Question: After the blackout, why did the the patrons go through a panic of grabbing chips? Money's understandable, but wouldn't they still need to take the chips to get exchanged? Surely the people who exchange it would know that they were taken during the riot.
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5th Jun 2017
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
28th Apr 2017
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Question: When Saul is dressing up in front of the mirror for the final night, he collapses on the bed. Rusty, who's watching the scene, doesn't seem too bothered about it. Was Saul simply rehearsing his part, including the fainting, or did Rusty have enough confidence in him to believe he would not fail even if he felt ill?
Chosen answer: Rusty is aware that Saul is just rehearsing. He knows Saul well enough to be able to tell if he was really having a medical episode.
I see this a little differently. When Saul struggles to stand, I think it's real; he's having trouble. Rusty notices, but they have to keep moving. From a filmmaking standpoint, this moment is meant to make the audience wonder if Saul is having an episode, helping build tension in the security room scene later. While his struggle is real when getting dressed, it serves as misdirection, making us think the heist is falling apart when it's actually going perfectly to plan.
Answer: It would have to be proved that the chips were taken and not won. Customers could just hold onto them and cash them in later and over time, claiming they won them on different nights.
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