Runner runner
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Runner runner |
| Original title | Runner runner |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brad Furman |
| script |
Brian Koppelman , David Levien |
| production |
Arnon Milchan , Jennifer Davisson Killoran , Leonardo DiCaprio , Brian Koppelman , David Levien , Michael Shamberg , Stacey Sher |
| music | Christophe Beck |
| camera | Mauro Fiore |
| cut | Jeff McEvoy |
| occupation | |
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Runner Runner is an American thriller from 2013 . Directed by Brad Furman . It stars Justin Timberlake , Ben Affleck and Gemma Arterton . The film was released on September 25, 2013 in Belgium , France and the Philippines . The film opened in the United States on October 4, 2013 and in Germany on October 17, 2013.
action
Richie Furst is studying mathematics at Princeton University and is about to embark on a lucrative career on Wall Street . Since he hardly has any reserves to pay the tuition fees of 60,000 US dollars , he also places other students in an online poker game and receives a small commission for it. When the university finds out, they threaten to ban him from studying. He risks all of his savings to win the fee he needs from an online poker game; however, he loses everything in the last game. Richie senses a cheater behind it and can prove this with the help of statistics. He travels to Costa Rica to meet Ivan Block - who runs the world's largest online poker platform - with his results. He initially rejects him, but then gives him the money back and explains that there was a programming error behind the fraud. Richie also receives an offer from him to work for him. Ivan assures Richie that he can become a millionaire within a year. He accepts the job and in time begins an affair with Ivan's ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Shafran.
One day, Richie is kidnapped by FBI agent Eric Shavers, who threatens to ruin his life in various ways if he doesn't help get Ivan to jail. Richie refuses to believe that Ivan is conducting illegal business and continues to stand by him. Over time, however, he began to have doubts, and his friend Andrew Cronin, whom Ivan had flown to Costa Rica from New York , also discovered that the online portal worked according to a pyramid scheme. This almost kills Andrew as he is beaten almost to death by Block's men. Ivan slowly realizes that Richie is a danger. He lets his indebted father fly in, buys his debt and blackmailed Richie with it.
Meanwhile, Richie tries to fly home again, but is stopped by Shavers. He is now joining forces with him. They realize that Ivan has the local police under his wing. Thus it cannot be extradited to the USA. Richie learns from Rebecca that Ivan wants to give up his business in Costa Rica and start over in Antigua . He also learns that Ivan has falsified evidence and that he is now supposed to be a scapegoat. He and Rebecca forge a plan. Ivan believes his plan will work and leaves Costa Rica. Little does he know that Richie bribed all the important people, including Ivan's pilot. This landed the jet in Puerto Rico , which is a US territory . Ivan is arrested and Richie gives Shavers a USB stick with evidence that Andrew previously hidden. Meanwhile, Richie and Rebecca fly away in Ivan's private jet.
background
The film was shot in Puerto Rico and Princeton University from June to August 2012 . Some parts of the script are based on the life of poker player Nat Arem who discovered an online poker fraud.
The name of the film, "Runner Runner", is a poker term that describes a player who has to be dealt two consecutive ("running") cards in Texas Hold'em as a turn card and as a river card in order to have a chance with his hand by getting a flush or a straight . The probability of this is compared in the film with the probability of being able to work on the stock exchange: 4 percent.
German dubbed version
The German synchronous editing was done by Berliner Synchron AG Wenzel Lüdecke in Berlin . The dialogue book was written by Hannes Maurer , and the dubbing director was Christoph Cierpka.
| actor | role | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Timberlake | Richie Furst | Robin Kahnmeyer |
| Ben Affleck | Ivan Block | Peter Flechtner |
| Gemma Arterton | Rebecca Shafran | Nadja Schönfeldt |
| Anthony Mackie | Agent Shavers | Torsten Michaelis |
| Michael Esper | Billy "Pet" Petricoff | Jan Makino |
| Oliver Cooper | Andrew Cronin | Tim Sander |
| Louis Lombardi | Archie | Michael Iwannek |
| Sam Palladio | Shecky | Tim Knauer |
| John Heard | Harry Furst | Rüdiger Joswig |
| Dayo Okeniyi | Lionel | Tobias Müller |
| Vincent Laresca | Sergeant Barrancas | Abelardo Decamilli |
reception
Reviews
The film received mostly negative reviews.
"At first glance, Brad Furman's thriller 'Runner Runner', with its star cast and lavish show values, is a big number, but under the shiny surface of the exotic film cocktail there is little substance or narrative substance."
“(...) Timberlake ('The Social Network'), who seems to be a bit overwhelmed in the protagonist role, is less convincing. Several subplots, for example, about a harsh FBI agent or Richie's game-addicted father, only contribute to a limited extent to enrich the story. On the other hand, the innovative camera work and the exciting orchestral score are positively noticeable. The glossy poker production would like to pretend to be high rollers, but remains standard. "
success
With a budget of $ 30 million, the film grossed $ 62.68 million worldwide through March 2014. On the opening weekend, the film grossed 7.71 million and ranks third behind Gravity and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 . In the United States, the film grossed $ 19.32 million and fell short of expectations.
In Germany, 90,822 visitors went to the cinema on the opening weekend, the total number of viewers was 256,751. This was equivalent to a revenue of $ 2.68 million.
Web links
- Runner Runner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c runner runner. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Film review for Runner Runner on Filmstarts.de. Retrieved March 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Film review for Runner Runner on kino-zeit.de. Retrieved March 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Runner Runner. Box Office Mojo, March 7, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .
