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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Breaking Vegas [videorecording] : the true story of six college students who broke the bank in Sin City / an Atlas Media Corp. production for the History Channel ; produced and directed by Bruce David Klein ; written by Bruce David Klein.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2004.

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and code words inside the casinos. Betting $50,000 a hand, the students racked up millions in winnings before their ingenious scam folded.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Blackjack (Game)

College students -- Conduct of life.

Mathematical analysis.

Gambling.

Casinos.

Gambling industry.

Documentary films.

Other Author:

Klein, Bruce David.

Dukach, Semyon.

Hirschtick, Jon.

Mezrich, Ben, 1969-

Rubin, Max.

Griffin, Beverly.

Anderson, Andy.

Hecht, Bill.

Thorp, Edward O.

Howe, Matthew.

Stanford, Aaron.

Matchinga, Rudy.

Klein, Erik.

Plowman, Michael Richard, 1965-

Atlas Media Corp.

History Channel (Television network)

A & E Home Video (Firm)

New Video Group.

Notes:

Special features: bonus documentary: "High rollers: a history of gambling"; "How to win in Las Vegas" episode from the History Channel's signature series 'Conquest'.

Director of photography, Matthew Howe ; narrator, Aaron Stanford ; art director, Rudy Matchinga ; editor, Erik Klein ; music, Michael Richard Plowman.

Interviews with: Semyon Dukach, Jon Hirschtick, Ben Mezrich, Max Rubin, Beverly Griffin, Andy Anderson, Bill Hecht, Edward O. Thorp.

DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital stereo.

ISBN:

0767063783

Publisher Number:

AAE-71298

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

137601

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 795.423 Breaking

Medium:

[videorecording]