21
(DVD)
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
ISBN
9781435924390, 1435924398
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Adult DVDs (1st floor Audio/Video)
DVD TWE
1 available
DVD TWE
1 available
Description
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure films
Blackjack (Game) -- Drama.
Card counting -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Drama.
Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Drama.
College students -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Drama.
Film adaptations
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Drama.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Blackjack (Game) -- Drama.
Card counting -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Drama.
Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Drama.
College students -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Drama.
Film adaptations
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Drama.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Adult DVDs (1st floor Audio/Video) | DVD TWE | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
9781435924390, 1435924398
UPC
043396267183
Notes
General Note
Based on the book: Bringing down the house / by Ben Mezrich.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart.
Participants/Performers
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Josh Cad, Sam Golzari.
Description
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor, Micky Rosa. The club has four other students: Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy; and they are being trained by Mickey in the skill of blackjack card counting. Intrigued by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where, using the skills of code talk and hand signals, Ben makes hundreds of thousands of dollars winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben wants to make only enough money for his tuition and then to back out of the group. Ben's greed and arrogance put Micky, as well as the group, on the radar of a brutal casino security enforcer named Cole Williams. Cole holds a personal grudge against Micky which threatens to undo everything the students have learned and earned.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity.
System Details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brunetti, D., Spacey, K., De Luca, M., Steinfeld, P., Loeb, A., Luketic, R., Sardy, D., Graham, E., Sturgess, J., Bosworth, K., Yoo, A., Pitts, A., Mezrich, B., & Fishburne, L., III. (2008). 21 . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dana Brunetti et al.. 2008. 21. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dana Brunetti et al.. 21 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brunetti, Dana, et al. 21 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.
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