Confidence
Short description
Confidence follows Jake Vig, a skilled con artist who pulls off a swindle with his crew, only to discover that the man they fleeced, Lionel Dolby, worked as an accountant for Winston King, an eccentric crime boss. To settle the debt and stay alive, Jake agrees to repay King and then assembles an elaborate new scheme targeting a corrupt banker. He brings in Lily, a pickpocket, while an FBI agent named Gunther Butan and King's enforcer Travis complicate the plan, leaving Jake and his team trying to outmaneuver both the criminals and the authorities.
James Foley directed the film from a screenplay by Doug Jung, placing it between The Corruptor and Perfect Stranger in Foley's filmography. Edward Burns stars as Jake, with Rachel Weisz as Lily, Dustin Hoffman as Winston King, Andy Garcia as Gunther Butan, Paul Giamatti as Gordo and Morris Chestnut as Travis, among 29 credited cast members.
Released in April 2003, the film runs 97 minutes and blends crime, comedy, mystery and thriller elements across German, Canadian and American productions. Made for about 15 million dollars, it returned roughly 23 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.6 out of 10 from around 36,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.3 from about 491 votes. A critics' rating of 6.3 from 153 reviews places it close to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming of the movie began on April 2, 2002, in Los Angeles. By the end of May of the same year, filming was completed.
- James Foley landed a role in this film after leaving the project "The Recruit".
- Hoffman and Burns repeatedly rehearsed and worked on the scene where the King first meets Jake (played by Edward Burns) and Lily (played by Rachel Weisz), but without Weisz, because director James Foley wanted her to experience embarrassment and awkwardness as the scene developed. Therefore, when Hoffman's character grabs her by the chest, the actress's reaction is completely genuine and not acted.
- In the original version of the script, the King weighed over 100 kilograms and owned a gym. Dustin Hoffman reviewed the script and told the filmmakers that he would act in it, but only if his character was changed, so King became the owner of a nightclub.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
