Hard Eight was released in the year 1996。Hard Eight is also called as Sydney, Passado Sangrento, Last Exit Reno, Kivikova kaksikko, Kivikova kahdeksikko, Jogada de Risco, Double mise。

John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker.

Hard Eight actors and actresses include F. William Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Melora Walters, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson。