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An old friend, who passed away a few years ago, Dick Odesky had a few things to say about Frank Rosenthal (none too nice). Some of you may have read Dick's book, Fly on the Wall, about his periods of time working for several Vegas papers and also working for several Vegas casinos as their PR person, including the Stardust and Freemont. I found Dick's book somewhat of a disappointment because when he got to his time with Rosenthal it all got sketchy but there again people involved are still alive and still may be able to reach out and touch someone. What he did tell me was that the portrayal of Rosenthal in the movie was accurate and the brutality was repeated several times. He also mentions the instant firings of dozens of casino employees with their hand picked replacements on hand.
Now if you go to Rosenthal's site, you will find he is just a misunderstood angel who offered the public (true as far as the games go) a much better gamble than the corporate mafia of today.
My infamous uncle with three names said that Rosenthal was perhaps the luckiest man on earth. Probably should have spent 20 years in jail, probably should have been killed and lives a rich luxury life in Florida. He explained all this to me after I saw the movie casino and called him asking him if the guy Frank we had dinner with at the Stardust back in the late 70's or early 80's was the Ace character from the movie. Seems they had mutual aquantances.
So the accuracy for a Hollywood production was probably pretty good on the casino end and mob end of the story. Not so sure about the Sharon Stone, boyfriend etc ends.
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