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So I had the option of choosing a Burt Reynolds picture or a Shannon Elizabeth picture to begin my post. I was going to flip a coin, but then figured it’d be too much work and went with the Shannon Elizabeth picture.

Anyway I was browsing IMDB and I stumbled upon a movie called Deal. I never heard of this movie before. Right now it’s in post-production. I’m not sure what that means, but I think that it’s a good thing. I figure the movie will be released later this year in the US. Shannon Elizabeth and Burt Reynolds are in the movie. That probably explains why Shannon Elizabeth has been playing in all these poker events lately, or maybe not.

Here is the plot summary according to IMDB:

As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.

I assume the hot-shot college kid will be played Shannon Elizabeth and that the ex-gambler will be played by Burt Reynolds. One would assume that the hot-shot college kid would be male. I wonder what motivated this choice, if that’s the case of course. I’m not positive about this. More and more, actually, I’m getting this feeling that I’m completely wrong and just being an idiot.

The only remotely interesting thing about the movie is the where the poker action is set. It’s different than Rounders which depicted poker as a pretty gritty and deviant game. In Deal the poker seems to be portrayed in a more controlled and commercialized setting, which really reflects the world of poker now, even after the passage of the UIGEA.

Overall the movie sounds like your typical Hollywood movie. I’m not sure if I’ll watch this in theaters, but I’ll probably rent it.

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Posted in Other on March 26th, 2007

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  1. j2 Says:
    March 28th, 2007 at 11:32 am

    i saw a trailer for this movie, i think the kid is a guy, and shanon elizabeth is the gf or something. the movie looked pretty bad, but who doesnt love the bandit?

  2. Richard Says:
    March 30th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

    Yeah, that’s my impression of the movie too. Definitely not worth watching in theaters. Maybe worth a spot in Netflix queue.

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