When a boy named ben finds an old baseball card in his house his friend griffin tells him to sell it. Based on a popular book by gordon korman, swindle is like oceans eleven for a younger crowd. Swindle is a childrens film that premiered august 24, 20 on nickelodeon. It flowed out smooth enough to take in the movie without too many. This is a sequel to the swindle movie and it about how they go to las vegas to get that little girls parrot back from a swindling pet shop owner. It is an adaptation of a book of the same name by gordon korman. The chillingly realistic yet funny scenarios are a reflection of the authors trademark humor as well as adventurous. Swindle definition, to cheat a person, business, etc. Based on gordon kormans novel of the same name, the film tells the story of griffin noah crawford, a boy who retrieves his friends valuable baseball card from an unscrupulous collectibles dealer with the help of his friends. Swindle tries to stop griffin or any one from finding the card by. Based on gordon kormans novel of the same name, the film tells the story of. Swindle comes across like an oceans eleven or mission impossible for kids.
The plot rockets to the end of the book like the action of a highstakes spy movie. Oct 05, 2015 the great swindle, which won the prix goncourt in 20 and has important things to say about the dark, chaotic aftermath of world war i in france, is a big, swirling tale that itself reads. His books have even been translated into 14 languages. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card and built on creativity and simple language. The film stars noah crawford, chris oneal, jennette mccurdy, ciara bravo, ariana grande, and noah munck. Swindle, zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. Swindle is a decepticon in the liveaction transformers film continuity family and also a bunch of massproduced drones on both sides. After a mean collector named swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, griffin bing must put together a band of misfits to break into. Swindle zoobreak framed showoff swindle by gordon korman 20503 by gordon korman jan 1, 20 5. The name or term swindle refers to more than one character or idea. The book was the first of a series, followed by zoobreak, framed. Swindle by gordon korman paperback book the parent store. They sell it to a man swindle for a hundred dollars. Swindle is a 2008 book by gordon korman summary edit.
The movie tells the story of griffin noah crawford, a boy whose friend ben chris oneal finds a rare and valuable baseball card. Synonyms for swindle at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Griffin gets his revenge, his family doesnt have to move, and swindle is, well, swindled. There are many things standing in their way a menacing guard dog, a hightech security system, a very secret. Robberies, baseball cards, and action, all in the book swindle. My kids liked the movie although they said it was very different from the book. A smart young boy named griffin bing decides to gather their entire grade in a sleepover in an old house. Mar 01, 2008 swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman and is the first in the swindle series. Anyways, enough of my jibber jabber lets get to the story. I highly recommend this book to young children and adults. An undercover police officer falls hard for a seductive criminal and soon finds himself helping her. The production stars noah crawford, chris oneal, jennette mccurdy, noah munck, ariana grande, ciara bravo, and fred ewanuick.
The great swindle, which won the prix goncourt in 20 and has important things to say about the dark, chaotic aftermath of world war i in france, is a big, swirling tale that itself reads. Munck will all star in the adaptation of the the popular childrens book by gordon. Based on gordon kormans book swindle, this movie is about a boy named griffin who finds a valuable multimillion dollar baseball card. Gordon korman pens a captivating series starring griffin bing, the man with the plan, and a dream team of kids who perform blockbustermoviestyle operations. Now theyre going to make a mockery out of this book. Griffin and ben have a sleepover at a old house that is scheduled to be demolished next morning. I dont like swindle this book is very good for how much i have read, its very well thought out with the character being one of each like movie character or like dumb one, or funny one, smart. Swindle is a 20 american television film starring noah crawford, chris oneal, jennette mccurdy, noah munck, ariana grande, ciara bravo, and fred ewanuick. Swindle went on tv and announced that this was a very valuable card that could be worth as much as one million dollars. Gordon korman pens a captivating series starring griffin bing, the man with the plan, and a dream team of kids who perform blockbuster movie style operations.
Swindle is a 20 american television movie that is based off the book, swindle by gordon korman. This story swindle 2 las vegas adventure is a sequel to nickelodeons new movie, swindle. Swindle is one of many decepticons ordered to earth by megatron to cause havoc for the autobot forces there. Now griffin bing wants to swindle a swindler, right a wrong, take back property unethically.
It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card. In the great swindle, pierre lemaitre spins a dark. With jennette mccurdy, noah crawford, chris oneal, ciara bravo. Griffin is conned out of a million dollar baseball card by an evil collector named swindle which could have saved his best friend, ben from moving to. The book was the first of an eightpart series, followed by zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. Griffin bing is the man with a plan, and his plans are often huge.
A smart, young boy named griffin bing decides to invite his entire school grade over for. His other books include this cant be happening at macdonald hall. All of the character pictures came from imdb, because there was a movie made of this book, but, unfortunately, logan was left out of the movie. Swindle 2 las vegas adventure introduction wattpad. If you want to see a movie based on the book swindle, dont even bother to watch this. Swindle is a 20 made for tv movie by nickelodeon, released on august 24th.
The films main cast is comprised almost entirely of stars from nickelodeons recent liveaction tv. In the story, 6thgrader griffin bing enlists a group of his classmates to retrieve a rare babe ruth baseball card from an unscrupulous collector known as swindle, who has conned griffin out of the card. Gordons new york times bestselling swindle series has been transformed in to a movie. Swindle series, gordon korman fanfiction archive fanfiction. May 22, 2017 with help from his classmates jennette mccurdy, noah munck, a teen noah crawford pursues a con man who duped him out of a valuable baseball card. Gordon korman was born october 23, 1963 in montreal, quebec in canada. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best friend ben and his colleagues to regain the baseball card. Swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman. Today he is a prolific writer with about 17 million copies of his novels in print. Among the cast are ariana grande, jennette mccurdy, ciara bravo, chris oneal, noah munck, and noah crawford. Stealing back a milliondollar baseball card, breaking mistreated animals out of a cheesy zoo, and hiding a lovable but unstable and occasionally vicious doberman from his unscrupulous. May gordon korman think of many more adventures for the man with a plan. In the movie swindle, there are many things different from the book. In the book, swindle, according to logan, his acting job with eli mulroney was similar to what johnny depp movie.
He tries to protect the card well just before the card gets sold by enforcing many different types of security on his house like an attack dog. It is not to be confused with the 20 theatrical film from nickelodeon movies, swindle. Featuring an amazing allstar cast noah crawford, chris oneal, ariana grande, jennette mccurdy, noah munck, and ciara bravo. When griffin bing plans a spooky sleepover in a haunted house thats about to be demolished, he isnt planning on making a fortune. Griffin then decides to assemble a team in order to get the card back. Zain abideen the story swindle is an adventure story of a boy named griffin bing, or as his best friend, ben slovak calls him the man with the plan.
Its better than friday night movie night so unplug those devices and read this series of books by gordon korman. This book is destined to become a favorite readaloud for librarians and classroom teachers. Showoff, the fourth book in bestselling author gordon kormans swindle series, finds griffin hatching a new plan after his friends pet doberman, luthor, is blamed for ruining a dog show and lands in the pound. Instead of going away for winter break, theyve been signed up to volunteer at a local christmas extravaganza. The book starts off with griffins plan to spend a night with a bunch of his classmates in a creaky, old, rumoredtobehaunted, readytobetorndown house, a plan that doesnt exactly come off with a. Now, to spring luthor, griffin and his friends must pull off a scheme involving a large international dog show, lots of red dye, and.
The movie was pretty bad, but ill give nick some credit for trying. The swindle is chabrols 50th film, made with the practiced ease of a master. Now swindle he is the guy that stole the card or coned griffin of the card i am not a fan of swindle but he sure does play an important part in the book. After a mean collector named swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, griffin bing must put together a band of misfits to break into swindle s compound and recapture the card.
Swindle series 8 primary works 8 total works a dream team of kids performs blockbustermoviestyle operations from stealing back a milliondollar baseball card, to breaking mistreated animals out of a cheesy zoo, to hiding a lovable but unstable and occasionally vicious doberman from his unscrupulous former owner. Its typical of his droll confidence that a man sprawls asleep in a chair during a key scene involving death threats and the breaking of fingersand typical of chabrols restraint that he never cuts to the sleeping man for a quick laugh, but only subtly reveals. With help from his classmates jennette mccurdy, noah munck, a teen noah crawford pursues a con man who duped him out of a valuable baseball card. The swindle series a dream team of kids performs blockbustermoviestyle operations from stealing back a milliondollar baseball card, to breaking mistreated animals out of a cheesy zoo, to hiding a lovable but unstable and occasionally vicious doberman from his unscrupulous former owner. Human the main problem is griffin and ben find a babe ruth baseball card.
Jennette mccurdy, ariana grande movie has tweens buzzing. Food fights, a blind nun, angry russians, and even a call me maybe breakout musical segment are just some of the notable features sure to delight kids, and all thats before the teens ingenious scheme exacts due revenge on a slimy con man you just. Now, to spring luthor, griffin and his friends must pull off a scheme involving a large international dog show, lots of red dye, and the help of a reclusive former dog trainer. An undercover police officer falls hard for a seductive criminal and soon finds himself. For a list of other meanings, see swindle disambiguation. Swindle full movie 2014 noah crawford and jenntte mccurdy. See the full list of swindle cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Swindle is about two kids, griffin and ben, who find a rare babe ruth 1920 baseball card, which is the first year for the yankees. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Griffin bing wants to swindle a swindler, right a wrong, take back property. Nickelodeon made a film of the same name based on the novel. The book is the first of eight books, as of 2019, in the popular swindle series. The heist doesnt go exactly according to plan, but in the end, justice is served. I recommend you watch the movie first so you understand whats going on in this story.
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