The Gambler
The Gambler
Issu d'une famille très aisée, n'ayant jamais manqué de rien, Jim Bennett est professeur agrégé de littérature contemporaine et il tente d'enseigner vainement l'existentialisme à des étudiants qui semblent plus préoccupés à récolter leurs points que des bribes de culture littéraire. Dramaturge qui s'ignore, il a commis en 2007 un succès littéraire qui lui apporta une certaine notoriété. Rien depuis ne lui apporte de l'excitation sinon les jeux de hasard dans lesquels il puise l'adrénaline, carburant nécessaire pour la poursuivre de son style de vie suicidaire, le seul qui donne du sens à son existence. Surendetté, il doit des sommes considérables — qu'il n'a nullement l'intention de rembourser — aux patrons des pègres caucasienne, afro-américaine et coréenne, qui lui vouent une certaine sympathie.
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Cast
Mark Wahlberg
as Jim Bennett
Anthony Kelley
as Lamar Allen
Chanon Finley
as Pole Dancer
George Kennedy
as Ed
Chil Kong
as Blackjack Dealer #1
John Goodman
as Frank
Amin Joseph
as Neville's Bookkeeper
Simon Rhee
as Mister Lee's Heavy #2
Natalija Ugrina
as Masseuse (uncredited)
Richard Schiff
as Jeweler
Emory Cohen
as Dexter
Alvin Ing
as Mister Lee
Leland Orser
as Larry Jones
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Neville Baraka
Jessica Lange
as Roberta
Griffin Cleveland
as Young Jim
Jacob Bertrand
as Young Boy (uncredited)
Erika Jordan
as Erotic Dancer Salene (uncredited)
Paul Han
as Underground Gambler (uncredited)
Brie Larson
as Amy Phillips
Domenick Lombardozzi
as Big Ernie
Omar Leyva
as Valet
Steve Park
as Number 2
Andre Braugher
as Dean Fuller
Da'Vone McDonald
as Neville's Muscle
Lauren Weedman
as Banker
Crew
Jacqueline West
Costume Design
Peter Dress
Second Assistant Director
Howard Berger
Makeup Department Head
Rodriguez
Songs
James Toback
Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
William Monahan
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Jon Brion
Original Music Composer
Dan Mast
Stunts
Michael Bauman
Gaffer
Eddie J. Fernandez
Stunt Driver
Tierre Turner
Stunts
Lee Orloff
Sound Mixer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Eric Norris
Stunts
Ben Hernandez Bray
Stunt Coordinator
Ray Siegle
Stunt Double, Stunt Driver
R.J. Kizer
ADR Editor
Steve Kim
Stunts
Ron Bartlett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Wahlberg
Producer
Eugene Collier
Stunts
Donald Sparks
First Assistant Director
Brad Einhorn
Property Master
Stephen Levinson
Producer
Greig Fraser
Director of Photography
Rupert Wyatt
Director
Randy Hall
Stunts
Michael Runyard
Stunts