Product Information
M.I.T. student Ben Campbell decides to pay for his pricey education by beating the odds in Vegas. Ben and his team count cards in blackjack, but soon they have to answer to the house for their huge winnings.Product Identifiers
ProducerKevin Spacey, Michael De Luca
EAN5035822893030
eBay Product ID (ePID)64476575
Product Key Features
ActorJim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne
Film/TV Title21
DirectorRobert Luketic
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageBulgarian\Czech\Danish\English\Finnish\Greek\Hindi\Norwegian\Polish\Romanian\Slovak\Swedish
Run Time119 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.40 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, The Advantage Player featurette\Basic Strategy: A Complete Film Journal featurette \Money Plays: A Tour of the Good Life featurette\Filmmakers Commentary, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerDave Sardy
Additional InformationInspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains gifted students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, but then catch the unwanted attention of tough-guy security chief, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne) who wants to prove himself before he's replaced by face recognition software. Maths genius Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) originally joins the ring in order to come up with the $300,000 he needs for tuition money, but he's also smitten with the ring's resident babe, Jill (Kate Bosworth). When he finds out Professor Rosa hasn't been dealing entirely from a straight deck, Ben's high-end shopping spree dreams turn sour (though card counting is not illegal) and the battle of wits is on, no second chances given. Spacey is in his preternaturally calm, morally compromised element, stealing scenes left and right; Fishburne brings the hangdog depth; and director Robert Luketic (LEGALLY BLONDE) succeeds in making the film glossy, stylish and thrilling. 21 is based on the bestseller BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE by Ben Mezrich.
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ScreenwriterPeter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb
Dubbing LanguagesPolish\Czech
AuthorBen Mezrich
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV Title21
Director of PhotographyRussell Carpenter
Consumer AdviceContains moderate violence and sex references