featuring Al Pacino Rene Russo and Matthew McConaughey provides a most unexpected twist in its thrilling tale of high rolling bookie cons and sports gamblers Brandon Lang McConaughey stars as a college football great permanently downed by an irreparable injury He discovers a second talent however in predicting a game s winner and loser--a talent that makes him very attractive to Walter Abrams Pacino one … Continue
American Experience - Las Vegas: An Unconventional History - 2005
From its roots in the frontier days of the Wild West, to its post-WWII heyday as the stomping grounds of gangsters and Brat Packers, to its current incarnation as an adult amusement park, the neon-lit metropolis of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been witness to a century's worth of colorful history. This episode of PBS's American Experience series celebrates Sin City's 100th anniversary with a fun-filled trip through its storied past.