Ocean's Twelve (2004) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).
I'm not the biggest gambler. Sure, I do it for fun every now and then when I'm passing through Vegas, and I always seem to come out ahead, but I don't want to push my lock, so I gamble sparingly. It's always fun when I do, though, and I love the adrenaline rush!
There have been some great scenes that revolve around gambling. I thought it'd be fun to point out awesome gaming scenes from ten different films. Not all of the films I pulled these scenes from revolve around gambling. This is just a collection of scenes that I've enjoyed watching over the years.
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Look over the list and let us know what some of your favorite movie gambling scenes are!
Swingers
Vegas, Baby! One of my favorite scenes from Swingers is when Trent (Vince Vaughn) forces Mike (Jon Favreau) to go to Vegas to get him out of a funk. Mike goes over the the Blackjack table trying to act like a high roller, buying in for $300 at a $100 minimum bet table. This scene hilariously plays out as Trent is coaching Mike through the process telling him to always double down on 11. To this day, I always quote this scene when I play Blackjack, and I always double down on 11.
Rounders
I was nervous as hell the first I watched Mike (Matt Damon) sit down at the poker table against Teddy KGB (John Malkovich) in the final Texas Hold'em showdown. Acting out of desperation to repay Worm’s debts, Mike borrowed $10,000 from his old professor to buy in to the game. The scene plays out brilliantly, the intensity is through the roof, and the outcome is all you could ever hope for.
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The stakes get insanely high during this game of Three Card Brag between Fast Eddy (Nick Moran) and Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). During the game Eddy opens with a $20,000 bet, Harry raises to $30,000, Eddy re-raises to $50,000, Harry then takes it to $80,000, Eddy comes back with $100,000, Harry explodes up to $250,000. Eddy wants to call but he doesn’t have the cash to do it! So Harry offers to loan him the money at the same time he tells him it’ll be an additional $250,000 to see the cards—$500,000 all day! Holy shit! Watch the scene.
Tombstone
Tombstone is one of my favorite westerns of all time. They just don't make good, classic style westerns like this anymore. Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday is one of my favorite one screen characters, too. In this scene Doc finds himself all liquored up and in good spirits after 36 straight hours of poker. He's still sharp as a knife, though, and quick witted. 'Let's have a spelling contest.'
Goodfellas
“So he got shot in the foot. What is it? A big fuc*in deal?”
The character that Joe Pesci played in this movie, Tommy DeVito, was one of the most terrifying loose cannons ever put on film. I also think it's one of the best performances of Pesci's career. This is a character that you don't want to piss off, even if it's just an honest misunderstanding.
Toy Story 3
The last thing I expected to see in Toy Story 3 was a gambling scene, but here it is, and it's great. They have several characters sitting around a See 'N Say, betting on where the spinner will stop. I loved that they took that toy and turned it into a gambling game. I'd love to walk into a casino one day and see that.
Ocean's Eleven
The poker scene at the beginning of the movie with Brad Pitt and George Clooney is just classic Hollywood. In the scene Pitt is teaching a small group of actors how to play poker, and it's so freakin' funny. There's a lot of great quotable lines in it, one of my favorites being, 'I'm not sure what four nines does, but the ace I think is pretty high.' I also love 'All reds.'
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
I loved it when Austin Powers (Mike Meyers) sat down with Number Two (Robert Wagner) to play a round of blackjack. It was such a ridiculously funny scene with the whole liking to live dangerously aspect of it. I love it when Powers sticks with his fives. I also like that they are playing the game wrong. For example, at one point Number Two is asked if he wants to hit before Powers even gets his second card.
Run Lola Run
This whole movie is great, but the scene where the main character goes into a casino is so awesome. To save her boyfriend, Lola needs some really quick cash, and in an attempt to get it she enters a casino and drops down all that she has on a roulette table, ultimately putting it all on 20 black. Sure the odds are 1,296-to-1, but when you're in a movie, odds don't mean a thing.
Cool Hand Luke
Because Paul Newman is the man, the guy wins for having the best poker face of all time, and “Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.”
Ocean’s 8 hit cinemas in 2018 as a gender-flipped heist film starring Sandra Bullock and a host of other A-listers. A spiritual successor to the Brad Pitt/George Clooney trilogy (Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen), itreceived mixed reviews, and many suggested it could not touch the original.
Some agreed with this – Clooney and Pitt were unmatched. But others were quick to point out that it wasn’t the original film. The 2001 hit Ocean’s Eleven was a remake ofthe 1960 Ocean’s 11 starring the Rat Pack. How does George Clooney’s Ocean’s Eleven compare with Frank Sinatra’s Ocean’s 11?
Casino Differences
As the walkthrough of the casino in the 1960 film shows, many things differ, but the atmosphere of the casino stays the same to provide a backdrop of tension for the heist films. The essence of the casino remains the same in both the 1960 and the 2001 film – and no doubt in many casinos in 2020 too.
The games played in the films are casino classics and staples of modern casino experiences. AsBetsafe Live Casino shows, many of the games available at the casino in the 1960 film can be played today – from poker and blackjack to slot machines. The games have been given an online makeover to allow players to see live dealers or engage with video and graphics, compared to the fixed gaming stations in the original film.
While the original involves a five casino heist on New Year’s Eve, the 2001 remake features the casinos being used to hold money in the vault for an eagerly-anticipated boxing match, suggesting $150,000,000 could be up for grabs if the heist goes according to plan. Both films use the casino backdrop without any characters attempting to play anything that might win them the money. The casinos are used to create an atmosphere of tension and excitement. Ocean’s 8 involves a heist at the Met Gala instead.
Technology differences
A heist film in 1960 and a heist film in 2001 would always differ based on the forty years of technology that spanned the release gap. Not only would the Ocean’s gang be able to use a multitude of different methods to conduct the heist, but the police and security forces at the casino would also be better equipped. This challenge helped set the films apart – one was a heist film with early 1960s technology and one was one with the gadgets and gimmicks of the 21st Century.
The main difference between the Ocean’s Eleven/11s is the zeitgeist. Each major difference points to the time in which the heist was executed. The 1960 film featured the gang being veterans of World War 2 as they embarked on the heist, while the 2001 film features a romantic rivalry over Julia Roberts’s character.
The former reflected the positive attitude films with war connotations brought, while the latter bounced off the popularity of rom-coms throughout the 1990s and added an element to appeal to both male and female audiences.
So perhaps the reason that Ocean’s 8 didn’t do as well as people would have liked was that it came too soon after the Pitt/Clooney films ended (Ocean’s Thirteen only came out in 2007). Maybe a futuristic Ocean’s film would do better, or one released after upcoming smart technology completely changes our lives.
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When it comes to establishing whether Frank Sinatra or George Clooney was a better Danny Ocean, it isn’t a fair comparison. Both were exceptional in their respective times – and should be viewed as such.