The Neon Empire

The Neon Empire
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
Release dates
  • 1989 (1989)
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

References

  1. David Hiltbrand (December 4, 1989). "Picks and Pans Review: The Neon Empire". People (23). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. John J. O'Connor (November 30, 1989). "Inventing Las Vegas In 'The Neon Empire'". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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.

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