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Ocean's 11

Date: Dec 12 2001

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Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Ocean’s 11 is one of the most popular movies in America. It has an all-star cast that is really impressive. Listen to Miguel and John talk about the movie.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Miguel

John

Miguel: Did you watch Jay Leno last night?

John: Uh, who was on it?

Miguel: Matt Damon. He’s in that new movie Ocean’s 11.

John: Oh, that movie looks sweet. Aren’t there like six big-time actors in it?

Miguel: I don’t know how many. There’s like Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon. Who else?

John: I don’t know, but it’s definitely the only movie of its kind.

Miguel: Do you know what the story is?

John: I think they’re in Vegas, and it’s a bunch of, a bunch of good looking guys who are… are they trying to rob a bank?

Miguel: I think they’re trying to rob a casino. That’s what he was talking about last night, but I, I wasn’t really paying attention so I didn’t understand.

John: Well, I don’t really care. I just want to go see all those stars on one screen.

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Discussion

Ocean’s 11 is a remake of the original Ocean’s 11. The original was filmed in 1960 and starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and others. Some of the men in the 1960s version of Ocean’s 11 belonged to the “Rat Pack”. There is no “Rat Pack” today, so the director of the Ocean’s 11 2001 version chose the more popular actors during this time in show-biz.
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Comments

Pierp

Italy

Usually, a remake is not so interesting as the original movie. But in some particular situations (like fo Oceans’11) the remake is a way to revise the story of the movie of the modern times.