21 (2008 film)

21
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Luketic
Written by	Peter Steinfeld Allan Loeb
Based on	Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
Produced by	Kevin Spacey Dana Brunetti Michael De Luca
Starring	Jim Sturgess Kate Bosworth Laurence Fishburne Kevin Spacey
Cinematography	Russell Carpenter
Edited by	Elliot Graham
Music by	David Sardy
Production companies	Columbia Pictures[1] Relativity Media Trigger Street Productions Michael De Luca Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release date	March 28, 2008 (2008-03-28)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$159.8 million

21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich. IMDb offers a brief summary of the film: "21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Las Vegas casinos for millions in winnings."^[2] The film stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, and Kieu Chinh. 21 was a box office success and was the number one film in the United States and Canada during its first and second weekends of release, despite some mixed reviews.