You've heard all about Viva Las Vegas, Swingers and Ocean's Eleven, and you've been hearing plenty about this year's 21 as well as What Happens In Vegas, which virtually tied the heavily-favored Speed Racer at the box office last weekend. Here are five more great movies about what really happens in Las Vegas that you need to check out.
Very Bad Things
Yeah, everybody knows Swingers, but Jon Favreau also starred in a much darker movie about frolicking in Vegas, which you can watch in its entirety right here on Fancast. In this one, Favreau is about to marry Cameron Diaz (well done), but heads to Vegas for a stag party that goes horribly awry. Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Daniel Stern and Leland Orser have to deal with that quintessential Las Vegas quandary - what do you do with a dead hooker?
Watch Very Bad Things in its entirety, right here on Fancast.
Watch the trailer for Very Bad Things.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson aka Raoul Duke, drug-fueled sportwriter in town to cover a motorcycle race. Benicio Del Toro as his attorney Dr. Gonzo, one of God's original prototypes, some kind of high-powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Bat Country. And Terry Gilliam calling all the shots. Yes, you're in for a hallucinogenic roller coaster of insanity. Based on the 1971 book that cemented Thompson's legend, they have to note that Las Vegas is "not a good town for psychadelic drugs." But there's absolutely no way that's going to stop the binge, or the cavalcade of cameos from everyone from Cameron Diaz to Gary Busey.
Watch the trailer for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Clips from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:
Elevator Ride
Mace
A New High
Revolving Bar
Hitch Hiker
Police Check-In
Honeymoon in Vegas
Before he won his Oscar with his relentlessly depressing take on the town with Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage had some fun with the place. He played Jack Singer, a man who brings his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) to Sin City with the intent of having a quickie wedding, despite his deathbed promise to his mother that he'd never get married. The first snag is hit when he quickly falls into a huge gambling debt to Tommy Korman (James Caan), who will only call off the debt if Betsy spends a weekend with him. When she starts to actually be wooed by Korman, Jack pulls out all the stops to get her back. Including the Flying Elvises Utah Chapter!
Watch the trailer for Honeymoon in Vegas.
3000 Miles to Graceland
Did you really ever think Kevin Costner could be a badass? He manages to pull it off here, as the sneering leader of a gang of Elvis impersonators who pull off a great casino heist, only to start turning on each other in a spectacularly violent fashion. The rest of the gang includes Christian Slater, Bokeem Woodbine, David Arquette and Kurt Russell, who is trying to find a way out of the mess so he can take care of his new girl (Courteney Cox) and her young son. It's a great battle of wits between Costner's Murphy, who actually believes he's Elvis Presley's illegitimate son, and Russell, donning the sideburns once again, after actually playing the real Elvis back in 1979.
Watch the trailer for 3000 Miles to Graceland.
The Cooler
Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is the unluckiest guy in the world. He's so unlucky that a old-school Vegas casino actually has him on the payroll to bring his rotten luck to anyone who might be doing a little too well at the tables, which is handy because it helps him pay off his enormous debt to the owner (Alec Baldwin), even if it makes him miserable. But when Bernie meets Natalie (Maria Bello), his luck finally starts to change.
Watch the trailer for The Cooler.
