Movie
The Cooler
Overview
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-11-26
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pierce/Williams Entertainment, ContentFilm, Lions Gate Films
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- William H. Macy as Bernie Lootz
- Alec Baldwin as Shelly Kaplow
- Maria Bello as Natalie Belisario
- Shawn Hatosy as Mikey
- Ron Livingston as Larry Sokolov
- Paul Sorvino as Buddy Stafford
- Estella Warren as Charlene
- Arthur J. Nascarella as Nicky Fingers Bonnatto
- Joey Fatone as Johnny Cappella
- M.C. Gainey as Highway Officer
- Ellen Greene as Doris
- Don Scribner as Lou
Crew
- Wayne Kramer - Director
- Frank Hannah - Screenplay
- Wayne Kramer - Screenplay
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