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What is Ben Campbell (Sturgess) to do? He is a brilliant student at M.I.T. in Boston and wishes to continue his education at Harvard Medical School in hopes of becoming a doctor. The problem is that Ben is from a working-class family who cannot afford to help him with the $300,000 tuition it will take to complete his education. The answer for the shy student is in the cards—literally—when he is recruited by an unorthodox math professor named Micky Rosa (Spacey) to join four other students in a special Blackjack and card-counting class. Now the professor and his five disciples are ready to take Vegas to the bank as Ben is accomplished enough to guarantee a card count of 21 for each hand he is dealt. Based on the novel "Bringing Down The House" by Ben Mezrich. (Stacey Pendry)