Americans for the Arts
Vegas baby!
Posted by May 16, 2007 2 comments
Americans for the Arts
We at Americans for the Arts are having some fun about the office getting really excited about heading to Las Vegas for the Risk & Reward Annual Convention , so we started to kick around a list of "must see Vegas movies" to watch between now and the end of the month. Of course "Lucky You" is currently showing in a theater near you, but maybe you want to rent some of the movies below {in no particular order....}
If the list below gets you excited, you will want to make sure you are registered for Convention before it closes this Friday, May 18.
- Casino. (1995). Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci. Martin Scorcese (Dir.)
- The Cooler. (2003). William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin
- Viva Las Vegas. (1964). Elvis Presley. Gotta see The King in Vegas!
Oceans Eleven
. (2001). George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts...- Oceans Eleven (1960). The original "Rat Pack"
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Caan.
- Bugsy (1991). Warren Beatty, Annette Bening. Barry Levinson (Dir).
- Leaving Las Vegas. (1995). Nicolas Cage. Elizabeth Shue. Lotsa Academy Awards.
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. (1998). Johnny Depp on a long psychodelic trip.
- Swingers (1996). John Favreau, Vince Vaughn.
- Rain Man. (1988). Tom Cruise. Dustin Hoffman. Technically not set in Vegas, but has that classic card counting scene.
- National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation. (1997). Where haven't the Griswold's conquered?
- One from the Heart (1982). Francis Ford Coppola's financial equivalent of Kevin Costner's "Waterworld."
- CSI (TV). The creators show you a whole different side of Vegas. Now in its 7th season.
- Las Vegas (TV). Low on content, high on eyecandy [it's Vegas afterall]. Now in its 4th season.
Which ones are your favs? Any you want to add?
Comments
We can't forget the classic Bond film "Diamonds are Forever" (1971) with Sean Connery and the Bond spoof "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997) with Mike Myers.
One of the all time Vegas classics - Indecent Proposal (1993) - this was the Demi before Ashton. And one of my favorites - Fools Rush In with Salma Hayek and Mathew Perry (1997).