Rounders Director: John Dahl Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol
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- DVD Release Date: 09/07/2004
- Original Release: 1998
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- Sales Rank: 3,278
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Features
Audio commentary with director John Dahl, screenwriters David Levien and Brian Koppelman, and actor Edward Norton; second commentary with professional poker players Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson; championship poker tips from Moneymaker, Ferguson, Hellmuth, and Chan; "Heads Up Texas Hold' Em" set-top game; behind-the-scenes special on professional poker.
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 --
1. Program Start [:24]
2. "A True Grinder" [4:03]
3. "Everyone Goes Bust" [6:10]
4. Gone Straight [1:10]
5. The Judges' Game [3:43]
6. "I Didn't Even Play" [3:14]
7. "Someone Called Worm..." [5:24]
8. Back in the Game [3:16]
9. "Caveat Emptor, Pal" [3:50]
10. Nowhere Near the Cards [4:16]
11. The Lesson Never Learned [6:17]
12. "Alive for the First Time" [4:23]
13. "Our Destiny Chooses Us" [6:03]
14. A Night at the Taj [6:05]
15. The Juice is Running [1:27]
16. Folding the Hand [:04]
17. "Cut Him Off" [3:05]
18. "Fixing to go Down HArd" [4:10]
19. "Then It's Me, Too" [3:17]
20. Building the Bankroll [3:47]
21. Playing the Cops [3:59]
22. "Rounding Again" [6:28]
23. To Play the Best [3:19]
24. "I'm Looking for a Game" [6:54]
25. The Safe Bet? [4:39]
26. Risking It All [5:04]
27. Vegas and the World Series [6:56]
28. End Credits [2:51]
Editorial Reviews
John Dahl directed this exploration of New York private clubs devoted to high-stakes poker, with first-person narration from the film's central figure, law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), who loses his entire savings to Russian club owner Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). Mike then turns away from cards, devoting his attentions to his law studies and his live-in girlfriend Jo (Gretchen Mol), who's concerned when Mike's former gambling buddy Worm (Edward Norton) is released from prison. She has good reason to worry, since it takes Worm only a matter of minutes to draw Mike back into poker action. When she learns Mike has returned to the poker clubs, she moves out, and Mike begins to lose interest in his studies. Worm has a pre-prison debt, and the threatening Grama (Michael Rispoli) wants the money. Mike not only indulges the irresponsible Worm, he gets involved in Worm's debts. When Grama demands $15,000 on a five-day deadline, the two buddies go into high gear with a non-stop, no-sleep gambling binge that spirals downward toward an ultimate confrontation with Teddy KGB. Darkened club interiors and New York nights are captured by the cinematography of Jean Yves Escoffier, who moved from French films (the 1991 Les Amants du Pont Neuf) to American movies with the reflective surfaces of Excess Baggage (1997) and the patina of pathos found in Harmony Korine's experimental Gummo (1997). Shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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