The Gambler
by Karel Reisz
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Actor: Jacqueline Brookes, James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Paul SorvinoDirector: Karel Reisz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Gambler
Movie Review: Give Me The Three
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best movies about gambling and gambling addiction ever made. Cann is as intense as Sonny Corleone but he's not doubling down in his family's casino. When he loses, we fill it. When people mention movies made in the 1970s this should be at the top of the list. If you don't know what a 70s ending is then watch this film.
Summary of The Gambler
The Gambler is one of the edgier and more interesting, if forgotten, films of the mid-1970s, the kind of studio film that rarely gets made anymore. Based on a screenplay by James Toback (Two Girls and a Guy) and directed by Karel Reisz, the film stars James Caan as a brilliant college literature professor with the same weakness as one of Dostoevsky's characters: He can't resist a wager. Indeed, he's in so deep that even his seemingly good-hearted bookie (Paul Sorvino) is trying to kill him. So he lams out of New York and heads for Las Vegas--where he wins back everything he's lost so he can pay off his massive debts. But is he smart enough to take his winnings and walk away? Caan captures the aggressive compulsiveness of the gambling addict, the strange split between a seemingly intelligent man and an uncontrollably stupid impulse. The film includes early film performances by James Woods and Lauren Hutton. --Marshall FineDrama DVD Video
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