March
10
Trailer Watch: The Grand
I got a kick out of screenwriter Zak Penn's last mock doc, The Incident at Loch Ness, which pretended to be a doc about a loony filmmaker (played by real-life doc-director Werner Herzog) chasing the Loch Ness monster.
This time, Penn set his sights on Las Vegas, and threw a group of actors with characters to play-- among them Herzog, Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano, David Cross, Ray Liotta, and Shannon Elizabeth-- into an actual Vegas poker tournament. The movie opens March 21.
Here's the trailer:
I played seven card stud at The Grand in 2002, when I was doing jury duty with AICN's Harry Knowles and critic Emanuel Levy at Cinevegas. I was the only woman at the table all night (except for one dealer), and I promised myself I would not lose more than $100. But after I was way up and I knew my luck had changed (as it did every time someone moved at the table, whether it was a dealer or a new player), I kept playing until I lost my 100 bucks. It was great fun. Most of the tables are Texas Hold 'Em now, which I can play, but it's not my game. It's hard to find a stud table anymore. On this ShoWest trip, I doubt I'll have time to play poker. We'll see.



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