Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations
Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Young Craps Player
- (as Phillip Seymour Hoffman)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman improvised his scenes, including most of the craps scene.
- GoofsAt 30: The craps table that Sydney walks by shows players cheering, but the cover (lid) and count slip are on top. If it were a real game there would be no cover.
Featured review
Excellent movie. Excellent actors. I like the calm flow of the movie. Dialogs are strong: very realistic, not cultivated in a predictable and
understandable main stream drama form. The hostage scene is brilliant. In many movies the characters
react in a movie-like way, shaped in how the characters would
react if...too cultivated, mostly showcases for actors to show how
emotional and brilliant they can play their roles. In this movie the characters many times don't know what to say or
how to react and that's brilliant in my opinion. In real life you don't have strong and powerful one-liners at hand. But still it is a movie and put into a form, a calm and understated,
but brilliant form.
understandable main stream drama form. The hostage scene is brilliant. In many movies the characters
react in a movie-like way, shaped in how the characters would
react if...too cultivated, mostly showcases for actors to show how
emotional and brilliant they can play their roles. In this movie the characters many times don't know what to say or
how to react and that's brilliant in my opinion. In real life you don't have strong and powerful one-liners at hand. But still it is a movie and put into a form, a calm and understated,
but brilliant form.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Hard Eight
- Filming locations
- Jack's Cafe - 2200 Victorian Avenue, Sparks, Nevada, USA(Jack's Coffee Shop)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $222,559
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $69,486
- Mar 2, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $223,879
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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