In 1941, gangster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, who had partnered in crime since childhood with Meyer Lansky and Charlie Luciano, goes to Los Angeles and instantly falls in love with Virginia Hill, a tough-talking Hollywood starlet. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama.
It received ten nominations at the 64th Academy Awards (including for Best Picture and Best Director) and won two: Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a minor box office hit, grossing $49.1 million on a $30 million budget. It is based on the life of American mobster Bugsy Siegel and his relationship with wife and starlet Virginia Hill.īugsy was given a limited release by TriStar Pictures on December 13, 1991, followed by a theatrical wide release on December 20, 1991. The film stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Bebe Neuwirth, and Joe Mantegna.
Bugsy is a 1991 American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by James Toback.
