Dreamland

APPROPIATE

2000 / 71min.

Rating0

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Las Vegas — to many it's a 24-hour fantasy world filled with showgirls, high rollers and outrageous theme hotels. With a roll of the dice, 75 year-old Lou stakes everything to retire and start a new life there. But beneath the glittering surface of the city, Lou discovers a world quite different from his dreams. This compassionate portrait follows Lou and several other residents over a two-year period, documenting a community living in the shadow of the Las Vegas strip, where gambling is a constant temptation and reality is more subtle and stirring than any game.

Directors

Actors

Similar

The Bowler

Meet Rocky Salemmo. He’s a ramblin’ gamblin’ man. For the majority of his adult life Rocky has hustled bowling for a living. Here is his story. A shor

2010

6.0

Jackpot

Die-hard regulars at a Canadian bingo hall, hope their next card will be the one that wins them the jackpot.

2009

0.0

The Casino Emperor

Documentary from 2010. Sheldon Adelson is the man who builds the world's largest casinos. Once, he was a poor boy from Boston but today the third rich

2012

0.0

The Hot Shoe

A Documentary Movie About Card Counting In The Casino Game of 21. The director used $5,000 of the movie's budget to learn the counting methods, and pu

2003

0.0

Top Slots - Spotting the Best

Tips and tricks on how to win on 80's and 90's slot machines!

1994

0.0

Dirty Games: The Dark Side of Sports

An expedition to the dirty abyss of professional sports. The award winning investigative journalist Benjamin Best (CNN Journalist of the Year 2011) ta

2016

8.8

Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime underwo

2009

6.0

Aunt Lili

A short documentary about my lovely aunt Lili. The film shows just a small part of her life. She is always on the lookout for luck, whether in love or

2020

0.0

Can You Beat the Bookies?

Comedian and presenter Lloyd Griffith embarks on an experiment to find out if he can uncover the secrets of gambling success and in the process learn

2019

0.0

Breaking Vegas

Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos thro

2004

6.7

Out of Luck

An in depth look at the full effect of State Lotteries on the players and the people around them.

2005

0.0

Carl och spelreklamshelvetet

A young man's journey from gambling addict to YouTube star.

2019

0.0

A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas

Dream city, Sin City, a mirage in the desert, Las Vegas is a film set in its own right, a piece of pop art, an outdoor museum of American culture. Wha

0.0

The Legend of Jimmy the Greek

“The NFL Today” on CBS was one of the preeminent sports programs on television in the early 1980s. It was a perfect combination of reporting, analysis

2009

5.8

Now Place Your Bets

Sports betting in the USA is booming and this doc features those who know how it all began, up to how it became the huge business it is today. Narrate

2017

0.0

Gambling Addiction & Me: The Real Hustler

Alexis Conran explores gambling addiction, an affliction that ruined his estranged father, and seeks to understand how and why this compulsion destroy

2012

0.0

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul

Years after serving time for betting on games he officiated, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy revisits the scandal that shook up the league.

2022

7.1

Lucky Number

Lucky Number addresses the world of compulsive gamblers. Topics include who these individuals are, what drives them to gamble, the consequences of com

1990

0.0

Crónica de un galgódromo

Gardeners, veterinarians and breeders. And some imposing mammals capable of running at seventy kilometers per hour: the baths in the sun, the runway b

2020

0.0