Ocean's Eleven

Name: Ocean's Eleven

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Screenplay by: Ted Griffin

Based on a Screenplay by: Harry Brown and Charles Lederer

Based on a Story by: George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell

Produced by: Jerry Weintraub

Executive Producers: Bruce Berman, Susan Ekins and John Hardy

Cinematography: Peter Andrews

Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione

Production Design: Philip Messina

Music by: David Holmes

Studio: Pixar Animation Studios

Production Companies: Regency Enterprises Jerry Weintraub Productions Section Eight Productions NPV Entertainment

Producer/Release: 20th Century Fox

Airdate: December 7, 2001

Length: 118 minutes

Budget: $85 million

Box Office: $450.7 million

Pixar Movie Number: 415

Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American comedy heist film and a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, and Julia Roberts. The film was a success at the box office and with critics, and was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2001.

Soderbergh directed two sequels, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, which make up the Ocean's Trilogy. Another "Ocean's" film is in development as of 2015 with an all-female cast.

Plot
Following release from prison, Daniel "Danny" Ocean violates his parole by traveling to California to meet his partner-in-crime and friend Rusty Ryan to propose a caper. The two go to Las Vegas to pitch the plan to wealthy friend and former casino owner Reuben Tishkoff. The plan consists of simultaneously robbing the Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand casinos. Reuben's familiarity with casino security makes him very reluctant to get involved, but when he starts to think of it as a good way to get back at his rival, Terry Benedict, who owns all three casinos, Reuben agrees to finance the operation. Because the casinos are required by the Nevada Gaming Commission to have enough cash on hand to cover all their patrons' bets, the three predict that, on the upcoming night of a highly anticipated boxing match, the Bellagio vault will contain more than $150,000,000.

Danny and Rusty recruit eight former colleagues and criminal specialists: Linus Caldwell, a young and talented pickpocket; Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), a casino worker and con man; Virgil and Turk Malloy, a pair of gifted mechanics; Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), an electronics and surveillance expert; Basher Tarr, an explosives expert; Saul Bloom, an elderly con man; and "The Amazing" Yen, an accomplished acrobat. Several of the team members carry out reconnaissance at the Bellagio to learn as much as possible about the security, the routines and behaviors of the casino staff, and the building itself. Others create a precise replica of the vault with which to practice maneuvering through its formidable security systems. During this planning phase, the team discovers that Danny's ex-wife, Tess, is Benedict's girlfriend. Rusty urges Danny to give up on the plan, believing Danny incapable of sound judgment while Tess is involved, but Danny refuses.

When the plan is put in motion, Danny goes to the Bellagio in order to be seen by Benedict, who, as expected, has him locked in a storeroom to be beaten by a bouncer called Bruiser. Bruiser, however, is a friend of Danny's, and he allows him to leave through a ventilation shaft, to meet with his team in the vault. Linus poses as a gaming commission agent and reveals to Benedict that one of his employees, Ramon Escalante, is actually Frank Catton, an ex-con. Linus and Frank stage a faux confrontation in Benedict's presence so that Linus can steal the vault access codes written on a piece of paper in Benedict's jacket. Yen is smuggled into the vault by the Malloy brothers to assist in triggering the explosive from the inside. Saul sneaks explosives into the casino vault by posing as a wealthy international arms dealer who needs especially secure safekeeping for his valuables and then pretends to have a heart attack that draws the security men's attention away from the vault monitors, and is subsequently treated by Rusty posing as a doctor.

The team activates a stolen EMP device to temporarily disrupt the casino's electrical power, allowing them to breach the vault undetected. As Benedict attempts to restore order following the power outage, Rusty anonymously calls him on a cell phone that Danny had earlier planted in Tess's coat. Rusty tells him that the vaults are being raided and that all the money will be destroyed if Benedict does not cooperate in loading half the money into a van waiting outside. Benedict observes video footage of the vault that confirms Rusty's claims and complies in moving the money but orders his men to follow the van after it departs and calls a SWAT team to secure the vault and the other half of the money. The SWAT team's arrival results in a shootout which causes the incineration of the half of the money left in the vault. After assuring Benedict that the casino is secure, the officers depart at Benedict's insistence.

Benedict's men following the van, discover it is being driven by remote control, and that, instead of money, it contains duffel bags full of flyers advertising prostitutes. Benedict realizes that the vault video feed he had been watching was pre-recorded, as the vault floor in the footage lacked the Bellagio logo, which had only recently been installed. A flashback reveals that Danny had used the vault replica to create the fake video Benedict had seen. The rest of the team posed as S.W.A.T. officers and took all of the money in the vault when responding to Benedict's call for police assistance. Benedict then returns to the room where he left Danny and finds him still there, apparently still being worked over by Bruiser, leaving him with no way to connect Danny to the theft. As Tess watches via security surveillance, Danny tricks Benedict into saying he would give up Tess in exchange for the money. Danny then says, "All right. I know a guy. We were in the joint together. Anybody pulls a job in the western US, he knows about it. Give me 72 hours. I'll find out who took your money". Benedict, humiliated, orders his men to escort Ocean off the premises and inform the police that Ocean is violating his parole by being in Las Vegas. Tess leaves Benedict and exits the hotel just in time to see Danny arrested. When he is released after serving "three to six months" for his parole violation, he is met by Rusty and Tess, and the three drive off, closely followed by Benedict's bodyguards.

Cast Members
•	George Clooney portrays Danny Ocean, a slick con-man, recently paroled from prison, who develops the idea of robbing three Las Vegas casinos in one night. Ocean is calm, honest, suave and insightful in his actions, in spite of his illegal nature.

•	Brad Pitt portrays Rusty Ryan, Danny's right-hand man. A reformed ex-partner of Ocean's, Rusty is a well-connected asset to the team. Rusty is seen eating, usually fast food, in nearly every scene in which he appears.

•	Matt Damon portrays Linus Caldwell, a naive yet highly talented pickpocket whose parents are famous and well-regarded thieves. Danny recognises plenty of potential in Linus, and drafts him to the team, though Linus is the toughest to convince.

•	Don Cheadle portrays Basher Tarr, a munitions expert and former co-conspirator of Rusty and Danny's. He speaks with an exaggerated cockney accent, and in spite of his intelligence, can be very dramatic.

•	Bernie Mac portrays Frank Catton, an old friend of Rusty and Danny's with a slightly metrosexual personality. He acts as the inside man for the heist.

•	Scott Caan portrays Turk Malloy, half of the Mormon twins that Danny employs as drivers and leg-men for the job. Turk is aggressive and confident and is frequently feuding with his brother.

•	Casey Affleck portrays Virgil Malloy, the other half of the Malloy boys. Virgil is more mild-mannered, polite and friendly than his brother, but can also become very sarcastic and arrogant.

•	Carl Reiner portrays Saul Bloom, an aged and experienced con man, employed by the crew to impersonate a number of people for their job. Saul proves to be tough for Rusty to convince to get involved, but seeking excitement in his retirement, he signs on.

•	Elliott Gould portrays Reuben Tishkoff, a wealthy and influential casino mogul, and old friend of Danny and Rusty. He acts as the bankroll for the job, and serves as a wise advisor for a number of the crew, particularly Linus.

•	Eddie Jemison portrays Livingston Dell, a freelance technology specialist who is recruited to the team to complete computer hacking and associated tasks. He has a neurotic, anti-social personality and is extremely uncomfortable when he isn't sitting at his PC.

Shaobo Qin portrays "The Amazing" Yen, a slight Chinese acrobat who acts as the crew's greaseman, which often involves contortion and aerobatic feats.

Other Cast Members
•	Andy García as Terry Benedict

Julia Roberts as Tess Ocean

Cameo Roles
•	Five television actors make cameos as themselves, being taught how to play poker by Rusty:

Holly Marie Combs

Topher Grace

Joshua Jackson

Barry Watson

Shane West

•	Steven Soderbergh as one of the bank robbers with Basher

•	Angie Dickinson as herself – appeared in the original film

•	Henry Silva as himself – appeared in the original film

•	Siegfried and Roy as themselves

•	Wayne Newton as himself

•	Wladimir Klitschko as boxing opponent

•	Lennox Lewis as boxing opponent

•	Jim Lampley as boxing announcer

•	Jerry Weintraub as a high-roller gambler

John Erickson as casino patron in "lunch with Reuben" flashback scene

Media Release

 * Ocean's Eleven; a DVD and video tape released in May 7, 2002.

Aspect Ratios
1.85:1/1.33:1 (Full Open Matte)
 * 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)

DVD Main Menu

 * Play Movie
 * Scene Selection
 * Special Features
 * Deleted Scenes
 * Blooper Stuff
 * The Making of Ocean's Eleven
 * Languages
 * English
 * Canadian French
 * Mexican Spanish
 * Brazilian Portuguese
 * German
 * Hungarian
 * Italian
 * Polish
 * Czech
 * Slovak
 * Bulgarian
 * Russian
 * Subtitles
 * English From The Hearing Impaired
 * French
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese
 * German
 * Hungarian
 * Italian
 * Polish
 * Czech
 * Slovak
 * Bulgarian
 * Russian
 * Filmmakers' Commentary

Previews

 * Treasure Planet Trailer (In Theaters November 27th)
 * Austin Powers in: Goldmember Trailer (In Theaters July 26th)
 * Inspector Gadget 2 Teaser Trailer (Spring 2003)
 * The Good Girl Trailer (In Theaters August 9th)
 * Dr. Pepper Commercial (ft. Spider-Man)

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