The Neon Empire
| The Neon Empire | |
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| Directed by | Larry Peerce |
| Produced by | Richard Maynard |
| Written by |
Pete Hamill Edward Anhalt |
| Starring |
Ray Sharkey Linda Fiorentino |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
| Edited by | Bob Wyman |
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| Language | English |
The Neon Empire is a 1989 American television crime-drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Ray Sharkey and Linda Fiorentino.[1][2]
Cast
- Ray Sharkey as Junior Molov
- Linda Fiorentino as Lucy
- Gary Busey as Frank Weston
- Dylan McDermott as Vic
- Martin Landau as Max
- Julie Carmen as Miranda
- Harry Guardino as Nick
- Michael Zelniker as Burt Stone
- Richard Brooks as Tampa
- Andreas Katsulas as Vito
- Dale Dye as Chief Bates
- Tyra Ferrell as Samantha
- Natalia Nogulich as Mildred
References
- ↑ David Hiltbrand (December 4, 1989). "Picks and Pans Review: The Neon Empire". People (23). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ John J. O'Connor (November 30, 1989). "Inventing Las Vegas In 'The Neon Empire'". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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Plot : Junior Morloff (Ray Sharkey IIRC) was a Jew traveling out west when he came across Las Vegas, which was small at the time. He seemed to be surprised that they had gambling there. According to the movie, Jews were discriminated against at the time and he figured he found a way to make it. Build a casino.
His character is pretty much made in one of the first scenes where hie girlfriend in the car on the ride out west complained that they should have flown and he replied that he already said he doesn't fly. She started again and he smacked her around a bit and looked at the driver (Dylan McDerott IIRC) and said "You got something to say ?' and the driver said "We are about ready for gas and oil'. They stop at a town and he hears a train, says "Is that a train ?", hands the girlfriend a bunch of money and says "Be on it".
Las Vegas developed quite a bit and Junior was having a really nice casino built and went off. The AC guy was in there installing and Junior heard a hum, he starts smacking the guy around saying "I told you I want the AC that doesn't hum", so the guy runs and Junior starts shooting at him.
His "buddies" who are the type people refer to as the mob or mafia were relieved he didn't shoot anyone and played it off as a publicity stunt. They also decided that they did not want him running the casino. (of course they had money in it) Knowing he would not be able to take this laying down and liable to do something stupid to hurt the place, they decided to take him out.
It was an HBO two part movie, runs longer than the standard two hours. Dylan McDermott is sort of a narrator as well as playing the driver in the beginning. It could be considered "anti-Semitic" so is not promoted or played on TV as being possibly offensive.