Croupier (Original title)Der Kroupier (Working title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 18 June 1999 (Release)Countries: Ireland, Germany, France, United KingdomDirector: Mike Hodges
Synopsis: Thriller about a London croupier, with aspirations to be a writer, who is seduced into compromising his ideals.
Genre: Crime
Subjects: Casinos, Gambling, Writers, London
Releases
Date: 18 June 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 91 mins Length: 8481 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Film Institute
Date: 01 June 2001Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 94 mins 14 secs - Length: 8481Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Date: 13 May 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 18 June 1999 (Release)Countries: Ireland, Germany, France, United KingdomDirector: Mike Hodges
Synopsis: Thriller about a London croupier, with aspirations to be a writer, who is seduced into compromising his ideals.
Genre: Crime
Subjects: Casinos, Gambling, Writers, London
Releases
Date: 18 June 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 91 mins Length: 8481 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Film Institute
Date: 01 June 2001Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 94 mins 14 secs - Length: 8481Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Date: 13 May 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Credits
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©: Little Bird Company Limited, ©: TATfilm, ©: La Compagnie des Phares et Balises, ©: La Sept Cinéma, ©: Channel Four Television Corporation, A Little Bird production: Little Bird Company Limited, A TATfilm production: TATfilm, In Association with: La Compagnie des Phares et Balises, Presented by: Film Four International, In association with: Filmstiftung NRW, In association with: WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk, In association with: La Sept Cinéma, In association with: ARTE, In association with: Canal+, Presents: Channel Four Films, Executive Producer: James Mitchell, Producer: Jonathan Cavendish, Co-producer: Christine Ruppert, Line Producer: Jake Lloyd, Associate Producer: Martin Wiebel, Production Manager (Germany): Bernd Huckenbeck, Production Manager (UK): Julie Clark, South African Facilitator: DO Productions, Production Co-ordinator (German Unit): Claudia Hodel, UK Production Co-ordinator (UK Unit): Ingrid Litman, Location Manager (UK Unit): Mark Shorrock, Unit Location Manager (German Unit): Gabriele Goiczyk, Locations (German Unit): Frank Meter, Post-production Supervisor (UK Unit): Daniel Lloyd, Assistant Director (1st): Michael Murray, Assistant Director (German Unit, 2nd): Ulrike Hamacher, Assistant Director (German Unit, 3rd): Sascha Koszinowski, Assistant Director (UK Unit, 2nd): Jez Murrell, Assistant Director (UK Unit, 3rd): Richard Walker, Crowd Marshall/Floor Runner: Shirley Schumacher, Continuity: Catherine Allinson, Script Associate: Nicky Ryde, Casting Director: Leo Davis, Casting (ADR Voice): Louis Elman, Written by: Paul Mayersberg, Director of Photography: Mike Garfath, [Director of Photography]: Dick Pope, Camera Operator: Gordon Hayman, Editor: Les Healey, Production Designer: Jon Bunker, Art Director: Ian Reade Hill, Art Director (German Unit): Alexander Scherer, Production Buyer/Set Decorator: Gillie Delap, Prop Buyer/Set Decorator (German Unit): Gernot Thöndel, Costume Designer: Caroline Harris, Wardrobe Supervisor: Nicholas Heather, Wardrobe: Anja Bölck, German Unit Wardrobe: Ursula Münstermann, Make-up Artist: Horst Allert, Delia Mündelein, Additional Make-up Artist (German Unit): Ulrike Bruns, Heike Wolff, Additional Make-up (UK Unit): Amanda Warburton, Titles: General Screen Enterprises, Music: Simon Fisher Turner, Musician (Saxophone/Clarinet): Gilad Atzman, Musician (Guitar/Keyboards): Simon Fisher Turner, Musician (Piano): Pete Rackham, Music Producer/Mixer: Richard Preston, Music Recorded at: London Rooster Studios, Sound Recordist: Ivan Sharrock, Sound Maintenance/Boom Operator: Don Banks, Re-recording Mixer: Mike Dowson, Sound Mixed at: Shepperton Sound, Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Foley Artist: Roy Baker, Foley Artist: Felicity Cottrell, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Editor: Jacques Leroide, Stunt Arranger: Graeme Crowther, Stunts: Helen Caldwell, Stunts: Joss Gower, Stunts: Tracy L'epine, Jack's Double: Russell Holdaway, Croupier: Mary Coy, Croupier: David Gant, Croupier: Norbert Kleine, Croupier: Lynsey Pinsent, Croupier: Ulrich Vogel, Elke Wartmann, Stand-in: Bruno Shovelton, Stand-in: Fran Hunter, Croupier Trainer: Carol Davis, Croupier Adviser: David Hamilton, Casino Consultant: David Harris, Laboratory: Metrocolor (London), Shot at: Germany Info-Studios Monheim
Cast
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Clive Owen (Jack Manfred), Kate Hardie (Bella), Alex Kingston (Jani de Villiers), Gina McKee (Marion Neil), Nicholas Ball (Jack Manfred Sr), Nick Reding (Giles Cremorne), Alexander Morton (David Reynolds), Barnaby Kay (car dealer), John Radcliffe (barber), Sheila Whitfield (manicurist), David Hamilton (casino supervisor), Carol Davis (table supervisor), Eddie Osei (West Indian punter), Doremy Vernon (woman 1), Claudine Carter (woman 2), Ursula Alberts (Madame Claude), Neville Phillips (white-haired man), Paul Reynolds (Matt), Ozzie Yue (Mr Tchai), Joanna E. Drummond (Agnes), Manfred Heiden (Mr Tchai's bodyguard), Ciro De Chiara (Andros, cheat), Rhona Mitra (girl with joint), John Baker, Vida Garman (couple in toilet), George Khan (coughing man), Christine Niemöller (Pat), Claudia Barth (waitress), Tom Mannion (Detective Inspector Ross), Arnold Zarom (Habib the terrorist), James Clyde (Gordon), Emma Lewis (Fiona), Kate Fenwick (Chloe), Rosemarie Dunham (Jewish woman), Magnus Hastings (gigolo), John Surman (loser), Mark Long (gangster 1), Michail Golzarandi (gangster 2), Karl-Heinz Ciba (accusing punter), Loretta Parnell (Lucy), Simon Fisher Turner (ironic punter)