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Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name.Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Martin Scorsese's fascinating new film 'Casino' knows a lot about the Mafia's relationship with Las Vegas. It's based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi, who had full access to a man who once ran four casinos for the mob, and whose true story inspires the movie's plot. Like ' The Godfather,' it makes us feel like eavesdroppers in a secret place.

Casino Jack (known in certain territories as Bagman) is a 2010 comedy-dramathriller film directed by George Hickenlooper and starring Kevin Spacey. The film focuses on the career of Washington, D.C. lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff, who was involved in a massive corruption scandal that led to his conviction as well as the conviction of two White House officials, Rep.Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and congressional staffers. Abramoff was convicted of fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion in 2006,^[3] and of trading expensive gifts, meals and sports trips in exchange for political favors.^[4][5] Abramoff served three and a half years of a six-year sentence in federal prison, and was then assigned to a halfway house. He was released on December 3, 2010.

Spacey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Abramoff, eventually losing to Paul Giamatti for his role in Barney's Version.^[6]

Plot[edit]

A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.

Cast[edit]

• Kevin Spacey as Jack Abramoff
• Kelly Preston as Pam Abramoff
• Rachelle Lefevre as Emily J. Miller
• Barry Pepper as Michael Scanlon
• Jon Lovitz as Adam Kidan
• John David Whalen as Kevin A. Ring
• Yannick Bisson as Oscar Carillo
• Graham Greene as Bernie Sprague
• Eric Schweig as Chief Poncho
• Maury Chaykin as Big Tony
• Christian Campbell as Ralph Reed
• Spencer Garrett as Tom DeLay
• Joe Pingue as Anthony Ferrari
• David Fraser as Karl Rove
• Jeffrey R. Smith as Grover Norquist
• Daniel Kash as Gus Boulis
• Conrad Pla as Agent Hanley
• Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Sarah Abramoff
• Ruth Marshall as Susan Schmidt
• Reid Morgan as Brian Mann
• Duke Redbird as Senator Nighthorse

Production[edit]

Filming took place in June 2009 in various locations across Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, including McMaster University and downtown Hamilton. The film was scheduled for release in December 2010 and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.^[7]

This was Hickenlooper's final film. He died on October 29, 2010, seven weeks before its scheduled December 17, 2010, national opening.^[8]

Reception[edit]

Casino Jack received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 39%, based on 97 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, 'Kevin Spacey turns in one of his stronger performances, but Casino Jack is a disappointingly uneven fictionalized account of a fascinating true story.'^[9] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[10]

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, stating that 'Casino Jack is so forthright, it is stunning.'^[11]

References[edit]

1. ^'Casino Jack -- Film Review by Michael Rechtshaffen'. thehollywoodreporter.com. October 14, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
2. ^'Casino Jack (2010)'. Box Office Mojo. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
3. ^Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Will Help in Corruption ProbeArchived December 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^'US lobbyist jailed for corruption'. BBC News. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
5. ^'Abramoff Gets Reduced Sentence of Four Years in Prison'. Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
6. ^Kevin SpaceyArchived August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
7. ^Evans, Ian (2010), 'Casino Jack premiere photos - 35th Toronto International Film Festival', DigitalHit.com, retrieved 2012-04-10
8. ^'Entertainment News, Celebrity Interviews and Pop Culture - ABC News'. Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
9. ^'Casino Jack (2010)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
10. ^'Casino Jack Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
11. ^Ebert, Roger. 'Casino Jack'. RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC.

External links[edit]

• Casino Jack at AllMovie
• Casino Jack at Box Office Mojo
• Casino Jack on IMDb
• Casino Jack at Metacritic
• Casino Jack at Rotten Tomatoes
• Casino Jack production website at Hannibal Pictures

Bond has to hunt down Le Chiffre who works for a terrist organisation. He goes to a poker tournament to stop Le Chiffre from winning (and he has to kill to people to earn his double 00 licence!)

Revealing mistake: During the scene at the restaurant in Montenegro (actually filmed in the Czech Republic) you see a payphone with a Czech Telecom logo on it (itself a piece of history as these are all now rebranded O2).(01:57:50)

James Bond: Sorry, that last hand nearly killed me.

Trivia: In the film, Bond says to M, 'So you want me to be half-monk, half-hitman'. This is a reference to the character John Ballard (played by Daniel Craig) in the 1998 film 'Elizabeth'.

Question: Help me out if I'm wildly off: The Ugandan gangster attacks LeChiffre in his hotel, who Bond later kills. LeChiffre then continues with the game and panics when Mr. White demands the money. I was under the assumption that LeChiffre only owed money to the gangster and therefore needed to win the game to pay him back. Why does he continue with the game after the gangster is killed?

Chosen answer:Le Chiffre operates as the banker for Mr White's entire organisation. The Ugandan is only one of many individuals and groups for whom Le Chiffre provides financial services; killing him does little to solve the problem of the missing money. Plus there's the question of trust - if Le Chiffre can't keep the money safe, then Mr White's organisation have no use for him and, as we see in the movie, will readily eliminate him. Le Chiffre's desperate to recover the money to prove his trustworthiness and save his own life.

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