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IMDb 6.8 13+ HD
21
2008 2 h 3 min Drama · Thriller · Crime
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Film 21

Stories from the set

What happened on set and off camera. No spoilers.

5 facts

  1. The film is based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (2002).

  2. Ben Mezrich spent several years gathering information about a group of MIT students who used an advanced card-counting system. He met with former team members, with the main protagonist himself, with casino security system specialists, and with everyone else who had anything to do with that story.

  3. Filming took place from March 2007 in Boston and Las Vegas.

  4. Jeffrey Ma (the real-life inspiration for Ben Campbell) made a cameo as a dealer at the Planet Hollywood casino.

  5. One of the members of that MIT student team, and possibly the main character himself, was John Hirschtick — the founder and first CEO of SolidWorks.