Edit Did You Know? Trivia Ron Livingston based his character on guys he knew that worked in the corporate world. Livingston's approach was to make his character exist as if he were the New Vegas taking over Old Vegas.

Goofs When Bernie plays craps, he is shown placing two stacks of chips side-by-side on the pass line. This is incorrect - a player's entire bet must be placed in one vertical stack.

A second stack of chips on the pass line next to the player's bet would be assumed by the crew to be a toke - a bet for the dealers. Quotes [ first lines ] Casino employee : Where's Bernie, they're killing us.

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Color: Color. Edit page. Clear your history. Bernie Lootz. Shelly Kaplow. Natalie Belisario. Larry Sokolov. Buddy Stafford. In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.

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Macy said that when the film was shown in European film festivals, afterward people mostly discussed the script and the characters, but when the film was shown at American film festivals, people mostly discussed how good Maria Bello looked in her nude scenes.

Casino employee : Where's Bernie, they're killing us. Yeah, we need him right away. During the opening credits, the croupier of a roulette table which Bernie has cooled puts the win marker on 00 double zero.

However, the ball is still in motion and hasn't yet landed in any slot. Maria Bello's face is reflected on the side of the "Lady Luck" hotel.

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Check out our gallery. See the full gallery. The casino manager, Shelly Alec Baldwin prides himself on running a "classically" Vegas casino and resents the new places that attract a lower clientele.

The owners, however, hire an advisor named Larry Ron Livingston to help bring in more money with techniques contrary to Shelly's outdated policies.

Bernie informs Shelly that he's leaving town in a week. After an encounter during which Bernie rescues Natalie from an aggressive customer, she appears to take an interest in him.

They begin dating, but Bernie is apprehensive due to his bad luck. He reveals that he used to be a gambling addict in huge debt to several casinos.

Shelly "saved" him by breaking his kneecap and paying off his debt in exchange for Bernie's work as a cooler for 6 years, which ends at the end of the week.

Bernie and Natalie run into his estranged son Mikey and his pregnant wife Charlotte who are scamming a diner by faking labor. Bernie tells Mikey to stop by sometime.

Bernie is happy with his relationship and his "cooling" abilities fade, much to Shelly's chagrin. When Bernie reveals to Natalie he intends to leave Vegas, she says she won't go with him, and Bernie is upset.

Now unhappy, his luck turns again and he begins cooling effectively. When he intentionally fails to cool a hot table which is being cheated by Mikey, Shelly takes Mikey and Charlotte upstairs and begins beating them.

Though distraught, that night, Natalie and Bernie confess their love for one another and Bernie again becomes a good luck charm.

Shelly calls Natalie to his office and reminds her that he hired her to date Bernie so he wouldn't leave Vegas, not to fall in love with him, which has made him both happy and lucky.

Be he a Baldwin or not, I really like the fucking guy. His performance in the The Cooler settles it. End of argument. Speaking of performances in The Cooler , William H.

Macy is real good, too. You come to expect tightly wound, well-wrought performances from Macy. Ever since Boogie Nights , it should be clear to everyone that if you need a first-class schmuck for your picture, call William H.

But the real surprise here is Maria Bello. The last thing I remember seeing her in was the eternally terrible Bruckheimer bullshit fest Coyote Ugly.

In The Cooler , however, she is excellent. Bello is a hooker because Macy is a cooler. More importantly, he is a cooler working for Shelly Kaplow Baldwin , a casino owner or manager or something.

Shelly might work for the mob, he acts like it, but he might just be your run-of-the-mill casino boss. A cooler is an unlucky person.

So unlucky, in fact, that just by sitting in on a hand of blackjack, all the players at the table go from being winners to losers.

Farfetched sure, but I have gambled enough in my life to know that some players are superstitious to the point of comedy.

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