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Paul Mayersberg (written by)
Release Date:
21 April 2000 (USA)
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Life's a Gamble more
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An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
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Dark and quirky thriller
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clive Owen | ... | Jack Manfred | |
| Nick Reding | ... | Giles Cremorne | |
| Nicholas Ball | ... | Jack Snr. | |
| Alexander Morton | ... | David Reynolds | |
| Barnaby Kay | ... | Car Dealer | |
| Gina McKee | ... | Marion Nell | |
| John Radcliffe | ... | Barber | |
| Sheila Whitfield | ... | Manicurist | |
| David Hamilton | ... | Casino Supervisor | |
| Carol Davis | ... | Table Supervisor | |
| Eddie Osei | ... | West Indian Punter | |
| Doremy Vernon | ... | Woman I | |
| Claudine Carter | ... | Woman II | |
| Ursula Alberts | ... | Madame Claude | |
| Neville Phillips | ... | White Haired Man |
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Also Known As:
Der Croupier (Germany)
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94 min | Poland:91 min
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Iceland:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
Argentina:13 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Ireland:15 |
Poland:15 |
Singapore:R(A) |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 |
USA:Unrated
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A dense but rewarding film. It has a terrific performance from Owen, poised (in 1998) to become the international A-lister that he now is. He has to play three roles - two in shot, Jack and the emergent Jake, protagonist of the book Jack's writing - and a third, disembodied Jack in voice-over. The film follows his struggle with fatalism (or chance) and grand design. Whether as a writer, a croupier or an observer he likes to be in control, risk free.
Making sure this isn't quite how it works is a pretty solid list of fine support actors. Alex Kingston turns up with an impressively rendered South African accent and more sex appeal than the distilled accumulation of all her work on ER. Potent stuff. Gina McKee plays a conventional love interest without simply being wallpaper; David Hamilton runs the Casino with an ambiguity that mirrors Jack's.
Mike Hodges engineers tight, claustrophobic shots and choppy editing. Everything about the film is up close and suffocating: shots in cars; Jack's tiny flat; stairwells and copulating couples in toilet cubicles. Owen's Jack is neither repelled by nor engages with this proximity. It only affects him if it foists itself upon him violently or he chooses to deal with it. Whether or not he actually has a choice is the point of this entertaining film. 7/10