The Card Counter

Name: The Card Counter
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2021-09-03
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara

He's Playing the Hand He Was Dealt.

The Card Counter (2021)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Release date

2021-09-03

Country

United Kingdom, United States, China, Sweden

Production

Grandave Capital, Focus Features, Bona Film Group, HanWay Films, Convergent Media, LB Entertainment, Astrakan Films AB, Enriched Media Group, One Two Twenty Entertainment, Redline Entertainment, Saturn Streaming, Redline Entertainment

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

Revenue

$5 040 860

Website

https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-card-counter

Director

Paul Schrader

Actors

Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara, Bobby C. King, Ekaterina Baker, Bryan Truong, Dylan Flashner, Adrienne Lau
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Scenario

Producer

Braxton Pope, David M. Wulf, Lauren Mann, Martin Scorsese, Elsa Ramo, William Olsson, Joel Michaely, Jeff Rice, James Swarbrick, Patrick Hibler

Operator

Alexander Dynan

Composer

Robert Levon Been

Artist

Audition

Susan Shopmaker

Editing

Ben Rodriguez Jr.
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Short description

William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

What's left behind the scenes

Shia LaBeouf left the project due to being busy. Nicolas Cage, a close friend of director and screenwriter Paul Schrader, recommended he invite Tay Sheridan, with whom he had worked on David Gordon Green's crime drama "Joe" (2013), for the role.
The film's budget was so small that each scene was shot with a maximum of two takes.
The reason Oscar Isaac's character drapes the furniture in the motel room with white fabric is never explained to the audience. This practice began in 1982 when Schrader was filming "Cat People," and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti did the same in an attempt to somehow embellish the purely utilitarian style and appearance of furniture in American motels.
As preparation for the role, Oscar Isaac spoke with professional gamblers and practiced calligraphy (as his character keeps a diary).
Paul Schrader located former Leavenworth prisoners through the social network "Facebook" to learn about life in the military prison.

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