拉斯维加斯（2005）（上）

or a type of life that people want,
那么这一切都变得面目全非了
then it becomes something entirely different.
越来越多的邻居都搬走了
More and more of my neighbors are moving.
越来越多的人在把自己的房♥子挂牌出♥售♥
More and more people are putting their houses up for sale.
拉斯维加斯已经变了
Vegas has changed.
( 马嘶声 )
( horse whinnies )
全国的黑社会
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER: The nation's underworld
成为了公众厌恶的焦点
gets the unwelcome spotlight of publicity
那是由于参议院调查委员会开始了
as the Senate's investigation subcommittee begins
新一轮犯罪听证
new hearings on crime.
对于经营拉斯维加斯的人来说
NARRATOR: For the men who ran Las Vegas,
与法律定期发生摩擦是不争的事实
periodic scrapes with the law were a fact of life.
因此没有人特别感到惊吓
So none were particularly alarmed
在1950年春天
when,in the spring of 1950,
美国参议院启动了对有组织犯罪的重点调查
the U.S.Senate launched a major investigation into organized crime.
消息称 参院委员会将听取
Word had it that the Senate committee was slated
来自14个城市800个证人的证词
to take testimony from some 800 witnesses in 14 American cities.
一点都不奇怪 拉斯维加斯高居名单之首
Not surprisingly,Las Vegas was high on the list.
随着城里更多的老赌徒看到消息
As the more seasoned players in town saw it,
结果就很难预料了
there were a variety of possible outcomes.
参院的听证会可能迫使
The Senate hearings could force
加强对赌场的管理
greater regulation of the casinos
或者增加对他们收入的税收
or increase taxes on their profits
甚至 - 但愿不会发生 - 关闭拉斯维加斯
or even-- God forbid-- actually shut Las Vegas down.
但是好多人感到欣慰的是
But many took comfort from the fact
彻查挂帅的不是别人
that the probe was being headed
而是埃斯特斯.克福弗
by none other than Estes Kefauver,
他经常激烈抨击赌博
a man whose regular tirades against gambling
没有将他视为潜在的威胁
didn't keep him from chalking up near-perfect attendance at the racetrack.
克福弗调查委员会在华府会见了媒体
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER: The Kefauver crime committee meets the press in Washington.
有组织犯罪是以辛迪加为基础的经营
Organized crime does operate on a syndicated basis
跨越美国的州界
across state lines in the United States.
那是比我们曾经预料的更大
It's a much bigger,more sinister
更危险 经营规模更大
and a larger operation than we had ever suspected.
克福弗是来自田纳西州的参议员
MOEHRING: Kefauver was a senator from Tennessee,
来自圣经地带的民♥主♥党人
a Democrat from the Bible Belt.
他是个机会主义者
He was an opportunist,
他把攻击拉斯维加斯和黑帮
and he saw bashing Vegas and attacking the mob
作为可能获得民♥主♥党1952年总统提名的手段
as a way to perhaps get the Democratic nomination in 1952.
整个夏季和初秋
NARRATOR: Throughout the summer and early fall,
围绕着国家电视直播的听证的宣传
the publicity surrounding the nationally televised proceedings
迫使非法赌博窝点及
forced the closure of illegal gambling dens
全国各地的黑帮经营的企业关闭
and other mob-run enterprises across the country.
同时 拉斯维加斯等待着娱乐业的机会
Las Vegans,meanwhile,awaited their turn with amusement.
有一个黑帮的女儿记得
As one mobster's daughter remembered it,
私底下 我老爸和朋友开玩笑
"Privately,my father and his friends joked
委员会永远关不了他们
"that the committee would never shut them down.
他们从来就瞧不起政客
"They'd never had any respect for politicians
因为他们是通过职业来谋取贿赂的
since they had made a career of bribing them."
赌城的一些人甚至认为
Some in town even saw fit
法律被强加给了听证会的结果
to lay odds on the outcome of the hearings.
几乎没有人将赌注押给克福弗
Almost no one put their money on Kefauver.
参院委员会花了几个小时来听取
The Senate committee spent hours taking testimony
当地证人的证词
from local witnesses
没有发现不法行为的任何确凿的证据
and uncovered no hard evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever.
城里的赌场是合法的
The casinos in town were legal
经营者全都具有州的批准手续
and the operators had the full sanction of the state.
最后 整个听证会
In the end,the entire hearing came off
成了美国非正式的黑帮都市的一个广♥告♥
as an advertisement for America's unofficial mobster metropolis.
他的意图是要将那些歹徒赶到地下
SMITH: His intention was to drive these scoundrels underground,
给一点光明 把它们驱散
to put a little light on them and watch them scatter.
他们中的一些人没有散开
Well,some of them did scatter.
他们分布在东部和南部
They scattered from the east and from the south,uh,
他们走出了拉斯维加斯
and they came out to Las Vegas.
他开创了黑帮散居
COOPER: He created a gangster diaspora.
突然间 黑帮 非法赌博
All of a sudden,gangsters,illegal gamblers
来自赌博场所和轮盘赌窝
from bingo parlors and roulette dens--
他们无路可走 感到了压力
they had nowhere to go,they're feeling the heat.
兰斯基和西格尔已经在此获得了
Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel had already gotten
立足之地
a foothold here.
莫.达利兹已经在这里了
Moe Dalitz was already here,
他们说 你们知道什么呀？我们要去拉斯维加斯
and they said,"You know what? We're going to Las Vegas."
所以这真是有组织地
So really it was the organized drive
助长了美国生活中的赌博
to push gambling out of American life
打造世界上最大的赌博中心
that created the biggest gambling center in the world.
我好喜欢那个克福弗啊 这是来到不久的一个人说的俏皮话
NARRATOR: "I love that man Kefauver," cracked one recent arrival.
当他把我从佛罗里达的非法赌场里赶出来时
"When he drove me out"of an illegal casino operation in Florida
来到内华达合法的赌场
"and into a legalized operation in Nevada,
是他让我成为高尚的守法公民
"he made me a respectable,law-abiding citizen
和百万富翁
and a millionaire."
拉斯维加斯设法在联邦政♥府♥的审查下生存了下来
Las Vegas had managed to survive the federal government's scrutiny,
但它还需要将罪恶及辛迪加的罪行
but it still needed to make its mix of sin
提交给美国全体国民
and syndicated crime appealing to Main Street,U.S.A.
拉斯维加斯一直与世隔离
SMITH: Las Vegas has been a place apart,
是个另类 游离于法律之外
it's been other,it's been outlaw.
实际上在扭转自己的形象
And it actually fought against that image,
最早的名声 试图推销自己
that reputation initially,trying to sell itself
我们就是和其他人一样
as "We're just like everyone else,
哥们 我们不是有着好多的教堂教会吗？
and,boy,don't we have a lot of chapels and churches?"
但这一直是国家的抉择
But this has always been crossroader country.
我♥干♥音乐有25个年头了
WOMAN: I was in music for 25 years.
我的家人...家里有10个人
My family...I'm one of ten,
我的家人都是搞演出的
and my family was in show business.
我们组成了路易斯安那家庭乐队
We were the Louisiana Family Band.
我记得我小的时候
I remember I was really young
一直到处奔波
and we used to travel all the time.
我们甚至没有上过学
We didn't even go to school.
每周要演出六个晚上
We would perform six nights a week.
我们住在酒店里
And we lived in hotels.
这就是我们的成长之路
It was the way I grew up.
我们呆在一起
And we were all together--
在卡车的背后玩牌
we would play cards in the back of the truck
知道吗 我们一直唱啊唱
and,you know,and we'd sing all the time,
那就是我们的生活
and that's just how life was.
然而总想有个家
Always wanted a home,though.
噢 香奈儿 看你！
Oh,Chenelle,look at you!
那就是我们来拉斯维加斯的情景 我们来演出的
WOMAN: That's how we came to Vegas,we were performing.
然后我做调酒师
And then I got into cocktails.
我是傻干 他伺候人
I was schlepping cocktails and he was valeting.
我们回家相遇
And we would meet at home.
我们会说 啊 我们赚了150块钱
We'd say,"Okay,we got $150."
我们有个小桶 向你发誓 真的一个小桶
And we had a little bucket-- I swear to you,a little bucket.
我们把钱放进去 我们有点相互哀怨
We'd put it in and we'd kind of cry to each other how...
真的艰苦 真的
it was kind of tough,you know?
我们把钱放到桶里 我们存下了15000块钱
So we put our money in our bucket,and we saved up $15,000
就是这样
just like that.
我们每次就饮上一小杯
We just did it one drink at a time.
一直到我每天回家
So we did that till I came home one day
我的女儿穿上我的鸡尾酒服
and my daughter had on my cocktail outfit.
说 妈妈 我就想跟你一样
She says,"Mommy,I want to be just like you."
所以我第二天就进了房♥地♥产♥学校
So I started real estate school the next day.
我想这正好和我们所希望的相吻合
I think this fits right into what we're looking to accomplish.
我们正在努力改变拉斯维加斯市场的面貌
We're trying to change the look of the Las Vegas market.
漂亮的社区公园
A nice community park--
在那里可以清晰地看到美丽的 叹为观止的山景
obviously see the gorgeous,incredible mountain views there.
这是什么时候建造的？
WOMAN BUYER: When was this built?
2003年 这个....
WOMAN: This is built in 2003,so...
我们买♥♥的第一套自己的房♥子 是在远郊
WOMAN: We bought our first home,it was out in the boonies.
有1400平方英尺
It was 1,400 square feet.
我们卖♥♥出时 增值了一倍
We sold it,we doubled our money.
我们的下一套房♥子 钱赚了四倍