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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Brad Pitt Enforces "Cogan's Trade"

Sneak Peek actor Brad Pitt ("Fight Club") in character as an underworld enforcer, on the New Orleans set of director Andrew Dominick's newest film, "Cogan's Trade".

"Cogan's Trade" also stars former "Sopranos" actors James Gandolfini ('Tony Soprano') and Vincent Curatola ('Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni') in the big screen adaptation of the "Cogan's Trade" crime novel by author George V. Higgins ("The Friends Of Eddie Coyle").

In "Cogan's Trade", 'Jackie Cogan' (Pitt) attempts to track down thieves who ripped off a high-stakes card game. Gandolfini will play a burnt-out alcoholic killer, who is brought in to track the suspects down. Curatola will play a man recently released from jail who seeks revenge on those who sent him to prison.

Additional cast members include Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas") as hustler 'Mark "Markie" Trattman', Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Richard Jenkins.

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...'Cogan' is called in when a high-stake card game under the protection of the Mob is heisted. Expertly, with a ruthless businessman’s efficiency, a shrewd sense of other people’s weaknesses, and a style as cold as his stare, Cogan moves with reliable precision to restore the status quo, as ill-conceived capers and double-dealing shenanigans erupt into high-voltage violence..."

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