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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767818056
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767818059
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Running Time: 134 minutes
Sales Rank: 20516
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1991
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Bugsy represents an almost miraculous combination of director, writer, and star on a project that represents a career highlight for everyone involved. It's one of the best American gangster movies ever made--as good in its own way as any of the Godfather films--and it's impossible to imagine anyone better than Beatty in the movie's flashy title role. As notorious mobster and Las Vegas visionary "Bugsy" Siegel, Beatty is perfectly cast as a man whose dreams are greater than his ability to realize them--or at least, greater than his ability to stay alive while making those dreams come true. With a glamorous Hollywood mistress (Annette Bening) who shares Bugsy's dream while pursuing her own upwardly mobile agenda, Bugsy seems oblivious to threats when he begins to spend too much of the mob's money on the creation of the Flamingo casino. Meyer Lansky (Ben Kingsley) and Mickey Cohen (Harvey Keitel) will support Bugsy's wild ambition to a point, after which all bets are off, and Bugsy's life hangs in the balance. From the obvious chemistry of Beatty and Bening (who met and later married off-screen) to the sumptuous reproduction of 1940s Hollywood, every detail in this movie feels impeccably right. Beatty is simply mesmerizing as the man who invented Las Vegas but never saw it thrive, moving from infectious idealism to brutal violence in the blink of an eye. Director Barry Levinson is also in peak form here, guiding the stylish story with a subtle balance of admiration and horror; we can catch Bugsy's Vegas fever and root for the gangster's success, but we know he'll get what he deserves. We might wish that Bugsy had lived to see his dream turn into a booming oasis, but the movie doesn't suggest that we should shed any tears. --Jeff Shannon
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'Bugsy' tells the story of mobster/visionary Benjamin (don't call him Bugsy, at least not to his face) Seigel. Sure he was a killer; but he also was a family man, a lover, a multi-tasker, a man of exquisite fashion sense, and a visionary. His vision, you ask? He had an epiphany in the desert and envisioned Las Vegas, and built The Flamingo Hotel and Casino, which got the roulette ball rollin'. Perhaps his role in the creation of Las Vegas was exaggerated for dramatic effect, but Warren Beatty turns ... Read More
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There is a certain look about `Bugsy' that is entrancing. Even in moments when the film seemed to drag on or fall behind it was never anything less than engaging for the scenery and style alone spoke volumes. This is probably the greatest compliment I can hand the film, but it may also be the films biggest weakness. Ben `Bugsy' Siegel was a superficial man, and sadly, the movie bearing his nickname is at times equally superficial.
The film tells the story of how gangster Ben Siegel jump ... Read More
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I was disappointed by this DVD. Watching it, I got bored and just went on to other things. Sort of bothered by an apparent glorification of someone who really wasn't a very nice person.
Rating:  -
Somehow this gangster movie has eluded me for the past sixteen years until the other Sunday I acquired a DVD version as an Athens week-end newspaper giveaway which announced that it had a 13 minute cut restored in it. Which cut was restored? I do not know. Nor do I care, the film is boring and overlong anyway.
First let me itemise the better points of this work, which won't take very long. The cast is obviously top rate, the period costumes are dazzling, the cinematography is excellent ... Read More
Rating:  -
As a gangster movie buff, I watched this film with pleasure and some interest. While the story is certainly compelling - Siegel is pursuing power and achievement more than money - there is nothing about it that stood out for me. Sure, he was the kind of leader who built empires, a brutal sociopath with a knack for seeking the glitziest things in life, from his women to business deals that involved movie stars. Then his vision paid off in Las Vegas, surely one of the most spectacular entertainment investments ... Read More
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