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Year: 2010
USA: ATO Pictures
UK:
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz,
Rachelle Lefevre, Christian Campbell, Ruth Marshall, Graham Greene,
Hannah Endicott-Douglas, John Robinson, Jason Weinberg, Spencer
Garrett, Jeffrey R Smith
Director: George Hickenlooper
Country: Canada
USA: 108 mins
UK: mins
USA Rated: R for pervasive language, some violence and brief
nudity
UK Certificate:
USA Release Date: 22 December 2010 (Limited Release - wider)
USA Release Date: 17 December 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date:
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Synopsis
Two-time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey gives the performance of
a lifetime in CASINO JACK, a riotous new film starring Spacey as a
man hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer. He
plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to
awe-inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to
get what he wants.
Inspired by true events that are too over-the-top for even the
wildest imaginations to conjure, CASINO JACK lays bare the wild
excesses and escapades of Jack Abramoff. Aided by his business
partner Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper), Jack parlays his clout over
some of the world's most powerful men with the goal of creating a
personal empire of wealth and influence. When the two enlist a
mob-connected buddy (Jon Lovitz) to help with one of their illegal
schemes, they soon find themselves in over their heads, entrenched
in a world of mafia assassins, murder and a scandal that spins so
out of control that it makes worldwide headlines.
Directed by George Hickenlooper (FACTORY GIRL, THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN
FIELDS), CASINO JACK returns Spacey to the type of role that made
him famous – a cool-headed, articulate snake charmer whose wild
ambitions knows no limits or boundaries. The film also stars Kelly
Preston and Rachelle Lefevre and is produced by Gary Howsam, Bill
Marks and George Vitetzakis from an original screenplay by Norman
Snider.
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