21.

Resource Information

The work 21. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Merrimac Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

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

• Columbia Pictures
• Michael De Luca Productions (Firm)
• Relative Media (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Trigger Street Productions
• Bosworth, Kate, 1983-
• Brunetti, Dana
• De Luca, Michael, 1965-
• Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
• Loeb, Allan
• Luketic, Robert, 1973-
• Mezrich, Ben, 1969-
• Spacey, Kevin
• Steinfeld, Peter
• Sturgess, Jim

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Barajas -- Nevada -- Las Vegas | Teatro
• Blackjack (Game) -- Drama
• Card counting -- Nevada | Las Vegas -- Drama
• Casinos -- Nevada | Las Vegas -- Drama
• College students -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Drama
• Estudiantes universitarios -- Massachusetts -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Drama
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Las Vegas
• Teatro
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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

Runtime

123

Target audience

general

Technique

live action