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08-11-2003, 11:57 AM
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Stu Ungar story on this morning\'s Sportscenter?
As I was leaving for work this morning I saw ESPN doing a story on Ungar on this morning's edition of Sportscenter, but only caught the last minute or so of the story (which was basically just a summary that he was a great card player with weaknesses away from the card table that caught up with him). Why were they showing this now? Was it an anniversary of his death or something?
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#2
08-11-2003, 12:00 PM
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Re: Stu Ungar story on this morning\'s Sportscenter?
When the sportscaster said "ESPN is airing the 2003 World Series of Poker Tuesdays at 9 PM" at the end of the story, that should have told you why they aired it.
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#3
08-11-2003, 01:53 PM
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What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
I would think with the WPT success and the new found mainstream interest in poker, it would be an excellent time to release the movie and capitalize on the wave. Also, is there any word on Nolan Dalla's Stuey book?
Thanks,
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#5
08-11-2003, 03:10 PM
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Re: What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
It will never see any sort of theatrical release by any of the major studios. The major studio execs and publicists think its basically a pretty amateurishly done film with very limited audience appeal.
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#6
08-11-2003, 03:23 PM
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Re: What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
Who cares about major studios and the big cinema chains. All we need is a release to the indys that cater to arty films etc. In most urban areas, there are enough of these for the movie to be profitable. Hell, at some point they have to take a shot. They didn't get Imperioli for pennies.
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#7
08-11-2003, 04:03 PM
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Re: What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
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They didn't get Imperioli for pennies [/ QUOTE ] I would think his name would be enough by now to get some one interested, but I agree that even an art house release would be great [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]. The press release info on the site seems quite good. And we know the Pokerbabe is in it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. Just curious where did Big Al got the negative vibe info from?? Tim
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#9
08-11-2003, 11:14 PM
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Re: What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
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[ QUOTE ] And we know the Pokerbabe is in it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. [/ QUOTE ] What part did the Pokerbabe play? [/ QUOTE ] She is a Railbird of course! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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#10
08-12-2003, 12:28 PM
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Re: What\'s up with the Stuey movie?
I have a friend who is a publicist for Miramax (he's also a poker player). He saw it, and went in really wanting to like it and get Miramax to pick it up for distribution. He came out very disapointed, to say the least. Granted, his view of it was partially looking at it from a distribution standpoint, but he felt it was more of a made-for TV type of movie than one that deserved any sort of major release. (or movie art house release for that matter).--Big Al--
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