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Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 23rd of Feb 1999

Rounders AC-3 WS Mega-Rare LaserDisc Damon Norton Poker Drama

Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 23rd of Feb 1999

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Rounders AC-3 WS Mega-Rare LaserDisc Damon Norton Poker Drama

Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 23rd of Feb 1999

Rare Dolby Digital AC-3, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Jacket with a split and a slight corner fold

$19.97

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Rare Dolby Digital AC-3, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Jacket with a split and a slight corner fold

Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Turturro in...

Rounders

( Catalog Number 15961AS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 23rd of February 1999
LaserDisc

Rounders
1998 - 121 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Set against the backdrop of New York's high-stakes underground poker world, Roundersis the tale of Mike McDermott, a master card player who trades the poker-playing rounds for law school and a shot at a new life with his girlfriend Jo. For Mike, the new life he's staking out seems like a legitimate road to success, but it's short on the thrills and excitement of back room poker games. But when Mike's longtime friend Worm is released from prison, Mike is faced with the high-stakes dilemma of his life: to keep on the straight and narrow, or deal himself back into the world of the Rounders.  Rounders also stars John Malkovich as the seedy Russian card shark Teddy KGB, who runs the biggest and most dangerous game in town; John Turturroas Joey Knish, Mike's old-time poker mentor, and Martin Landau as Professor Petrovsky, Mike's law school dean. As the stakes rise, each one of these men also deals a hand in Mike's ultimate fate.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. --- synopsis by Bhob Stewart

Mike is apologizing to his law school girlfriend for how he ended their relationship. She says, "Call me if you need a lawyer." Mike responds, "I will. And I will." That response neatly encapsulates the best aspect of Rounders, a film that takes a clear look at the type of person who becomes involved in the world of high stakes gambling. Matt Damon, playing against the type he had created a year earlier with his work in Good Will Hunting and The Rainmaker, embodies Mike's self-destructive tendencies while simultaneously revealing a self-awareness. He knows he will mess up, hence the wonderful goodbye line to Jo. Mike's best friend Worm is everything Mike would be without his self-awareness. Hunted, desperate, and selfish, Edward Norton's performance evokes Robert De Niro's Johnny Boy in Mean Streets, but not so much so that it is distracting. It is as if Worm saw Mean Streets as a child and decided he had found his role model. Like Dahl's previous film, The Last Seduction, Rounders is a character study, but unlike that film it is a character study that feels like real life. Where Bridgett in The Last Seduction was a love letter to every femme fatale in film history, Mike in Rounders feels like a guy that one might actually know. In addition to the clear-eyed look at the gambling life, Rounders boasts superb supporting performances by Martin Landau, John Turturro, and John Malkovich (who employs an outrageous Boris Badinoff accent that shouldn't work but does). Dahl, with the help of his performers and a solid screenplay, creates an entertaining modern noir. --- review by Perry Seibert

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Cast for Rounders

Matt Damon - Mike McDermott
Edward Norton - Worm
John Turturro - Joey Kinish
Gretchen Mol - Jo
Famke Janssen - Petra
John Malkovich - Teddy KGB
Martin Landau - Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli - Grama
Melina Kanakaredes - Barbara
Josh Mostel - Zagosh
Lenny Clarke - Savino
Tom Aldredge - Judge Marinacci

Crew for Rounders

John Dahl - Director
Ted Demme - Producer
Joel Stillerman - Producer
Brian Koppelman - Screenwriter
David Levien - Screenwriter
Jean-Yves Escoffier - Cinematographer
Christopher Young - Composer (Music Score)
Scott Chestnut - Editor
Rob Pearson - Production Designer
Rick Butler - Art Director
Tracy Falco - Associate Producer
Christopher Goode - Associate Producer
Bobby Cohen - Executive Producer
Kerry Orent - Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer
Randall Poster - Musical Direction/Supervision
Amanda Scheer-Demme - Musical Direction/Supervision
Beth Kushnick - Set Designer
Terry Dresbach - Costume Designer
Mark Weingarten - Sound/Sound Designer
Avy Kaufman - Casting

Feature Details

Title: Rounders
Feature Release Date: 1998
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 121 Minutes
Chapters: 28
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 23 Feb 1999
Catalog Number: 15961AS
UPC: 786936096361
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 15961AS
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare Dolby Digital AC-3, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Jacket with a split and a slight corner fold

Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Turturro in...

Rounders

( Catalog Number 15961AS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 23rd of February 1999
LaserDisc

Rounders
1998 - 121 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Set against the backdrop of New York's high-stakes underground poker world, Roundersis the tale of Mike McDermott, a master card player who trades the poker-playing rounds for law school and a shot at a new life with his girlfriend Jo. For Mike, the new life he's staking out seems like a legitimate road to success, but it's short on the thrills and excitement of back room poker games. But when Mike's longtime friend Worm is released from prison, Mike is faced with the high-stakes dilemma of his life: to keep on the straight and narrow, or deal himself back into the world of the Rounders.  Rounders also stars John Malkovich as the seedy Russian card shark Teddy KGB, who runs the biggest and most dangerous game in town; John Turturroas Joey Knish, Mike's old-time poker mentor, and Martin Landau as Professor Petrovsky, Mike's law school dean. As the stakes rise, each one of these men also deals a hand in Mike's ultimate fate.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. --- synopsis by Bhob Stewart

Mike is apologizing to his law school girlfriend for how he ended their relationship. She says, "Call me if you need a lawyer." Mike responds, "I will. And I will." That response neatly encapsulates the best aspect of Rounders, a film that takes a clear look at the type of person who becomes involved in the world of high stakes gambling. Matt Damon, playing against the type he had created a year earlier with his work in Good Will Hunting and The Rainmaker, embodies Mike's self-destructive tendencies while simultaneously revealing a self-awareness. He knows he will mess up, hence the wonderful goodbye line to Jo. Mike's best friend Worm is everything Mike would be without his self-awareness. Hunted, desperate, and selfish, Edward Norton's performance evokes Robert De Niro's Johnny Boy in Mean Streets, but not so much so that it is distracting. It is as if Worm saw Mean Streets as a child and decided he had found his role model. Like Dahl's previous film, The Last Seduction, Rounders is a character study, but unlike that film it is a character study that feels like real life. Where Bridgett in The Last Seduction was a love letter to every femme fatale in film history, Mike in Rounders feels like a guy that one might actually know. In addition to the clear-eyed look at the gambling life, Rounders boasts superb supporting performances by Martin Landau, John Turturro, and John Malkovich (who employs an outrageous Boris Badinoff accent that shouldn't work but does). Dahl, with the help of his performers and a solid screenplay, creates an entertaining modern noir. --- review by Perry Seibert

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Cast for Rounders

Matt Damon - Mike McDermott
Edward Norton - Worm
John Turturro - Joey Kinish
Gretchen Mol - Jo
Famke Janssen - Petra
John Malkovich - Teddy KGB
Martin Landau - Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli - Grama
Melina Kanakaredes - Barbara
Josh Mostel - Zagosh
Lenny Clarke - Savino
Tom Aldredge - Judge Marinacci

Crew for Rounders

John Dahl - Director
Ted Demme - Producer
Joel Stillerman - Producer
Brian Koppelman - Screenwriter
David Levien - Screenwriter
Jean-Yves Escoffier - Cinematographer
Christopher Young - Composer (Music Score)
Scott Chestnut - Editor
Rob Pearson - Production Designer
Rick Butler - Art Director
Tracy Falco - Associate Producer
Christopher Goode - Associate Producer
Bobby Cohen - Executive Producer
Kerry Orent - Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer
Randall Poster - Musical Direction/Supervision
Amanda Scheer-Demme - Musical Direction/Supervision
Beth Kushnick - Set Designer
Terry Dresbach - Costume Designer
Mark Weingarten - Sound/Sound Designer
Avy Kaufman - Casting

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