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Tight 18-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Bookie
"His job was taking bets, but tonight he takes a risk"
2009 0h 18m EN
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6.0
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★6.0TMDB · 2
RomanceCrimeAction
Synopsis
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At a raucous soul R&B nightclub in 1963, crowds from all over Seattle gather for a chance at alcohol, wild music, and easy money. Amidst it all, a gambling bookie risks everything he has for a waitress down on her luck.
“His job was taking bets, but tonight he takes a risk”
Cast
Ken Quitugua
Bookie
Lester Purry
Jackson
Aaron Toney
Roughneck
Sam Looc
Shorty
Quoc Bao Tran
Stagehand
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Quoc Bao Tran
- Writers
- Quoc Bao Tran
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Quoc Bao Tran directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 18-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Ken Quitugua and Lester Purry and Aaron Toney carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "His job was taking bets, but tonight he takes a risk".
- 6IMDB entry: tt1214951 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 18 min · 0h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Bookie (2009)
Also by
Quoc Bao Tran
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2008-05-04· Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
