Rounders
“Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.”
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
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Cast
60 people
Matt Damon
Mike McDermott
Known for
The Martian
Good Will Hunting
Edward Norton
Lester 'Worm' Murphy
Known for
The Incredible Hulk
American History X
John Turturro
Joey Knish
Known for
Severance
The Night Of
Gretchen Mol
Jo
Known for
Boardwalk Empire
Tulsa King
John Malkovich
Teddy KGB
Known for
RED
Bird Box
Famke Janssen
Petra
Known for
Taken
X-Men
Martin Landau
Abe Petrovsky
Known for
Ed Wood
9
Michael Rispoli
Grama
Known for
The Deuce
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Goran Višnjić
Maurice
Known for
Ice Age
ER
Mal Z. Lawrence
Irving
Also in
A Walk on the Moon
Boynton Beach Club
Paul Cicero
Russian Thug
Also in
Analyze That
Searching for Bobby D
Ray Iannicelli
Kenny
Known for
St. Vincent
F/X
John Dahl Director · Brian Koppelman Screenplay David Levien Screenplay
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $12M · United States release September 11, 1998
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$22,912,409
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Spanky Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hebrew · Russian
Release dates
United States · August 25, 1998
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · September 11, 1998
Theatrical
Argentina
September 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 13, 1999 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Canada
October 15, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
April 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Ecuador
August 14, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Finland
February 26, 1999 · Theatrical
France
September 8, 1998 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
January 6, 1999 · Theatrical
Germany
February 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Greece
December 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 3, 1999 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 8, 1999 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Israel
December 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Italy
September 4, 1998 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
February 5, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
May 8, 1999 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 14, 1999 · Theatrical
December 25, 2003 · TV · Nederland 2
June 22, 2011 · Physical · DVD
September 7, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
New Zealand
December 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Norway
January 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 28, 1999 · Premiere · Davao
Poland
May 28, 1999 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 26, 1999 · Premiere · Fantasporto Film Festival
April 9, 1999 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 31, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 30, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
January 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 10, 1999 · Theatrical · French
April 9, 1999 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
November 21, 1998 · Theatrical
Thailand
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 1, 1999 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
February 9, 1999 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Uruguay
March 1, 2001 · Premiere · Cine Universitario
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