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Synopsis: Blessed, or cursed, with the ability to see events minutes before they occur, Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) earns a living as a magician in Las Vegas and keeps a low profile under an alias. When terrorists threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon in Las Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) goes on the hunt for Cris and hopes to convince him to help her stop the coming apocalypse.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
PG-13
Year:
2007
96 min
$17,993,461
Website
925 Views


6.

The dealer turns over his cards. He’s got a king and a deuce.

So he has to draw. Pulls the jack. Busted.

The dealer pays Cris, then presses a button under the table.

INT. surveillance room

Banks of video monitors display images from the multitude of

cameras looking down from above the gaming tables. The

SURVEILLANCE SUPERVISOR, HAWKEYE, repositions in response to

a red light so he can look over a Surveillance Operator’s

shoulder and study Cris.

INT. office of casino boss - DIFFERENT CASINO - day

The Stalin-faced CASINO BOSS sits behind his desk.

casino boss

If you don’t mind my asking, why

does Homeland Security give a damn

about who’s lucky in Vegas?

He’s talking to Callie Ferris. We recognize her sardonic

beauty from the plasma screen in Cris’s pre-vision. In

person, she’s edgy, confident, and impatient with those who

aren’t as quick as she is.

Ferris

Maybe they’re more than lucky.

casino boss

Then we handle it.

Ferris

I’m not talking about cheating.

That’s your problem. But if

somebody wins consistently and you

can’t figure out how...Excuse me.

She answers her cell phone.

Ferris

Ferris...I’ll be there in fifteen.

She stands, disconnects, and hands the Casino Boss her

business card.

FERRIS:

Call me, like they did. And try to

hold him till I get here.

7.

Casino boss

Yes, ma’am.

She’s already out the door.

Video monitor:
close on cris

Relaxed. Playing blackjack. The FEMALE DEALER tries not to

gawk at him as she deals from a shoe.

Ferris (o.c.)

Nice looking guy.

davis (o.c.)

I guess.

Pull back:
surveillance room

Ferris and DAVIS, the casino’s dapper CHIEF OF SECURITY,

stand behind Hawkeye, the Surveillance Supervisor, and study

Cris on various monitors.

Ferris

Maybe she’s in cahoots.

davis

He’s beaten six dealers in a row.

ferriS

You’re sure he’s not counting?

hawkeye

We’ve got five decks in the shoe.

And he wins more off the top than

the bottom.

davis

Moves a lot from table to table.

On a monitor, Cris pockets some of his chips.

hawkeye

Keeps his stacks short.

On another monitor, A COCKTAIL WAITRESS takes orders from the

players.

WAITRESS:

What’s your pleasure?

CRIS:

Grand Dad, rocks.

8.

Ferris

What’s his name?

davis

(shrugs)

Not staying here. Pays in cash.

Hawkeye

We’re running him through face

check.

As Ferris watches Cris on the monitor, he becomes still and

attentive, as if sensing danger. He squints a little, the way

we do when we try to remember something.

Ferris

Invite him for a drink.

(remembers her manners)

If you don’t mind.

Int. CASINO/BLACKJACK TABLE - day

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Gary Goldman

Gary Wayne Goldman is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor, he is well known for working on films with Don Bluth such as Anastasia, An American Tail, and The Land Before Time. more…

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