"One con under escort." "Open gate one." "Man walking." "Open gate two." "Let's go." "Face the wall." "Got one under escort." " Good morning." " Morning." " Please state your name for the record." " Daniel Ocean." "Thank you." "Mr. Ocean, the purpose of this hearing is to determine ... whether, if released, you are likely to break the law again." "And while this was your first conviction, you have been implicated, though never charged ... in over a dozen other confidence schemes and frauds." "What can you tell us about this?" "As you say, ma'am, I was never charged." "Mr. Ocean, what we're trying to find out is... was there a reason you chose to commit this crime ... or was there a reason you simply got caught this time." "My wife left me." "I was upset." "I got into a self-destructive pattern." "If released, is it likely you'd fall back into a similar pattern?" "She already left me once." "I don't think she'd do it again just for kicks." "Mr. Ocean, what do you think you would do, if released?" " Chips, please." " Sure." " Change 150." "Would you like quarters or nickels?" " Quarters are fine." " Good luck." " Thank you." "20." "Dealer has 19." "Good start." " I'm goin' on break now." " Here." "Thank you very much." " Good luck." " You have a good one." " How are you, sir?" " Hello, Frank." "I beg your pardon, sir." "You must have me confused with someone else." "My name is Ramón." "As you can see right here." " My mistake." " No problem, sir." "The table's cold anyway." "You might want to try the lounge at Caesars." "Gets busy after 1:00." " 1:00?" " Yes, sir." "Thanks, Ramón." "Thank you." " Checking up on current events?" " Ramón?" "Glad to meet you." "Frank Catton can't get past the gaming board." " You just got out?" " This afternoon." "You seen him?" "Last I heard, he was teaching movie stars how to play cards." "Why?" "You have a plan already?" "Are you kidding?" "I just became a citizen again." "Officer Brooks... this is Danny Ocean." "I was told to contact you within 24 hours." "No, sir, I haven't been getting into trouble." "No, sir, I haven't been drinking." "No, sir, I wouldn't even think about leaving the state." "Hey, Russ!" "Rusty." "What's up, man?" "Let me ask you a question." "Are you incorporated?" "Well, okay, if you're not, you should really think about it." "'Cause I was talking to my manager last night ..." " Bernie?" " No not Bernie, my business manager." "Actually, you know what, they're both named Bernie." "Anyway, he was telling me that because of what we do could be considered, like, research ... for like, a future gig, or whatever, I could totally make it a tax write-off." "The one thing is, and this is his thing and it's stupid ... but I'd have to pay you by check." "Or we could just stick to cash." "Yeah, let's just stick to cash." "We'll begin with five-card draw." "Everyone remember five-card draw?" "Who wants to start us out?" "Josh?" "Josh." "To the left." "Deal to your left." " Shane?" " Hit me." " It's not blackjack." " Dude!" "Looking at them doesn't change them." "You know what you have." " Left." "Left." " Left, I'll get it." "Lady bets." "Let's keep it moving." " Blue." " Blue, that's a 50." " I'll call?" " Okay." "Shane's calling. 50." "What the hell, it's only pocket change, right?" "How you bet is your business." "You want to make them think you're betting for a reason." "Yeah, thanks, man." " Right." " How many?" " Four." " You don't want four." "You wanna fold." " I wanna fold?" " Fold." "Is that good?" "You're done." "Let's take that." "You're done." "You're done." "You have three pairs." "You can't have six cards in a five-card game." " Maybe one was mine." " Wasn't me." "Fellas!" "All reds." "What up, dog?" "I'm gonna love spending your money." "I'm gonna get my car washed." " How's the game going?" " Longest hour of my life." " What?" " I'm running away with your wife." "Great." "That's hard to do, isn't it?" "Crossing over from television to film?" "Not for me, dude." "Oh, hey, Russ." "We got another player... if that's cool with you." "Mr. Ocean, what do you do for a living?" "If you don't mind me asking." "Why would I mind you asking?" "Two cards." "I just got out of prison." " Really?" " Why were you in prison?" "I stole things." "You stole things?" "Like jewels?" "Incan matrimonial head masks." " Any money in those..." "Incan matrimonial...?" " Head masks." "There's some." "Don't let him fool you." "There's boat loads, if you can move them." "I'll take one." "But you can't." " My fence seemed confident enough." " Dealing in cash, you don't need a fence." " Some people lack vision." " Probably everybody in cell block E." "That's $500." " Guys, what's the first lesson in poker?" " Never bet on the ..." " Leave emotion at the door." " Right, Topher." "Today's lesson:" "How to draw out the bluff." "That much money, this early in the game..." "I'm saying he's holding nothing better than a pair of face cards." "Barry?" "All right." "I fold." " Josh?" " Don't worry, I'm game." "I will see your $500 and I will raise you another ... $500 of my own." " That's a very handsome bet, Josh." "But be careful, we don't wanna push him too high, too fast." "Wanna keep him on the leash." " Holly?" " Call." "Call." "Call." "And I'll call." "I'll see your $500 and raise you $2,000." "Guys, you're free to do what you like." "That's a lot of money." "I'm staying in." "He's trying to buy his way out of his bluff." " Josh?" " Two." "Thattagirl." "Call." " Call." " Call." "Let's see them." "I'm not sure what four nines does, but the ace, I think, is pretty high." "Thanks for the tip on callin' out the bluff." "Hey, Topher!" "How about an autograph?" "Come on, real quick." " God, I'm bored." "I am bored." " You look bored." "So, how was the clink?" "You get the cookies I sent?" "Why do you think I came to see you first?" " So tell me." " It's tricky." "It's never been done before." "It's gonna need planning and a large crew." " Guns?" " Not exactly." "There's a lot of security, but the take..." " What's the target?" " Eight figures each." "What's the target?" "When was the last time you were in Vegas?" "What, you want to knock over a casino?" "The vault at the Bellagio." "Well, if I'm reading this right, and I'd like to think that I am ... this is probably the least accessible vault ever designed." "Yep." "You said three casinos?" "These feed into the cages at the Mirage and MGM Grand, but every dime ends up there." "The Bellagio and the Mirage." " These are Terry Benedict's places." " Yes, they are." " Do you think he'll mind?" " More than somewhat." "You'd need at least a dozen guys doing a combination of cons." "Like what, you think?" "Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boesky, a Jim Brown ... a Miss Daisy, two Jethro's, and a Leon Spinks." "Not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever." "Where do you think you're gonna get the money to back this?" "If we're hittin' these three casinos, we'll get our bankroll." "Benedict's got a long list of enemies." "Yeah, but enemies with loose cash and nothing to lose?" " Reuben." " Reuben." "Hey." "Oscar, lower it a bit, would you?" "Sorry." "You guys done up here?" "Find what you want?" "We're just gonna take these home for the night and make some copies, if it's alright." " Whatever you need." " Appreciate it." "What?" "I need a reason." "And don't say money." "Why do this?" "Why not do it?" "Because yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life ... and you're cold-decking Teen Beat cover boys." "Because the house always wins." "Play long enough, you never change the stakes, the house takes you." "Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big." "And then, you take the house." " You've been practicing that speech, haven't you?" " A little bit." "Did I rush it?" "Felt like I rushed it." "No, it was good." "I liked it." "The Teen Beat thing was harsh." "I wonder what Reuben will say." "You're out of your goddamn minds!" "Are you listening to me?" "You're both of you nuts!" "I know more about casino security than any man alive." "I invented it." "And it cannot be beaten." "They got cameras, they got watchers, they got locks." "They got timers, they got vaults." "They got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris!" "Okay, bad example." "It's never been tried." "It's never been tried?" "It's been tried." "A few guys even came close." "You know the three most successful robberies in the history of Vegas?" "Number three, the bronze medal." "Pencil neck grabs a lockbox at the Horseshoe." "Grab the guy in the suit!" "He got two steps closer to the door than any living soul before him." "Leave the money!" "Second most successful robbery:" "The Flamingo in '71." "This guy actually tasted fresh oxygen ... before they grabbed him." "Of course, he was breathing out of a hose for the next three weeks." "Goddamn hippie." "And the closest any man has ever come to robbing a Las Vegas casino ... was outside of Caesars in '87." "He came... he grabbed... they conquered." "But what am I saying?" "You guys are pros." "The best." "I'm sure you can make it out of the casino." "Of course, lest we forget... once you're out the front door, you're still in the middle of the fucking desert!" "You're right." "He's right." "Reuben, you're right." "Our eyes were bigger than our stomachs." " That's exactly what it is." "Pure ego." " Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah." " Thank you, for lunch." " The nicoise was delicious." " Sorry we bothered you." " Look, we all go way back and, uh ... and I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place, and I'll never forget it." " That was our pleasure." " I'd never been to Belize." "Give Dominic your addresses." "I got some remanded furniture I wanna send you." "Look, just out of curiosity, which casinos did you geniuses pick to rob?" "The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand." "Those are Terry Benedict's casinos." " Is that right?" " That's right." "You guys... what do you got against Terry Benedict?" "What do you have against him?" "That's the question." "He torpedoed my casino." "Muscled me out." "Now he's gonna blow it up next month to make way for some gaudy monstrosity." " Don't think I don't see what you're doing." " What are we doing, Reuben?" "If you're gonna steal from Terry Benedict, you better goddamn know." "This sort of thing used to be civilized." "You'd hit a guy, he'd whack you, done." "But Benedict..." "At the end of it, he'd better not know you're involved." "Not know your names or think you're dead, because he'll kill you, then he'll go to work on you." "That's why we have to be very careful, very precise." "Well-funded." "You gotta be nuts, too." "And you're gonna need a crew as nuts as you are." "Who do you got in mind?" " All right, who's in?" " Frank C. is in." "Frank C. has developed a bad case of bronchitis and is putting in for a transfer to warmer climates." "What about drivers?" " I talked to the Malloys yesterday." " Mormon twins?" "They're both in Salt Lake City, six months off the job." "I got the sense they're having trouble filling the hours." " Waiting, sweetheart." "Just waiting." " Good." "Go." " Waiting for you." " Why?" " Go, little girl." "You're like a little girl!" " Relax." "I'm going to get out of the car and drop you like third-period French, okay?" "Relax." " Electronics?" " Livingston Dell." "Livingston's been doing freelance surveillance work, of late, for the FBI mob squad." " How are his nerves?" " Okay, not so bad you notice." "See if we can move in a little bit on this one." " Don't touch that." " Why not?" "Do you see me grabbing the gun out of your holster and waving it around?" "Hey, RadioShack." "Relax." "Munitions." " Phil Turrentine." " Dead." " No shit." "On the job?" " Skin cancer." " You send flowers?" " Dated his wife for a while." "Basher's in town." "There might be an issue with availability." "All right, chaps... hang on to your knickers." "Oh, leave it out!" "You tossers!" "You had one job to do!" "That's all you used in the event, right?" "Nothing else?" " Hang on." "Are you accusing me of booby-trapping?" " Well how about it?" "Booby traps aren't Mr. Tarr's style." "Isn't that right?" "Basher?" "Peck." "ATF." "Let me venture a guess." "Simple G-4 mainliner, back wound, quick fuse with a drag under 20 feet." "Let me ask you this." "You search this scumbag... for booby traps on his person?" "I mean, really searched, not just for weapons." "Stand back." "Here we go." " Go find Griggs." "Tell him I need to see him." " Who?" "Just find him, will ya?" "How fast can you put something together with what I just slipped to you?" "It's done." " Hey, is Danny about?" " Yeah, he's waiting around the corner." "Terrific." "It'll be nice working with proper villains again." "Everybody down!" "Get down!" "They weren't expecting that shit!" " Nice work." " Thank you." " Which one's the Amazing Yen?" " The little Chinese guy." " Who else is on the list?" " He is the list." "I don't know, it doesn't seem all that diff ..." " We got a grease man." " We got a grease man." "We need Saul." " He won't do it." "He got out of the game a year ago." " He get religion?" "Ulcers." " You could ask him." " Hey, I could ask him." "I saw you at the paddock... before the second race, outside the men's room when I placed my bet." "I saw you before you even got up this morning." " How you been, Saul?" " Never better." "What's with the orange?" " My doctor says I need vitamins." " Why don't you take vitamins?" "You come here to give me a physical?" "Box seats." "Come on." "So, you gonna tell me?" "Or should I just say no and get it over with?" "Saul, you're the best there is." "You're in Cooperstown." "What do you want?" "Nothing." "I got a duplex now." "I got wall-to-wall and a goldfish." "I'm seeing a nice lady who works the unmentionables counter at Macy's." "I've changed." "Guys like us don't change, Saul." "We stay sharp or we get sloppy." "Quit conning me." "Is that your hound, way in the rear, there?" "He breaks late." "Everyone knows this." "So, are you going to treat me like a grownup at least?" "Tell me what the scam is?" "Exhibit C:" "The belt he's flaunting as king of the heavyweight crown." "Lennox Lewis has proven he's the champion." "Saul makes 10." "Ten oughtta do it, don't you think?" "Do you think we need one more?" "You think we need one more." "All right, we'll get one more." "Hello, Linus." "Whose is this?" " Who are you?" " A friend of Bobby Caldwell's." "You're either in or you're out." "Right now." " What is it?" " It's a plane ticket." "A job offer." " You're pretty trusting pretty fast." " Well, Bobby has a lot of faith in you." "Fathers are like that." "Oh, he didn't tell you?" "He doesn't want me trading on his name." "You do this job, he'll be trading on yours." "If you don't, we'll find somebody else who won't be quite as good, and you can go back to feeling up stockbrokers." "Can you get the check, please?" "That's the best lift I've seen you make yet." "Las Vegas, huh?" "America's playground." "What, did you guys get a group rate, or something?" "Saul, do you make it out to Utah, much?" "Not as often as I'd like." "You should check it out." "I think you'd dig Provo." "I think you could do very well there." "I'll look into it." "Gentlemen, welcome to Las Vegas." "Has everybody eaten?" "Good." "Everybody sober?" "Close enough." "Alright, before we get started, nobody's on the line here, yet." "What I'm about to propose to you is both highly lucrative and highly dangerous." "If that doesn't seem like your particular brand of vodka... help yourself to as much food as you like and have a safe journey." "No hard feelings." "Otherwise, come with me." "You're Bobby Caldwell's kid, huh?" " From Chicago?" " Yeah." " It's nice there, you like it?" " Yeah." "That's wonderful." "Get in the goddamn house." "Gentlemen, the 3000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard ... otherwise known as the Bellagio, Mirage and MGM Grand." "Together, they're three of the most profitable casinos in Las Vegas." "This is the vault at the Bellagio, it's located... below the strip, beneath 200 feet of solid earth." "It safeguards every dime that passes through each of the three casinos above it." " We're gonna rob it." " Smash-and-grab job, huh?" "Slightly more complicated than that." "Well, yeah." "This is courtesy of Frank Catton, a new blackjack dealer at the Bellagio." "Okay, bad news first." "This place houses a security system that rivals most nuclear missile silos." "First, we have to get within the casino cages, which, anybody will tell ya, takes more than a smile." "Next, through these doors... each of which requires a different 6-digit code changed every 12 hours." "Past those, lies the elevator." "This is where it gets tricky." " The elevator won't move without authorized fingerprint I.D." " Which we can't fake." "And vocal confirmation from both the security system within the Bellagio and the vault below." "Which we won't get." "Furthermore, the elevator shaft is rigged with motion detectors." "Meaning, if we were to manually override the lift, the shaft's exit would lock down automatically, and we'd be trapped." "Now, once we get down the shaft, though, then it's a piece of cake." "Just two more guards with Uzis... and the most elaborate vault door ever conceived by man." "Any questions?" "No, tunneling's out." "There are... sensors monitoring the ground for 100 yards in every direction." "If a groundhog were to nest there, they'd know about it." " Anyone else?" " You said something about good news?" "Yeah." "The Nevada Gaming Commission stipulates that... a casino must hold, in reserve, enough cash to cover every chip in play on its floor." "That means on a weekday, by law, it has to carry... anywhere between $60 and $70 million in cash and coin." "On the weekend, between 80 and 90 million." "On a fight night... like the one two weeks from tonight, the night that we're gonna rob it... $150 million, without breaking a sweat." "Now, there are 11 of us, each with an equal share." "You do the math." "Exactly." "I have a question." "Say we get into the cage and through the security doors, there... down the elevator we can't move... and past the guards with the guns, and into the vault we can't open..." " Without being seen by the cameras." " Yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that." "Yeah, well, say we do all that... we're just supposed to walk out of there with $150 million on us... without getting stopped?" "Yeah." "Oh." "Okay." "First task:" "Reconnaissance." "I want to know everything that's going on... in all three casinos, from the rotation of the dealers... to the path of every cash cart." "I want to know everything about every guard, every watcher, anyone with a security pass." "I wanna know where they're from, what their nicknames are, how they take their coffee." "She's a dancer at The Crazy Horse Too, putting her way through school." " I think she really likes me." " Cool." "Most of all, I want you guys to... know these casinos." "They were built as labyrinths to keep people in." "I want you guys to know the quick routes out." " He went through at 10:44." " 10:46." "Get a watch that works." " You make me sick, dude." "It's 10:44." " 10:46." "Second task:" "Power." "On the night of the fight, we're gonna throw the switch on Sin City." "Basher, it's your show." "You want broke, blind or bedlam?" " How about all three?" " Right, it's done." "Third task:" "Surveillance." "Casino security has an eye and an ear on everything." "So, we want an eye and ear on them." "Livingston?" "Well, it's not the least accessible system I've seen, but it's close." " I don't suppose they have a closed-circuit feed I can tap into?" " No." "Then it's definitely a black bag job." "They employ an in-house technician?" "Two." "And one of them is lonely." "Thanks, Charmaine." "I'll have this back in an hour." " Say hi to your mom for me." " Say it yourself." "She'll be on-stage in five minutes." "Watch it, bud!" " Who you callin' bud, pal?" " Who you callin' pal, friend?" " Who you callin' friend, jackass?" " Don't call me a jackass." "I just did call you a jackass." "433, we have a visual impairment on the northwest 052 exit-door camera." "Copy that." "I see them." " Is that a word?" "You made that up?" " "Obsequious" is a word." " Sir, please move your balloons." " You got in my way!" " I was trying to deliver my balloons!" " Gentlemen!" " He's a balloon boy!" "Balloon boy!" " You're spitting in my face." "And we're up and running." " Why do they always paint hallways that color?" " They say taupe is very soothing." " Hi." " Fine, thanks." " I'm gonna need you to move the balloons, now." " You want me to move them?" "I have a very important client waiting for these." "I don't have time to fool around with you two circus animals." "Hey!" "Hold up a minute!" "Excuse me!" "Hey!" "Excuse me!" " Hey, you dropped this." " Oh, thank you." " How's the reception on those things?" " Excellent." " Take care." " Thanks." " Well..." " Yeah." "Fourth task:" "Construction." "We need to build an exact, working replica of the Bellagio vault." " To practice?" " Something like that." "Fifth task:" "Intelligence." "We need those codes, Linus, from the only guy who has all three." " Who, Benedict?" " Learn to love his shadow." " Wait, wait, wait, all I get to do is watch the guy?" " You gotta walk before you can crawl." " Reverse that." " Sixth task:" "Transport." "Well, I am sorry, but $18,500 a piece is the best offer that I can make." "Well, I understand." " They are some great-looking vans." " Yes, sir, top of the line." " Okay." "Thank you for your time, Mr...?" " Denham." "Billy Tim Denham." " Denham like a jean." " That's it." "Just like the jean." "Man, you got some lovely hands here." "Do you moisturize?" " I'm sorry?" " I've tried all sorts of brands of lotion." "I even went fragrance-free for a whole year." "Now my sister... she uses aloe vera with a little sunscreen in it." "Ideally, we all should wear gloves to bed ... but I found there was interference with my social agenda, you know what I mean." "Plus, I get a reaction from the camphor." "So I really don't get into the traditional remedies." "Let me tell you something." "If you were willing to pay cash..." "I might be able to drop that down to seven..." "Sixteen each." " No?" " Yes, sir." " You'd do that?" " Yes, sir." "I mean, that'd be lovely." "They told me to come see you." " Well, I'm sure glad they did." " They told me." "Well, let me go get the paperwork." "You just wait here at the table." " You do that." " Thank you, sir." " This is very nice material." " It's imported silk, Saul." "It's very nice." "Gentlemen, would you excuse us, just for a second?" "Saul, you sure you're ready to do this?" "If you ever ask me that question again, Daniel... you will not wake up the following morning." "He's ready." "My name is Lyman." "Zerga." "My name is Lyman Zerga." "My name is Lyman Zerga." "Okay, tell me about Benedict." "That guy's a machine." "Good afternoon, Mr. Benedict." "He arrives at the Bellagio every day at 2 p.m. Same car, same driver." " How are you, Tommy, how's the baby?" " Very well, thank you." "He remembers every valet's name on the way in." "Not bad for a guy worth 3/4 of a billion." "Offices are upstairs." "He works hard, hits the lobby floor at 7 on the nose." " Good evening, sir." " How are ya, Frank?" " Spends 3 minutes on the floor with his casino manager." " What do they talk about?" "All business." "Benedict likes to know what's going on in his Casinos." "Likes to be in control." "There's rarely an incident he doesn't know about or handle personally." "Spends a few minutes glad-handing the high rollers." "He's fluent in Spanish, German and Italian and he's taking Japanese lessons." "He's gettin' pretty good at it." "He's out by 7:30, when an assistant hands him a black portfolio." "Contents:" "The days' take and new security codes." "Then he heads to the restaurant." "Like I said, a machine." "And that portfolio contains codes to all the cage doors?" "Mmhmm." "And two minutes after they've been changed, he's got them in his hand." "I'll tell ya, you guys really can pick them." "This guy's as smart as he is ruthless." "Last guy he caught cheating in here, he not only sent 'em up for 10 years ... he had the bank seize his house and then he bankrupted his ..." " brother-in-law's tractor dealership." "I heard." "He doesn't just take out your knees." "The guy goes after your livelihood... and the livelihood of everybody you've ever met." "You scared?" "You suicidal?" "Only in the morning." " Now what?" " Now comes the girl." "She comes down after him if they're in a snit." " Where does she come from?" " The museum, there." "She's the curator." "Oh, here she is." "This is the best part of my day." "I still don't know if we can use her yet." "Actually, I haven't even caught her name." "Tess." "Huh?" "Her name is Tess." " We have to talk." "Now." " Okay." "Tell me this is not about her or I walk off the job." "Who?" "Tess." "Terry Benedict." "Tell me this is not about screwing... the guy who's screwing your wife." " Ex-wife." " Tell me." " It's not about that." "It's not entirely about that." "You remember when we first got in this business?" "We said we were going to play the game like we had nothing to lose." "Well, I lost something." "I lost someone." "That's why I'm here." "Okay, here's the problem, now we're stealing two things." "And when push comes to shove, if you can't have both, which you gonna choose?" "And remember, Tess does not split 11 ways." "If everything goes to plan, then I won't be the one that has to make that choice." " How did she look?" " She looked good." "Thanks." "You like it?" "I like that you like it." " I'll see you tonight?" " Okay." "In my hotel, there's always somebody watching." "I'll see you tonight." "Weak stomach, Mr. Zerga?" "I don't believe in weakness." "It costs too much." "I don't believe in questions either." "Oh, really?" "Well then, let me give you a tip." "I wouldn't get into Terry Benedict for too much money." "He doesn't fool around." " How are you, Eddie?" " Fine, sir." "Anything for me?" "Zerga." "Mr. Lyman Zerga." "Third position." "Wants to talk to you privately." "Who is he?" "Businessman of some kind, working mostly in Europe." "Very vague." "But I asked around." "Word is, he deals primarily in arms." " One of the biggest." " Zerga." "Yes, sir." " Never heard of him." " That's why I don't doubt it." " He's staying here?" " Checked in 2 nights ago." "He's in the Mirador suite." " How's he doing?" " Up, almost 200." "Good for him." "You're 30 seconds late." "I was about to send out a search ..." "Hello, Tess." "What are you doing here?" "I'm out." " You're out?" " Of prison." "You remember the day that I went for cigarettes and didn't come back?" "You must've noticed." "I don't smoke." "Don't sit." " Now, they tell me that I paid my debt to society." " Funny, I never got a check." "You're not wearing your ring." "I sold it." "I don't have a husband, or didn't you get the papers?" " My last day inside." " I told you I'd write." " Danny, go now, before ..." " What?" "Benedict?" "How you doing?" "Whiskey and whiskey." "Danny..." "Tess, you're doing a great job curating the museum." "The Vermeer is quite good." " Simple." "Vibrant." "Although his work definitely fell off as he got older." " Remind you of anyone?" "And I always confuse Monet and Manet." "Now, which one married his mistress?" " Monet." " Right, and then Manet had syphilis." "They also painted occasionally." "All right, I'll make this quick." "I came here for you." "I want to get on with my life." "I want you with me." "You're a thief and a liar." "I only lied about being a thief." "I don't do that anymore." " Steal?" " Lie." "I'm with someone now who doesn't have to make that kind of distinction." "No, he's very clear on both." " You know what your problem is?" " I only have one?" "You've met too many people like you." "I'm with Terry now." "Does he make you laugh?" "He doesn't make me cry." " Mr. Benedict, the fight is Saturday night, is it not?" " Yes, would you like some tickets?" "No, no." "Hand-to-hand combat does not interest me." "I have a package arriving here that evening." "A black briefcase, standard size ... the contents of which is very valuable to me." "I'll put it in the house safe for you." "The house safe is for brandy and grandmother's pearls." " I need something more secure." " Mr. Zerga, I can assure you that our house safe..." "I can assure you, Mr. Benedict, that your generosity in this matter... will not go overlooked." "Now, what can you offer me, besides the safe?" "See, the people you steal things from, they have insurance to compensate them." "They get made whole again." "I had to leave New York to get away from what happened." "How am I gonna get my five years back, Danny?" " You can't." "But what you can do is not throw..." " You don't know anything." "You don't love me anymore, you want to make a life with someone else." " Fine." "I'm gonna have to live with that." "But not him." " Spoken like a true ex-husband." " I'm not joking, Tess." " I'm not laughing, Danny." "You have to admit, there's a bit of a conflict of interest when you give me advice about my love life." "Yes, but that doesn't mean that I'm wrong." "Do you remember what I said to you when we first met?" " You said that I better know what I'm doing." " Do you?" "Now?" "Because, truly, you should walk out the door if you don't." " I know what I'm doing." " What are you doing?" "Just catching up." " Terry, meet my ex-husband." " Danny Ocean." " Mr. Ocean." " I'm in your seat." "Forgive me for being late." "A guest required my attention." "That's fine." "Danny was walking through the restaurant and spotted me." " Is that right?" " Yeah, imagine the odds." "Of all the gin joints in all the world." "You recently were released from prison, is that correct?" "That's right." " How does it feel to be out?" " About the same." " Danny was just about to ..." " I just stopped by to say hi to Tess, for old times sake." "Stay, and have a drink." " I can't." " He can't." "Well, then ..." "I don't imagine we'll be seeing Mr. Ocean anytime soon, right?" "You never know." "Ah, I know everything that's happening in my hotels." "So I should put those towels back." "No, the towels you can keep." " Good to see you, Tess." " Take care, Danny." " Terry." " Danny." "Stinking..." "Tomorrow the day is yours, do with it what you like." "Call is at 5:30, makeup and costume." "Saul's package arrives at 7:05." "Linus grabs our codes." "All goes well, we're a go." "At 7:30, Yen gets locked in, and we're committed." "From this point, we have 30 minutes to blow the power or he suffocates." "Once the electricity goes, all access points to the vault ... and its elevator, will auto shut down for two minutes." "That's when we make our move." "Okay." "Put you in the middle of the room, 10 feet from everything." "You have to get from there to the door, without touching the floor." "What do you do?" " Ten says he shorts it." " Twenty." "Window or aisle, boys?" "Yeah, we're in deep shit." "That poxy demo crew haven't used a coaxial edge to back the main line, have they?" "They've only naused up the mainframe couplet." "Naused it right up!" " You understand any of this?" " I'll explain later." "Listen, they're so pony, that they gone and blown the backup grids one by one, like dominoes." "Basher, what happened?" "They did the same what I would have done, only they did it by accident." "Problem is, now they know their weakness, and they're sorting it out." "They're fixin' it." "So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we're in Barney." "Barney Rubble." "Trouble!" " We could always..." " By tomorrow?" "Hang on a minute, hang on." "We could use a pinch." "What's a pinch?" "A pinch is a device which creates, like a cardiac arrest for any broadband electrical circuitry." "Better yet, a pinch is a bomb, but without the bomb." "See, when a nuclear weapon detonates, it unleashes an electromagnetic pulse... which shuts down any power source within its blast radius." "It tends not to matter, because a nuclear weapon destroys everything you might need power for, anyway." "But you see, a pinch creates a similar electromagnetic pulse ... but without the fuss of mass destruction and death." "So, instead of Hiroshima you'd be gettin'... the 17th century." " How long?" "About 30 seconds." "Could a pinch knock out the power of an entire city?" " Like, for instance..." " Las Vegas?" "Yeah, I think it might." "But there's only one pinch in the world big enough to manage it." "Where?" "Let's go." "Yen, Basher, come on." "Where you going?" " I'm coming with you." " No." "Oh, no, no, no!" "Don't leave me with these guys!" "Start." " I got one." " You thinking of one?" " No, I've already thought of one." " You're thinking of one right now." "No, I'm done thinking about it." "I have it in my head." " Are you a man?" " Yes. 19." " Are you alive?" " Yes. 18." " Evel Knievel." " Shit!" " Don't touch me." " I'm not touching you." " Take your hand out of my face." " My hand's not in your face." " Am I touching you?" " Your hand's in my face." " Move." " I didn't touch you." " You just touched me." " You made me touch you." "This is your side." "This is your side." "Get off." "Get off." "Alright, I'm gonna need a score of car batteries ..." "Where's Linus?" "Where's Linus?" "!" " There he is." " Oh, would you look at this doughnut?" "Shouldn't somebody help him?" "That's a great idea, Albert." "Let's hop out the van and we can all get nicked." "Back it up." "Let him in." "You stupid bastard!" " I say stay in the van, you stay in the van." "You got it?" " Got it." "Lose focus in this game for one second, somebody gets hurt!" "I got it." "Where are they?" "That's what I want to know." "Where the hell are they?" " They will be here." " "They will be here." Schmuck!" "You boys have a nice trip?" "We have a problem." "You've been red-flagged." "It means the moment you set foot in that casino floor, they'll be watching you." "Like hawks." "Hawks with video cameras." "That's a problem." " Saul, turn that off, will ya?" " I'll turn it off when I'm ready..." " Saul!" " It's off!" "It's off!" "Any idea how this happened?" " No." " Oh, come on." "He's been chasing Benedict's girl." "The two of them got in an argument two nights ago." " I was tailing you." " And who told you to do that?" "I did." "I was concerned you couldn't leave Tess alone." " Who's Tess?" " My wife." " Ex-wife." " Tess is here?" "I'm sorry." "I didn't know if it would sting you, but it did." " You're out, Danny." " He's out?" "It's either that or we call the whole thing off." "His involvement puts us all at risk." " This is not your call." " You made it my call when you put her before us." " You made it mine." " This is my job." "Not anymore." "Wait, wait, wait." "He can't just be out." "Who's gonna trigger the vault?" "Kid, you up for it?" "I can do it." "Done." "Locate the others." "Let them know the change in plan." "Curtain goes up at 7." "Tess is with Benedict now?" "She's too tall for him." "Yes." "No." "Very much no." "Well, then inform Mr. Levin that he'll be better off watching the fight in front of his TV at home." "Surely, he must have HBO." "That's it." "Hi." "What were you thinking about?" "You." "Where you gonna put your hands?" "No good." "Don't touch your tie." "Look at me." "I ask you a question." "You have to think of the answer." "Where do you look?" "No good." "You look down, they know you're lying." "And up, they know you don't know the truth." "Don't use seven words if four will do." "Don't shift your weight." "Look always at your mark, but don't stare." "Be specific, but not memorable." "Be funny, but don't make him laugh." "He's got to like you, and then forget you the moment you've left his sight." "And, for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any..." "Russ!" "Can you take a look at this?" "Sure." "Saul?" "It's time." "Okay." "Let's do it." "On a perfectly clear night in Las Vegas ... and with the expected crowd of celebrities and eager sports fans ... piling into the MGM Grand, the two best heavyweights in the world ... prepare to meet, after an eight-month dance, around and toward each other." "Mr. Zerga?" "Mr. Benedict." " It's a very busy night for me." "Are we on schedule?" " I have no reason to suspect otherwise." "My courier should be here momentarily." "Eighteen." "Blackjack!" "Find Mr. Walsh." "Tell him Mr. Ocean is in the west slots." "I'm afraid I can't have any private security personnel in the casino cages." "I hope you don't mind." "Of course not." "Saul!" "Saul Bloom, is that you?" "Saul!" "Saul, it's me!" "Bucky Buchanan!" "Remember?" "From Saratoga!" "Mikael." "Vladimir." "Hey!" "Hey, Saul!" "Mr. Benedict, please." "I have never enjoyed the touch of steel to my skin." "Lift them up, please." "Alright, Mr. Zerga, I acknowledge that your briefcase does not contain any dangerous or illicit material." "I further agree to take custody of said briefcase and store it in my secured vault... for a period of 24 hours." " Now, I cannot allow you to accompany the briefcase into the vault." " Why not?" "Insurance, for one." "Security, another." "But most of all, I just don't trust you." "Excuse me." "I put two plainclothes on Ocean." "He's in the keno bar now." "Mr. Zerga, this is my casino manager, Mr. Walsh." "Now, if you will allow him, he will arrange for your briefcase... to be stored inside our vault while you watch on a security monitor." "Those are my terms." "Yes or no?" "You leave me no choice." "Dude, don't do that in front of the pinch." "Deep breaths." "You'll do fine." " Thank you." " No sweat." "You're a natural." "But don't screw up." " Who gets the penne?" " Right here." "You ready?" "This is our security center, where we oversee all gaming in the casino, as well as our vault." "You'll be able to monitor your briefcase right from here." "Don't let me keep you." " Mr. Zerga." " Mr. Benedict." "Linus, you're up." "Got him." "Mr. Benedict." "Hi, Sheldon Willis, Nevada Gaming Commission." "I'm afraid I need two minutes of your time." " Anything for the NGC." " Thank you." "Will you accompany me to pit five, please?" " Okay, when do you make the deposit?" " When we get your signal." "Dude, what do we look like, a couple of peckerwood jackasses, or something?" "Amazing, how does that feel?" "You all right?" "You want something to read?" "A magazine?" "All right." "Counting down." "Thirty minutes of breathing time starts... now." "This just came to our attention this morning, Mr. Benedict." "Apparently, he's got a record longer than my..." "It's long." "If he is who you say he is." "You been at the commission long?" " About 18 months." " You know Hal Lindley over there?" "Work with him at all?" "Not since he died last year." "Ramón Escalante?" "Sheldon Willis, Nevada Gaming Commission." "What's going on here?" " It's come to our attention ..." " We should speak off the floor." "Charlie." "Thank you." " No." "I want you out of here." " Give me one moment." " I've had it." "I want you gone." " Tess, come here." "You are up to something, Danny." "What?" "And don't say you came here for me." "You're pulling a job, aren't you?" "Well know this, no matter what it is, you won't win me back." "Tess, I just came to say goodbye." "Goodbye." "You be good." " Mr. Ocean." " Mr. Benedict would like to see you." "I thought he might." "Good afternoon, Mr. Escalante." "Or should I call you Mr. Catton?" "You are Frank Catton, formerly of the Tropicana, the Desert Inn... and the New York state penitentiary system." "Are you not?" "I take it from your silence, that you're not going to refute that." "Mr. Benedict, I'm afraid you've been employing an ex-convict." "As you know..." "Goddamn cracker." " Excuse me?" " You heard what I said." "Black man can't earn a decent wage in this state?" " You wanna try to throw me out on the street?" " I'm trying to do my job, sir." "What you want from me, man?" "Want me to get on the table and dance?" "Like me to shine your shoes?" "Want me to smile at you?" "'Cause you definitely won't let me deal the cards." "You might as well call it "Whitejack"!" "I don't know what to say to that." "Race has nothing to do with it." " Yeah, right." " What a horrible thing to say!" "You, sir, of all people, know that we at the NGC have always supported the hiring of colored..." " No!" "I didn't mean it!" " Okay." "Come on, sit down." " Sit down." " You better talk to him." " He's got it." " Sit down." "Sorry." "Virgil." "Turk." "Deliver the package." " Where's your card?" " Oh, God, I think I lost my card." " Are you serious?" " Oh Jesus, I'm so stupid." " You are so stupid!" "You know that?" "You're a nincompoop." " Hey!" "You think it helps to call someone names who's upset?" " Hey!" "Keep it down." " Sorry." "Sorry." " Where did this come from?" " High roller's room." " It's Mr. Benedict's stuff in here." "It's his stuff." " Alright, Joe, take this inside." " Count room?" " No, to the vault." "Benedict's money goes in the vault." "Hey, next time, just remember the card, and we won't run into this again, alright?" " Stupid." " Jeez!" "Yo!" "Hold that, please." " There's your briefcase now, Mr. Zerga." " Wonderful." "That's my cue." "Give Basher the go." "Bash, what's your status?" " Bash!" " Easy, easy." "No need to shout, guv'nor." " What's your status?" " Yeah, I'm nearly there." "Come on, come on." "Mr. Walsh, show this man off the premises." "Don't ever set foot in my casino again." "Sir?" " Cracker!" " Oh, dear God!" "Oh!" "I forgot my pager." "I left it." "Sorry." " You know your way back?" " I do." "Good." "Okay." "Enjoy the fight." "Sorry!" "How much longer do you figure Mr. Benedict's gonna be?" "No cameras in this room, huh?" "Yeah." "Don't want anybody seeing what goes on in here." "He's not coming, is he?" "We're gonna step outside now." "Leave you two alone to talk things over." "I hadn't seen my wife in three weeks, so I decided to call her." ""I love you, you love me." "I miss you, you miss me."" "That went well, but then I went to this party..." "I show up at 1 p.m. She expected me at 11 a.m... so she was going crazy." "I said, "What do you expect?" "What do you think goes on?" "It's not choir practice."" "Oh, shit." "DThere, does that satisfy you, Mr. Zerga?" "I am very satisfied." " Are you all right, sir?" " I'm fine." "I'm fine." "All right." "Jesus!" "Bruiser!" " Not until later!" " Sorry, Danny." "I forgot." "It's all right." " How's your wife?" " Pregnant again." "Well, it happens." "Let's get started." "Come here." " You're almost there, Linus." " Who's that guy?" " Hey 31, I got a bogey in west corridor." " Mr. Zerga!" " Call a doctor!" "Mr. Zerga!" " Put this under his head." "Going to video... now." " To the Eye in the Sky ASAP." "We have a man down, and he appears to be unconscious." "Oh, Jesus!" " Now, you really didn't think I was gonna sit this one out, di ya?" " What, you didn't trust me?" "I do now." "Come on." "Someone call for a doctor?" " How'd you get here?" " Had to give a friend a couple million." "But what about Rusty?" "The whole argument?" "I mean, what was that about?" "Aw, come on." "Why don't you just tell me?" "Why put me through all this?" "Where's the fun in that?" "Let's get going." "Come on, man!" "Breathe!" "Breathe, damn it!" "Breathe!" "I'm sorry." "We've lost him." " Dude, I told you to hurry." " Don't do that." "Just don't do that." "I didn't tell you to hurry?" "Come on, get up!" "Get up!" "Had enough yet?" " These things are gonna hold us, right?" " They should." "Livingston, we're set." " Livingston, we're set." " Basher, we're set." "Hang on a minute, chief." "We don't have a minute." "Yen's gonna suffocate." "Well, then you better leave off bothering me, don't you think?" "All right, crack 'em." "Go." "Shit!" "Cut it." "Hey!" "Pit six, table five." "Dealers compromised." "Trade's breached at tables three, five, six and ten." "Get your coat." "Get your coat." "Look, this is crazy!" "What...?" "Not yet." "Not yet." "Go ahead." " You think Yen made it out okay?" " I'm sure he'll be fine." "How we doing?" "Okay, I guess." "There's a 95-pound Chinese man with $160 million behind this door." " Let's get him out." " Yeah." " 10 cents he shorts it." " No bet." "Try him again." "Okay." "Hey." "Where we at, boys?" " Pins and floor sensors, now." " Blinding." "Here we go." "Counting down from 20." "Now." "Twenty." " Do not blow the door." "Linus, can you read me?" " Ten... nine, eight..." " Maybe the pinch blew out his earwigs." " Linus, can you read me?" "Do not blow the door!" "two, one." "What's wrong?" "Something..." "Did you check the batteries?" "You know, if you lose focus in this game for one second..." "I know, somebody gets hurt." "You don't hear Yen complaining." "Yen?" "Where the fuck you been?" " Sorry." " Sorry." "That is the sexiest thing I have ever seen." "Rusty, you're up." " You gonna answer that?" " I don't have a cell phone." "This isn't mine." "See who it is." " Hello?" " May I have a word with Mr. Benedict?" "It's for you." " Who the hell is this?" " The man who's robbing you." " What the hell is going on in the vault?" " Nothing, sir." "It's all normal." "Show me." " I'm afraid you're mistaken." " Are you watching your monitors?" "Okay, keep watching." "In this town, your luck can change just that quickly." " Find out how much money we have down there." " Yes, sir." "Tess?" "Tess?" "Perhaps you should..." "Perhaps I should what?" "It would be better if you weren't around here for this." "All right, you proved your point." "You broke into my vault." "Congratulations." "You're a dead man." " Maybe." " Maybe?" "May I ask how you expect to leave?" "Do you believe I'm going to allow you to parade bags full of my money out my casino doors?" " Nope." "You're going to carry it out for us." " Why would I do that?" "Take a closer look at your monitor." "As your manager's probably reporting to you now, you have a little over $160 million... in your vault tonight." "You may notice, we're only packing up about half that." "The other half we're leaving in your vault, booby-trapped, as a hostage." "You let our $80 million go, and you get to keep yours." "That's the deal." "You try and stop us, we'll blow both cashloads." "Mr. Benedict, you can lose $80 million tonight secretly, or you can lose $160 million publicly." "Your decision." "Hi." "Make the call." "911 emergency response." " Where's Danny?" " He's fine." "He's in good form." " He requests that you go upstairs and watch TV." " He does?" "We have three men with explosives who have taken control of our vault." " Okay." " It's alright, Tess." " You have a deal." " I promise." "Fantastic." "Here's what you do:" "The guys in the vault will deposit six bags into the vault elevator." "The elevator will rise to your cages." "Three of your guards will pick up the bags and carry them out into the casino." "Now, if they take more than 20 seconds to reach the casino floor, or if there's a switch... we'll blow up the money in the bags and the money in the vault." " He's in the casino, by the slots." " Of course I'm in the casino." "In fact, I'm staying in your hotel." "I have two words for you:" "Mini bar." "As soon as your guards hit the casino floor... a white, unmarked van is going to pull up in your valet station..." "Your guards will load the bags into the vans' rear." "If anyone so much as approaches the driver's door, we'll blow everything." "When I get word the van is away and the money is secure, my men will exit the building." "Once their safety is confirmed, you get your vault back." "The S.W.A.T. Team is here." "All right." "Now, I have complied with your every request." "Would you agree?" "I would." "Good." "Because now I have one of my own:" "Run and hide, asshole." "Run and hide." "If you should be picked up next week buying a $100,000 sports car in Newport Beach..." "I'm going to be extremely disappointed." "I want my people to find you, and when they do... rest assured, we're not going to hand you over to the police." "So, my advice to you again is this:" "Run and hide." "That is all that I ask." "Mr. Benedict, our guys say that van is headed toward McCarran Airport." "Get everybody in position." "I want my vault back before that van hits the tarmac." "Night goggles on." "Prepare to cut power." "Ready." "Cutting power now." "Do it." "Breaching elevator doors now." "We have two guards, bound, unconscious." "Wait a minute." "Guys!" "Guys!" "Someone's here!" " Take him down, now!" " I got him!" " Lights!" "We need power now!" " Give it to him." "What's going on?" "Talk to me." "It appears an explosive incendiary device has been detonated." "Repeat, has been detonated." "Continuing search for survivors." "Tell them to take the van." "I'll be there." "And find out how they hooked into my system!" "Yes, sir." "Get out of the van, now." "Now!" "Tires." "Tires." "Sir, our search yielded no suspects." "Nor are we able to determine, at this time, how they entered or exited the premises." " Take your men out." " Sir, may I suggest you stand outside...?" "Now." "It's your vault." "Blue team, move it out!" "Walsh, where are we with the van?" "I just want to try something here for a second." "There's nobody inside." " Oops, I'm sorry." "Did you want to get in?" " Enough monkey business." "Do it, already." "Mr. Benedict." "We took the van, sir." "And?" "They say there was no money in the bags, sir." "What do you mean there's no money in the bags?" "They say the bags were filled with fliers, sir." "For hookers." "Walsh?" "Cue up the tape to the robbery." "Yes, sir." "I'm looking at the tape now." "Does it say "Bellagio" on the vault floor?" "No, it doesn't." "I don't understand." "We had it installed on Tuesday." "The images we saw of those men robbing us was a tape." "What?" "It was staged." "Somebody made a duplicate of my vault." "And what we saw on the monitor wasn't actually happening." "I don't understand." "What happened to all that money?" "Make the call." "911 emergency response." " Night goggles on." " Clear." "Prepare to cut power." "Breaching elevator doors now." "We have two guards, bound, unconscious." "Wait a minute." "Guys!" "Guys!" "Someone's here!" "Someone's here!" " Take him down, now!" " I got him!" "Open the door." "Hey, Benedict." "How's the other fight going?" "Pick him up." "Did you have a hand in this?" "Did I have my hand in what?" "I'm gonna ask you one more time." "Did you have a hand in this?" "Benedict, I have no idea what you're talking about." "Okay." "You're free to go." "Show him out." " Hello." " Turn to channel 88." "Who is this?" "What happened, Benedict?" "You get robbed or something?" "Stop." "I'll give you one last chance." "Where's my money?" "What if I told you I could get your money back... if you give up Tess?" "What would you say?" "I would say yes." "All right." "I know a guy." "We were in the joint together." "Anybody pulls any job in the Western U.S., he knows about it." "You give me 72 hours, I'll find out who took your money." "You know a guy." "Show Mr. Ocean the exit and contact the police." "I'm sure he's in violation of his parole." "Yes, sir." "Tess." "Tess." "You, of all people, should know, Terry." "In your hotel, there's always someone watching." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait, that's my husband!" " Danny." " Tess, I told you..." "I knew what I was doing." "I didn't." "All right, let's go." "How long will you be?" "About three to six months, I guess." "I hope you were the groom." "Ted Nugent called." "He wants his shirt back." "Thirteen million and you drive this piece of shit cross country to pick me up?" "I blew it all on the suit." " Where are they?" " Back row, silver sedan." "Ten o'clock." "I stopped and picked up your personal effects." "Hope you don't mind." "I'm not sure these belong to me." " Hi." " Hi." "We need to get Rusty a girl." "There's a women's prison down the road." "You said that you sold this." "I said that." "Liar." "Thief."