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"Bugsy" Siegel: We're going to take a trip.
Virginia: Oh, yeah? You're going to take a trip!
"Bugsy" Siegel: To our destiny: Las Vegas!
Virginia: Las Vegas? You couldn't drag me to that sand-hole, rattrap with a fishnet.
"Bugsy" Siegel: We are gonna build a garden of Eden in the desert! A hotel! But not a hotel. You know what it is? It's an oasis! It's an oasis with a casino. It's legal, it's Nevada. And we're gonna have palm trees and pools, we'll have rose gardens more beautiful than Versailles, and we're gonna design them all ourselves!
Virginia: Get away from me!
"Bugsy" Siegel: We're gonna have the greatest entertainers in the world! We'll have Jolson, Kantor, and Durante, we'll have Gary Cooper, Victor Mature, all of 'em, honey. We'll have Dana Andrews, honey, and they're all just hanging around, because it'll be the most beautiful, most spectacular place they've ever been invited to, and *you* are gonna own five and three quarters percent of the whole thing. And that's gross, not net! We're going to be the greatest hosts in the west. And we're going to name it - after you. We're going to call it: The Flamingo
Virginia: Oh, yeah? You're going to take a trip!
"Bugsy" Siegel: To our destiny: Las Vegas!
Virginia: Las Vegas? You couldn't drag me to that sand-hole, rattrap with a fishnet.
"Bugsy" Siegel: We are gonna build a garden of Eden in the desert! A hotel! But not a hotel. You know what it is? It's an oasis! It's an oasis with a casino. It's legal, it's Nevada. And we're gonna have palm trees and pools, we'll have rose gardens more beautiful than Versailles, and we're gonna design them all ourselves!
Virginia: Get away from me!
"Bugsy" Siegel: We're gonna have the greatest entertainers in the world! We'll have Jolson, Kantor, and Durante, we'll have Gary Cooper, Victor Mature, all of 'em, honey. We'll have Dana Andrews, honey, and they're all just hanging around, because it'll be the most beautiful, most spectacular place they've ever been invited to, and *you* are gonna own five and three quarters percent of the whole thing. And that's gross, not net! We're going to be the greatest hosts in the west. And we're going to name it - after you. We're going to call it: The Flamingo
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Oh yeah you're gonna take a trip
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To our destiny Las Vegas
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Las Vegas
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You couldn't drag me
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to that sand hole rattrap with a fish net
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We are gonna build a Garden of Eden in the desert
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A hotel but not a hotel
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You know what it is It's an oasis
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It's an oasis with a casino
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It's legal It's It's Nevada
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We're gonna have palm trees and pools
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We'll have rose gardens more beautiful than Versailles
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And we're gonna design them all ourselves D
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Get away from me
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We'll have the greatest entertainers in the world
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We'll have Jolson Cantor Durante
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And we'll have Gary Cooper We'll have Cary Victor Mature
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All of them honey We'll have Dana Andrews
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And they'll all just hang around
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Because it'll be the most beautiful
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most spectacular place
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they've ever been invited to
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And you are gonna own 5 and three quarters percent
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of the whole thing
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And that's gross not net
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We're gonna be the greatest hosts in the West
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And we're gonna name it after you
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We're gonna call it the Flamingo
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You know
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I brought nothing but trouble
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to every man who ever went on the line for me
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Good That's what they get for trying to steal my girl
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I'm with you always
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I'm with you rain or shine
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My philosophy has always been
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if you don't make it different and new
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then don't make it at all
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Movie Summary
The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.
