Casino Jack and the United States of Money

2010
R
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)

A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies

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A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Self - Lobbyist
(archive footage)

Tom DeLay

Self - Representative, Texas

William Branner

Actor

Melanie Sloan

Self - Director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Nina Easton

Self - Author, Gang of Four

Dana Rohrabacher

Self - Representative, California

Thomas Frank

Self - Author, The Wrecking Crew

J. Michael Waller

Self - Director, Institute of World Politics

Ralph Reed

Self - Republican Activist
(archive footage)

Grover Norquist

Self - Republican Activist
(archive footage)

Jonas Savimbi

Self - UNITA Rebel Leader, Angola
(archive footage)

Lewis E. Lehrman

Self - Financier, The Democratic International
(archive footage)
(as Lewis Lehrman)

Neil Volz

Self - Former Chief of Staff to Rep. Bob Ney

Bob Ney

Self - Representative, Ohio

Susan Schmidt

Self - Former Reporter, The Washington Post

Robert G. Kaiser

Self - Author, So Damn Much Money

Peter Fitzgerald

Self - Senator, Illinois

Ron Platt

Self - Former Greenberg Traurig Lobbyist

Director
- Alex Gibney
Writer
- Alex Gibney
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The dramatic cinema movie Casino Jack (2010) and the feature film documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010), which were both pictures about the same subject, both actually debuted and premiered in the same year of 2010.

Quotes
[first lines]
Jack Abramoff: [in an e-mail message to Alex Gibney] Why would you want to make a documentary? No one watches documentaries. You should make an action film!

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Iron Man 2/Babies/Mother and Child/Solitary Man/No one Knows about Persian Cats/Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)

Soundtracks
When the Deal Goes Down
Written by Bob Dylan
Published by Special Rider Music
Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Doesn't have the staying power

Alex Gibney knows how to make a documentary. Like good documentaries, "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" is educational and informative. Unlike great documentaries, it is neither emotionally-resonating nor interesting.

This film lacked anything to get me invested in it. The opening, introducing me to Jack Abramoff and all the players, was well researched and potentially interesting but very dry. Although I didn't find it enthralling, explosive or hilarious, I thought it could have been important but it doesn't have the timing that the more popular documentaries have.

"Casino Jack and the United States of Money" is good for documentary-lovers, but it doesn't have the staying power that a well told story should have.