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DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

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DVD, widescreen.
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English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
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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.
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MPAA rated PG-13 for violence, partial nudity, and sexual content. Canadian home video rating: 14A.
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For private home use only.
Participants/Performers
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey.
Description
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. 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 whom are being trained by Micky the skill of card counting at blackjack. Intriged by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where. Using their skills of code talk and hand signals, Ben makes hundreds of thousands of dollars winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben only wants to make enough money for the tuition and then back out. 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 of some kind against Micky which threatens to undo everything the students have learned and earned.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Luketic, R., Sturgess, J., Bosworth, K., Mezrich, B., Fishburne, L., III., & Spacey, K. (2008). 21 . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Luketic et al.. 2008. 21. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Luketic et al.. 21 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Luketic, Robert, et al. 21 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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