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Bugsy is a 1991 American crime-drama film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, and Bill Graham.
The movie was written by James Toback from research material by Dean Jennings (1967 book We only Kill Each Other). It was directed by Barry Levinson.
There is a Director's Cut released on DVD, containing an additional 13 minutes not seen in the theatrical version.
Gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Warren Beatty), who works for the New York mob, goes to California and instantly falls in love with Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), a Hollywood starlet. The two meet for the first time, when Ben visits his friend, the actor George Raft, on a movie-studio set. He buys a house in Beverly Hills from opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, planning to stay while his wife and two daughters remain in the New York suburb of Scarsdale.
As a representative for his associates Meyer Lansky and Charlie Luciano, Siegel is in California to muscle control of betting parlors away from Los Angeles gangster Jack Dragna. Mickey Cohen robs Dragna's office one day, and is confronted by Siegel. Dragna claimed losses of $56,000; Cohen admits to robbing $42,000. Siegel theorizes he should be in business with the guy that did the robbery, not the guy that got robbed. Mickey Cohen is put in charge of the betting casinos; Jack Dragna is forced to admit to a raging Ben, that Jack stole $14,000 from the New York Associates, and is told he now answers to Cohen.
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Keywords: 1940s, actress, anti-semitism, barking-like-a-dog, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, beating, betrayal, birthday-party, black-comedy
"Bugsy" Siegel: Meyer, we have known each other since we were too young to fuck.
"Bugsy" Siegel: Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.
"Bugsy" Siegel: Got a light?::Virginia: The way you were looking at me, I thought you were going to ask for something more interesting.::"Bugsy" Siegel: Like what?::Virginia: Use your imagination.::"Bugsy" Siegel: I'm using it.::Virginia: ...Let me know when you're finished.
"Bugsy" Siegel: You thought you could steal from ME?
Cab Driver: That's Bugsy Siegel's house.::Harry Greenberg: He doesn't like that name.::Cab Driver: Everybody calls him that.::Harry Greenberg: Not to his face, they don't.
"Bugsy" Siegel: Everybody deserves a fresh start every once in a while.
Virginia: Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda?
Mickey Cohen: Hey, this conversation is beneath me.
"Bugsy" Siegel: Joey, listen. I think you owe both of us an apology for the name that you called Virginia.::Joey Adonis: Yeah? Well, you can suck that apology right out of my dick.::"Bugsy" Siegel: Joey, what words to say. Put it out, then. All right, you know what? I'll pull mine out first. Watch. Here we go...::"Bugsy" Siegel: [unzips pants, then punches Joey in the face and beats him severely, then stops] Joey, can ya hear me? You're lucky I didn't have a lot to drink tonight. Your apology is accepted.
Virginia: Do you always talk this much before you do it?::"Bugsy" Siegel: I only talk this much before I kill someone. [they kiss]
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