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Rounders
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Rounders is a 1998 American film directed by John Dahl, with a screenplay by Brian Koppelman. Ted Demme produced it through Miramax, with Bob Weinstein as executive producer, Jean-Yves Escoffier as director of photography, and a score by Christopher Young. The cast includes Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro and Famke Janssen.
Addressing the subject of gambling, it is set in New York City and was filmed there and in New Jersey. It belongs to the neo-noir, buddy film and drama genres. Made on a budget of $12,000,000, it earned $22,912,409 at the box office, and was distributed by Netflix.
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7.0Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Mike McDermott
- Edward Norton as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
- John Turturro as Joey Knish
- Gretchen Mol as Jo
- John Malkovich as Teddy KGB
- Famke Janssen as Petra
Themes
- new york city
- friendship
- casino
- poker
- gambling
- call girl
- bratva (russian mafia)
- gambling debt
- roulette
- gain
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Dahl
- Written by
- David Levien , Brian Koppelman
- Produced by
- Joel Stillerman , Ted Demme
- Starring
- Matt Damon Edward Norton John Turturro Famke Janssen Gretchen Mol John Malkovich Martin Landau
- Cinematography
- Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Edited by
- Scott Chestnut
- Music by
- Christopher Young
- Production company
- Spanky Pictures
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release dates
- September 4, 1998 ( 1998-09-04 ) ( Venice Film Festival ) September 8, 1998 ( 1998-09-08 ) ( Deauville Film Festival ) September 11, 1998 ( 1998-09-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $22.9 million , (United States)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- John Dahl
- Screenwriter
- Brian Koppelman
- Cast member
- Bill Camp
- Composer
- Christopher Young
- Producer
- Ted Demme
- Production company
- Miramax
- Cinematographer
- Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 644747
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/rounders
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- publication date
- 1998-09-04
- title
- Rounders
- executive producer
- Bob Weinstein
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 64%
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Encyclopedic overview
Rounders is a 1998 American crime drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term "rounder" refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games.
Rounders premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 1998, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 11. It received mixed reviews from critics and was moderately successful at the box office, grossing $22.9 million against a $12 million budget. As a result of the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film gained a cult following. A novelization of the film was written by Kevin Canty and released by Hyperion Books.
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