Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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All about film

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Photo 156

Actors and characters

Release date

2001-12-07

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Jerry Weintraub Productions, Section Eight

Genre

Thriller, Crime

Budget

$85 000 000

Revenue

$450 717 150

Website

http://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/oceans-eleven

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Actors

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy García, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Jerry Weintraub, Bruce Berman, John Hardy, Susan Ekins

Operator

Steven Soderbergh

Composer

David Holmes

Artist

Robert Woodruff, Blair Huizingh

Audition

Debra Zane

Editing

Stephen Mirrione, Robin Le Chanu
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• Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson were supposed to play the brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy, but they were unable to film due to their involvement in the project 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001). These roles were ultimately played by Casey Affleck and Scott Caan.
• The role of the pickpocket, which eventually went to Matt Damon, was originally intended for Mark Wahlberg.
• Bruce Willis dropped out of the project due to being busy with other films.
• Warner Bros. paid $200,000 for the use of the house, where the character of Elliott Gould lives according to the plot, during filming.
• During filming, a barrel of Guinness beer was installed in George Clooney's dressing room.
• Henry Silva and Angie Dickinson, who starred in "Ocean's 11" (1960), appeared in its remake in cameo roles (a fight scene).
• Apart from Danny Ocean, the names of all other characters from the original film were changed in the remake.
• Brad Pitt appears in this film with a fire tattoo on his left arm. The same tattoo was on George Clooney in "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1995).
• In the scene where Rusty (Brad Pitt) teaches celebrities to play poker, Joshua Jackson appears with the same skull ring that he wore in "Skeletons" (2000).
• Film director Steven Soderbergh made a cameo appearance, playing one of the safe robbers.
• Between takes, the actors played in the casino. Despite conflicting reports on who won more, Clooney managed to lose 25 hands of blackjack in a row.
• The role of Frank Catton, played by Bernie Mac, was originally intended for Danny Glover, but he preferred to star in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001).
• Ewan McGregor was considered for the role of Basher.
• John Favreau was offered to write the screenplay, but he declined.
• Initially, Don Rickles was chosen for the role of Sol Bloom.
• Sidney Pollack and Dennis Franz were considered for the role of Reuben Tishkoff.
• Warren Beatty, Michael Douglas, and Ralph Fiennes were considered for the role of Terry Benedict.
• The final scene, in which the main characters stand in front of the fountain, imitates a famous episode from Philip Kaufman’s “The Right Stuff” (1983), where astronauts watch the performance of dancer Sally Rand.
• The robbery supposedly takes place on the day of the Vladimir Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis fight for the world boxing championship. In reality, Vitali, Vladimir's brother, fought Lewis on June 21, 2003.
• 160 million dollars (the stolen amount) in $100 bills weighs 1.6 tons.
• In the episode where Benedict reviews surveillance footage provided by the robbers, the screen displaying the recording from the vault shows the numbers "... N 419". In the next frame, the screen of the same camera, still displaying the recording of the robbers, shows "... S 420".
• Filming took place from February 11th to June 7th, 2001.
• In the episode where Benedict reviews security camera footage provided by the robbers, the screen with the footage from the vault displays the numbers "... N 419". In the next shot, the screen of the same camera, still showing footage of the robbers, displays "... S 420".