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Croupier
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381059625
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
MPN: D0596D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 09, 2004
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Suffering from a bad case of writer's block, author Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) sits in his London flat, staring at an empty computer screen and trying to find the words to narrate his meandering life. Reluctantly Jack accepts a job from his absentee father (Nicholas Ball) at a second-rate casino as a dealer, or croupier, a job he once held in South Africa. His immersion back into this world is intoxicating, thanks primarily to the power he holds over his nightly clientele. Jack is a straight arrow on the floor (unlike his coworkers) but the whisper of an inside-job robbery makes his life suddenly more intriguing, as do the women who begin to drift into his life: a fellow croupier (Kate Hardie) and an alluring gambler (Alex Kingston). Suddenly, Jack finds his own life is his best book material. There's something visceral about watching the world of gambling, and director Mike Hodges (who directed the original Get Carter) taps into this allure; Jack's simple croupier tryout--handling cards and chips with skill and grace--is as captivating as most action scenes in big popcorn films. In the end, this little film, which went on to become an art-house hit, is as unpredictable as a roll of the dice. --Doug Thomas
All bets are off in London's gambling world when struggling writer Jack Manfred (Gosford Park's Clive Owen) accepts his father's offer of a job as a croupier, out the cards of fate and fortune each night to casino patrons. As his relationship with his girlfriend, Marion (Notting Hill's Gina McKee), suffers from the strain of his new job, Jack finds his eye roving to a seductive gambler, Jani (ER's Alex Kingston), who lures him into a dangerous robbery scheme with Jack positioned as the inside man. A critical and commercial smash, this delicious British thriller from director Mike Hodges (Get Carter) and writer Paul Mayersberg (The Last Samurai) is a solid winner from start to finish!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Clive Owen Holds all the Aces
If you liked CasinoCasino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)you'll really enjoy Croupier. Yes that is Clive with blonde hair but don't worry his lovely and styled Blue Black hair will be right back. The movie has some nice twists and the ending is a straight flush winner.
Rating: - I, Croupier
This was a film I had bought on the basis that it concerned gambling. I believe it may have been a cross reference product when I purchased "The Cincinnati Kid". Clive Owen I was totally unfamiliar with as an actor. I had never heard of the film, yet it was rated well and relatively inexpensive. So, I took a chance when I ordered it from Amazon.
Well, to put it mildly, I won the Roulette number on this spin of the wheel! Croupier is an excellent picture for the narration of the private thoughts ... Read More
Rating: - Smart screenplay with no fat makes CROUPIER a winner for an earlier Clive Owen
Film Noir is one of my least favorite styles of cinema; but with a smart screenplay that is as lean as the prime cut filet and direction that makes every frame a perfect diamond,CROUPIER,Britain's look at the casino world, made me a winner for a 100 minutes.
Clive Owen is Jack Manfred, an author who is looking to score the big novel.One problem: he has writer's block.He is cajoled by his dad, Nicholas Ball, to take a job in a second tier London Casino as a croupier,or Black Jack dealer.There, ... Read More
Rating: - Get the DVD version with Mike Hodges' director's commentary
Nine years after its production, 'Croupier' is now remembered as the vehicle which shot Clive Owen into movie stardom...and rightfully so. He's mesmerizing here in Mike Hodges' taut adaptation of Paul Mayersberg's beguiling script. Mayersberg received an Edgar Allan Poe nomination for Best Screenplay. [NOTE: Amazon's sister site IMDB - in a delightfully goofy phonetic slip-up - notes that the Poe Awards "honor the achievements of writers in the field of mystery at all."]
Mayersberg's tale features ... Read More
Rating: - Solid British Thriller
Croupier's protagonist (Clive Owen, in a very interesting performance in his pre-fame days) is a taciturn, unsuccessful writer living in London, who at the instigation of his father accepts a job as a croupier in a casino. He takes the job in order to write a novel about it, in which he can watch this particular milieu from above, in a detached and superior position. In the casino he meets a number of people, including the troubled Bella (Kate Hardie, in my view, the movie's most compelling character). Other character, ... Read More
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