Croupier - 2000

Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton, Barnaby Kay
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.8 x 0.6
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Croupier - 2000

Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 2000
Release Date: March 9, 2004

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Croupier - 2000

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Suffering from a bad case of writer's block, author Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) sits in his London flat, staring at an empty computer screen and trying to find the words to narrate his meandering life.

Reluctantly Jack accepts a job from his absentee father (Nicholas Ball) at a second-rate casino as a dealer, or croupier, a job he once held in South Africa.

His immersion back into this world is intoxicating, thanks primarily to the power he holds over his nightly clientele. Jack is a straight arrow on the floor (unlike his coworkers) but the whisper of an inside-job robbery makes his life suddenly more intriguing, as do the women who begin to drift into his life: a fellow croupier (Kate Hardie) and an alluring gambler (Alex Kingston).

Suddenly, Jack finds his own life is his best book material. There's something visceral about watching the world of gambling, and director Mike Hodges (who directed the original IGet Carter/I) taps into this allure; Jack's simple croupier tryout--handling cards and chips with skill and grace--is as captivating as most action scenes in big popcorn films. In the end, this little film, which went on to become an art-house hit, is as unpredictable as a roll of the dice.

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