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Inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art of card counting and took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) finds himself quietly recruited by MIT's most gifted students in a daring plot to break Vegas. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor (Kevin Spacey) and armed with fake IDs, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and his friends succeed in breaking the impenetrable casinos. Now, his challenge is keeping the numbers straight and staying one step ahead of the casinos before it all spirals out of control.

RATING: PG-13

STARRING:

Jim Sturgess: Ben Campbell
Kate Bosworth: Jill Taylor
Laurence Fishburne: Cole Williams
Kevin Spacey: Professor Micky Rosa

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2008

SCREENWRITER: Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb

DIRECTOR: Robert Luketic

RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes

STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

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This movie is based on the book Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story Of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas For Millions, and is loosely based on a true story.
The character of Ben Campbell is based on the real life person Jeff Ma. The real Jeff Ma has a cameo in this film, he plays a blackjack dealer in the Planet Hollywood Casino.
The film could not secure rights to film at M.I.T. so instead the movie was shot at Boston University. Many of the schools students were used as extras during filming.

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