Eleven Arhats: Analysis of the structure of Bellagio’s robbery and inventory of 20 Easter eggs [with video]

Ocean's Eleven

This is the first episode of the [Master Canteen] I made on the video website, and I will also sort out the highlights of the text version here.

1. History: A new shoot is not a remake

Based on a little limited viewing experience, I have summarized the three compulsory subjects and two elective subjects of scam movies by myself, for your reference only.

• Compulsory Subject 1-Fresh Target: A fraud target that makes the audience feel fresh
• Compulsory Subject 2-Good Trick: A thief and trick with a fine layout and a strong sense of immersion
• Compulsory Subject 3-Actors and Characters: Charismatic actors/stars, chemical reactions between characters
• Elective 1-Unique director style
• Elective 2-Action/Thriller Highlights

Fresh goals, good tricks, good actors and characters are definitely required subjects. To do these well, the main points of director's style and action horror are optional subjects for extra points. But for many years after that, pirate movies have always been in a bottleneck. There are not many scam films, the action is getting better and better, and the director style is also very strong, but it seems that too much energy has been spent on the two electives, but it can focus on the three categories of fresh goals, good tricks, and good characters. There are fewer compulsory pirate films.

The 1960 edition of "Eleven Arhats" is earlier than the groundbreaking masterpieces of fraud in the 60s and 70s. It is the first blockbuster film based on the robbery of Las Vegas. It is also a very rare protagonist with more than 10 people. Thieves movie with division of labor. At the stage when the old Hollywood style is coming to an end, the story and characters of the film are a little unsatisfactory. Due to the influence of the conservative atmosphere of the old Hollywood, after a lot of planning, it is nothing but a lot of viewers. Some performance techniques and performance styles are also slightly exaggerated, which are outdated in the historical stage of the transition to the new Hollywood.

However, this movie also has some highlights. First of all, although the film has a bit of a delay in the process of organizing the game, it has worked hard to create this kind of large group drama of the eleven thieves. From the completion of the game to the theft of the movie, the tension is still quite sufficient, and the characters have their own characteristics. Dare to focus on the focus of the script describing the preparatory stage of the trick, which has a certain enlightenment for later similar movies. Secondly, he has some unique temperament similar to that of film noir, but because of the role of bandit and the shell of light comedy, he looks a little more sunny. So in the context of the time, it was a relatively interesting movie. Third, this is a Las Vegas-related movie. Although the casinos at the time looked very rudimentary, the story is indeed full of historical feelings of wealth and dreams. Therefore, this old film has attracted the attention of producer Jerry Winterrob, who focuses on Las Vegas themes. After inviting the screenwriter Ted Griffin to complete the script, Jerry invited the avant-garde director Stephen Soderbergh, who was in the limelight at the time, to direct the film. Soderbergh was very excited about the script. He confirmed his production company partner George Clooney to play the actor Danny Ocean. Soderbergh, Clooney and producer Jerry completed the invitation to other actors. Work. This part of the story is also very exciting, we will tell you in detail later.

Director Soderbergh and screenwriter Griffin actually don’t like the 1960 version of "Eleven Arhats", so except for the protagonist’s name, Danny Ocean, the names of other characters and the whole story are newly written, and a small amount is reserved. The old tribute elements are used to add points. All in all, this is a new film, not a remake.

2. Detailed explanation of the Bellagio robbery

Three. Three major bugs

Aside from Terry and Sol, Terry and Linus, Danny + Terry + Tess these three soft issues that may have uncertain results in the role relationship, there are three hard BUGs that determine you can’t Carry out this big robbery in reality. There is a bug that I have seen on the Internet. A director and screenwriter mentioned it in the commentary track. There is one that I haven't seen yet. Maybe I raised it for the first time. I hope to discuss it with you.

1. EMP PINCH does not exist: Pinch is based on a real device called Z-PINCH, this device can use plasma current to create a compressed magnetic field (mainly X-ray), but the movie has made many adaptations. The real Z-PINCH is so big that it can't be carried by a passenger car. PINCH itself cannot produce energy and requires a huge power source, much larger than what Basher calls a set of car batteries or the power source that a car can hold. Even with such a huge power supply, the real Z-PINCH can at most power down a room. With current technology, the only EMP technology that can power off a city is a nuclear explosion.
2. The way to hack the 911 dedicated line is wrong: We saw that Livinston mainly cut off the physical network. Basically, this can ensure that the monitoring, network and fixed-line phones are hacked, but the 911 dedicated line is dialed by the casino manager through the mobile phone. This means that Livinston either hacked the mobile base station or hacked the physical terminal in the 911 center.
3. One hundred million U.S. dollars cannot be carried: Based on a 1.05 gram hundred-dollar bill, the weight of a 160 million U.S. dollar bill is 1.05g × 163,156,759 ÷ 100 ÷ 1000 =1713.15kg, which is about 1.7 tons. From the perspective of the plot, there are 2 people. In the field work, Danny was returning indoors to be beaten, so up to 8 people were transporting these banknotes on site. Then simply calculate the weight that each person has to bear, 1713.15 ÷ 8 = 214.14kg, which means that the average dollar bills to be carried by each person is 214.14 kg. If each hand carries a pack, then one hand has to weigh 107 kg. , But we saw that at the end, Rasti wiped his sweat with one hand, which means that he carried 214 kilograms with one hand and walked so calmly and so fast. There is also a panting old man Saul who has just woke up from suspended animation. So if this BUG is true, then every Luohan's old boxing can knock down two boxing champions.

As a thief film and a crime film, there will be some bugs. Regardless of whether it’s the choreographer’s intention for fear that everyone will imitate it, because it’s destined to be wrong if you don’t understand it, bugs are also part of the entertainment.

Four. Easter egg inventory

1. George Clooney and the entire protagonist team were persuaded to participate in the filming at a below-market price. George Clooney personally wrote and invited Julia Roberts, but the two had never met before.
2. Director Soderbergh wanted to shoot this film in black and white at first. Warner Bros. said that brothers, yes, as long as you reduce the cost of the film drastically, you can do anything. So Soderbergh changed his mind (later he still Shooting "The Good Germans" can be regarded as fulfilling the dream of making black and white films)
3. Don Cheadle did not appear in the cast of the film. This is what he requested because he hoped that his pay would be equal to that of Pete, Clooney, and Damon. After being rejected, he asked the film crew to use posters and promotional materials. And remove his name from the film cast list. In the latter two films, his remuneration reached the level he required.
4. The East End accent that Don Chandle deliberately imitated was very poor, and many viewers complained. Later, he also admitted that this was a performance accident. He wanted to remove this accent feature in the sequel, but was rejected by the agent.
5. Basher's action of covering his crotch when starting EMP is an impromptu performance by Don Cheadle.
6. George Clooney and other actors will trick Julia Roberts. For example, if Julia Roberts doesn't arrange filming all morning, they will arrange a 5 am wake-up call to wake her up.
7. Rusty is eating in almost all scenes, according to Brad Pitt, because the whole team, especially the character Rusty, has been very busy and has no time to eat. Pete came up with this idea when he was busy all day and had no time to eat. He felt that it could be a very prominent character. This stalk runs through almost every scene of Rusty, until the end of the film, when Danny is released from prison, Rusty is a bit nauseous.
8. During the scene where Tess walked down the stairs, Julia Roberts walked down barefoot because she couldn't see the stairs clearly in her high heels. Because high heels made her feet uncomfortable, many shots of Roberts in the film were shot barefoot.
9. Pete ate 40 cocktail shrimps in this scene waiting for Julia Roberts to come downstairs.
10. Ted Griffin was actually inspired by the heroic seven dragons and the Great Escape. Ted prefers the characters in these movies to talk to each other in black words that other people don't understand, and likes this kind of narrative style.
11. The two big boxers have never played against each other, neither before nor after. This is a fantasy battle.
12. This film contains 5 Oscar winners: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, two Oscar nominees, Andy · Garcia and Don Chidou. In this film, 4 actors have appeared in the TV series "Friends". Including guest appearances by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and resident Eliot, who played Ross' father.
13. When pulling Yen into the elevator vault, the casino staff scanned the code with his fingerprint, and the screen showed the name "Coyle, Joseph" and gave a close-up. The name comes from the real person Joey Coyle. In 1981, this person accidentally picked up a 1.2 million dollar from the Atlanta Casino cash transport truck. After a period of windfall, part of the money was eventually recovered by the casino, and the other part Was compensated by the banknote truck company. Later his story was also adapted into the movie "Winning Money".
14. The scene where Danny called was originally shot in a crowded restaurant, but when the assistant director walked out of the filming location, he found that there was a perfect scene next to it that could capture Trump Plaza, so he reshot the scene.
15. When Trey Benny called Mr. Levine, he said "surely he must have HBO." In reality, there is really a Mr. Gerald Levine who is associated with HBO, the chairman of the board of Warner Bros., and HBO is the son of Warner. company
16. The film was advertised as an all-star lineup, but in fact, except for Roberts, Clooney, Pete, Damon, and Garcia, no one else was considered a first-line star at the time. Damon had considered Johnny Depp before for the role, and had also considered letting the Coen brothers play the twin brothers, but was turned down.
17. The composition of the shot of group B walking out of the casino is a tribute to the end of the 1960 edition, but the situation is completely different. The 1960 version of the plot is the last money lost. This long shot is the end of the film and also describes the emotion of "forgetting one another in the world".
18. The Bellagio Hotel has a very high degree of cooperation. These unprecedented cooperation are attributed to the producer Jerry’s deep connections in the city. In this episode, he has a guest appearance as an old gambler. In the next two sequels, he will be more involved in the plot. Important role. Of course, Bellagio has also gained unprecedented popularity through this film.
19. For the real shooting in the surveillance room, Bellagio lent their real surveillance room and real surveillance pictures to the crew. In order to take the angle of the 10 actors in front of the fountain at the end of the filming, they drained the fountain to assist the crew in filming. The entire protagonist team lived in the Bellagio Hotel during the filming, and everyone lived in a 650 square meter independent suite.
20. 11 Two of the actors in Luohan have passed away, and their deaths are one of the reasons why the film later decided not to shoot the fourth episode.

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