# A question about Matt Damon's character in Ocean's 11. (Must have watched orig.)

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**Created:** [May 24, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-matt-damons-character-in-oceans-11-must-have-watched-orig/110683 "2002-05-24T18:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
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I just watched Ocean’s 11 remake last night.

Nice little film. Not great. Not bad. Brad Pitt is simply delicious.

Matt Damon’s character ( a pick pocket from Chicago) makes a reference to his father ( a name I didn’t catch) and I was wondering if that character was in the original.

Has anyone seen the original?

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-matt-damons-character-in-oceans-11-must-have-watched-orig/110683/2 "2002-05-24T20:44:26Z")

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Matt Damon’s character is “Linus Caldwell” and there is no character in the original listed with that surname in the IMDB.

I don’t recall there being a pickpocket in the original. The original group was just a reunion of an old Army squadron getting together to get an adrenaline rush and act hip (or something like that).

The new one represented much more of a caper with revenge as the primary motive.

The original’s ending wasn’t as happy.