Film Portrayal
Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino is based on the lives of Spilotro and Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who the Ace Rothstein character played by Robert DeNiro was based on. The character Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro, played by Joe Pesci, is based on Spilotro. Nicky Santoro and his brother Dominic (Philip Suriano), based on Tony's brother Michael Spilotro, are shown being beaten and buried alive by Frank Marino (Frank Vincent), who collaborated in the murders because he wanted "no more" of their dirty work. Other members of Nicky's previous crew (Clem Caserta, Jed Mills) and Chicago Outfit hitmen (Michael Toney, Steve Vignari), also participate in the beatings.
In the 1980s NBC series Crime Story, the character of mobster Ray Luca is based on Anthony Spilotro.
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“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”
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“From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.”
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