A Thrill Seeker Agrees To Help A Shady Professional Gambler Win A High Stakes Poker Game. However, They Lose And Become Captives Of Two Eccentric Rich Men Who Decide To Forcibly Keep Them On Their Remote Gated Ranch As Indentured Servants. Release: In The Scene Where Jim Nashe Is In Bed After The Party, He Reads A Book. You Can See That The Cover Indicates The Book Is One By Paul Auster, Who Wrote The Novel Upon Which The Movie Is Based.