Vegas baby!

May 16th, 2007 at 09:00am Rebecca Borden

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?

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