Useless Movie Trivia For
Oceans 13

Memorable Movie Quotes

Willy Bank: You know, you're half smart, Ocean.

Roman Nagel: You're analog players in a digital world.

Danny Ocean: You shook Sinatra's hand. You should know better.

Trivia

Steven Soderbergh filmed all of Al Pacino's scenes in three weeks.

Al Pacino was director Steven Soderbergh's first choice for the role of Willie Bank. The film's producer, Jerry Weintraub, a friend of Pacino's, persuaded him to join the cast.

Danny tells Willie Bank (Al Pacino), "What I want, what's most important to me...” This was the same dialog Pacino used when speaking with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo in The Godfather.

The special scent that Linus puts on his neck to seduce Abigail is noted in a title card as "The Gilroy." This is an in-joke on Tony Gilroy who wrote the screenplays for The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), all starring Matt Damon, and also wrote and directed Michael Clayton (2007), which stars George Clooney and is produced by Steven Soderbergh.

Towards the end of the film, when Rusty and Danny are in the airport, they each mock each other. Rusty tells Danny to try and keep the weight off in between jobs next time. This is a reference to George Clooney, who put on extra weight for his role in Syriana (2005) and in turn injured his back doing some stunts. Danny tells Rusty, "Settle down and have a couple of kids," which is a reference to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship and children.

When Danny and Rusty are reminiscing about meeting Reuben, they are wandering in front of the Bellagio. The tune that is playing is Clair de Lune. This is the same tune that played at the end of Ocean's Eleven (2001) when all the characters are standing in front of the Bellagio watching the fountains.

The line "You shook Sinatra's hand" mentioned several times in the movie is a reference to Frank Sinatra who played Danny Ocean in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960).

The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos at the front of the film are styled in homage to the 1970s/1980s intro animation to New York station WOR-TV's "4 O'Clock Movie," and the accompanying music is identical.

The numbers that Mr.Weng picks to win at the roulette wheel are 11, 12 and 13 - the numbers of the three "Ocean" movies, thus far.

In the scene where Ocean's crew is breaking the bank, so to speak, the numbers of amounts won are displayed near specific gamblers to show how much the house is losing. When the shot pans over to George Clooney, the number "5150" is displayed next to him. This corresponds to the health and safety code for placing a psychiatric hold on a deranged individual. In other words, a crazy person is often referred to as a "5150" around police and medical circles.

The gold cellphone Willie Bank receive from Abigail Sponder is a Vertu Signature Yellow Gold Full Diamond, which costs around $50,000.

The characters make several references to a "Susan B. Anthony" in their heist. This is a reference to the Susan B. Anthony dollar manufactured by the US mint in 1979. It was similar in appearance and size to a regular quarter and many people dropped it into a slot machine without realizing what it was worth. This method was used twice in the film, though the people are using an ordinary coin they don't realize that it will be worth millions in the slot: first by the woman in The Bank who wins the jackpot and later by the VUP at the slot machine in the airport.

Goofs

The aerial shot of Las Vegas out of Danny Oceans's aircraft shows a square window frame. However he and Rusty boarded a Gulfstream Jet, which has round windows.

The tunnel boring machines used to make the Chunnel were huge and took months to assemble. There is no way that one could be transported on the back of a single tractor trailer and put into service in a matter of hours (days). In fact there were 11 Tunnel Boring Machines in total. Some of the machines were dismantled and removed. Some were driven steeply downwards and buried clear of the tunnel.

By 2006 slot machines - especially those at McCarran Airport - had gone coinless, accepting only paper money and dispensing barcoded vouchers that can either be inserted into another machine or redeemed for cash, thereby rendering the Susan B. Anthony con moot.

Box Office Info USA

Budget: $85,000,000

Opening Weekend: $36,133,403 (USA) (10 June 2007) (3,565 Screens)

Gross: $117,154,724

Filming Dates: 25 July 2006 - 14 January 2007

Filming Locations

Bellagio Casino & Hotel - 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Clark County, Nevada, USA
Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada, USA (Reuben Tishkoff's house)
Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
McCarran International Airport - 5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Rosamond, California, USA
Stage 16, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
THEhotel at Mandalay Bay - 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard S., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (interiors)
W Sunset Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA