Dreamland

7.2
2000 1 hr 11 min Documentary

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.

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GazerRise
2000/08/22

Fantastic!

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Solidrariol
2000/08/23

Am I Missing Something?

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Baseshment
2000/08/24

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Marva-nova
2000/08/25

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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