DVD
Hard eight
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Publication Information
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler, plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his hooker girlfriend Clementine. When the couple's honeymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, Sydney takes care of things as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, the gambler decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: theatrical trailers ; deleted scene ("The kiss") ; Sundance Institute filmmaker lab scenes ; two filmmakers' commentaries.