21

DVD 2008

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T., who wants to attend the Harvard School of Medicine, but can't afford the $300,000 for tuition. 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, who are being trained by Micky in the skill of blackjack card counting. Although initially reluctant, Ben joins the club and travels with his n...

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Blackjack (Game) Drama

Cambridge (Mass.) Drama

Cardsharping Drama

College students Drama

Gamblers Drama

Las Vegas (Nev.) Drama

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Students Drama

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Uniform Title:

21 (Motion picture)

Edition:

2-disc special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity
CHVR: 14A

Other Title:

Twenty-one [DVD]

Notes:

Based on the book: Bringing down the house : the inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas for millions / by Ben Mezrich
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture
Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1
Special features include: filmmaker commentary; Basic strategy : a complete film journal (making-of featurette); 21 : the advantage player (explanation of blackjack and card counting); Money plays : a tour of the good life (featurette)
Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; score composer, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey
DVD. Region 1
Closed-captioned; English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Optional English or Spanish subtitles for commentary track

Control Number:

1148250

UPC:

043396266384

Other Authors:

Bosworth, Kate, 1983- actor
Brunetti, Dana, producer
Columbia Pictures
De Luca, Michael, 1965- producer
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor
Gad, Josh, 1981- actor
Golzari, Sam, 1979- actor
Lapira, Liza, actor
Loeb, Allan, screenwriter
Luketic, Robert, 1973- director
Mezrich, Ben, 1969- Bringing down the house
Michael De Luca Productions (Firm)
Pitts, Jacob, actor
Relativity Media
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Spacey, Kevin, producer, actor
Steinfeld, Peter, screenwriter
Sturgess, Jim, actor
Trigger Street Productions
Yoo, Aaron, 1979- actor

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