- Original name: The card counter
- Country: UK, USA
- Genre: thriller, drama
- Producer: P. Schroeder
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: O. Isaac, W. Defoe, T. Sheridan, T. Haddish, B. Slaughter, J. Michaely, E. Gusset, H. Cromer, M. Hayes, K. Williams et al.
Legendary man Paul Schroeder has prepared his new project - the crime thriller "The Card Counter" with Oscar Isaac and Willem Dafoe. Now the director is busy editing footage, editing and selecting music. The release date and trailer for The Card Counter are expected in 2021.
Expectations rating - 97%.
Plot
The film tells the story of Wilhelm Tell, a card player and former military man. Tell just wants to play cards, but his peace is disturbed by the Circus, a young man seeking help in carrying out his plan of revenge on the military colonel. Tell sees his chance at redemption if he helps Circus. With the help of the mysterious financier of gambling, La Linda, Tell takes Circus with him, moving from casino to casino, until the trio set their sights on winning the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Production
Director and scriptwriter - Paul Schroeder (Raging Bull, Raising the Dead, Sorrow, Taxi Driver, City Hall, The Last Temptation of Christ, Sensitive Sleep).
Voiceover team:
- Operator: Alexander Dainan ("Billions", "The Shepherd's Diary");
- Producers: Martin Scorsese ("Casino", "Isle of the Damned", "Blues", "Vinyl", "Uncut Jewels", "Souvenir", "Irishman"), Lauren Mann ("The Last Woman on Earth", "The Swiss Man knife "), Braxton Pope (" Trust "," Mirror "), David M. Wolfe (" Dark Legacy "," Kane's Notes: A Prisoner's Life "), etc .;
- Editing: Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. ("Man is a wolf to man");
- Artists: Ashley Fenton (Adam spoils everything), Christine Brandt, Lisa Madonna.
Studios
- Convergent Media
- Convergent Media.
- HanWay Films
- LB Entertainment
- Lucky 13 Productions
Focus Features will oversee the domestic distribution of the project. Universal, Focus's parent company, controls the overseas distribution of the film through its international label Universal Pictures.
Schrader was delighted with the purchase of his film, which took place in the virtual marketplace of the Cannes Film Festival.
“The people at Focus are the best at what they do,” Schrader said. “For many years I have been jealous of the Focus directors. Now, fortunately, we are cooperating. "
Back in March 2020, Paul Schroeder caused a stir and outrage on Facebook when he wrote a post condemning the producers for stopping production of his film The Sharpie. Then, on the 15th day of 20-day filming, one of the actors on the set was diagnosed with coronavirus.
“Personally, I would have filmed in hellish rain to finish the film,” said Schroeder. - I am old and I am asthmatic. So what could be better than dying at work? "
The director claims that about 80 percent of the production has already been completed. He also said that he wanted to work in March, but that would be unethical.
Actors
Cast:
- Oscar Isaac ("Life Itself", "Drive", "Show Me a Hero", "Dune", "WE. Believe in Love", "Agora");
- Willem Dafoe (“Togo”, “Platoon”, “Lighthouse”, “Van Gogh. On the Threshold of Eternity”);
- Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, Mad, The Last Real Man);
- Tiffany Haddish (My Name is Earl, New Girl);
- Billy Slaughter (Remember Sunday, Focus, Selling Short);
- Joel Michael ("The Phantom World," "Kiss Through Kiss");
- Amy Gusset (Nashville, Army Wives);
- Hassel Cromer ("Dark Legacy", "Side by Side");
- Marlon Hayes (Queen of the South, NCIS: New Orleans);
- Calvin Williams (Roots).
Interesting Facts
Do you know that:
- Due to a mismatch in work schedules, Shia LaBeouf abandoned the project. Then Nicholas Cage, a close friend of director Paul Schroeder, recommended Ty Sheridan to play the role of Cirk.
- The producers halted production of The Card Counter (2021) in Biloxi, Massachusetts, five days before filming ended. One of the actors was diagnosed with the coronavirus.
- Paul Schroeder almost always stars Willem Dafoe in his films.
- This is the seventh collaboration between director Paul Schroeder and actor Willem Dafoe after Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997), Auto Focus (2002), The Walker "(2007)," Adam Resurrected "(2008) and" Man to man a wolf / Dog Eat Dog "(2016). Paul Schroeder also wrote the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), in which Dafoe plays Jesus.