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| Rounders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Dahl |
| Produced by | Joel Stillerman Ted Demme |
| Written by | David Levien Brian Koppelman |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier |
| Edited by | Scott Chestnut |
Spanky Pictures | |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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| 121 minutes | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French |
| Budget | $12 million[1] |
| Box office | $22.9 million (United States)[1] |
Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term 'rounder' refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games.
Rounders opened to generally mixed reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. With the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film later became a cult hit.
Plot[edit]
New York City law student and gifted poker player Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) dreams of winning the World Series of Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy 'KGB' (John Malkovich), an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll in a single hand. Shaken, he promises his girlfriend and fellow student Jo (Gretchen Mol) he has quit poker, and concentrates on law school. His mentor Joey Knish (John Turturro) offers to stake him to rebuild his bankroll but Mike declines, and instead accepts a part-time job to make ends meet.
Several months pass and Mike stays true to his promise until his childhood friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy (Edward Norton) is released from prison. While Mike is an honest player, Worm is a hustler and unapologetic cheat. To help Worm pay off a debt, Mike sets him up with games across town, and reluctantly sits in on a game, interfering with his studies and his relationship with Jo. Mike allows Worm to play on his credit at the Chesterfield Club; however, Worm takes out $10,000 and begins a tab in Mike's name. Worm runs into Grama (Michael Rispoli), a dangerous pimp, who has bought Worm’s debt – Worm now owes $25,000 directly to Grama, who is working for KGB. Grama takes Worm’s $10,000, threatening him to pay the rest. As Mike returns to his poker lifestyle and friends, Jo ends their relationship.
Mike learns from Petra (Famke Janssen) at the Chesterfield that Worm has racked up a $6,000 debt in Mike’s name. In Atlantic City, Worm tells Mike about his debt to Grama but withholds that he is working for KGB. Mike proposes to Grama that Worm pay weekly installments; Grama considers the offer but also mocks Worm for his inability to pay him. Worm responds by insulting Grama and as the two nearly come to blows, Mike defuses the situation by agreeing to vouch for Worm and an angry Grama gives them five days to pay the remaining $15,000. Mike decides to help Worm win the money by playing in several games in and around the city.
On a winning streak, Mike earns $7,200 in three days, but still needs to double it in 48 hours. Worm directs Mike to an out-of-town game hosted by New York state troopers, where he wins almost the full $15,000 before Worm unexpectedly joins the game. The officers catch Worm base-dealing to help Mike; they are beaten up and relieved of their entire bankroll. Worm finally confesses that Grama is working for KGB. With their lives in danger, Worm decides to flee, but Mike returns to the city, cutting ties with Worm.
Mike asks Grama for more time, to no avail. Mike asks Knish for the money but is refused out of principle. During the conversation with Knish, Mike reveals his motivation for taking the ill-fated risk at KGB's club and why he thinks he can compete and possibly win the World Series of Poker. He even quotes Worm saying that Knish 'sees all the angles but doesn't have the stones to play any' after Knish had already refused to help financially. Desperate, Mike asks his law school professor Petrovsky (Martin Landau), who loans him $10,000. Mike challenges KGB to a second heads-up, No-Limit Texas Hold'em game for the remaining debt, with winner-take-all stakes, which KGB accepts. Mike beats KGB in the first session, winning $20,000. KGB offers to let Mike’s winnings 'ride' and continue the game, but Mike – with enough to pay off most of his debts – declines. As he is about to leave, KGB taunts Mike that he is paying him with the money he lost to KGB from their previous game. Mike changes his mind and decides to continue playing.
Mike doubles the blinds at the risk of losing everything to KGB again, and possibly his life. As the night wears on, Mike spots KGB's tell and folds, deducing KGB has a better hand. Irate at the missed chance to win it all, KGB begins to play on 'tilt'. In the final hand, Mike baits a boastful KGB into going all-in, and defeats him with a nut straight. KGB throws a tantrum at having been lured into a mistake. Despite Grama’s urging, KGB, rattled, calls off his goons and admits Mike won fairly, allowing him to leave with his winnings.
With over $60,000, Mike settles Worm’s $15,000 debt to Grama, the Chesterfield’s $6,000 credit, Petrovsky’s $10,000 loan, and restores his original bankroll of 'three stacks of high society.' Mike drops out of law school, says goodbye to Jo, and leaves New York for Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker.
Cast[edit]
- Matt Damon as Mike McDermott
- Edward Norton as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
- John Turturro as Joey Knish, character inspired by wry underground poker player Joel 'Bagels' Rosenberg[2]
- John Malkovich as Teddy KGB
- Famke Janssen as Petra
- Michael Rispoli as Grama
- Martin Landau as Abe Petrovsky
- Gretchen Mol as Jo
- Paul Cicero as Russian Thug
- Melina Kanakaredes as Barbara
- Josh Mostel as Zagosh
- Tom Aldredge as Judge Marinacci
- Lenny Clarke as Savino
- Chris Messina as Higgins
- Goran Višnjić as Maurice
- David Zayas as Osborne
- Johnny Chan as himself
- Bill Camp as Eisenberg
- Josh Pais as Weitz
- Adam LeFerve as Sean Frye
Production[edit]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography for Rounders began in December 1997; it took place mostly in New York. Exceptions include the law school scenes (filmed at Rutgers School of Law-Newark[3]) and the State Trooper poker game and parking lot scenes (filmed at the B.P.O Elks Lodge in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey).
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Rounders was released on September 11, 1998, in 2,176 theaters and grossed $8.5 million during its opening weekend. It went on to make $22.9 million domestically.[1]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 65% approval rating based on 80 reviews, with an average score of 6.21/10. The site's critical consensus reads: 'Richly atmospheric and colorful performances contributed to the movie's entertainment value.' [4]Metacritic gives the film a score of 54 out of 100 based on 32 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. [5]Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and wrote: 'Rounders sometimes has a noir look but it never has a noir feel, because it's not about losers (or at least it doesn't admit it is). It's essentially a sports picture, in which the talented hero wins, loses, faces disaster, and then is paired off one last time against the champ.'[6] In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote: 'Though John Dahl's Rounders finally adds up to less than meets the eye, what does meet the eye (and ear) is mischievously entertaining.'[7]USA Today gave the film three out of four stars and wrote: 'The card playing is well-staged, and even those who don't know a Texas hold-'em ('the Cadillac of poker') from a Texas hoedown will get a vicarious charge out of the action.'[8]Entertainment Weekly gave the film a 'B' rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, 'Norton, cast in what might have once been the Sean Penn role (hideous shirts, screw-you attitude), gives Worm a shifty, amphetamine soul and a pleasing alacrity ... Norton's performance never really goes anywhere, but that's okay, since the story is just an excuse to lead the characters from one poker table to the next.'[9]
Peter Travers, in his review for Rolling Stone said of John Malkovich's performance: 'Of course, no one could guess the extent to which Malkovich is now capable of chewing scenery. He surpasses even his eyeballrolling as Cyrus the Virus in Con Air. Munching Oreo cookies, splashing the pot with chips (a poker no-no) and speaking with a Russian accent that defies deciphering ('Ho-kay, Meester sum of a beech'), Malkovich soars so far over the top, he's passing Pluto.'[10] In his review for the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle said of Damon's performance: 'Mike should supply the drive the film otherwise lacks, and Damon doesn't. We might believe he can play cards, but we don't believe he needs to do it, in the way, say, that the 12-year-old Mozart needed to write symphonies. He's not consumed with genius. He's a nice guy with a skill.'[11] In his review for The Globe and Mail, Liam Lacey wrote: 'The main problem with Rounders is that the movie never quite knows what it is about: What is the moral ante?'[12]
Despite an unremarkable theatrical release, Rounders has a following, particularly among poker enthusiasts.[13]
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There are pro poker players who credit the film for getting them into the game.[14] The film drew in successful players such as Brian Rast, Hevad Khan, Gavin Griffin, and Dutch Boyd. Vanessa Rousso has said of the film's influence: 'There have been lots of movies that have included poker, but only Rounders really captures the energy and tension in the game. And that's why it stands as the best poker movie ever made.'[14]
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Rounders (1998)'. Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^'Joel 'Bagels' Rosenberg, aka Joey Knish, Passes Away'. www.pokernewsdaily.com. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^https://www.newarkhappening.com/things-to-do/music-entertainment/film-spots/
- ^https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1083659-rounders
- ^https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rounders
- ^Ebert, Roger (September 11, 1998). 'Rounders review'. Chicago Sun-Times. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^Maslin, Janet (September 11, 1998). 'Knowing When to Hold 'em and Fold 'em but Just Not When to Run'. The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^Wloszczyna, Susan (September 11, 1998). 'Rounders hedges bets with Damon in the ante'. USA Today. p. 11.
- ^Gleiberman, Owen (September 18, 1998). 'Rounders review'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^Travers, Peter (October 1, 1998). 'Rounders review'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^LaSalle, Mick (September 11, 1998). 'Rounders Deals Out a Mediocre Hand'. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^Lacey, Liam (September 11, 1998). 'If they'd played their cards right, this could have been a winner'. The Globe and Mail. p. C7.
- ^Tobias, Scott (October 30, 2008). 'The New Cult Canon: Rounders'. The Onion A.V. Club. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^ abPolson, Sarah (March 4, 2009). 'Pros discuss Rounders' impact on poker'. PokerListings.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
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The makeup of poker's dead man's hand has varied through the years. Currently, it is described as a two-pairpoker hand consisting of the black aces and black eights. The pair of aces and eights, along with an unknown hole card, were reportedly held by Old Westfolk hero, lawman, and gunfighterWild Bill Hickok when he was murdered while playing a game. No contemporaneous source, however, records the exact cards he held when killed. Author Frank Wilstach's 1926 book, Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers, led to the popular modern held conception of the poker hand's contents.
Use of the phrase[edit]
The expression 'dead man's hand' appears to have had some currency in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, although no one connected it to Hickok until the 1920s.[1][2] The earliest detailed reference to it was 1886, where it was described as a 'full house consisting of three jacks and a pair of tens.'[3] Jacks and sevens are called the dead man's hand in the 1903 Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences.[4] The 1907 edition of Hoyle's Games refers to the hand as Jacks and eights. [5]
Hickok's hand[edit]
What is currently considered the dead man's hand card combination received its notoriety from a legend that it was the five-card stud or five-card draw hand, held by James Butler Hickok (better known as 'Wild Bill' Hickok) when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon at Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Hickok's final hand purportedly included the aces and eights of both black suits.[6]
According to a book by Western historian Carl W. Breihan, the cards were retrieved from the floor by a man named Neil Christy, who then passed them on to his son. The son, in turn, told Mr. Breihan of the composition of the hand. 'Here is an exact identity of these cards as told to me by Christy's son: the ace of diamonds with a heel mark on it; the ace of clubs; the two black eights, clubs and spades, and the queen of hearts with a small drop of Hickok's blood on it,'[7] though nothing of the sort was reported at the time immediately following the shooting.
Hickok biographer Joseph Rosa wrote about the make-up of the hand: 'The accepted version is that the cards were the ace of spades, the ace of clubs, two black eights, and the queen of clubs as the 'kicker'.'[8] Rosa, however, said that no contemporaneous source can be found for this exact hand.[9] The solidification in gamers' parlance of the dead man's hand as two pairs, black aces and eights, did not come about until after the 1926 publication of Wilstach's book 50 years after Hickok's death.[1]
Legacy[edit]
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division, the Los Angeles Police Department CRASH squad, and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System all use some variation of the aces and eights dead man's hand in their insignia.[10][11]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ ab'Was Wild Bill Hickok Holding the Dead Mans Hand When He Was Slain; The Straight Dope article; retrieved March 2013.
- ^'The Dead Man's Hand Explained – What is the Dead Man's Hand in Poker?'. Casino Wizard.
- ^DiscussionArchived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine; July 3, 1886, article in the Grand Forks Daily Herald; at Linguist List online; retrieved February 2013.
- ^Cora Linn Morrison Daniels, et al; editor; Volume 2.
- ^Edmond Hoyle and editors; Hoyle's Games; 1907; p. 405
- ^Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers; Frank J. Wilstach; 1926.
- ^Wild Women of the West; Signet; 1982; p. 77.
- ^Wild Bill Hickok: Gunfighter; Joseph G. Rosa; p. 163.
- ^Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and his Myth; Joseph Rosa; 1996.
- ^'Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department'. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^'Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner'. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2015.