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Taking Chances (2009)

Taking Chances poster
Directed by
Talmage Cooley
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A museum manager and a local woman team up to stop a casino from being built on a historical battlefield. They face resistance from townspeople who think the casino will save the town from bankruptcy.

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What happens

Taking Chances is a 2009 comedy film directed by Kit Umbrage. The story by Annie Nocenti follows Chase Revere, manager of the local history museum, who discovers that an Indian casino is about to be built over the town's Revolutionary War battlefield. He joins forces with the sexy town siren, Lucy Shanks, to launch an all-out offensive against the project. They encounter fierce opposition from the corrupt mayor, the town council and local citizens, who believe that the casino will cure the bankrupt town's financial woes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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