TY - ADVS AU - Goodman,John AU - Kennedy,George AU - Lange,Jessica AU - Monahan,William AU - Wahlberg,Mark AU - Wyatt,Rupert ED - Chartoff-Winkler Productions ED - Closest to the Hole Productions ED - Leverage Entertainment ED - Paramount Pictures Corporation TI - The gambler PY - 2015///?] CY - [Los Angeles, California] PB - Paramount KW - Compulsive gamblers KW - Drama KW - Organized crime KW - Crime films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2014; Remake of the 1974 film of the same name directed by Karel Reisz and written by James Toback; Widescreen; Editor, Pete Beaudreau ; music, Jon Brion, Theo Green ; cinematography, Greig Fraser; Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, George Kennedy, Griffin Cleveland, Omar Leyva; MPAA rating: R, for language throughout, and for some sexuality/nudity N2 - Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest in Bennett's future ER -