Event Details
In person: producer Mark Johnson, production designer Dennis Gassner and Academy Governor Daniel Orlandi.
Selected by the Costume Designers Branch
Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man, 1988) directed this lavish biographical gangster drama about the notorious Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (Best Actor nominee Warren Beatty), his romance with the beautiful Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), and his role in the transformation of Las Vegas into a gambling mecca. The film earned 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and the supporting performances of Harvey Keitel (as Mickey Cohen) and Ben Kingsley (as Meyer Lansky). Oscars were awarded for Art Direction (Dennis Gassner, Nancy Haigh) and the elegant, expressive, and period-perfect costume designs of two-time winner Albert Wolsky (All That Jazz, 1979)
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1991 | 135 min. | USA | Color | English | Rated R | 35mm
DIRECTED BY: Barry Levinson
WRITTEN BY: James Toback
WITH: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.