The cooler
By: Contentfilm presents a Pierre-Williams/Furst Films production in association with Gryphon Films and Dog Pond Productions ; produced by Sean Furst, Michael Pierce ; written by Frank Hannah & Wayne Kramer ; directed by Wayne Kramer
Contributors: Macy, William H., 1950- actor; Bello, Maria, 1967- actor; Hatosy, Shawn, 1975- actor; Livingston, Ron, actor; Warren, Estella, actor; Nascarella, Arthur J., actor; Gainey, M. C., actor; Sorvino, Paul, actor; Baldwin, Alec, 1958- actor; Whitaker, James, cinematographer; Coburn, Arthur, film editor; Isham, Mark, composer; Burke, Kristin M., costume designer; Corbett, Toby, production designer; ContentFilm (Firm); Furst Films; Gryphon Films; Dog Pond Productions; Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Edition: [Widescreen version].
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Drama; Organized crime; Employees; Casinos; Man-woman relationships
Description: Bernie is extremely unlucky at gambling and he owes the Shangri-La casino's mob boss Shelly Kaplow over $100,000. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler". He gambles next to high rollers and gives them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, but when Bernie has almost paid off his debt, he meets cocktail waitress, Natalie. The two start to fall in love and Bernie's luck begins to change. Unfortunately, Shelly isn't going to let Bernie go so easily.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features: Director and crew commentaries; Anatomy of a scene; Storyboard comparisons; 5.1 music only track.

Director of photography, James Whitaker ; editor, Arthur Coburn ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Kristin M. Burke ; production designer, Toby Corbett.

William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Estella Warren, Arthur J. Nascarella, M.C. Gainey, Paul Sorvino, Alec Baldwin.

MPAA rating: R; for strong sexuality, violence, and language, and some drug use.

DVD format.

Soundtrack in English; Subtitles in Spanish.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Table of contents: title: Special features: Presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions; title: Director crew commentaries; title: Anatomy of a scene; title: Storyboard comparisons; title: Language: English; title: Subtitles: English, Spanish.