Croupier

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Croupier is a 1998 British neo-noir drama film directed by Mike Hodges, known for its gritty portrayal of a casino dealer drawn into the criminal underworld.

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Croupier canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
drama film
film
neo-noir film
cinematographyBy Mike Garfath
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Mike Hodges
distributedIn United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Film4 Productions
surface form: Channel 4 Films

Shooting Gallery
editedBy Les Healey
filmingStyle gritty realism
genre crime film
drama
neo-noir
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme alienation
crime
gambling
moral ambiguity
leadActorRole Clive Owen
surface form: Clive Owen as Jack Manfred
mainCharacter Jack Manfred
mainCharacterOccupation casino croupier
musicBy Simon Fisher-Turner
narrativeDevice voice-over narration
notableFor portrayal of casino life
reviving interest in Clive Owen as a leading actor
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A struggling writer takes a job as a casino croupier and becomes drawn into the criminal underworld and a casino heist.
producer Christine Ruppert
Jonathan Cavendish
productionCompany Film4 Productions
surface form: Channel Four Films

Little Bird
releaseType theatrical film
releaseYear 1998
runtimeMinutes 94
screenplayBasedOn original screenplay
screenwriter Paul Mayersberg
setting London, England
surface form: London
starring Alex Kingston
Alexander Morton
Clive Owen
Gina McKee
Kate Hardie
Nick Reding

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Jonathan Cavendish produced Croupier
Gina McKee notableWork Croupier
Clive Owen notableWork Croupier