21 (2008)

[Digger]

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

Peter Steinfeld (screenplay) and
Allan Loeb (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

28 March 2008 (USA)
Genre:

Drama
Tagline:

Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.
Plot Outline:

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Cast

(Credited cast)

Kevin Spacey ... Mickey Rosa
Jim Sturgess ... Ben Campbell
Kate Bosworth ... Jill Taylor
Laurence Fishburne ... Cole Williams
Liza Lapira ... Kianna
Aaron Yoo ... Choi

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/

[nick007]

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Hey this one I got to see, dig kevin spacey movies and the plot looks ok

[Shpira]

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yeah, I read about these guys a while back.
good story line...

[res0nat0r]

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this looks pretty good. too bad i didnt have these guys helping me out when i was losing big time in vegas this past weekend.

[nick007]

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this looks pretty good. too bad i didnt have these guys helping me out when i was losing big time in vegas this past weekend.

You got that right went down a couple of grand at my local den of iniquity a couple of days ago

[res0nat0r]

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yikes

[Digger]

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21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.


Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.


Jim Sturgess ... Ben Campbell
Kevin Spacey ... Prof. Micky Rosa
Kate Bosworth ... Jill Taylor
Aaron Yoo ... Choi
Liza Lapira ... Kianna
Jacob Pitts ... Jimmy Fisher
Laurence Fishburne ... Cole Williams

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/

[res0nat0r]

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this movie looks good, been wanting to go check it out.

[jeffrey collins]

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i read the book almost immediately after watching the program on it from the history channel. Good story, looking forward to seeing the film.

[Digger]

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i read the book almost immediately after watching the program on it from the history channel. Good story, looking forward to seeing the film.

im not sure if it was the same program cant remember the name of the guy but the book its called something like "make black jack as bussines?"

[jeffrey collins]

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No it's by Ben Mezrich called "Bringing Down The House"

http://contemporarylit.about.com/cs/currentreviews/fr/bringingDown.htm

[Digger]

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join the thread please!
sorry i did a search a it didnt appear!

[Digger]

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plop!!

[feather]

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Thought the movie was so-so. Poor kid can't get into school, learns to count cards, wins money for school, gets out of hand, becomes a different person, fucks up, gets into trouble, redeems himself. Very cliche / predictable, didn't feel gritty enough nor 'real.' Almost Disney-esque. Spacey's character swings between a cordial professor and a hard criminal, but he doesn't get enough screen time to really show the character which might've been more interesting than the school kids. And I still don't understand how they counted the cards