Rounders

Name: Rounders
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1998-09-11
Duration: 2 h 1 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich

Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.

Rounders (1998)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Actors and characters

Watch film Rounders — Rounders | 'You've Got a Sign On Your Back' (HD) | Matt Damon, Edward Norton | 1998

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Release date

1998-09-11

Country

United States

Production

Miramax, Spanky Pictures

Genre

Drama, Crime

Budget

$12 000 000

Revenue

$22 912 409

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Director

John Dahl

Actors

Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Famke Janssen, Martin Landau, Michael Rispoli, Goran Visnjic, Mal Z. Lawrence
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Ted Demme, Joel Stillerman, Bobby Cohen, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Kerry Orent

Operator

Jean-Yves Escoffier

Composer

Christopher Young

Artist

Robert Pearson, Harry Darrow

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

Scott Chestnut, Margo Myers
All team (68)

Short description

Poker 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.

What's left behind the scenes

The idea for this film came to screenwriter Brian Koppelman while visiting one of New York City's underground gambling dens. After losing $750, he conceived the idea for the future screenplay.
The script called for Edward Norton's character to smoke. However, the non-smoking actor refused to even touch a cigarette.
Johnny Chan agreed to play himself in the film only out of love for his daughter, who desperately wanted to meet Matt Damon.
In one episode, Mike (Matt Damon) takes money from a book on poker, "Super/System," written by the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson. Mike quotes several passages from this book. Notably, Damon played poker with Brunson at the 1998 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and lost to him.
The idea for this film came to screenwriter Brian Koppelman while he was visiting an underground gambling house in New York. After losing $750, he conceived the idea for the future screenplay.
According to the script, Edward Norton's character smokes. However, the non-smoking actor refused to even touch a cigarette.
In one of the episodes, Mike (Matt Damon) takes money out of a poker book called 'Super Systems', written by the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson. Mike recites several quotes from this book. Notably, Damon played poker against Brunson at the 1998 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and lost to him.
Johnny Chan agreed to play himself in the movie only out of love for his daughter, who insisted on meeting Matt Damon.