Warren Beatty	Bugsy Siegel
Annette Bening	Virginia Hill
Harvey Keitel	Mickey Cohen
Ben Kingsley	Meyer Lansky
Elliott Gould	Harry Greenberg
Joe Mantegna	George Raft
Richard C. Sarafian	Jack Dragna (as Richard Sarafian)
Bebe Neuwirth	Countess di Frasso
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi	Count di Frasso
Wendy Phillips	Esta Siegel
Stefanie Mason	Millicent Siegel
Kimberly McCullough	Barbara Siegel
Andy Romano	Del Webb
Robert Beltran	Alejandro
Bill Graham	Charlie Luciano
Lewis Van Bergen	Joey Adonis
Joseph Roman	Moe Sedway
James Toback	Gus Greenbaum
Don Carrara	Vito Genovese
Carmine Caridi	Frank Costello

Director	Barry Levinson
Producer	Warren Beatty Mark Johnson Barry Levinson Charles Newirth
Writer	Dean Jennings James Toback

Bugsy represents an almost miraculous combination of director, writer, and star on a project that represents a career highlight for everyone involved. It's one of the best American gangster movies ever made--as good in its own way as any of the Godfather films--and it's impossible to imagine anyone better than Beatty in the movie's flashy title role. As notorious mobster and Las Vegas visionary "Bugsy" Siegel, Beatty is perfectly cast as a man whose dreams are greater than his ability to realize them--or at least, greater than his ability to stay alive while making those dreams come true. With a glamorous Hollywood mistress (Annette Bening) who shares Bugsy's dream while pursuing her own upwardly mobile agenda, Bugsy seems oblivious to threats when he begins to spend too much of the mob's money on the creation of the Flamingo casino. Meyer Lansky (Ben Kingsley) and Mickey Cohen (Harvey Keitel) will support Bugsy's wild ambition to a point, after which all bets are off, and Bugsy's life hangs in the balance. From the obvious chemistry of Beatty and Bening (who met and later married off-screen) to the sumptuous reproduction of 1940s Hollywood, every detail in this movie feels impeccably right. Beatty is simply mesmerizing as the man who invented Las Vegas but never saw it thrive, moving from infectious idealism to brutal violence in the blink of an eye. Director Barry Levinson is also in peak form here, guiding the stylish story with a subtle balance of admiration and horror; we can catch Bugsy's Vegas fever and root for the gangster's success, but we know he'll get what he deserves. We might wish that Bugsy had lived to see his dream turn into a booming oasis, but the movie doesn't suggest that we should shed any tears. --Jeff Shannon

Edition Details Audience Rating R (Restricted) Country USA Language English Distributor Sony Pictures Barcode 043396706798 Region Region 1 Chapters 28 Release Date 3/23/2004 Packaging Snap Case Screen Ratio 1.33 (4:3) 1.85 (16:9) Anamorphic Subtitles English; French Audio Tracks Dolby Surround - English Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Theatrical Trailers Color Closed-captioned Dolby Widescreen

Personal Details Purchase Date December 2004 Seen It Yes Location Singapore Owner DLC Store HMV Purchase Price $9.95 Condition Excellent Links Amazon US IMDB Amazon US DVD Empire