Gambit Page #3

Synopsis: Curator Harry Deane is an expert in fine art, but he's equally accomplished in taking abuse from his insolent boss. That's about to change. The plan - trick the avid art collector into buying a fake Monet painting. To assist in the heist, Deane hires a rowdy Texas cowgirl to help him fool the richest man in England. But as the plan begins to unravel, Deane finds he is falling in love with the rodeo queen, ensuing further complications.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Michael Hoffman
Production: CBS Films
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
PG-13
Year:
2012
89 min
$689,042
1,103 Views


- Other countries, other customs.

- How are we going to meet this woman?

- I remember one night in Botswana...

She's surrounded

by a Cro-Magnon Swiss Guard.

This wasn't the plan, Major.

How are we going to get back on plan?

You boys OK, huh?

Faces still on right ways round?

Yes, thank you.

All present and correct.

I do apologise on Merle.

He just loves a brawl.

Nose been broke so many times,

he had the cartilage taken out

so there wouldn't be downtime

between bar fights.

An expedient we might consider

if we spend much more time in Texas.

Heigh ho, friend.

I wouldn't recommend it.

May I draw your attention to the matter

which brought us here to meet you?

Sure.

So you're saying

that's like $800,000 American? Wow!

We don't have the money yet.

- But it's gonna work out, right?

- As long as we stay on plan.

Sounds like you really wanna

stick it to this guy. Here we are.

Inside is a man who weighs half a ton.

Michael was fork-lifted onto a stretcher

for transporting killer whales.

Shame! Shame!

Hey, Grandma! Alright, well, here it is.

Take your pick.

- Plenty of walls to choose from.

- Good morning.

Too fat!

Major, if you'd like to set

your camera up over there.

Perhaps if your grandmother

would move over for a moment.

Grandma Merle, these nice people

wanna take a picture here in the house.

Is everyone in this state named Merle?

- There you go.

- Good God. Is she unwell?

Oh, no, she's fine.

Grandma Merle just chews.

Ms Puznowski, could you slide

a little closer to your grandmother?

Ready, ladies? Say cheese.

Hard facts,

honest reporting. Shabandar.

His door is rather firmly shut

at the moment.

- Would you care to wait?

- Yes, thank you, I'll wait.

Lionel Shabandar

explains his formula for success

in his startling

new autobiography, "Me".

Welcome to the jungle.

We're here to help you cut through...

Huh!

Shabandar Media. Creating...

Go right in, Mr Deane.

- Your lordship...

- Yes, Deane?

That's a very nice suit, sir.

- What?

- Nothing.

I was leafing through the advance

on the Horse and Hunt the other day.

- The layout pages.

- Why on earth were you doing that?

Well, as a matter of fact, it's...

Well, why be coy?

It's a simple explanation,

so simple, in fact, that I...

Well, it's my favourite of your...

of your publications, sir.

Our publications

here at Shabandar Media.

Without wanting to overstate things,

I would say it may be my favourite...

publication ever, without the...

qualification of Shabandar Media,

et cetera, et cetera.

- Do you ride?

- Good God, no.

That is, I have ridden.

A birthday party. They had ponies.

Little Shetland ponies.

We traipsed around

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Joel Coen

Joel Coen was born on November 29, 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as Joel Daniel Coen. He is a producer and writer, known for No Country for Old Men (2007), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Fargo (1996). He has been married to Frances McDormand since April 1, 1984. They have one child. more…

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