High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story
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Actor: Evan Broder, Larry Bartels, Lon Gary, Renee Faia, Sam DiNicolaBrand: NEW Line Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product features:
- Based on a true story, Michael Imperioli stars as poker legend, Stu Ungar. A gambler by the age of 10, Ungar won millions playing card games. He was one of two people ever to win the World Series of Poker three times - twice before age 26. But, in spite of his success, a life of excess and addiction left him in tremendous debt and could only end in tragedy.Running Time: 110 min. Format: DVD MOV
Movie Reviews of High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story
Movie Review: No poker heroes here. Just a riveting portait.
Summary: 5 Stars
As a poker player and gambler, I sat down to watch this film with a certain expectation.
What I got was something totally different. And for me as a person, much better.
You see, what Stu Ungar had to teach us wasn't really about how he played certain poker hands or how he won the WSOP three times: but rather that none of that is important, and has no value without people you care about around you to share it with.
This film got to me in a big way. It has flaws, unquestionably, but the way it captures the life of a guy who could've done so much more with his talents is deeply affecting, with much of the credit going to a maginificant performance by Michael Imperioli. At turns it is both funny and sad, depressing and uplifting. For a couple of days after I've been thinking about how I've been spending MY time, and with whom. I'm looking forward to watching it again when I get the DVD.
I fully understand those that are disappointed (or even enraged) that High Roller isn't the story of a poker hero who fights his way back to triumph, chock full of poker action (although there are several great scenes), and justifying the existence of gamblers everywhere.
But for me, a movie that makes me think about my own life, and what I want from it, is the move that makes my permanent collection.
Summary of High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story
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