Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven is a feature film made ​​in 2001 by Steven Soderbergh. It is a remake of the film Frankie and his cronies from 1960, which was directed by Lewis Milestone. The film belongs to the genre of heist movies.

Action

Danny Ocean, is released after years of imprisonment, which he served for theft on probation. Immediately he prepares his next coup: In Las Vegas, he wants to rob the vault under the Casino Bellagio Hotel, where the owner Terry Benedict also kept the money his other two casinos The Mirage and MGM Grand. About $ 160 million are in the hedged with all imaginable precautions underground vault. Because of the sensors in the ground around the 70 m deep bunker is not to think about digging a tunnel. One can also take the money only through the casino. For Danny Ocean has devised an ingenious plan in the prison cell.

First, it selects the suitable men, that they should carry out the coup along with him: his friend Rusty Ryan, the dealer Frank Catton, the British pyrotechnician Basher Tarr, the electronics expert Livingston Dell, the car hobbyist Turk and Virgil Malloy, the pickpocket Linus Caldwell and Chinese acrobat Yen. In addition, Rusty brings the old Saul Bloom from Saint Petersburg, Florida. From the entrepreneur Reuben Tishkoff Danny and Rusty are hoping the financial resources they need for the preparations. They fly him to Las Vegas. Reuben wants to know nothing of it, but when he betrayed the two that it comes to the casinos of Terry Benedict, he joins the team at first. Benedict had just him ruthlessly wrested his hotel in Las Vegas to blow this and to build a larger at the same place.

Ocean's Eleven peeking out of the affected casinos and check especially the safety precautions. Livingston Dell to wire up a screen with the camera surveillance system at the Bellagio succeed. On the basis of plans and descriptions they build a duplicate of the vault, practicing in the yen, as it can move without touching the sensors with secured floor.

It was not until Rusty discovers and finds out that she has started a new life after divorce as curator of the art gallery at the Bellagio on the side of Terry Benedict ex- wife Tess at the Bellagio Danny's, he suspects that his friend less about the millions as to Tess goes and he wants revenge on his rival.

At the designated evening Rusty Ryan informed the casino owner by telephone that just robbed 'll be safe. Terry Benedict, holding his security systems for absolutely sure it does not believe at first, but the screens in the monitoring center is the raid to see. Rusty kicks him that he should leave the gang with 80 million ( half the money from the vault ) go through the casino freely and you would leave him the other 80 million. If he does not mitspiele or one of the men staying in the withdrawal from the casino, you 'll destroy the entire money with incendiary bombs. Benedict goes on, but alerted the police and leaves the van, in which the money was loaded, storm at the airport by his people. The vehicle was remote controlled and is empty. In the video footage in the security system of the Bellagio it was a recording from the replica of the vault. Only now admits the band - dressed as a SWAT team of the police - the real vault from.

Meanwhile, Danny makes closer to Tess, provoking a confrontation with Terry Benedict. The presents the ex-husband of his mistress in one of the monitored with cameras corridors to task and at the same time suspected him of being involved in the attack. On a monitor Tess watched the scene: Danny intimates that he could try to get the stolen money back, but he was asking for Benedicts waiver of Tess. As this is spontaneously willing understands Tess, which of the two men she really loves.

Although Danny has again a few months in jail because he has violated by admission to Nevada of his parole, but the robbery may prove him guilty of no one. He has his share of the loot and Tess has recovered. Rusty and Tess get Danny off on his release from prison. The film ends by the three of them ride in the car and shortly thereafter follow them two Benedicts people in the car.

Others

  • A running gag of the film - in fact all three films - is that Yen speaks only Chinese, but nevertheless understood by all and him in English (or German ) will be replied. Likewise, Rusty has some food in many settings or drink in your hand. However, he never eats something to an end but will it ever previously out of hand.
  • The end of the film -heard piano piece Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque the French composer Claude Debussy and was played by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
  • In fact, both the hotel Bellagio, The Mirage and the MGM Grand Hotel a group, namely the MGM Resorts International are based in Las Vegas.

Other contributors

  • Holly Marie Combs, Topher Grace, Joshua Jackson, Barry Watson and Shane West play themselves and get on top of the film by Rusty poker lessons, which thus incidentally earned money.
  • Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis boxing against each other in the ring of the MGM Grand Hotel. Furthermore, you can see them, as they trigger the explosion of Reubens Hotel. Both have a very brief appearance.
  • Siegfried and Roy and Henry Silva sitting in the audience of the boxing match. The latter starred in Frankie and his cronies one of the " cronies ".

Continuations

The sequel to Ocean's 12 was published on 16 December 2004. Its sequel Ocean's 13, the third part, came to German cinemas on June 7, 2007. All known from the first part actors are again one of the party, except Julia Roberts, which is missing in Ocean's 13.

Trivia

German synchronization

Director Steven Soderbergh was not because of the different tone with Detlef Bierstedt as George Clooney German standard voice satisfied. By means of an extensive auditions in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich was finally selected Martin Umbach.

The contract for the German Synchronous processing of received sync company Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin, which stayed with the other main characters on reoccupation of the assigned voice actors. So Brad Pitt was again spoken of Tobias Meister, Andy García by Stephan Schwartz, Julia Roberts by Daniela Hoffmann, Matt Damon Matthias Hinze and Don Cheadle by Dietmar miracle. Even with the guest appearances you noticed mostly the continuity and occupied Dennis Schmidt- Foss for Joshua Jackson, Melanie Hinze for Holly Marie Combs and Kim Hasper for Barry Watson.

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