Rounders | |
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Directed by | John Dahl |
Written by | David Levien Brian Koppelman |
Produced by | Joel Stillerman Ted Demme |
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Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier |
Edited by | Scott Chestnut |
Music by | Christopher Young |
Production company | Spanky Pictures |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[1] |
Box office | $22.9 million (United States)[1] |
Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term rounder refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games.
Rounders opened to mixed reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. Following the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film became a cult hit. A novelization of the film was written by Kevin Canty and released by Hyperion Books.