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Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.
2008 · Directed by Robert Luketic · 123 min · Drama · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb
- Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
- Edited by: Elliot Graham
- Music: David Sardy
- Production design: Missy Stewart
- Produced by: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Cast
- Jim Sturgess as Ben Campbell
- Kevin Spacey as Micky Rosa
- Kate Bosworth as Jill Taylor
- Aaron Yoo as Choi
- Liza Lapira as Kianna
- Jacob Pitts as Fisher
- Laurence Fishburne as Cole Williams
- Jack McGee as Terry
- Josh Gad as Miles
- Sam Golzari as Cam
Production
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street Productions
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $159,808,370
- Themes: friendship, card game, casino, gambling, professor, harvard university, cohabitant, college, girlfriend, studies
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