Stuey

2003
R
2 h

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A história da lenda do pôquer Stuey Ungar. Jogador desde os 10 anos, Ungar ganhou milhões jogando cartas.A história da lenda do pôquer Stuey Ungar. Jogador desde os 10 anos, Ungar ganhou milhões jogando cartas.A história da lenda do pôquer Stuey Ungar. Jogador desde os 10 anos, Ungar ganhou milhões jogando cartas.

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High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

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Recognize yourself?

What is it about certain films that generates such polar opposite reactions?

Some people here have called High Roller "disgusting." Some have called it "extraordinary" (as would I, actually).

Why? I think it's because films like this don't make heroes out of jerks, or glamour out of degeneration, and some people just can't deal with that emotionally. They NEED a hero. And I'd also add that if they're gamblers or poker players, they might feel personally betrayed when their existence isn't justified.

High Roller in NOT a poker movie. It's a PEOPLE movie. It's not perfect, but it looks good, is well-written, and wonderfully acted. And best of all, it generates an emotional response and inspires reflection.

And maybe that's what makes some people so damn mad.

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The Game of Life

This little movie surprised me. It's deeply flawed, cheap looking, but it has a heart and even a message. Stu was a fantastic but narrow talent, possibly autistic. He was great at games, but not the Game of Life. The man just couldn't do people, and vanished into a haze of booze and drugs. Being so talented he was never forced to develop as a rounded person. Imperioli did yeoman work, and the rest of the cast is interesting if not inspired. The real Stu Unger skipped a grade he was so sharp. But he dropped out in the tenth grade and pursued his dream. I thought the movie captured his spirit and the spirit of that unusual city, Las Vegas.

7trainofvideo

Interesting background on legend.

This movie was well acted and kept my interest in the main character for the entire movie. Stu Unger lived an extraordinary life. Imagine if Stu were alive today! This movie paints a picture of what Stu Unger's life might have felt like. It was interesting to see how connected was growing up. I would have liked to seen more detail on Stu's partying, his gamesmanship and his relationship to Bob Stupak. But all in all, this movie was well done, well acted and the story touched on many facets of a life that was full of many events that were larger than life.

This movie is worth renting.

suzie-bcoc

Great first film from AWV

Saw the film at the Nashville Indie Festival. The technique of the mystery visitor making Stuey relive his life for the camera was great. It really provided a lot of insight into his character. Quite an impressive film -- I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's into mystery and curious about high living.

7meganandthepenguins

Delightful campy noir-esque drama

Very campy and super dramatic, bordering on over-dramatic in some scenes. Have no almost knowledge of poker or Stu's actual life, but very fun to watch with my poker-obsessed fiance.

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Curiosidades
The scene where DJ (Joe La Due) bluffs his opponent, Mario, off of pocket Kings, while holding 7-2 off-suit, is based upon an actual hand that occurred between Jack "Treetop" Straus and an unknown opponent. The story goes, that while playing in a high stakes cash game, Straus had won several pots in row and decided that he would play the "rush" and raise the next hand regardless of what his cards were. When he looked down at his hole cards, he found that he'd been dealt 7-2 off-suit, the worst starting hand in Texas Hold'em. But he decided to raise anyway, he was called by a single opponent, and the flop read; 7 3 3. Straus bet and his opponent re-raised, indicating an over-pair to the board. Straus decided to call, in the hopes that he could perhaps bluff his opponent off of his hand on the turn or river. The turn brought a 2. It was no help to Straus though, as he could only play his two pair sevens and threes. The deuce didn't play. And it also meant that if his opponent did in fact have an over-pair, such as Kings or Queens, that Straus was way behind. Straus decided to bet again on the turn anyway, which made his opponent seriously consider whether to call or fold. Straus knew that if he were called, his chances of outdrawing his opponent were very slim, with only one card to go. After several minutes, Straus offered a proposition to his opponent, for $25 his opponent could choose either one of Straus' hole cards and Straus would show it to him. After more consideration, the opponent finally decided to take the deal, he tossed Straus $25 and chose a card, it turned out to be the deuce. Straus' opponent deduced that since he showed him one card, the other must be of the same value and so, he naturally assumed that Straus must have had pocket deuces, giving him a full house, deuces full of threes. It was considered one the most celebrated bluffs in all of poker history.

Erros de gravação
When Stuey first walks into a casino when he arrives in Las Vegas, the scene is supposed to take place in 1973. However the video slots on the other side of the glass doors he enters weren't invented until a couple decades after.