Casino Jack

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Release Date: October 1, 2010
Studio: ATO Pictures
Director: George Hickenlooper
Screenwriter: Norman Snider
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz, Conrad Pla, Christian Campbell, Yannick Bisson, Spencer Garrett, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, David Fraser
Genre: Drama

Two–time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey gives the performance of a lifetime in "Casino Jack," a riotous new film starring Spacey as a man hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer. He plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to awe–inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to get what he wants. Inspired by true events that are too over–the–top for even the wildest imaginations to conjure, "Casino Jack" lays bare the wild excesses and escapades of Jack Abramoff. Aided by his business partner Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper), Jack parlays his clout over some of the world's most powerful men with the goal of creating a personal empire of wealth and influence. When the two enlist a mob–connected buddy (Jon Lovitz) to help with one of their illegal schemes, they soon find themselves in over their heads, entrenched in a world of mafia assassins, murder and a scandal that spins so out of control that it makes worldwide headlines.

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Kevin Spacey gives the performance of a lifetime in "Casino Jack,"

nope, he has done better

hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer.

good life=achieved by fraudulent behavior?

He plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to awe–inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to get what he wants.

glorious crooks? anyone checked who they were working for?

Inspired by true events that are too over–the–top for even the wildest imaginations to conjure,

nonsense

Jack parlays his clout over some of the world's most powerful men with the goal of creating a personal empire of wealth and influence.

let me guess, he started from scratch, became known by conning people in high places and the elite sat by watching him make fools out of them? think again

imo, the guy was a talented hired/bought fraudster, getting his orders/help/support/info from above to do the dirty work - in exchange he could enjoy the high life as long as he was useful, deluded into thinking he acquired some permanent wealth or stability - soon enough the elites got rid of him just as they did with hundreds/thousands of others before

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