Casino Page #5

NICKY (V.O.)

Now, these old greaseballs might not

look it, but believe me, these are

the guys who secretly controlled Las

Vegas.

PISCANO joins his MOTHER and DAUGHTER by a stove.

PISCANO'S MOTHER

That man's here again.

Piscano dips a piece of bread into a pot of tomato sauce.

NICKY (V.O.)

Because they controlled the Teamsters'

Union, and that's where you had to

go if you wanted to borrow money to

buy a casino.

BORELLI (O.S.)

When you've finished with him, I

want him.

PISCANO'S MOTHER

(Carrying a plate of

food to the table

where BORELLI and

FORLANO are seated.)

Here you are, gentlemen.

NICKY (V.O.)

And nobody got a Teamsters' loan,

unless the guys in this room knew

they were gonna get their little

suitcases.

FORLANO gets up from the table and walks toward NANCE.

NICKY (V.O.)

Guys like this antique here [FORLANO],

out of Detroit. Or especially guys

like Remo Gaggi, the outfit's top

boss.

NANCE embraces REMO GAGGI who's seated on a couch, and sits

across from him.

GAGGI:

You got a round figure on it?

NICKY (V.O.)

Definitely the most important guy in

this room.

NANCE:

(Picking up the

suitcase)

About twenty pounds.

GAGGI:

So?

NANCE:

That's around seven hundred thousand.

GAGGI:

Uh-huh, good.

NANCE opens the case to reveal the money.

ANDY STONE:

(Off-screen, from

following scene)

I know it's a little early for Las

Vegas...

INT. TANGIERS EXECUTIVE OFFICE PRESS CONFERENCE/BANQUET ROOM -

DAY:

Camera tilts down a model of the Tangiers Hotel and Casino,

then reveals the cover of Business Week magazine with a

drawing of PHILIP GREEN, a young corporate type, smiling out

under the headline: 'Philip Green, Vegas Wunderkind'.

STONE (O.S.)

...but I do want to welcome the ladies

and gentlemen of the gaming industry.

On ANDY STONE, a middle-aged man at a podium giving a speech

while GREEN, seated at a table, looks on. PHOTOGRAPHERS flash

their cameras. ACE and SHERBERT, sitting next to GREEN, also

watch the photo op ceremony.

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