Why is don cheadle uncredited in oceans 11

There were a few behind-the-scenes negotiations that fell through, leading Cheadle to request his name not be put in the credits. This was not the first time this happened to the actor — Cheadle was also left out of the credits in Rush Hour 2.

Some believe that it was a simple request to be paid more than the production was willing to pay each actor. Jerry Weintraub asked Carl Reiner to be in the movie a few days before he had to be on set. They'd known each other for years. Weintraub produced Oh, God! Tess makes her entrance descending the grand staircase in Bellagio's Conservatory. This staircase was torn down two years after the movie was released and only five years after Bellagio opened to make way for a passage to the new Spa Tower wing of the property.

No subtitles are used when Yen Shaobo Qin speaks Mandarin, though they are not necessary. His first line, when they are discussing how to get into the vault, is "Why not dig a hole under the ground?

His second line, said in anger when Linus nearly gets them caught while stealing the pinch, is, "He didn't listen to us! He's really in big trouble now. There is a persistent rumor that Ben Affleck makes a cameo appearance but, although he did visit the set, he does not appear on screen. Shaobo Qin builds a house of cards on the diving board. Joey Bishop and Akim Tamiroff built a house of cards in the original Ocean's 11 This facility was the setting of Scared Straight! Parole hearings at "Rahway State" are held in a conference room near the inmate dining hall.

The cell block that Danny was being escorted from is "3-Wing" - a regular, working cell block. The inmates were either confined to their cells or relocated to other areas of the prison for the filming. The "Officer" escorting Danny out of the cell block and securing the gate was actually a Lieutenant, and at the time, was the coordinator of the "Scared Straight" program. The scene where Virgil Malloy is controlling the remote controlled van is the only scene in the movie where he is seen separate from his brother Turk.

The brothers are in every scene together prior. George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts all appear as special guests in single episodes, and Elliott Gould is Monica and Ross Geller's father, who appears sporadically throughout the series. Harvey denied this on his radio show. In one of the scenes where the gang is discussing the heist, they are sitting in a house that is actually under the busy streets of Las Vegas.

They all acted in Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Bill Murray was supposed to play a lounge singer but the part was dropped when Murray was busy filming The Royal Tenenbaums The crew shot Andy Garcia exiting the vault and continuing down the hallway two weeks apart.

Sammy Davis Jr. Four members of the cast have appeared on ER George Clooney played Dr. Doug Ross for the first five seasons of the show, Don Cheadle guest-starred in the show's ninth season as surgical student Nathan, J.

Manoux starred as Dr. Dustin Crenshaw from , and Shane West who played Dr. Ray Barnett from Julia Roberts really married a man named Danny right after this movie came out. She met cameraman Daniel Moder on the set of The Mexican They married in Costume designer Jeffrey Kurland wanted the actors to wear their vests without shirts, but they overruled him.

Both the hat that he wears and his wire-rimmed glasses are very similar to those that Radar wore throughout the series, and both Dell and O'Reilly are the tech support characters in their respective shows. Writer Ted Griffin's father can be seen standing behind Reuben during the boxing match scene. Scott Caan appears in this film with Carl Reiner. Four of the major stars of the movie are related to each other.

Casey Affleck is 10th cousins to both Brad Pitt and his childhood pal Matt Damon and also 18th cousins twice removed to George Clooney. After Danny gets released from prison again , Tess makes the comment, "We have to get Rusty a girl" to which Rusty replies, "There's a women's prison down the road.

A bit of history on the prison Danny is released from twice. There are currently 13 state correctional facilities in NJ all of which are given names such as Midstate Correctional Facility, Bayside State Prison, New Jersey State Prison, etc however at one time prisons in NJ were named after the town they were located in. New Jersey State Prison was Trenton State Prison, Bayside State Prison was Leesburg, and East Jersey State Prison was the infamous Rahway State Prison however the city of Rahway, NJ didn't like that their town was only know for it's prison facility so the city petitioned the state to rename the facility as it felt that the name of Rahway being synonymous with the prison affected property values.

Ironically, when referring to the prison it is still referred to as "Rahway". There is a 'nod' at as Brad Pitt's character gets in to the SWAT vehicle the camera zooms in on the green air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror then cuts to the next scene. When Topher Grace is talking to Rusty he mentions two of his managers are both named Bernie. Jerry Weintraub: The producer is talking to Saul at a card table in the casino before he speaks to Benedict.

Jeffrey Kurland: the costume designer appears as one of the tailors fitting Saul Bloom's suit. The Wilson brothers were lined up to play bickering brothers Virgil and Turk, but dropped out at the last minute to do The Royal Tenenbaums instead. The roles eventually went to Scott Caan and Casey Affleck.

Poor Julia Roberts. She was the target of a lot of pranks during filming — most of which were led by George Clooney. Ocean's Eleven Jump to: FAQs 10 Spoilers 0. What is "Ocean's Eleven" about? Is "Ocean's Eleven" based on a book? Who are the eleven? What are the cons listed by Danny at the beginning of the movie? What does Danny's drink order " How did the flyers for the hookers get into the safe?

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