Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers:

George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell

Stars:

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts

4 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Cecelia Ann Birt	...	Board Member #1 (voice) (as CeCeLia Birt)
Paul L. Nolan	...	Board Member #2 (voice)
Carol Florence	...	Board Member #3 (voice)
Lori Galinski	...	Blackjack Dealer
Bernie Mac	...	Frank Catton
Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
Mark Gantt	...	Bartender
Tim Perez	...	Security Guard (as Timothy Paul Perez)
Elliott Gould	...	Reuben Tishkoff
Frank Patton III	...	Lockbox Carrier (as Frank Patton)
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Eddie Jemison	...	Livingston Dell
Jorge R. Hernandez	...	FBI Man #1

Storyline

Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million.

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Plot Keywords:

casino | heist | criminal mastermind | card dealer | ulcer | 

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Taglines:

Place your bets

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Damon's part as Linus Caldwell, the pick pocket, was meant for Mark Wahlberg. He turned it down in order to star in Planet of the Apes (2001).

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Goofs

When Rusty is talking to Saul at the dog races, the level of the slush cup that he is eating from goes from nearly empty to nearly full to half way full.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[At parole hearing]
Parole Board Member #1: Good morning.
Danny: [sitting alone directly in front of the parole board] Morning.
Parole Board Member #1: Please state your name for the record.
Danny: Daniel Ocean.

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Crazy Credits

The opening Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos are in "ocean blue".

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Connections

References The Flintstones (1960)

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Soundtracks

Dream, Dream, Dream
Written by Jimmy McHugh, Jean Pierre Mottier, Mitchell Parish, and Jeannine Melle
Performed by Percy Faith and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Great heist movie

This film delivered more than what I was expecting. Plot was fantastic and kept me on edge several times as they were doing the heist, acting was great and overall it just really hooked me in. Considering there was 11 in the squad as well I never lost track of the characters which is quite common in films which contain a lot of main characters. To sum up if you haven't watched yet I'd definitely give it a go. I'm going straight into the sequels now

Only real negative to this is that I just wasn't bothered by the romantic/love side of the plot. I could not care less if Clooney got his ex-wife back or not. It just seemed a bit pointless in the grand scheme of things. It didn't take anything away from the film, but it didn't hook me in as the heist did.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian Cantonese

Release Date:

7 December 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

O11

Filming Locations:

495 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$38,107,822, 9 December 2001

Gross USA:

$183,417,150

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$450,717,150

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1