Ocean’s Eleven

Credits:

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: George Clayton Johnson (1960 story), Jack Golden Russell (1960 story), Harry Brown, Charles Lederer and Ted Griffin.

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts.

Narrative:

Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven team member, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target is The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million.

MISE-EN-SCENE:

Ocean's Eleven, released in 2001, was the first film of a trilogy of heist films directed by Steven Soderbergh. This big budget crime-thriller remake of the 1960’s Rat Pack favourite conveys the intricately thrilling plot where Daniel Ocean leads a rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons for the monumental heist of 3 major Las Vegas Casinos. This sequence is significant because it sets up the diegesis of the film and also gives us an insight into the character of the protagonist. Also, structurally, the set up of the heist is crucial to setting up the audiences high expectations and apprehensions of how something of this scale can be achieved smoothly.