A group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.A group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.A group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.
Carl Mazzocone Sr.
- Older Wiseguy
- (as Carl M. Mazzocone Sr.)
Thandiwe Newton
- Tiffany
- (as Thandie Newton)
Holly Cat
- Girl in Hallway
- (as Holly Catarancuic)
Stacie Randall
- Dealer
- (as Stacie Bourgeois)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe hands seen performing card tricks in the beginning of the film belong to writer/director Damian Nieman (who's hand wears a spade ring), R. Paul Wilson, Jason England, and Earl Nelson, all real life card mechanics. Nieman also taught (along with Earl Nelson and R. Paul Wilson) Sylvester Stallone and Stuart Townsend how to perform their card tricks for the film.
- GoofsThe position of Miller's hand alternates between holding the drink and crossed over to his other arm while talking to Marlo.
- Crazy credits"Special Thanks to: Tabitha Stevens & Tawny Roberts" These porn actresses have a short cameo as dancers in the club.
- ConnectionsReferences The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
- SoundtracksViolin Sonata No.25 K.301, 2nd movement
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Featured review
As movies about card games and/or con artists go, "Shade" is no "House Of Games" or "Nine Queens", but it's better than you might expect for a film that was barely released theatrically. The first two twists caught me completely off-guard (the final twist though....I saw it coming a few seconds before it happened). The poker scenes are highly entertaining (where can I get one of those "juiced" decks?). There are many good performances (Townsend, Foxx, Byrne), and nice turns by veterans (Hal Holbrook, Bo Hopkins). The weak links are Stallone and Melanie Griffith, who look awful in this film. Stallone's performance isn't bad, but they could easily have replaced him with an actor more appropriate for this role; Griffith IS bad, and it's hard to know what she's even doing in the picture. An actor who stands out (in a good way) is Roger G. Smith as Marlo, the mob enforcer with the extremely calm voice. (**1/2)
- How long is Shade?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Mưu Cao Họa Sâu
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,032
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,696
- Apr 11, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $459,098
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content