The Cooler Page #4

Synopsis: The unluckiest man in Vegas - a guy whose bad luck is contagious - is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill high rollers' action. That is, until he falls in love with a cocktail waitress and gets "lady luck," which throws the situation into reverse. Things turn nasty when the casino director tries to break up the romance.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Wayne Kramer
Production: Lions Gate Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2003
101 min
$8,179,538
Website
277 Views


I just renegotiated his contract.

Listen, you two need to be

on the same page.

Larry, listen, if I don't

hear from you by Thursday,

I'm taking the Stardust.

All right? I'm going there.

I understand.

- Johnny Cappella, gone.

We'll definitely be

in touch, Johnny.

A**holes.

Your progressed

Venus is in Gemini...

and it's in direct motion,

which means...

...you're a slow starter

when it comes to romance.

Sorry. You know what?

This is real

unprofessional of me.

I shouldn't discuss your chart

with you until I'm all done.

I can tell by the

look on your face...

you think this is all a lot of B.S.

No, I just... I know what

the outcome's gonna be.

There's not like one

particular outcome.

A lot of things come

into the picture, like...

the planets, the moon phases--

The outcome won't

change with me.

It'll be all bad.

- Oh, my God.

I have never met anyone...

who was so down

on themselves.

Do you know

what I do at the Shangri-La?

I asked around.

You're a cooler.

You turn winners into losers.

- Do you know how I do that?

Listen, I know there's

a lot of stuff...

that happens in

casinos all the time.

I do it by being myself.

People get next to

me, their luck turns.

It's always been that way.

Well, that sounds...

like a self-fulfilling

prophecy to me.

There's a whole chapter

of that in my book...

I only got six more days.

Well... really almost five.

I'm leaving town.

Only five more days?

Then we shouldn't waste

any more time.

You want to go back

to your place?

If this is--

I'm not sure...

I'm not sure I can afford...

I can't afford to--

- Christ.

Oh, God. I'm sorry.

Wait, I didn't mean it.

See, this is what

I'm talking about.

I've gone and cooled

the damn table.

Shut up, Bernie,

shut up.

You haven't gone

and cooled anything.

Not by a long shot.

Oh, God.

You know...

once they're dead,

they don't really grow back...

in case that's

what you were waiting for.

Oh, my God, you got a cat?

So... you got any music?

Hey...

come here.

Sit.

Relax, Bernie, relax.

I assure you...

at least one of us

has done this before.

This is not the first time

I've ever--

Surprise me.

I like this.

# Luck, be a lady tonight #...

# Luck, be a lady tonight #...

# Luck, if you've

ever been a lady...

to begin with #...

# Luck, be a lady tonight #...

# Luck, let a gentleman see #...

# How nice a girl

you can be #...

# I know the way

you've treated...

other guys you've

been with... #...

They're snaps.

- I think I can get it.

Ow! Wait. Pull down some.

Okay.

- Ouch!

I'm sorry.

- It's okay. It's okay.

# It isn't fair...#

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, sh*t.

# A lady doesn't wander

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Frank Hannah

Frank Hannah (born 15 February 1971 in Clydebank, Scotland) is a Scottish-born screenwriter and filmmaker. more…

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