Lay the favourite

DVD 2013

Professional odds-maker Dink is running a small-time sports gambling enterprise when a former stripper named Beth promises to help him score big-and turns his world upside down. With his connections and her knack for numbers, the lucrative business of sports betting will never be the same. A talented cast of misfits who are willing to risk everything for their dreams; it is directed by Stephen Frears and based on Beth Raymer's best-selling memoir...

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Gamblers Drama

Gambling Drama

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Edition:

Widescreen edition

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 14A ; for coarse language, nudity and mature theme
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some sexual content, brief drug use, and nudity

Other Title:

Lay the favorite [DVD]
Lay the favorite (Motion picture)

Notes:

Special features: Deleted scenes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012
Based on the book Lay the favorite: a memoir of gambling by Beth Raymer
Music, James Seymour Brett ; editor, Mick Audsley ; director of photography, Michael McDonough
Corbin Bernsen, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Hall, Laura Prepon, Bruce Willis, Joshua Jackson
DVD ; region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
English or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

935493

UPC:

013132604053
065935592419

Other Authors:

Alliance Films
Bernsen, Corbin, 1954-
Emmett Furla Films
Frears, Stephen
Hall, Rebecca, 1982-
Jackson, Joshua, 1978-
Prepon, Laura, 1980-
Raymer, Beth. Lay the favorite
Vaughn, Vince
Wild Bunch (Firm)
Willis, Bruce, 1955-
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-

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