Gambit

Director: Michael Hoffman
Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Stanley Tucci, Alan Rickman
Theatrical Release Date:
Distributor: CBS Films

Synopsis: This is based on the 1966 British caper pic that starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. In this version Harry Dean's (Colin Firth) plan to steal a painting from one of the world's richest men is missing one final component -- the participation of a beautiful woman to act as his gambit. In Nicole, he meets someone who appears to be the perfect candidate, but Harry himself becomes enraptured with her, causing his plan to take a series of wrong turns. [Synopsis courtesy of IOnCinema]

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Watch: 4 Clips & New Pics From 'Gambit' Starring Cameron Diaz & Colin Firth

While it doesn't have a U.S. release date just yet, the Coen Brothers penned, Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth starring comedy "Gambit" is already kicking up its heels overseas. A remake of the 1966 Michael Caine/Shirley MacLaine film, while on paper it sounds promising, the end result is ...
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Watch: Eccentricity Reigns In Trailer For Coens-Penned 'Gambit' Starring Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz

Nudity, lions, an art heist, outrageous accents and Stanley Tucci -- "Gambit" appears to have it all (depending on what your definition of "all" is), and a new, full-length trailer for the Coens-penned movie has dropped. And if anything, it proves that the brothers' brand of ...
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Watch: Wacky First Footage From 'Gambit' Starring Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz

When a movie is getting most of its buzz because it has a script written by Ethan and Joel Coen there are certain...expectations. But if this first footage of the upcoming "Gambit" is anything to go by, there is a difference between a movie written by the Coens and a movie written and dire...
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Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz And A Lion Feature In First Posters For 'Gambit'

For the second year in a row, it seems that we won't be getting a new Coen Brothers film. The directors had been especially prolific in recent years, with four films in four years between "No Country For Old Men" and "True Grit," but producer Scott Rudin confirmed a while back that it was unlikely t...
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CBS Films Move 'Seven Psychopaths' Up To October 12th, Delay 'Gambit' To Winter 2013

After a disappointing 2011 in which their films underperformed greatly, CBS Films have been doing a little better this year. February's "The Woman In Black" proved to be a sleeper hit, and Lasse Hallstrom's "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen" did pretty decently as well a month...
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Review: Coen-Derived Caper Comedy 'Gambit' Features A Game Colin Firth, But That's About It

Of all the genres to try and pull off, the romantic caper flick -- think "To Catch A Thief," or "Charade," or even "Ocean's Eleven" -- is one of the trickiest. For such a film to work out, it's got to be as light as a feather and feel entirely effortless, and all too many films aiming to hit that sw...
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