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The Resource 21, Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Trigger Street/Michael De Luca production ; produced by Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca ; screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb ; directed by Robert Luketic, (videorecording)

21, Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Trigger Street/Michael De Luca production ; produced by Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca ; screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb ; directed by Robert Luketic, (videorecording)

Label
21
Title
21
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Trigger Street/Michael De Luca production ; produced by Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca ; screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb ; directed by Robert Luketic
Title variation
Twenty-one
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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. Intriged 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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity
Language note
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.A3
LC item number
T84689 2008
PerformerNote
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1965-
  • 1973-
  • 1983-
  • 1969-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Brunetti, Dana
  • Spacey, Kevin
  • De Luca, Michael
  • Steinfeld, Peter
  • Loeb, Allan
  • Luketic, Robert
  • Sturgess, Jim
  • Bosworth, Kate
  • Fishburne, Larry
  • Mezrich, Ben
  • Columbia Pictures
  • Relative Media
  • Trigger Street Productions
  • Michael De Luca Productions (Firm)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
123
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Blackjack (Game)
  • Card counting
  • College students
  • College teachers
  • Casinos
  • Las Vegas (Nev.)
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
21, Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Trigger Street/Michael De Luca production ; produced by Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca ; screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb ; directed by Robert Luketic, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the book: Bring down the house: the inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas for millions / by Ben Mezrich
Bar code
  • 31223139038120
  • 31223139038948
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Isbn
9781435924390
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
043396267183
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
26718
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)226300745
System details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
21, Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Trigger Street/Michael De Luca production ; produced by Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca ; screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb ; directed by Robert Luketic, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the book: Bring down the house: the inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas for millions / by Ben Mezrich
Bar code
  • 31223139038120
  • 31223139038948
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Isbn
9781435924390
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
043396267183
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
26718
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)226300745
System details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD

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