It was a favoured hangout for writers – F Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler (he supposedly wrote The Big Sleep here) and Dashiell Hammett (recently namechecked as one of the three precogs in Minority Report were regulars. Seen also in Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, this is pure Hollywood history, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood (it opened in 1919). Rusty and Danny drink in the venerable Musso and Frank's Grill, 6667 Hollywood Boulevard. The ‘San Diego’ circus, where Yen (Shaobo Qin) impresses with his acrobatic skills, was set up in the grounds of the dog track. Ryan, in turn, approaches old hand Saul Bloom ( Carl Reiner) at Derby Lane Dog Track, 10490 Gandy Boulevard, St Petersburg, Florida. Ocean’s Eleven location: Brad Pitt teaches poker in the back room: Basque (now closed), 1707 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles And when did you last get 'poignant' in a Vegas movie? The film's coda uses the casino's wonderfully kitschy 'dancing waters' to surprisingly poignant effect. Unlike the original (which targeted five joints in one night), only one casino is robbed: the Bellagio, 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard, with its eight-acre lake and fountains, standing on the site of the legendary Dunes.

The idiosyncratic Steven Soderbergh, one of the few directors equally at home with arthouse or mainstream ( Kafka, Schizopolis, Out of Sight.) assembles a dazzling cast and keeps the plot bouncing along.

The original 1960 version of Ocean's Eleven depended on the blokey charm of the Rat Pack and ambled on for well over two hours. Wisely, he obeys the golden rule of remakes – don't pick a classic, pick a near-miss. Steven Soderbergh remakes the 1960s Rat Pack caper with locations not only in Nevada but in Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida and New Jersey. Ocean’s Eleven location: Robbing the casino: The Bellagio,South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas

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