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Gambit is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Michael Hoffman released in USA on 25 april 2012 with Colin Firth
Gambit (2012)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 april 2012
Length 1h29
Directed by Michael Hoffman
OriginUSA
Themes Escroquerie
Rating56%
Gambit is a 2012 film directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci. It is a remake of the 1966 film of the same name starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine. This version is scripted by Joel and Ethan Coen. It was set to be released in the United States on 12 October 2012, but never came out theatrically and went straight-to-DVD on 25 April 2014. The film premiered in Great Britain on 21 November 2012.
Synopsis
British art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss Lord Shabandar (Alan Rickman) by conning him into buying a fake Monet ("Haystacks at Dusk"), a painting that has been missing since 1945, after being plundered by the Nazis. He teams up with a master art forger, the Major, and travels to Alpine, Texas to find rodeo queen, PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz) whom he plans to recruit in his scheme. Harry envisions the plan in his head, and goes to a bar to talk to PJ. PJ's friend Merle, angered by his advances, punches Harry in the face and a bar fight is started. PJ walks outside to find Harry and the Major cleaning their wounds, and they talk to her about the deal. She agrees and the next day the three drive out to PJ's grandmother's mobile home out in the desert. They hang the fake Monet on the wall and take a picture with the painting in the background. The picture is to appear with an article on the rodeo queen that will be published in a magazine that is part of Shabandar's media empire.Actors
Colin Firth
(Harry Deane)
Cameron Diaz
(PJ Puznowski)
Alan Rickman
(Lionel Shahbandar)
Stanley Tucci
(Martin Zaidenweber)
Tom Courtenay
(The Major)
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