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Vegas: Based on a True Story is a 2008 American indie drama film co-written and directed by Amir Naderi. [1] [2] It entered the main competition at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival. [3] [4]
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
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Above the Law (French: Tueurs) (2017) – French-Belgian crime thriller film based on the true story of a career criminal, who commits a bank heist with his crew, and is set up by corrupt police, for the murder of a judge investigating the 30 year old unsolved case of the mass murders of Brabant who had been duped into being at the getaway ...
Casino is based on New York crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi's book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. The research for Casino began when Pileggi read a 1980 report from the Las Vegas Sun about a domestic argument between Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, a casino figure, and his wife Geri McGee, a former topless dancer. [8]
The Super Cops (1974) – action adventure film telling the true story of two New York City cops, Greenberg & Hantz, who fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin" [191] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – horror film inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein [192]
Jack Faro is a recovering drug addict who, after many relapses, decides to move into a rehabilitation facility full-time. Having been married 75 times, he is a serial husband and is always on the lookout for number 76. He enters The Grand, a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament in Las Vegas created by his grandfather Lucky Faro.
Smokin' Aces is a 2006 action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan.The film centers on the chase for Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven), on whom a one-million-dollar bounty is placed.