Croupier Page #7

Synopsis: Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a croupier. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours - a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her luck; under pressure from her creditors she approaches Jack, asking him to be the inside man for a planned heist at the casino. Jack carefully considers the odds; it all looks so simple, but even a professional like Jack can't predict the cards he will be dealt.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Mike Hodges
Actors: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton
Production: The Shooting Gallery
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
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Year:
1998
94 min
132 Views

As a matter of fact, I did.

- But I won.

- 'That's my boy.'

'How's that novel of yours coming...'

'So that was it.

'Final card.

'Blackjack.

'His father, 8,000 miles

and 27 years away

'was still dealing to his son, Jack,

'from the bottom of the deck.

'But Jake the croupier

had a sense of humour.'

(Sniggers)

Here's to you.

To both of you.

Who was that on the phone?

Couple I know are getting married.

Fools.

(Thunderbolt)

(Wheel spins)

'Now he had reached the point

'where he no longer

heard the sound of the ball.

'The spin of the wheel

had brought him home

'to the place where he was born.

'The croupier's mission

was accomplished.

'He was master of the game.

'He had acquired the power

to make you lose.'

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Paul Mayersberg

Paul Mayersberg was born on 18 June 1941 in Cambridge, England, UK. He is a writer and director and was the film critic for Movie magazine in the early 1960s and author of 1968 film book Hollywood, The Haunted House. more…

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