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Casino Jack (released in certain territories as Bagman) is a 2010 biographical crime drama 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 ...
Casino is a 1995 epic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from the latter's nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. [5] It stars Robert De Niro , Sharon Stone , Joe Pesci , Don Rickles , Kevin Pollak , and James Woods .
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 65 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10.The website's critical consensus reads, "Casino Jack ' s subject matter is enraging, but in the hands of director Alex Gibney, it's also well-presented and briskly entertaining."
In Casino Jack, she plays Emily J. Miller, a former press secretary for U.S. congressman Tom DeLay, who helped convict lobbyist Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey) in a political scandal involving Native American tribes. [10] Lefevre appeared in Barney's Version, a film adaptation of the award-winning Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler.
Jonathan Michael Lovitz (/ ˈ l ʌ v ɪ t s / LUV-its; born July 21, 1957) [1] is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
From 2008 to 2009, she had a recurring role in the Canadian teen drama series The Best Years, and later was a regular cast member of YTV sitcom, Family Biz. [5] In 2012, she had a recurring role in the CBC Television comedy-drama Republic of Doyle, and also appeared in small roles in films Casino Jack (2010) and Total Recall (2012).
Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English actor. [1] He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the third and fourth seasons of the series The Crown, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and British Academy Television Award nominations.
21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.The film is inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich.