Watched Casino for the first time

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I suspect Deep Throat would be a different movie if edited for TV also. 

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Yup. From IMDB, a scene I know they edited almost completely:

Just one of the memorable scenes talked about in this thread

They had the scene in the editted version, they just didn't show the eyeball popping out, as I presume they did in the uneditted version.

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Sam Giancana was the first contact Joe Kennedy called on when he came to Chicago to muster help for the election.

Sam Giancana was murdered in his own kitchen (by someone he knew) the day before he was due to testify in Washington regarding the Kennedy assination.

Vegas before corporations was truly the wild west with nobody to answer to.  Lot's of hits back then.  Teamsters funds backed the expansions...if your joint didn't make enough, you got wacked.

Now, it's just stockholders.  Harrahs and the Harrah's locations have really gone down hill since the sale earlier this year.  Never let beancounters dictate your marketing.  Ten bucks says a Japanese or Arabian coroporation buys Harrahs out in less than 5 years.

Oceans' movies are made on the premise that the mob still has a foothold in Vegas.  Not the case.  The only mobs that have a foothold in Vegas are gangs...and they don't have the cash or skills to run a casino.


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