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Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City

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HistoryDocumentary

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Traces the often surprising, endlessly entertaining history of the country's most outrageous playground. Interviews with Las Vegas insiders as well as everyday citizens in search of the American Dream chronicle how Las Vegas transformed itself from remote frontier way station into the Depression-era "Gateway to the Hoover Dam," then into the mid-century gangster metropolis known as "Sin City," and finally into a family vacation destination and the fastest-growing city in the United States.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

77 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

14 November 2005

Country

Cast

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Narrator

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