Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers:

George Nolfi, George Clayton Johnson (characters)

Stars:

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Isabel Lahiri
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Ed Kross	...	Bank Officer
Julia Roberts	...	Tess Ocean
Don Tiffany	...	House Painter
Anne Jacques	...	Shop Owner
David Sontag	...	Plainclothes Goon #1
Larry Sontag	...	Plainclothes Goon #2
Andy Garcia	...	Terry Benedict
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Dina Connolly	...	Virgil's Fiancée
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Nelson Peltz	...	Partygoer
Mini Anden	...	Supermodel

Storyline

They pulled off one of the biggest heists ever and now they have another job to complete. Ocean's Eleven, which consisted off Danny Ocean (Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon) and others, all thought they would be able to enjoy their money, but someone has other plans. Terry Benedict (Garcia) is still fuming after losing his money and wants it back. The team now have the job of getting all the money they spent back, or risk being thrown in jail. How are they going to get it all back? By pulling off another amazing plan.

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Plot Keywords:

heist | sequel | pretending to be pregnant | father daughter relationship | reference to spongebob squarepants | 

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Taglines:

Twelve is the new eleven

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Damon requested, just prior to the beginning of production, that the script be revised so that his character would have a smaller role in the story. Damon had just finished shooting The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and claimed that he was too exhausted to play a character that had such a major role in the movie. Director Steven Soderbergh denied Damon's request, claiming that he felt Damon's character was integral to the plot, and that giving Damon less screen time would diminish his character's impact on the plot. Damon's character Linus asked to a more integral part of the story.

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Goofs

When Danny meets Toulour, Toulour explains why he ratted Danny and the others out to Terry Benedict. He says that when La Marque was meeting with "a very loud and annoying American" and that he was the one "who suggested Benedict as a mark for you". Thus implying that this "loud American" had some role in setting up the Bellagio job in the first film. However, in "Ocean's Eleven", the plot hinges on Danny setting up the Bellagio score as a means to win Tess back with no mention of anyone leading Danny to the score.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rusty Ryan: Hi.
Isabel Lahiri: How'd it go?
Rusty Ryan: Lousy.

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Crazy Credits

And Introducing Tess as Julia Roberts.

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Connections

Referenced in Supernanny: Ririe Family (2005)

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Soundtracks

Bij ons in de Jordaan
(uncredited)
Written by Louis Noiret and Em. van den Brande

User Reviews

Too clever for it's own good.

A heist movie works on the premise that the audience is in on the heist. We dread the incredible security measures. We get to see the planning and the development. We marvel at the skills of each expert. We experience the same suspense and drama as the characters. Ocean's Twelve discards all these elements in favor of creative editing, avant garde camera work and superficial writing. It tries to extract great performances from so-so actors. O.K. so they all are beautiful people. That doesn't mean they are automatically the best actors. It doesn't mean that they can carry a film on their performances. Clooney and Pitt are no Newman and Redford. The acting talents of Catherince Zeta-Jones have never been anything to write home about. Only Finney in a tiny cameo draws any real emotion from the audience.

The best heist movies have real suspense. This film has none. The outcome is never in doubt. No matter how the surface of the plan is seemingly foiled...everyone is in on the far deeper "actual" plan.

On major problem is Garcia's character.

If the original "11" successfully pulled off the job we are made to believe they did in the first film, they wouldn't panic and crumble like a house of cards to Benedict's pressure and scare tactics. In fact, once a member of the cadre had been contacted, survelliance would have captured Benedict's strong arm tactics and bellicose threats immediately. The man would have legal challenges beyond belief.

It's not enough to know who robbed you. You must have proof, otherwise the worst threats would be a laughing matter for seasoned pros.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Warner Bros [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Dutch French Italian Mandarin

Release Date:

10 December 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ocean's 12

Filming Locations:

Phyllis Morris - 8772 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,153,380, 12 December 2004

Gross USA:

$125,544,280

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$362,744,280

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Jerry Weintraub Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1