I don’t think Soderbergh’s remake from 2001 is close to his best work but it’s still slightly superior to the original Ocean’s 11 here
Apparently they shot this film during the day as the Rat Pat and cast performed, separately I believe, at night
Love the Saul Bass opening Vegas lights inspired titles
1960 Las Vegas looks as big and glitzy as Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1995
The actors are almost all good- but they’re breezing thru performances here and that’s description- not evaluation- it’s not a bad thing- the film thrives on mood and the jocularity of it all—scotch and pool tables—bad prank phone calls and we’re 50 minutes in before they talk about the caper
The whistle from the trademark song from Sammy Davis Jr is great
I’m a sucker for Sinatra’s scene with Angie Dickinson and, after their fight, he tells the elevator kid “take me to where they serve the drinks”
There are flaws- Milestone (well past his prime) is moving so fast Conte mispronounces “abacus” and they keep going
Akim Tamiroff so unbelievable annoying in this film. It’s a flaw
The film, the suits, the sweaters (it’s Xmas during the movie) are all great fashion—CQ marked it as an influential film
Sloppy screenplay at times—they are going to give 10k to Conte’s wife and kid after he dies?
I’m also a sucker for Dino singing and playing “Ain’t love a kick in the head”
The Shirley MacLaine drunk bit/scene/cameo is fantastic—“they said it as a lady’s drink… lady horse”
The New Year’s countdown montage with the colored balloons is inspired
Given the genre and mood- the lukewarm weird ending as they walk down the strip is a bit of a headscratcher
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