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Vegas' Craziest Movie Moments

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(Newser) – With The Hangover hitting theaters today, New York magazine looks at the high points of the insane genre the “Las Vegas movie” has become.

  • Swingers: The blackjack scene is probably the best anti-Vegas-glamour-scene ever.
  • The Amazing Colossal Man: This B-movie features the second-best scene in which Vegas is destroyed ...
  • Con Air: …and this one, the best. 

  • Casino: The Joe Pesci character puts a guy’s head in a vise—and squeezes.
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Johnny Depp’s character trips so badly, he sees his fellow bar patrons as dinosaurs. “I was right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo. And someone was giving booze to these goddamned things.”
  • Showgirls: The orgasm scene that ends the movie and, effectively, Elizabeth Berkley’s movie career, must be seen to be believed.
To see the complete list, click the link below.

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Johnny Depp plays Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" in this YouTube screenshot.
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kokuaguy
Jun 5, 09 12:04 PM CDT
Thanks for the list of movies I don't need to see. Reply
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Jun 5, 09 3:02 PM CDT
You better stick to using those fingers for exploring your rectum if you're going to type smack about Fear and Loathing.
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Robert_Dada
Jun 5, 09 12:20 PM CDT
Swingers, Casino and Fear and Loathing... were all very good. Reply
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DeniseVB
Jun 5, 09 12:24 PM CDT
I liked Honeymoon in Vegas when Nicholas Cage parachuted in with the Flying Elivises. And Chevy Chase's Vegas Vacation, which I think ended the Griswald Family franchise :) Reply
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