The Importance of Michael Mann in the Making of Casino

"I think it's the best movie he's ever made," says actor Neil Patrick Harris. "There's nothing you can really lose from this movie without it kind of unraveling the entire thing." The film was shot in widescreen, with four or five editors credited for each scene. It feels at once like a huge main street entertainment, but so nuanced and so specific,. And it felt like they were real stakes even before it came out for everybody involved.