Scorsese retained a producer credit on Clockers.Ģ. He was originally slated to direct Clockers (1995), but went cold on the idea and handed the directing reins over to Spike Lee. The film only came about because Scorsese had a window in his schedule. Scorsese was at a loose end when Casino came up We’ve got the full behind the scenes story of Scorsese’s gangster classic, by way of 20 incredible facts about Casino.ġ. Based on true events, Scorsese’s three hour epic is a dazzling combination of bright lights, big characters and relationships gone bad. After the runaway success of Goodfellas, Scorsese returned to his favourite genre 5 years later to tell the story of Ace Rothstein, Nicky Santoro and the mob in Vegas.