I’m pleased to announce CASINO JACK, the whip-smart new comedy from ATO Pictures, starring two–time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey and directed by George Hickenlooper. This story of a man who resorts to awe–inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to secure the finer things in life hits theaters on December 29, 2010.
The real Jack Abramoff served three and one half years of a six-year sentence in federal prison, and is now assigned to a halfway house. He is scheduled to be released on December 4, 2010. Abramoff was a top lobbyist for the Preston Gates & Ellis and Greenberg Traurig firms and a director of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, and Toward Tradition. He was College Republican National Committee National Chairman from 1981 to 1985. He was a founding member of the International Freedom Foundation.
Kevin Spacey is at peak form in his brilliant portrayal of Jack Abramoff, a man seduced by greed who can’t stop amassing his empire of luxuries, until one of his illegal schemes spins wildly out of control. The film also features stellar performances by Barry Pepper as Jack's cocky business partner, Jon Lovitz as an associate with a questionable past, and Kelly Preston as Jack’s devoted but conflicted wife.
The wild escapades that unfold eventually come crumbling down due to an illegal scheme gone bad, resulting in a scandal that makes headlines worldwide.
Watch the trailer after the Jump..
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SYNOPSIS:
Two-time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey gives the performance of a lifetime in CASINO JACK, a riotous new film starring Spacey as a man hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer. He plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to awe-inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to get what he wants.
Inspired by true events that are too over-the-top for even the wildest imaginations to conjure, CASINO JACK lays bare the wild excesses and escapades of Jack Abramoff. Aided by his business partner Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper), Jack parlays his clout over some of the world's most powerful men with the goal of creating a personal empire of wealth and influence. When the two enlist a mob-connected buddy (Jon Lovitz) to help with one of their illegal schemes, they soon find themselves in over their heads, entrenched in a world of mafia assassins, murder and a scandal that spins so out of control that it makes worldwide headlines.
Directed by George Hickenlooper (FACTORY GIRL, THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS), CASINO JACK returns Spacey to the type of role that made him famous – a cool-headed, articulate snake charmer whose wild ambitions knows no limits or boundaries. The film also stars Kelly Preston and Rachelle Lefevre and is produced by Gary Howsam, Bill Marks and George Vitetzakis from an original screenplay by Norman Snider. Executive Producers are Richard Rionda Del Castro, Lewin Webb, Donald Zuckerman, Dana Brunetti, Patricia Eberle, Warren Nimchuk, Angelo Paletta and Domenic Serafino. The Associate Producer is Rick Chad.
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