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2008 film directed by Robert Luketic
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*21* is a 2008 American drama and crime film directed by Robert Luketic. The screenplay was written by Allan Loeb, based on a work by Ben Mezrich. The cast includes Laurence Fishburne, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, and Aaron Yoo. Production was handled by Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca, with Relativity Media serving as the production company. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The story focuses on gambling and the MIT Blackjack Team. Filming took place in the Las Vegas Valley and at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. Russell Carpenter served as director of photography, while Dave Sardy composed the score. Elliot Graham edited the film, which has a runtime of 123 minutes. The production had a budget of 35,000,000 and earned 157,927,340 at the box office.
The film received a PG-13 rating. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 based on 281,471 votes, a Metascore of 48, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 36%. The film received one award and five nominations.
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6.7Ben 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.
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
Themes
- friendship
- card game
- casino
- gambling
- professor
- harvard university
- cohabitant
- college
- girlfriend
- studies
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
279,934 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
36%
Metacritic
48/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Luketic
- Written by
- Peter Steinfeld Allan Loeb
- Based on
- Bringing Down the House , by Ben Mezrich
- Produced by
- Kevin Spacey Dana Brunetti Michael De Luca
- Starring
- Jim Sturgess Kate Bosworth Laurence Fishburne Kevin Spacey
- Cinematography
- Russell Carpenter
- Edited by
- Elliot Graham
- Music by
- David Sardy
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Trigger Street Productions Michael De Luca Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- March 28, 2008 ( 2008-03-28 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $159.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich. The film stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, and Kieu Chinh. Reviews from critics were mixed, and it was a box office success and was the number one film in the United States and Canada during its first and second weekends of release.
Plot
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