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Release Date: 2003 Cast: Julio Oscar Mechoso, Lukas Haas, John Diehl, Zuri Williams, Johnny Galecki, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Proval, Nick Stahl
Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Comedy, Indie, Comedy-drama, Comedy Thriller, Comedy, Coming of age Bookies is a 2003 movie written by Michael Bacall and directed by Mark Illsley. The story revolves around the lives of four college students.
Three male college students, Toby (Nick Stahl), Casey (Lukas Haas) and Jude (Johnny Galecki), start up a bookie business taking bets from various clients. Their business immediately booms, arousing suspicion among local campus authorities and Toby's girlfriend, Hunter (Rachael Leigh Cook).
They subsequently are able to purchase many expensive items such as big screen televisions and new computers to help them manage their complex business. When their... MORE
Bookies is a 2003 movie written by Michael Bacall and directed by Mark Illsley. The story revolves around the lives of four college students.
Three male college students, Toby (Nick Stahl), Casey (Lukas Haas) and Jude (Johnny Galecki), start up a bookie business taking bets from various clients. Their business immediately booms, arousing suspicion among local campus authorities and Toby's girlfriend, Hunter (Rachael Leigh Cook).
They subsequently are able to purchase many expensive items such as big screen televisions and new computers to help them manage their complex business. When their business takes off, Jude receives threats from two local Italian bookies to back down because their territories for the business overlap.
The movie ends when a plan by Jude fails to materialize when betting on the college's team to win the game. Toby devises a way to eliminate the threat from the other bookies and get them out of the business. Jude makes a bet with the two Italian bookies, letting them choose whatever game and winner they want, which ends up being a boxing match. Knowing the game would be fixed, Jude and the others liquidate all of their assets and bet all of their earnings on LESS
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