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Bugsy (1991)

R 12/10/1991 Crime, Drama, Mystery 2h 16m
64%
User
Score
6.8/10
84%
80/100

Glamour was the disguise.

Overview

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.

Barry Levinson

Director

James Toback

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Virginia Hill

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Mickey Cohen

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Meyer Lansky

Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

Harry Greenberg

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

George Raft

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth

Countess di Frasso

Bill Graham

Bill Graham

Charles "Lucky" Luciano

Lewis van Bergen

Lewis van Bergen

Joe Adonis

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Media

Bugsy ≣ 1991 ≣ Trailer

Bugsy ≣ 1991 ≣ Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on May 18, 2014

Benjamin Siegel.

Bugsy is directed by Barry Levinson and written by James Toback. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould and Joe Mantegna. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Allen Daviau. Film is a biography adaptation of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, a notorious American mobster who rose to prominence in the 30s and 40s.

Barry Levinson’s epic film didn’t turn out to be the mobster film many had hoped for. There was great anticipation that this would be Levinson’s Goodfellas. What ultimately came to pass was a film of epic scope and detail, alive not with violence and mobster edginess, but of romanticism, of visionary peccadilloes and of folly. This is both a blessing and a curse, for Levinson seems to be caught in two minds ...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 12, 2023

I just reviewed Reds, a movie where they managed to make John Reed boring and now I am reviewing Bugsy... a movie where they manage to make Bugsy Siegel boring.

And honestly, like with Reds, Bugsy helped Luciano rise to power in what is one of the most interesting mafia stories in American history... which you really don't see here. In fact, it's hardly even mentioned.

But... after Bugsy did that he built Vegas, that has to be a cool story, right?

And... yeah, it is a pretty cool story, only they kind of ignore that and focus on a love story instead with the whole Vegas thing as a secondary plot.

So, you know, at least they made Bonnie and Clyde good....

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