DVD

21.

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. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1435924398
ISBN: 9781435924390
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
Copyright: © 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book: Bringing down the house / by Ben Mezrich. Originally released as a feature film in 2008.
Formatted Contents Note:	Special features: "21 : the advantage player" (the cast explains the game of blackjack and card counting) -- "Basic strategy : a complete film journal" (making-of featurette) -- "Money plays : a tour of the good life" (Featurette that explores the clothes, luxuries and locations shown in the film -- optional audio filmmaker commentary.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	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. Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Jack McGee, Helen Carey.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language Note:	English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.