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The first American film about the Vietnam War allowed to shoot on location in Vietnam after the Vietnam War, it is based on a dozen true stories, most surrounding the final days of the 24th Evacuation Hospital, the last major Army hospital in the south to close as Americans abandoned Southeast Asia.
- The Movie vs The Truth
- Forming The Team
- The Main Characters
- The Movie Romance
- Ben’s Frustration and Outburst
- Casino Security
The main difference between the true story and the movie is the historical accuracies, like the use of mobile phones which didn’t exist in the early ’80s. Another obvious discrepancy shows Blackjack being played at the Red Rock and Planet Hollywood Casinos in Las Vegas but they didn’t open until the mid-2000s. If mobile phones did exist at the time...
In both real life and the movie, the players successfully manage to pull off a mass scale card-counting scam, despite none of them being experienced gamblers or from a criminal background. In the movie, they are all highly talented students with exceptional maths brains from one of the top universities in the USA and are tutored by a card-counting ...
In the movie, the main character, Ben Campbell is a Maths genius with phenomenal numbers skills. His ambition to study at Harvard is scuppered due to lack of funds, which makes him an easy recruit, and very soon he is raking in the money. His initial intention to make just enough to fund his studies is overtaken by his success, the excitement of th...
Jill Taylor, another of Professor Micky Rosa’s recruits, persuades a reluctant Ben to join the team and an on-screen romance develops. However, Jill Taylor’s real-life counterpart had no romantic connection to Jeff Ma. She and was simply brought into the team at the same time as her boyfriend and nothing ever occurred between the two.
Ben’s constant weekend absences in Vegas jeopardizes his relationship with his two best friends resulting in them kicking him out of their project group. Highly upset and frustrated, he haphazardly loses $200,000 at the casino. In truth, John Chang declared that this would never happen as any member of the MIT Team would be too disciplined and cont...
In the movie, Cole Williams is the Casino Security Chief who is tasked with watching the players, and, in particular Ben, after it becomes obvious that he isn’t playing a straight game. Ben gets beaten up by Williams and ordered to stay away from the Casino. In reality, this would never happen as major casinos typically use professional security co...
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Apr 17, 2019 · One of the most intriguing aspects of the film was its basis in reality. Drawing inspiration from the real-life story of the MIT Blackjack Team, it tells the tale of a very different sort of heist: one perpetuated not by hardened criminals, but by the brightest young minds from some of the most lauded academic institutions in existence.
Oct 29, 2009 · Unlike most war movies showing the devastation of war from a foot soldiers grunt's-eye view, 21 and a Wake Up dramatizes the real life story of three young nurses' just days from...
Mar 27, 2013 · No. In the movie 21, an unorthodox math professor named Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leads the team. The 21 true story reveals that the real MIT Blackjack Team was led by three individuals, none of whom were professors.
Oct 27, 2009 · Roger Ebert October 27, 2009. Tweet. I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital in the waning days of the war, is based on events that he experienced and heard about. I'm sure his motivations were heartfelt, but his film is awkward and disjointed, and outstays its welcome.
Synopsis. The film is based on real events, focusing on the lives of three young nurses, one of whom undertakes a treacherous journey up the Mekong River to Cambodia to save a very young...
