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Casino Jack is a 2010 film starring Kevin Spacey and directed by George Hickenlooper. The film focuses on the career of Washington, D.C. lobbyist, and businessman.Jack Abramoff, who was involved in a massive corruption scandal that led to the conviction of himself, two White House officials, Rep. Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and congressional staffers. Abramoff was convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion in 2006 and of trading expensive gifts, meals and sports trips in exchange for political favors. He is currently in prison, serving a four-year sentence for a total of six years in jail.

Filming took place in June 2009 in various locations across Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, including McMaster University and downtown Hamilton. The film is scheduled for release in December, 2010 and will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

This was Hickenlooper's final film. He died on October 30, 2010, several weeks before its scheduled national opening.

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Casino Jack is a fine, gripping political film that shows great direction from George Hickenlooper and was sadly his last film to get made. Kevin Spacey does a fantastic job as the corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff. While Abramoff was a dick in helping in ways with the events that unfolded, Spacey offers his character in the film a lot of good humor to relinquish some of the more dramatic scenes. Barry Pepper and Jon Lovitz give notable supporting roles with Pepper's being the more tolerable one. Even if one is unfamiliar with the true events, the film does a good job incorporating it all on screen as well as not taking forever to develop the characters. It probably won't be huge at the box office but if it does get a decent amount, Spacey may just get a little recognition. Solid stuff. ***


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