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Dreamland / Caldera Productions presents ; a Lisanne Skyler film ; director, Lisanne Skyler ; producers, Greg Little, Lisanne Skyler.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gerard, Lou.
- Compulsive gamblers--Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Compulsive gamblers.
- Gambling--Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Gambling.
- Nevada--Las Vegas.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Description and travel.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Social conditions.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--Economic conditions.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (71 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2018]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- 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 Gerard 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 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.
- Participant:
- Featuring Lou Gerard.
- Credits:
- Editor, Julie Janata ; director of photography, Robert P. Bennett.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Caldera Productions, ©2000 and aired as an episode of the television program Point of view; previously released in 2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 11, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- if-dream Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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