Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers (WGA):

Brian Koppelman (written by) &
David Levien (written by) ...

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

What are the odds of getting even? 13 to one.

Plot:

Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | Labor Strike | Big Con | Elevator Shaft | Sequel To Remake

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Matt Damon	...	Linus Caldwell
Michael Mantell	...	Dr. Stan
Elliott Gould	...	Reuben Tishkoff
Ray Xifo	...	Reuben's Butler
Al Pacino	...	Willy Bank
Adam Lazarre-White	...	Bank's Junior Executive
Eddie Jemison	...	Livingston Dell
Don Cheadle	...	Basher Tarr
Shaobo Qin	...	Yen / Mr. Weng
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Bernie Mac	...	Frank Catton
Carl Reiner	...	Saul Bloom

Also Known As:

Ocean's 13 (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

122 min | Croatia:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

France:U | Italy:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Denmark:A | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-7 | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:A | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:10 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43446) | Ireland:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bellagio Casino & Hotel - 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'License to Steal'.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Yen refers to bowling with the 'owner of Samsung' as his connection to being able to obtain the cell phone that Willy Bank covets. Samsung is a huge publicly traded company and does not have an owner.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rusty Ryan: [answering phone] Yeah. Shit. Where is he? Gotta go.

Movie Connections:

References Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Soundtrack:

A Man and a Woman

Lucky Number 13

Danny Ocean and his Eleven are back in Las Vegas. This time, Danny tries to talk sense into Willie Bank, the owner of a series of highly rated "5 Diamonds" hotels who double-crossed one of Eleven, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), on a hotel deal causing the man a heart-attack and coma-like state. After the ruthless and arrogant Bank suggests that Reuben "rolls over and dies", Danny and his team decide to take the Bank's stunning new casino out of business on the big opening night.

The third Ocean's movie is great fun and a wonderful mixture of genres that works as comedy/crime/thriller/revenge. Vegas is spectacular. The jokes are funny, the dialogs are witty, the directing is first class with the split screens, unusual angles, and the camera that always moves fast but does not rush. The acting is terrific. The absence of Julia Roberts and Katherine Zeta Jones is more than compensated by the presence of great Ellen Barkin who is a better actress than two and a hot beautiful woman, the real "cougar". Besides Ocean and his Eleven (who all have fun with their parts but this time Carl Reiner was simply outstanding), it was good to see David Paymer as an unlucky (or was he?) hotel reviewer and Eddie Izzard as a famous computer hacker. Did I mention that Al Pacino took the role of Willie Bank and he was excellent playing in his quiet mode without screaming which I like a lot? There are certainly the holes in the story and the absence of logic but I did not care a bit. "Ocean's Thirteen" is not about logic or plausibility or realism, it is all about fun and entertaining and it entertains admirably. It is a very successful and enjoyable sequel in the series of Ocean's movies and we all know that good sequels don't happen too often.