Bugsy: Bugsy visits Virgina (Warren Beatty, Annette Bening)

Warren Beatty had long been interested in the story of Bugsy Siegel, the gangster who had a big role in the birth of gambling nirvana Las Vegas. He had asked James Toback to develop a story and a screenplay. It took Toback 6 years and several re-writes before in 1990 the filming could begin. Although, like many movies about real people and events, this Barry Levinson directed film is not historically accurate, it does provide viewers with a feel of the times and circumstances. Toback's script and Levinson's direction focus on two things. The split personality that is Ben "Bugsy" Siegel: devoted family man by day, high strung psychotic killer by night, played fantastically by Beatty who was deservedly nominated for a best actor Oscar.
The second focus is on the dysfunctional relationship the adulterer Siegal has with the bit actress and dancer Virginia "Flamingo" Hill (Annette Bening). The two are like fire and oil, yet can't be without each other, either. The story of their romance is told with the birth of Las Vegas as a backdrop. Levinson has created a wonderful visual spectacle, with detail for period wardrobe, music and architecture. The cast, for the most part, is fantastic. Beatty excells as Bugsy. Harvey Keitel, Elliot Gould, Ben Kingsley and Wendy Philips are solid as respectively Mickey Cohen, Harry Greenberg, Meyer Lansky and Esta Siegel. Bening plays Virginia Hill and Joe Mantegna is completely miscast as tough guy actor George Raft.

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[PeterBParker]

hahahahaha fckin priceless at 0:37 - 0:41 the double take and look on Beatty's face.

[leedumett444]

i think virginia hill took bugsy for a ride

[Maximka1972]

good visit!

[MaryannThorpe]

I love this... "You like that robe?" :') Priceless.

[jvarela965]

@leedumett444 Meyer Lansky had to force her to return the 2 million she stole from the Luciano and the other Mob investors. after Bugsy was killed. The movie Hill seem like a sassy dame. She was a drug dealer and was white trash from Georgia.