Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

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

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers:

Brian Koppelman, David Levien,

Stars:

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
Matt Damon	...	Linus Caldwell / Lenny Pepperidge
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
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Bernie Mac	...	Frank Catton
Carl Reiner	...	Saul Bloom

Storyline

The last time we saw Danny Ocean's crew, they were paying back ruthless casino mogul Terry Benedict after stealing millions from him. However, it's been a while since they've come back together, which is all about to change. When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, builds a hotel with another casino owner, Willy Bank, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal personally by the loathsome Bank. Bank's attitude even goes so far as to finding the amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Bank and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Bank, the crew is out to pull off a major plan; one that will unfold on the night Bank's newest hot spot opens up. They're not in this for the money, but for the revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

casino | heart attack | heist | revenge | diamond | 

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Taglines:

How To Steal Half A Billion Dollars, In 3.5 Minutes?

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros [France] Warner Bros [Russia]

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Spanish

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

13

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£3,021,302 (UK) (8 June 2007)

Gross:

$117,144,465 (USA) (14 September 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Jerry Weintraub Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When discussing the blueprints of the Bank Casino, Rusty mentions that among the architects responsible for the design was Frank O. Gehry, with whom Brad Pitt has collaborated personally on several projects at Gehry's Los Angeles studio.

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Goofs

Whenever the principals are at the airport, Gulfstream-class private jets await them. Gulfstream passenger cabins have distinctive oversize rounded "porthole" windows. Only such planes appear on the tarmac; however when there is a momentary in-flight clip showing the passenger's aerial view of the passing landscape below, the window is a small "sardine can" window of a typical commercial airliner. Clearly this was generic stock footage of "anyplane" flying over "anycity". When the highrollers are later disembarking, the windows become classic Gulfstream portholes again.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

Each of the logos from the studios involved in the opening sequence is colored a dull blue color, a throwback to the original studio cards from "Ocean's 11"

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Connections

Referenced in Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Lara's Theme"
(1965)
Written by Maurice Jarre
Performed by James Last Band
Courtesy of Universal Music GmbH
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Entertaining Yet Forgettable

I went to see this movie with only one expectation, surely it cant be as bad as the second film. On this front i was greatly pleased as the sense of smugness surrounding twelve has been completely lost. The only real problem i had was that after the film finished i really struggled to remember anything particularly about it.

The performances were all OK but no one really stood out, whereas Matt Damon was the only person i didn't want to slap in twelve, he never gets the chance to shine. Al Pacino has no chance to make a memorable villain out of the limited screen time leaving you not really caring if they can pull off the job or not. Clooney and Pitt also do an OK job of an average script, but it never rises above OK.

The area i think this film falls down is with a cast that is too big, while inventive and different in the first film, just hinders this one. There are too many people trying to get their five minutes on screen to really give a damn. Maybe this is the directors feels we already care about them as we know the characters, when in reality the damage caused by twelve was enough to need character building again. Arguably a plot on a smaller scale would have been better with a sharp focus on one or two characters as in the first film.

While flashy this film is all about style over substance and if you are looking for a shallow but entertaining summer movie this may just be it.