I've heard stories about this for awhile but didnt know they maded a movie about it ... pretty interesting. link The true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for millions. Ben Campbell is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who -- needing to pay school tuition -- finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa leading the way, they've cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor, Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos' menacing enforcer: Cole Williams. "Although most of the central characters in Bringing Down the House were Asian-Americans in real life, studio executives have cast mostly white actors to portray them in the film. Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House, has noted a "stereotypical" casting process on the part of Hollywood.[1] Asian Week called the casting a "whitewash," pointing out that if it was African Americans replaced by Caucasians, there would be more vocal protest. [1] Best Week Ever mocked the casting by stating "I have no trouble watching Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth instead of some zany Asian people Asianing up the screen with their unwatchable, completely unrelatable Asianness."
I read the book last year, I highly recommend it. Hopefully the movie can live up to it. The name of the book is "Bringing Down The House" for anyone that is interested in checking it out.
i saw a TV show about this awhile ago. called Breaking Vegas or something. it was on history channel i think. anyway i thought one of the MIT professors came up with the idea?
He was....that's why in the OP it says "With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa leading the way"
I hate seeing movies "based on a true story" because the whole time I sit there wondering what they jazzed up and what really happened. It takes me out of it for some reason.
Agreed that it was a good book. The trailers seem like a flashy Hollywood story inspired by the book...not really a retelling. But who knows, that's just my first impression of the trailer.
Your monkier suits the movie well 'luckyazn'. Considering most of the students in the real story were asian.
I read this book in like two days. Very hard to put down, and this is coming from a guy who hates to read.
my friend's dad knew one of the guys the story is based off of. that being sad after seeing the trailer its an interesting story but i dont think i would bother watching it....they'll probably sensationalize it for the sake of putting it on the big screen.
Yup, and then there are people who say there is no Asian American plight in the US. We all know there is, particularly Asian American MEN. Women atleast get that SEX APPEAL that Hollywood depicts on the big screen.
Oh yeah, Goku is a White guy too remember? Of course you can't have a sexy Asian guy. That's just not possible. Hollywood is run by Jewish White men, and their token minority of choice is the sexy Black Man. This justifies the otherwise imbalanced representation of minorities in movies.
haha interesting ... Mezrich's book is being turned into a movie produced by Kevin Spacey. "MGM is making the movie," Mezrich says, "which is ironic, considering that MGM is one of the casino systems that these guys beat for so much money." Turn a loss of hundreds of thousands to the MIT team into potential millions from a movie about it. One is tempted to say that the old adage is true after all — the house always wins
you in the long run these dudes made more money for casinos cause people come to vegas thinking they can count cards. keep in mind when the MIT thing hit, there was no card shuffling machines that continuously shuffle multiple decks of cards.
