’s more effective performances and costarred Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, and Ving Rhames.

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This is a list of films set in Las Vegas.

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See also:List of films shot in Las Vegas, List of television shows set in Las Vegas

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  1. ^Brian Albright (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958–1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. McFarland & Company. p. 229. ISBN9780786472277. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ^New trailer shows 'Godzilla' is the latest film to destroy Las Vegas on the big screen, Las Vegas Sun.
ShotReleasedTitleComments
1941Las Vegas Nights
1952The Las Vegas Story
1956Crashing Las Vegas
1956Meet Me in Las Vegas
1957The Amazing Colossal Man
1960Ocean's Eleven
19631964Viva Las Vegas
1966The Las Vegas Hillbillys
1968They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1969Where It's At
1970The Grasshopper
1970The Only Game in Town
19701971Diamonds Are Forever
1972The Godfather
1972The Night Stalker (1972 film)
19771978Corvette SummerDantley spots his stolen car as he works at a Las Vegas car wash.
19771977The Gauntlet
1982One from the Heart
19801982Lookin' to Get OutFilmed inside the original MGM Grand. Angelina Jolie's film debut.
1985Lost in AmericaLinda loses hers and David's savings playing roulette at the Desert Inn.
1985Fever PitchA reporter becomes a gaming addict while doing a piece on a gambler in Las Vegas.
19861987Over the TopThe World Armwrestling Championship is held in Las Vegas.
1988Rain ManAn autistic savant uses his skills to count cards at blackjack at Caesars Palace.
1988Midnight Run
1989Las Vegas Bloodbath[1]
1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991Bugsy
19911992Honey, I Blew Up The KidA giant two year-old toddler causes havoc on Fremont Street.
19911992Cool WorldFilmed at the Union Plaza Hotel in Fremont Street
1992Honeymoon in Vegas
1993Indecent Proposal
1995Casino
1995ShowgirlsFilmed at the Stardust and other locations throughout Las Vegas
1995Leaving Las Vegas
1995Leprechaun 3Warwick Davis
1996Hard EightScene in the MGM Grand
1996Swingers
1996Mars Attacks!
1996Beavis and Butt-head Do America
1997Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryFilmed at the Riviera Hotel and Casino and on the Strip
19961997Con AirThe finale takes place in Las Vegas.
19961997Vegas VacationFilmed at The Mirage and Fremont Street.
1997Fools Rush In
1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998Speedway Junky
1998Very Bad ThingsThe bachelor party scenes are set in Las Vegas.
1999Go
1999Jack of Hearts
1999The Conmen in VegasScene in the Las Vegas Strip.
1999Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
2000Pay It Forward
20013000 Miles to Graceland
2001Rush Hour 2A villain is tracked to the Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas.
2001Ocean's Eleven
2003The Cooler
2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005'¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico'
2005DominoShot at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino.
20062007Resident Evil: Extinction
2007Ocean's Thirteen
2007Lucky You
2008The GrandA poker tournament is held at the Golden Nugget
2007200821
2008What Happens in Vegas
2008Crazy Girls Undercover
2008Bolt
2009Up in the AirBingham takes a picture of the Luxor Las Vegas for his sister's wedding.
20092012Las Vegas is destroyed by a large earthquake
2009The HangoverA bachelor party goes horribly wrong when the groom goes missing and his friends can not remember what happened the night before.
2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefPercy travels to Las Vegas and enters a fictional casino modeled after Caesar's Palace.
2010Get Him to the Greek
2011Fright Night
2011Rango (2011 film)Set in the desert around Las Vegas.
2012Lay The Favorite
2013The Hangover Part III
2013Behind the Candelabra
2013Last Vegas
2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013Now You See Me
2014GodzillaThe female MUTO destroys Las Vegas. [2]
2014Step Up: All In
2014Earth to Echo
2014The Bride From Vegas
2014Think Like a Man Too
2014The Amazing Wizard of Paws
2015Wild Card
2015Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2016Jason BourneBourne pursues the Asset on the Las Vegas Strip.
2017Sleepless
2017The Boss BabyForever Puppies are launched by Francis Francis at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
2022Hurricane Taulz
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