CASINO



By

Nicholas Pileggi
EXT. RESTAURANT PARKING LOT, LAS VEGAS, 1983 - DAY



SAM 'ACE' ROTHSTEIN, a tall, lean, immaculately dressed man

approaches his car, opens the door, and gets inside to turn

on the ignition.
                      ACE (V.O.)

          When you love someone, you've gotta

trust them. There's no other way.

You've got to give them the key to

everything that's yours.  Otherwise,

what's the point? And, for a while...

I believed that's the kind of love I

had.
Suddenly, the car explodes. Flames, smoke and metal rise

into the sky covering the view of the Las Vegas casinos and

their signs.
Music in: J.S. Bach - 'St Matthew Passion'.
Ace's body comes flying in - extreme slow motion. His body

twists and turns through the frame like a soul about to tumble

into the flames of damnation.
MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE.



INT. TANGIERS CASINO FLOOR - NIGHT


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