Il giocatore - Rounders

Titolo originale: Rounders
Regia: John Dahl |
Anno: 1998
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Crime
Tag: new york city | friendship | casino | poker | gambling | call girl | bratva (russian mafia) | gambling debt | roulette | gain | atlantic city | law student | loan shark | credit card fraud | neo-noir |
Cast: Matt Damon | Edward Norton | John Turturro | Gretchen Mol | John Malkovich | Famke Janssen | Martin Landau | Michael Rispoli | Goran Višnjić | Mal Z. Lawrence | Paul Cicero | Ray Iannicelli | Merwin Goldsmith | Sonny Zito | Josh Mostel | Lenny Clarke | Peter Yoshida | Jay Boryea | Lenny Venito | Richard Mawe | Michael Lombardi | Tom Aldredge | Beeson Carroll | E. Matthew Yavne | Erik LaRay Harvey | Dominic Marcus | Brian Anthony Wilson | George Kmeck | Joseph Parisi | Melina Kanakaredes | Kohl Sudduth | Charlie Matthes | Hank Jacobs | Chris Messina | Michael Ryan Segal | Kerry O'Malley | Slava Schoot | Michele Zanes | Allan Havey | Joey Vega | Neal Hemphill | Vernon E. Jordan Jr. | Johnny Chan | Lisa Gorlitsky | John Di Benedetto | Nicole Brier | Tony Hoty | Mario Mendoza | Joe Zaloom | Sal Richards | Josh Pais | Adam LeFevre | P.J. Brown | David Zayas | Michael Arkin | Murphy Guyer | Alan Davidson | Bill Camp | Maria Soccor |

Mike McDermott e' un ex giocatore di carte, che ora però studia legge e ha una ragazza. Ma quando un vecchio amico uscito dal carcere si trova in grossi guai economici, Mike decide di tornare al tavolo verde per aiutarlo.

Errori

As Mike talks to the professor in the bar about Mike missing the meeting, the professor's cigarette [...] D
Mike's monologue at the end describes his walking away with about $60k. He had an original stake of [...] D
In the first hand of the last game, Teddy was playing dealer and had had the big blind out while Mik [...] D
In the first part of the final poker game between KGB and Mike, when KGB has just reraised $5000, Mi [...] D
Assuming Mike played Johnny Chan with ten big blinds, he wouldn't be able to five bet into Chan and [...] D
When Worm and Mike go over to Grama's place, Worm is chewing a cocktail stick the whole time which h [...] D
New York State Police cars are shown with blue and red lights on their roofs, but in New York, the S [...] D
In the final game between Mike and Teddy, even though Teddy bets chips improperly, unless it's cheat [...] D
The 6,7 and 10 cards in the last hand, change position between nearly every shot. D
The trooper grabbed Worm's wrist with his right hand. In the following shot, he's holding his wrist [...] D
Even tough Worm says the sheriffs game has two full tables, and later we see four full tables, he wa [...] D
When Worm and Mike leave the table at the Taj to go to the noodle bar,and Knish says look who's trea [...] D
During the judges game, Dowling refers to Judge Kaplan as "Carroll," the last name of his real name. D
The State Trooper cars shown in the parking lot are the wrong make. NY State Troopers use Ford cars/ [...] D
At the state trooper game Worm is not clean shaved despite having visited a barbershop for a shave h [...] D
During the final game between Teddy KGB and Mike, the gamblers in the back room disappear with no ex [...] D
In the final scene, there is a sticker on the "City Law School" door that reads "Rutgers, the State [...] D
A reflection of a sound man can be clearly seen from the side of the car as Worm gets out to meet Mi [...] D
Mike tells Worm that Binghamton, NY is five hours each way (from New York City). It is only a three [...] D
The card player sitting across from Worm in jail removes a cigarette from his ear twice. D
During the final hand, KGB's chip stacks change position between camera shots on the turn and river [...] D
When Worm is waiting for Mike outside Mike's apartment, stickers on the window say "NO ENUS" with bo [...] D
Mike enters the Troopers card game wearing a jacket, is thrown out of the game without it, and is sh [...] D
When Worm approaches Mike at the Taj Mahal poker room and sits down the dealer is "washing" the deck [...] D
In the Turkish/Russian bathhouse, Mike is seen leaning against the wall from one camera angle, but f [...] D
The "municipal workers" that Worm refers to, the cops in the upstate New York game, are driving coun [...] D
Mike goes to a check cashing place with a personal check for $10,000 from his professor. Check cashi [...] D
When Mike and Worm visit Grama together, Grama lists the amount owed as $25,000. This was the origin [...] D
The baseball cap jumps on and off the bed when Mike is talking to his girlfriend after the judges' g [...] D
When Mike tells Knish when playing with Johnny Chan he says he played for about an hour, folded most [...] D