21
(DVD) 

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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
Format
DVD
Edition
2-disc special ed.
ISBN
1424872685, 9781424872688
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
Edition
2-disc special ed.
Language
English
ISBN
1424872685, 9781424872688
UPC
043396266384, 043396214552

Notes

General Note
Based on the book: Bringing down the house : the inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas for millions / by Ben Mezrich.
General Note
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
General Note
Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
General Note
Special features include: filmmaker commentary; Basic strategy : a complete film journal (making-of featurette); 21 : the advantage player (explanation of blackjack and card counting); Money plays : a tour of the good life (featurette).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; score composer, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart.
Participants/Performers
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey.
Description
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T., who wants to attend the Harvard School of Medicine, but can't afford the $300,000 for tuition. Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor Micky Rosa. The club has four other students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy, who are being trained by Micky in the skill of blackjack card counting. Although initially reluctant, Ben joins the club and travels with his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas. There, they use fake IDs, code talk, and hand signals to make hundreds of thousands of dollars at casino after casino. At first Ben only wants to make enough money for the tuition, but he's soon seduced by the Vegas lifestyle and the attention of fellow club member Jill . Eventually, Ben's greed and arrogance put Micky, as well as the group, on the radar of a brutal casino security enforcer named Cole Williams, who holds a personal grudge against Micky.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity.
System Details
DV, region 1, anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language
Closed-captioned; English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Optional English or Spanish subtitles for commentary track.
Local note
Widescreen version.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Luketic, R., Brunetti, D., Spacey, K., De Luca, M., Steinfeld, P., Loeb, A., Sturgess, J., Bosworth, K., Yoo, A., Lapira, L., Pitts, J., Gad, J., Golzari, S., Fishburne, L., III., & Mezrich, B. (2008). 21 (2-disc special ed.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Luketic et al.. 2008. 21. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Luketic et al.. 21 Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Luketic, R., Brunetti, D., Spacey, K., De Luca, M., Steinfeld, P., Loeb, A. and Sturgess, J. et al (2008). 21. 2-disc special ed. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Luketic, Robert, et al. 21 2-disc special ed., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2008.

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