American Hustle (2013)

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Stars:

Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper

Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 75 wins & 136 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Bale	...	Irving Rosenfeld
Bradley Cooper	...	Richie DiMaso
Amy Adams	...	Sydney Prosser
Jeremy Renner	...	Mayor Carmine Polito
Jennifer Lawrence	...	Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Louis C.K.	...	Stoddard Thorsen
Jack Huston	...	Pete Musane
Michael Peña	...	Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah
Shea Whigham	...	Carl Elway
Alessandro Nivola	...	Anthony Amado
Elisabeth Röhm	...	Dolly Polito (as Elisabeth Rohm)
Paul Herman	...	Alfonse Simone
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Irv's Sheik Plant (as Said Taghmaoui)
Matthew Russell	...	Dominic Polito
Thomas Matthews	...	Francis Polito

Storyline

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

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Plot Keywords:

scam | con artist | sexual attraction | drunk wife | fbi investigation | 

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Taglines:

Everyone Hustles To Survive

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Brazil]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

20 December 2013 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Arnaque américaine

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$740,455 (USA) (13 December 2013)

Gross:

$150,117,807 (USA) (4 April 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, Atlas Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (surveillance footage)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was Bradley Cooper's idea to give Richie DiMaso a perm-hairstyle, as well as wearing hair curlers in the scene at Richie's apartment.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, the FBI surveillance agents are using a ReVox 2-track tape recorder. In a later flashback to that scene the tape recorder is a Teac 4-track recorder.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Richie DiMaso: What are you doing, going behind my back? Telling people I'm screwing up this operation? I got you a suite at the fucking Plaza Hotel.
Irving Rosenfeld: The shittiest suite at the Plaza Hotel.

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Crazy Credits

An opening title card states, "Some of this actually happened."

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Fresh Heir (2014)

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Soundtracks

Live and Let Die
Written by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
Performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
Courtesy of MPL Communications, Inc.

User Reviews

I Was "Hustled" by the Hype!

I am absolutely astounded by all of the fantastic reviews this movie has gotten by the critics and users on this site. Did we not watch the same movie? I was so bored about an hour into this show that I almost fell asleep watching it. This movie was at least 30 minutes too long and so over acted it was ridiculous. It looks to me like the only reason this movie had all of the big name stars in it (Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, etc.) was to insure a big box office draw because they could have done this film just as easily with mostly unknowns and saved themselves about 30-35 million dollars.

The critics made such a big deal about Christian Bale's physical transformation but as far as I'm concerned... WHY??? What was the point of him gaining 40 pounds for this role? It did not add one single thing to the plot of this movie. He could have done the exact same performance in his natural state and it would not have made any difference to the movie or his character.

Usually I love Jennifer Lawrence in anything. She is so talented and beautiful, but her character portrayal was way too over the top and cliché as a self absorbed, loud-mouthed New Jersey housewife. You might as well have been watching an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey or watching Snooki on Jersey Shore.

Then there is Robert De Niro playing (shocker) a mobster! Talk about type casting, I'm surprised they didn't just include Joe Pesci and Michelle Pfeifer as his sidekicks.

I understand that this movie is up for some Academy Awards. They should not award this movie or any of the actors awards for this. I would not recommend this movie to anyone unless they have about 2 hours and $10 to just throw away. When I saw the teaser for this movie I said to myself, "I can't wait to see that". After seeing it, I said to myself "I want my money back".