Official Sites [Fisher leaves the bathroom stall] Then salt and pepper shakers are your spotters. I'm not leaving. : : The team is impressed by Ben's skill but Fisher becomes jealous and fights him while drunk, leading Micky to expel him. No. Meet Fisher from the movie 21 and find out how to win in Vegas. [Fisher against the rules sits at Ben's Blackjack table]. It's plus 13. [Ben nervously responds] However, despite having an MCAT score of 44 and high grades, he faces fierce competition, and is told by the director that the scholarship will only go to whichever student dazzles him. If you go over, you lose. Hit! Plus 13. : The Centenary baseball team picked up a pair of dominant victories on Sunday in the Belhaven University Tournament, starting the day with a 15-5 win over Edgewood and finishing things off with a 10-2 decision against Huntingdon College at Smith-Wills Stadium. : Ben's long-time friends (with whom he has reconciled) Miles and Cam also turn out to be quite good at card-counting while working with Choi and Kianna during Micky's capture and as such, the 6-man team make a lot of money despite Williams's robbery of Ben and Micky's chips. The film is inspired by the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich I don't care what you were. : He holds an American nationality. What's the count? A brilliant group of students become card-counting experts with the intent of swindling millions out of Las Vegas casinos by playing blackjack. Although it is not included in the soundtrack, During the restaurant scene where the team explains to Ben how they work, "Home" by, The song "Again with the Subtitles" by Texas artist, The track played as the team makes off at the end of the film is "Rito a Los Angeles" by, This page was last edited on 19 April 2021, at 16:00. Ben Campbell Company Credits : In pre-production, the producers and the book's original writers predicted that the Vegas casinos would be unhelpful, as a film that told viewers the basics of card counting might hurt their bottom line. And the best part, it's beatable. : 21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, and Kieu Chinh. How could you lose the count? Fisher Kianna Despite its largely mixed reviews and controversy over the film's casting choices, 21 was a box office success, and was the number one film in the United States and Canada during its first and second weekends of release. Choi Split! : Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. 20-21 Varsity Basketball. "21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. US Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate (Catherine) Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Liza Lapira; D: Robert Luketic; W: Peter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb; C: Russell Carpenter; M: David Sardy. [Fisher forces Ben to carry the $250,000 before going through the scanners at the airport]. Choi Micky Rosa : You're off the team. The head of security, Cole Williams, has been monitoring the team and begins to turn his attention to Ben. Principal filming of the Las Vegas scenes took place at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, the Red Rock Casino, and the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. : You know what's worse than a loser? [10] Ma, who is Chinese American, told USA Today, "I would have been a lot more insulted if they had chosen someone who was Japanese or Korean, just to have an Asian playing me. 'Cause you're the donkey boy. Fisher Fisher The film stars Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jacob Pitts, Travis Wester and Jessica Boehrs, and features cameo appearances by Lucy Lawless and Vinnie Jones, among others. Filming & Production This... mustard. Fisher Micky is angered and quits the team, demanding that Ben must repay $200,000. No. Seventeen were neutral with no value at all, and the rest were low cards with the value of plus one. In reality, as another DVD featurette reveals, the casinos (including MGM Resorts) saw the film as an attention-getter; people who saw it would be encouraged to go to Vegas and play: some just for fun and some attempting to count cards but failing to learn or memorize the entire strategy or making too many mistakes. Let me say that again, you do not... know each other... ever. : Actor (37) Bull (TV Series 2020) Roland Terrell (1 episode, 2020) Sneaky Pete (TV Series 2017-2019) ... 21 (2008) Fisher Quid Pro Quo (2008/I) Hugh Across the Universe (2007) Rap Magazine Employee The Novice (2006) Peter Pekorius Capitol Law (TV Movie 2006) Ryan 1/4life It's the most popular card game in the world. Fisher : Okay, they're just sitting at the table, betting the table min, and they're keeping the count waiting for one of these decks to get hot. : So if you think that this table is the casino floor, then, um... Choi : Hey, Jeffrey, his brother from another mother, how does that retard win so much? By Jacob L. Pitts On Sep 21, 2020 Share Ten days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, living legends and new artists came together for a primetime benefit concert, “ America: A Tribute to Heroes .” Jersey #2 Position PG Overall District 7-8 5-4 Nat. Pilot Point quarterback Jacob Pitts (4) releases a pass with great blocking during their game against Ponder Friday October 11, 2019, in Pilot Point, Texas. : In its opening weekend, the film grossed $24,105,943 in 2,648 theaters in the United States and Canada, averaging $9,103 per venue and ranking first at the box office. Jill Taylor His winnings are stolen from his dormitory room. In 2004, he played a role in Eurotrip, and in 2008 was cast in 21. I've had it with your arrogance! Micky Rosa Jill Taylor It is believed to … Fisher 21 Release Date: 28 March 2008 (United States) Inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art … Over many weekends, the team is flown to Las Vegas and Ben comes to enjoy his luxurious life as a so-called big player. Hey, Fisher. In exchange, Williams committed to allowing Ben to keep his winnings for that day, but as Ben is leaving Williams betrays him and takes the bag of chips at gunpoint. The team puts on disguises and returns to Planet Hollywood, winning $640,000 before they are spotted by Williams. Man, that sugar's sweet. : KEVIN SPACEY. Fisher So, our team is divided into two kinds of players, spotters and big players, right? Back at MIT, a professor, Micky Rosa challenges Ben with the Monty Hall Problem which he solves. Ben Campbell [Choi uses the salt and pepper shakers on their dinner table] The 21 true story reveals that the real MIT Blackjack Team was led by three individuals, none of whom were professors. He appeared in the play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004. I just love that scene in Vegas when um, the retard wins at Blackjack. Fisher [15], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "21 Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes", "Real MIT Blackjack Team - 21 Movie True Story", "Movies: 21 star Jim Sturgess got a crash course in card counting", "Hollywood deals Jeff Ma a good hand with '21, "New film '21' counts on the real deal for inspiration", "CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDS DVD RELEASE OF MOVIE "21, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=21_(2008_film)&oldid=1018735710, Films with screenplays selected in The Black List, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from June 2018, All articles needing additional references, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Micky Rosa : Jacob Pitts, Actor: EuroTrip. At all times, you don't know each other. Ben Campbell By the fourth weekend it fell to sixth place, losing 47% of its audience, grossing $5,520,362 expanding to 2,903 theaters, and averaging $1,902 per venue. [Ben is quizzed on knowing the count's exact word to each card number]. Varsity Basketball (2020-21) Varsity Football (2019) Varsity Basketball (2018-19) Varsity Football (2018) Varsity Basketball (2017-18) You play against the dealer. He has an elder sister Sarah Pitts-Lowry. 21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, and Kieu Chinh. : Micky flees with the bag of chips, jumping into a limousine but realizes it was a setup when he discovers that the chips are fake. No. He was always bullied in school. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. [Micky and the team of student card players teach Ben the positions of each team member]. : Fisher His parents are Arlene Pitts and Joseph Rives Pitts. It's really simple, actually. Stay! And then when one of the decks gets hot the spotter at the table signals in the big player. Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. JACOB loses! Williams beats up Ben and warns him not to return. Ben's devotion to blackjack causes him to neglect his role in an engineering competition, which estranges him from his friends. : Win like a man, lose like a man. : Jake Pitts. Filming also took place at Harvard Medical School, Chinatown, in Cambridge, and the Christian Science Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He applies for the prestigious Robinson Scholarship which would cover the entire cost. Plus 16. The count. Don't get caught counting. It is revealed that Ben and Williams made a deal to lure Micky to Las Vegas so that Williams may capture and beat him, because Williams has grievances against him. Ben Campbell The site's critical consensus reads: "21 could have been a fascinating study had it not supplanted the true story on which it is based with mundane melodrama. Cards drawn are the past, ones to come are the future. Fisher In response, Ma said, "I'm not sure they understand how little control I had in the movie-making process; I didn't get to cast it. His most notable performance was in the film EuroTrip as Cooper Harris. Jacob Pitts. [3] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[4]. Micky Rosa Micky Rosa Micky Rosa So I want you to pick up the ticket and go home, because if you don't, you know exactly what I'm capable of doing, don't you? Exactly. On second-and-1, Jacob Pitts dropped back and surveyed the field, but his pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage. Teams. The film is inspired by the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich. Thank you very much. Yes, you are. : Kianna Micky Rosa Fisher Kianna What are you gonna do about it, huh? You really suck at not asking questions. Jacob Mark Pitts was born on August 21, 1985, in Idaho, USA, to Mark Pitts and Carolyn Pitts. An unconvincing exercise in moral complexity, 21 is based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. The closest to 21 wins. Dude, I lost count 20 cards ago. Pitts performing with Black Veil Brides in 2014. : | [Micky quickly teaches Ben the rules of how to play Blackjack]. You look just like that. [Micky gets on Fisher's back after Fisher gets jealous of Ben's winnings]. Ben Campbell Micky Rosa JACOB PITTS. I was drunk, I was... Micky Rosa Micky Rosa Uh, plus 9? Pitts was born Jacob Rives Pitts on November 20, 1979, in Weston, Connecticut, the USA. During the next trip to Las Vegas, he is emotionally distracted and fails to walk away from the table when signaled, causing him to lose his earnings of $200,000. [Fisher shrugs his shoulders] Twenty-three were high cards with the value of minus one. : Oh, yeah? : Most of the on-screen lust is for money. Based on a true story: an MIT student joins a group trained by a professor to become experts in card counting - they're winning millions in Vegas when a casino security agent crashes the party! [Fisher stands in Micky's face] Stay! : 21. : Right. "[2] Metacritic gave the film an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". It's a game of memory. Oh, yeah? : A featurette included with the DVD completely and accurately describes the "Hi-Lo" system used by the MIT Blackjack Club and by Rosa's team in the film. '"[12], The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) reported on their web site: "After the 'white-washing' issue was raised on Entertainment Weekly's web site, [21] producer Dana Brunetti wrote: "Believe me, I would have LOVED to cast Asians in the lead roles, but the truth is, we didn't have access to any bankable Asian-American actors that we wanted. [Micky deals a deck of cards out to the team of kid card players]. Micky Rosa Ben, a mathematics major at MIT, is accepted into Harvard Medical School but cannot afford the $300,000 tuition. : | You're out of control, Jacob! As Massachusetts Institute of Technology did not allow filming on campus, the MIT school and dorm interiors, the gymnasium and the alumni reception were all shot at Boston University. What's a donkey boy? Please. Ben Campbell Release Dates LIZA LAPIRA. Fisher : The film ends with Ben recounting the tale to the dazzled and dumbfounded scholarship director. The filming of 21 began in March 2007. Jacob Mark "Jake" Pitts (born August 21, 1985) is an American musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist of rock band Black Veil Brides. You're just following Jill. : He appeared in the play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004. That's how we stay under the radar and that's why we never get caught. Micky Rosa By the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed a total of $157,802,470 worldwide—$81,159,365 in the United States and Canada and $76,643,105 in other territories, against a budget estimated at $35 million. Photo by Al Key/For the DRC Al Key Fisher Spotters never raise the bet or play any kind of progressive system. Ben protests and Williams explains that he needs retirement funds, whereas intelligent people like Ben will always find a way to succeed. [Fisher drunkenly talks to Ben] Why do I have to do it? : Jacob Rives Pitts (born November 20, 1979) is an American television, film and stage actor. : : Sweet. [Ben speaks from the doorway] Williams proceeds to hold Micky hostage and subject him to beatings. Don't call me dude. “21” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 4:22 Jacob Pitts's highlights Bridgeport High School. From now on, only Jim's equally obnoxious arrogance will be tolerated! You play against the dealer. He was a quiet child, and had no friends in school. Hit! Micky Rosa Well, people say I look like Tom Cruise all the time. Um, you're given two cards. Don't get caught counting. Damn you, Spacey! 21 +1bn½ 2008 (PG-13)122m/C DVD . Micky, I didn't play into a cold deck three times. Pitts has also appeared in popular TV shows such as Law & Order in 2000 where he played John Telford, Sex & The City (2000) where he played Sam Jones, and Ed where he played Johnny Malone. : Micky Rosa [Micky points to Choi] Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. All right, spotters are just sitting at the various Blackjack tables and they're betting the table minimum. Using card counting and covert signalling, they are able to increase their probability of winning while at casinos, leading them to earn substantial profits. Source for information on 21 +1bn: VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever dictionary. What I could never understand, though, is how someone so retarded, could win so much. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. : Jacob Pitts is an American actor. Choi The retard! Hit! "[9] Ma said that the controversy was "overblown" and that the important aspect is that a talented actor would portray him. : Oh, and what's our motto? You're off the team! [8], Jeff Ma, who was the real-life inspiration for the character Ben Campbell and served as a consultant on the film, was attacked as being a "race traitor" on several blogs for not insisting that his character be Asian-American. : … : You look exactly like that guy in Rain Man. : : JACOB PITTS. Mike Aponte Born: 1972 After MIT, Mike won the 2004 World Series of Blackjack and co-founded the Blackjack Institute. In fact, the writers were surprised when told by the producers that MGM Studios would finance the film, though all "MGM" casinos (including one used by the real MIT Blackjack Team) are owned by MGM Resorts International and are no longer related to MGM Studios. [Fisher looks to the dealer] : [6], A race-based controversy arose over the decision to make the majority of the characters white Americans, even though the main players in the book Bringing Down the House, upon which the film 21 is based, were mainly Asian-Americans. The film dropped to third place in its third weekend, losing 32% of its audience, grossing $10,470,173, expanding to 2,736 theaters, and averaging $3,827 per venue. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 36% of 169 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 5.17/10. Technical Specs, [Choi uses the salt and pepper shakers on their dinner table], [Fisher positions the mustard on the table]. Plus 11. Watch trailers & learn more. 21 (2008) Jacob Pitts as Fisher. The soundtrack was released at the same time as the film. Jacob Pitts’s birthstone is Topaz and Citrine. | : He was creative from childhood, and took art in his middle and high school. Use it in a sentence. in Boston who strives to succeed. Suspecting Micky, Ben confers with the other blackjack students and they persuade Micky to make a final trip to Las Vegas before the casinos install biometric software. 21 editions published between 2004 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 596 WorldCat member ... Jacob Pitts pemeran laki-laki asal Amerika Serikat.