Details

Release year: 2008

Storyline

Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in blackjack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Luketic

Writers

Cast

Jim Sturgess — Ben
Kate Bosworth — Jill
Kevin Spacey — Micky Rosa
Aaron Yoo — Choi

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Did you know

• Although set in the then-present day, i.e. 2007/8, the film is based on teams active between 1979 and 1994. And at one point, more than 80 players were on the original MIT team.

• According to Kevin Spacey, as part of their research for the film, they took some of the real players who were on the original team to Vegas. Although they weren't allowed to play, every time they wanted Spacey to up his bet, they would push up against his chair. He said, "I would win every time!"

• Jeff Ma: The real-life inspiration behind the character Ben Campbell as a Planet Hollywood blackjack dealer, referred to by Ben Campbell as 'my brother from another mother'.