Sam, who no longer dresses like an Orthodox Jew, is not checked at customs with the mules and manages to escape.
In the epilogue, it is revealed that Sam and his Orthodox mules received 28 months in a federal boot camp, where they became informants of Jackie and Yosef's operation. While alone, Rachel attempts to seduce Sam and encourage him to run away with her, but fails to do so. With Angus Benfield, Victoria Abbott, Jeremy Brennan, Mark Hadlow.
Sam, realising that he will be arrested, weeps on his front steps as the sirens in the distance grow closer, until a police car pulls up. Verified Purchase. This movie blew my mind. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Sam and Mendel are then seen walking and talking during a visitation, implying that Sam has reunited with his family. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
Ben has a youtube channel now called Fight for Together and he recently took his 6 kids up the Appalachian Trail. Directed by Bryan Storkel.
Holy Rollers follows the rise of the Church Team, arguably the largest and most well funded blackjack team in America. 9 of 14 people found this review helpful. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling? Watch Free on IMDb TV
He goes to warn Yosef, who is high at a nightclub.
Ben has a youtube channel now called Fight for Together and he recently took his 6 kids up the Appalachian Trail. Personally I wish there was less drama surrounding a plot line and just more of the everyday issues that these people dealt with because some of them seem cool but some of them seem like legit wackos...not going to mention any names ;)Looking for some great streaming picks?
The distinction between true Christianity and religion is such a crazy line and this documentary attempts to look at one of those edges. Interesting crew and documentary. While they succeed at winning millions, how will they find a place fo… While they succeed at winning millions, how will they find a place for faith in card counting? "Holy Rollers" is inspired by actual events in the late 1990s when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. His new job, which he originally covered up as legal importing of medicine, is well-known around his neighborhood, and his parents, fearing their family's reputation in the community, kick him out of the house.
Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg), a young Hasid from an Orthodox Brooklyn community reluctantly follows the path his family has chosen for him, awaiting a pending arranged marriage and studying to become a Rabbi. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor, Danny A. Abeckaser and Q-Tip. Holy Rollers is inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. Yosef suggests they drive to the West Coast to lay low with his cousin. Directed by Patrick Gillies.
Interesting crew and documentary. They weren't stopped by U.S. Customs because they were so far from the profile of drug runners. Jackie, in a meeting with Ephraim and Sam, wants to ship street ecstasy, which contains a higher percentage of other drugs, into America. With Ben Crawford, Brad Currah, David Drury, Michael Scott Foster. After escaping a failed deal, Sam goes to meet Jackie, who promptly leaves for a meeting at a nightclub.
While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling? Holy Rollers was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Holy Rollers also won the "cartier award" at the Dauville film festival Holy Rollers follows the rise of arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America-made up entirely of churchgoing Christians. Sam discovers Yosef has been skimming money from Jackie through side deals, which Sam, fearing the repercussions, objects to.
"Holy Rollers" is said to be based on a true story, circa the late 1990s, of how Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn Heights were used to smuggle millions of Ecstasy pills from Amsterdam to New York. Ben has a youtube channel now called Fight for Together and he recently took his 6 kids up the Appalachian Trail. Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling? Jackie and Yosef receive 16 years in prison on drug conspiracy charges, while Rachel also receives a year for participation.
In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel. Shows the realities of a professional Black Jack player and the hardships of managing their team.
Holy Rollers follows the rise of arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America-made up entirely of churchgoing Christians. Well done. highly recommended. Personally I wish there was less drama surrounding a plot line and just more of the everyday issues that these people dealt with because some of them seem cool but some of them seem like legit wackos...not going to mention any names ;)Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling?
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Use the HTML below. Sam then decides to continue with the operation despite the added risk; these drugs, carried by unwitting young Orthodox Jews, are picked up by drug-sniffing dogs and the mules are arrested.