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bbrrady00
06-24-2004, 06:49 PM
I would like to know of any poker movies or movies with good poker scenes in them. But please not rounders, as I have seen it too many times.

RocketManJames
06-24-2004, 06:54 PM
Not long ago I caught a western poker movie... called Big Hand for the Little Lady. I actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit. I'm really not into westerns much, but this one I liked.

Check it out.

-RMJ

benfranklin
06-24-2004, 08:58 PM
"The Cincinnatti Kid" and "Shade" have some really bad poker scenes. "Kid" is watchable for the characters. "Shade" is unwatchable. Lots of discussion here about "The Big Blind" and "Stuey" by people who haven't seen either.

Not about poker, but "Hard Eight" is a great film about the world of gambling.

Abagadro
06-24-2004, 09:53 PM
Ya, Hard Eight is good, but very depressing. It's Paul Thomas Anderson's (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love) first released film.

Moyer
06-25-2004, 01:20 AM
"Casino" is a very good movie. One of my favorites.

"The Cooler" is a fairly new, pretty decent, casino related movie.

Niether of these are about poker though.

Also, "The Color of Money" is a really good movie. It's about pool sharks, but I think most gamblers would find it interesting.

Garbonzo
06-25-2004, 10:07 AM
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Abagadro
06-25-2004, 11:11 AM
Wow. Excellent rundown. A true cinephile in our midst apparently.

benfranklin
06-25-2004, 12:41 PM
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This guy is supposed to be able to read his opponents like a book, but he can’t see that his best friend and girlfriend are poisonous, disloyal parasites?

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It's called self-denial. Without it, the game of poker would not exist.

razor
06-25-2004, 02:28 PM
Unless Garbonzo is aka Steve Badger then the info in his post is... uh... borrowed...

BassMasterK
06-25-2004, 02:57 PM
THanks for the post...I had never heard of Run before. I'll have to check it out.

benfranklin
06-25-2004, 03:40 PM
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Unless Garbonzo is aka Steve Badger then the info in his post is... uh... borrowed...

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Good catch /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

http://www.playwinningpoker.com/articles/mz/movies.html

DougBrennan
06-25-2004, 03:42 PM
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2) The Sting (1973).

When you play a cheater, be sure you cheat better than he does. Paul Newman out-hustles Robert Shaw during a train-board poker game. Newman's boozy, needling performance -- and the shocked expression on Shaw's underling's face when he realizes they've been out-cheated -- reveal a glimpse of how below the polite veneer, poker is usually taken very seriously

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My all time, bar none, favorite poker scene, I watch it every time the movie shows up.

There is also a very funny poker scene in an early "Friends" episode, in which the guys are trying to teach the girls poker. At one point, playing draw, Ross asks Phoebe if she wants any cards. "Yes," she says "the four of clubs and the ten of diamonds." As the guys moan and groan, Rachael responds "Oh, I've got the ten." Ross tells her she can't do that, and she replies "It's OK, I'm going for eights."

Cracks me up. Sometimes I'm pretty easy, though.

Doug

Sloats
06-25-2004, 03:56 PM
Opening scenes in Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels??

Senor Choppy
06-28-2004, 05:21 PM
The Color of Money isn't about poker, but it has similar themes, and is head and shoulders above crap like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

SomethingClever
06-28-2004, 06:02 PM
Don't forget "Maverick," starring Mel "Passion of the Jebus" Gibson.

Some ridiculous poker content in that one.

Annie_B
06-29-2004, 09:15 AM
I've heard a lot about "Shade". They say it's a grand movie about poker. Frankly speaking, I have not seen it yet. But I hope I'll manage to do it soon. I hope, my friends were right about the film. Best regards, Annie