The Scene: Rising Mobster Bugsy Siegel (Warren Beatty) checks out the possibilities of extending his casino ownership in Nevada.

Is this scene spectacular?  It’s just a man wandering around the desert. 

His missus (Annette Benning) is so bored she drives off.

But context, people, context. 

Bugsy is the man who built Vegas as we know and love it today – a gleaming oasis built on sand and laundered money.  

Without him, you wouldn't be reading this.

So Money Shot:  4:19 - Bugsy silhouetted against the sun, arms aloft as he makes his plans. 

That’s the Vegas dream, right there.