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  • House of Games (1987) - Poker Game Showdown

    04/11/2019 10:56:12 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 13 replies
    Youtube ^ | 10/17/2016 | Movieclips
    House of Games is a 1987 heist-thriller film directed by David Mamet, his directorial debut. He also wrote the screenplay, based on a story he co-wrote with Jonathan Katz. The film's cast includes Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, and J. T. Walsh. House of Games (1987) - Poker Game Showdown
  • David Mamet on Ricky Jay, a Great Astonisher and ‘Truest Friend’

    11/29/2018 10:13:49 AM PST · by Rummyfan · 14 replies
    NY Times ^ | 28 Nov 2018 | David Mamet
    Here is Hollywood, where the young, the beautiful and the inspired come to live lives of disappointment marbled with betrayal. They spin gold into flax, striving to placate the unworthy sufficiently so as, one day, to be admitted to their number. Who might be immune? Only a philosopher. Ricky Jay came to Hollywood as an acolyte in 1972. He was 26 years old, and had been practicing magic since childhood. He was a world-class card manipulator and thought to be the youngest performer ever to play “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He came to study with the masters of close-up. They...