The film is loosely based on the story of the ABSCAM, which happened in the late 1970's- early 1980's. A pair of con artists, Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), try to convince innocent people into "investing" in the London bank. The two are a dynamic match because they have the same ambitions. They hate who they are and are willing to change that to be happy.
The pair get busted by an unstable FBI agent, Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), who decides to use the pair in uncovering some dirty politicians. Jeremy Renner portrays Carmine Polito, an admired New Jersey politician who will do anything to make New Jersey better. DiMaso tries to give Polito a brief case full of money in order to help start the reconstruction of Atlantic City. Polito becomes uncomfortable and storms out of the Plaza Hotel, leaving Irving Rosenfeld to chase after him. After some discussion, Rosenfeld and Polito head back to the hotel and agree to go out to dinner with their wives. Rosalyn Rosenfeld is Irving Rosenfeld's wife, Jennifer Lawrence, who is the life of the party but ironically has a self diagnosis of social anxiety. At this dinner is when the friendship between the Rosenfeld's and the Polito's begins.
The group gets accidentally involved in the mafia, which of course is lead by Robert De Niro. Situations become very intense amongst the group when Rosalyn starts to interject into the plan that is in motion. She does this to grab Irving's attention because she realizes that Prosser is "the other woman".
American Hustle Fashion
Michael Wilkinson was the costume designers for the film and he did an amazing job! He chose vintage suits for the male characters and he designed clothes for Adams and Lawrence. All of Adams' clothing were plunging V necks and sensual to play up her con artist character. She used her clothes to help manipulate and distract others from seeing who she really was. Adams also was dressed in Diane von Fürstenberg and Halston, which is the iconic metallic dress she is seen in on the board below. Jennifer Lawrence character was a lonely housewife who wanted to grab attention when she was out of house. She wore low cut tops and everything was very tight.
Drool Worthy Wednesday: Gucci Leather Bamboo Lady Lock Bag by rosanybrown featuring leather handbags
Drooling Over the Lady Lock Bamboo Black Leather Gucci HandbagIn 'American Hustle' Amy Adams carries the famous bag when they are going to record a character confess to a scheme. They imbedded the microphone into the handle of the bag. In my opinion the bag is a beautiful piece of art and I was very happy it made an appearance in the film, along with all of the other Gucci accessories. I'm still looking for a similar handbag, but for now I will just have to keep drooling over it. You can purchase the bag for $2,900. I'm still accepting Christmas presents! If anyone finds a similar one, please feel free to contact me.
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