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Ocean's Thirteen
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Written by Brian Koppelman
David Levien
Narrated by George Clooney
Starring George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Andy Garcia
Scott Caan
Don Cheadle
Casey Affleck
Elliott Gould
Bernie Mac
Al Pacino
Ellen Barkin
Eddie Izzard
Music by David Holmes
Cinematography Steven Soderbergh
Editing by Stephen Mirrione
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) June 8, 2007
Running time 122 min. Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14 1963 is an American Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, editor, and Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937) is an American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists. Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter producer director actor and lawyer David Levien is an American screenwriter novelist director and producer George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Andy García (born Andrés Arturo García y Menéndez; April 12, 1956) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor Scott Andrew Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American Actor. Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an Academy Award - SAG Award- and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5 1957 &ndash August 9 2008 better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American Actor and Comedian Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe Award -nominated American Actress. Edward John "Eddie" Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian and Dramatic Actor. See David Holmes for other persons with this name. David Holmes is an Irish DJ, Musician and Composer Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14 1963 is an American Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, editor, and Stephen Mirrione (born February 17 1969 in Santa Clara County California) is an American Film editor. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Country USA
Language English
Budget $85,000,000
Gross revenue $309,154,724
Preceded by Ocean's Twelve
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Ocean's Thirteen is a 2007 film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring an ensemble cast. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 film that takes place after the events of Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960 film. Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14 1963 is an American Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, editor, and An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production It is the third (and reportedly final)[1] in the Soderbergh series following the 2004 sequel Ocean's Twelve and the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven, which itself was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film Ocean's Eleven. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 film that takes place after the events of Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960 film. The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 Remake of the 1960 Rat Pack Caper film of the same name. The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The Rat Pack was a group of popular entertainers most active between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s Ocean's Eleven (or Ocean's 11) is a 1960 Heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five Rat Packers Frank All of the cast members reprised their roles from the previous installments except for Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967 is an American - Academy Award winning Film actress and former Fashion model. Catherine Zeta-Jones ( "zeeta" born September 25, 1969) is a Welsh actress, presently based in the United States Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin joined the cast as their new targets. Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe Award -nominated American Actress.

This film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA; it was released on June 8, 2007,[2] although it was released in several countries in the Middle East on June 6. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year [3] Filming began in July 2006 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, based on a script by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter producer director actor and lawyer David Levien is an American screenwriter novelist director and producer [4]

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Plot synopsis

Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) and Las Vegas' most hated businessman, Willy Bank (Al Pacino), are building a new hotel and casino in Vegas. Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award -nominated American actor The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6 Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning After having secured crucial deals for Bank, Reuben is strongarmed into signing over his share to him. Bank leaves him with just a $10,000 poker chip and Reuben notices that Bank has changed the name of the hotel from "The Midas" to his own name, "The Bank". Reuben suffers a heart attack from the stress related to his financial loss. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply The remainder of Ocean's Eleven, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), Virgil Malloy (Casey Affleck), Turk Malloy (Scott Caan), "The Amazing" Yen (Shaobo Qin), Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), and Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison) – Tess and Isabel are left out by the simple explanation that this is "not their fight" – gather around his bed and are told that Reuben could survive, if he had something to live for. Daniel "Danny" Ocean is a fictional character in the original Ocean's Eleven, its 2001 remake and the two films that followed George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5 1957 &ndash August 9 2008 better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American Actor and Comedian Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an Academy Award - SAG Award- and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor Scott Andrew Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American Actor. Qin Shaobo ( born 1982) is a Chinese acrobat and Actor. He was born in Guangxi, China and is a member of the Peking Acrobats Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American Actor, Film director, producer, Writer and Comedian Eddie Jemison is an American film and television actor Jemison was born in New Orleans Louisiana. They offer Bank a chance to reinstate Reuben, referred to as a "Billy Martin", which he turns down. Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr ( May 16 1928 &ndash December 25 1989) was an American Second baseman and They then decide to ruin Bank in two ways.

First, the team decides to deny Bank's new hotel the prestigious Five Diamond Award, the highest distinction granted to a hotel (all of his other hotels have already received this award). The AAA Five Diamond Award is the highest level of the AAA Diamond Ratings System for restaurants and lodgings administered by AAA (formerly known as the American Automobile Association Saul poses as Kensington Chubb, the Five Diamond reviewer. He discreetly gets Bank's attention by dropping his review folder. Believing Saul to be the reviewer and thus a VIP, Bank orders his entire staff to see to Saul's every need. A Very Important Person, or VIP is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance Meanwhile, the team engineers a series of mishaps for the real reviewer (David Paymer), undercover and a self-described "very unimportant person. David Paymer (born August 30 1954) is an Academy Award -nominated American Character actor, seen in such films as Quiz Show " As befitting his lowly status, he is shown to a filthy room, gets food poisoning at a hotel restaurant, and is finally evicted by rude, brutish security guards (Virgil and Turk in disguise). After being evicted the reviewer approaches Bank and thanks him for having him evicted. Bank, of course, ignores this very unimportant person.

Second, they will rig the casino so that all the players (supplied by Denny Shields (Jerry Weintraub) win huge amounts of money on the opening night, so that Bank loses ownership of the hotel as he is expected by his board of investors to make $500 million in the first quarter to maintain control. Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937) is an American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists. Virgil manages to rig the casino dice at the source, a Mexican factory, so that the team can flip and stop them at the table using devices disguised as Zippo cigarette lighters. However, appalled by the dreadful working conditions in the factory and low pay, Virgil leads the workers in a strike for better pay. Sending in Virgil's brother, Turk doesn't work, as Turk only joins the strike. Finally, the team agrees to the workers' demands and the strike ends. Meanwhile, Bank is tricked into buying a rigged domino table run by Frank, posing as a domino dealer and his co assistant Mirage posing as an Expo girl. A slot machine is rigged to pay out a huge progressive jackpot once Rusty activates it and lets another player take over. A progressive jackpot is a Jackpot (highest payoff for a gaming machine (usually a Slot machine or Video poker machine where the value of the jackpot Livingston and a twelfth man, Roman Nagel (Eddie Izzard), rig card machines. Edward John "Eddie" Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian and Dramatic Actor.

To ensure that all games played at the casino are fair and not tampered with, Bank has installed a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence security system known as The Greco. The computer reads biofeedback data from players in real time, enabling it to determine whether a win was rigged or legitimate. Nagel informs Ocean and Rusty that The Greco is housed in an impregnable room, and that only something like a natural disaster or a magnetron could cause it to shut down. Ocean and Rusty decide to rent a tunneling machine that would simulate a localized earthquake hitting the hotel, which would effectively shut down The Greco for three minutes and twenty seconds while it reboots. To ensure that all the players will leave the casino with their winnings instead of gambling until they run out, the team plans to simulate an earthquake again to scare everyone into cashing out and leaving. However, the drill, which had been used to dig the Channel Tunnel from the English side, breaks down. The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche also known as the Chunnel, is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with To purchase the only available replacement, the drill that had been used from the French side, the twelve make a deal with their old enemy, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). Andy García (born Andrés Arturo García y Menéndez; April 12, 1956) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor Benedict will put up the money only if the team makes him senior partner and double his investment of $36 million for the drill, and also steal Bank's four prized diamond necklaces. When Bank wins a Five Diamond Award he purchases a real diamond necklace as a trophy, keeping them in a glass case in his penthouse. Though the team had considered stealing the diamonds earlier, but decided it would be near-impossible to get through the security in the case, they agree to do so under duress.

Yen the acrobat is introduced as Mr. Weng, a high-roller and rich businessman. Linus, disguised with a distinctive nose, acts as his business manager. Yen infiltrates the elevator shafts and air conditioning ducts, but discovers that accessing the diamonds from the floor or ceiling will be borderline impossible. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another Ducts are used in heating ventilation and air conditioning ( HVAC) to deliver and remove air Instead, Linus uses The Gilroy to seduce Bank's hotel manager, Abigail Sponder (Ellen Barkin), who leads him to the diamond room for more privacy. A pheromone (from Greek φέρω phero "to bear" + ‘ορμόνη " Hormone " is a Chemical that triggers a natural

Livingston is seemingly caught "rigging" the card machines by the FBI; an agent (Bob Einstein) tells Bank that replacement machines will be sent over by the manufacturer; However, Livingston hadn't actually rigged the machines, but the replacements for the "rigged" machines were the actual rigged ones. Robert "Bob" Einstein (born November 20, 1942, in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor and comedy Writer From Livingston's fingerprints, the casino obtains a list of known associates: Ocean's Eleven. Basher, dressed up as the stunt man for the hotel's opening show, distracts Bank while Virgil and Turk modify the downloaded names and faces so that the team's cover is preserved.

Meanwhile, the team calls Bank's brand new cell phone, which, unbeknownst to him, contains a magnetron. A cavity magnetron is a high-powered Vacuum tube that generates coherent Microwaves They are commonly found in Microwave ovens as well as various This shuts down The Greco and it takes three minutes and twenty seconds to reboot. The rigged games are all activated. Team members in the casino, including Danny, Rusty, Saul, Yen, Frank, and a recovered Reuben, all make sure that everyone who plays at the casino wins, so the casino pays out millions. Another earthquake is simulated, prompting everyone in the casino to cash in their chips and evacuate, taking all their "winnings" with them.

Upstairs, the FBI agent abruptly interrupts Linus and Abigail and arrests Linus. As Linus is led away, the agent is revealed to be his successful criminal father Bobby Caldwell, who is also in on the scheme. When the two reach the rooftop helipad to leave, Francois Toulour (Vincent Cassel), alias "the Night Fox", the antagonist from Ocean's Twelve, reveals himself, having followed the whole crew from the start in partnership with Benedict. The word helipad is a portmanteau meaning helicopter landing pad, a landing area for Helicopters Though helicopters can usually land anywhere flat a fabricated Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French Actor. He has appeared in both French and English language Films. An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or At gunpoint, Linus hands Toulour the stolen diamonds (the gun, as he finds out shortly, was not loaded). Toulour escapes, but the diamonds Linus handed over are fakes; shortly after, the team circumvents the impregnable display case by simply stealing it from the hotel (via explosives and a helicopter), while a bemused Toulour watches from the ground. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys.

Danny confronts Bank, telling him he broke the rules and needs to learn from what he's done; he also states that Bank obviously isn't going to go to the police and that any threats Bank makes would be empty, because "I know all the guys that you'd hire to come after me. . . they like me better than you. " He also reveals Saul's deception, though he doesn't comment on the actual reviewer. Reuben is given the deed to 4. 6 acres of land on the Las Vegas Strip. Danny then meets Benedict at his office, confronts him about hiring Toulour, and informs him that he donated Benedict's share of the money to "Camp to Belong", a camp for under-privileged kids, in Benedict's name. Benedict later appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated He announces that he donated the money because he was touched by these kids. The act makes him seem like a humanitarian, and he says he's just following Oprah's example. Finally, Danny, Rusty, and Linus meet at McCarran International Airport and go their separate ways. McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. It is shown that Linus has finally gotten a "part" in his father's work. After they have left, Rusty gives up his seat on one last rigged slot machine at the airport to the beleaguered hotel reviewer who wins $11 million as compensation for what he went through.

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Reaction

Box office performance

The film did well on its first weekend, reaching the top spot at the North American box office. Julian R Sands (born January 4, 1958) is a British Actor, most well known for his roles in the Cult film Warlock Angel Oquendo is an American stage television and film actor In addition to his work on film he also appeared in a number of television series including My Name is Earl, Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937) is an American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists. Despite being opened in 250 more theaters than Ocean's Twelve, it had a slightly weaker opening weekend than the former, pulling in $36 million, compared to Twelve's $39 million opening weekend. [5][6] As of December 30, 2007, Ocean's Thirteen has taken in $117. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2 million in the U. S. alone. Overseas the film has made $194. 2 million pushing its total worldwide gross to $311. 4 million. [7]

Critical reception

Critical reception to the movie has generally been positive with some critics liking the movie's style while others criticized it for being overly complex. Joel Siegel, in what would turn out to be his last review for Good Morning America, raved on the movie, saying that if it had been the first movie, there still would have been a sequel. Joel Siegel ( July 7, 1943 – June 29, 2007) was an American Film critic for the ABC morning news show On the movie Web site Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has received an overall 70% score, while on Yahoo! Movies it garnered an average B grade. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. [8][9] Several critics consider this a "come back", because Ocean's Twelve did not get the same acclaim.

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Preceded by
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		 Box office number-one films of 2007 (USA)
June 10, 2007		 Succeeded by
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End is a 2007 Adventure film, the third film in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend Box office in the United States during 2007. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer is a 2007 Superhero film, and sequel to the 2005 film Fantastic Four.
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