Edward norton, gretchen mol, john malkovich, john turturro, matt damon, ray iannicelli. Under pressure from his girlfriend, jo gretchen mol, he promises to quit gambling. Matt damon became an instant sensation when he cowrote and starred in good will hunting. Its a great story about friendships and relationships. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Rounders is essentially a remake of the hustler, but poker instead of pool. First, im a matt damon fan,and enjoy his acting and his style in just about anything. Rounders star matt damon opens up the oscar winning actor from good will hunting discusses his rise to fame. Matt damon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
My boyfriend put this movie on and i got sucked into it out of anger. The actors, from america and in, iraq, were flawless. Overanalyzing the final scene in rounders septicor. Towards the beginning of the film, mike mcdermott matt damon chats with his girlfriend and fellow law student gretchen mol about his world of pokerplaying. Rounders full full movie, rounders full full movie streaming rounders full movie engsub watch rounders full english full movie online rounders full film online watch rounders full english film. Mike mcdermott matt damon, worm edward norton about rounders. Parents need to know that rounders is a 1998 movie in which matt damon must choose between living the whirlwind life of a highstakes poker player or continue attending law school with his longterm girlfriend. Matt damon and edward norton at their best, in my opinion. The term rounder refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking highstakes card games.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of rounders. We just wrote a movie that matt damons gonna be in. Rounders 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Matt damon plays a guy named mike, a law student who must raise funds to help a friend, and must return to the underground poker circuit that he tried to escape, after losing his. The bourne supremacy and edward norton the italian job star in this story of passion, risk, and the extreme price of friendship. It stars matt damon as a new york law student who is a truly gifted poker player, and since the movie ends with a big game you somehow kinda.
Watch rounders 1998 full movie online free on putlocker. Matt damon, edward norton, gretchen mol, john malkovich en famke janssen. Academy award winner matt damon true grit, the bourne supremacy and edward. The movie has elements of a suspense thriller with high intelligence and yet always reminds you that this is about poker players.
Watch the clip once through, if you have time, and see if you notice examples of disclaimers. Richly atmospheric and colorful performances contributed to the movies. Cast includes gretchen mol, famke jansen and martin landaugh. Academy awardr winner matt damon good will hunting, best original screenplay, 1997.
I had absolutely no idea how to play the game when i first saw this movie. Lees ons privacybeleid voor meer informatie over hoe moviemeter met je privacy omgaat. Released september 11th, 1998, rounders stars matt damon, ed norton, john turturro, gretchen mol the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 0 min, and received a score of 54 out of 100 on. After losing a highstakes card game, mike damon gives up gambling for law school and a fresh start with his girlfriend gretchen mol cradle will rock. Like the pool movies, and like the glitzier and more ambitious oceans movies, personalities. Rounders 1998 official trailer 1 matt damon movie youtube. After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s, damon was cast by francis ford coppola as the lead of the 1997 legal drama the rainmaker. The acting is absolutely first rate all around, particularly from the supporting cast. Rounders vhs, 1999 this is an entertaining film about card sharking and strategy at the poker table.
Rounders 512 movie clip atlantic city suckers 1998 hd duration. From rounders, matt damons mikey reads the law table cold. A young, reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school. This lasts until his friend, lester worm murphy edward norton, gets out of prison and needs to pay off an old debt. Matt damon, edward norton, and john malkovich rounders 1998 official trailer 1 matt damon movie a young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help. Matt damon is an american actor, producer and screenwriter. The rounders matt damon vs johnny chan ita by mrcifranx. Matt damon, gretchen mol, john malkovich, paul cicero. Rounders 1998 cast and crew mike mcdermott matt damon loses his money in a poker game against russian gangster teddy kgb john malkovich. From the moment that the movie opens, you know something important is going on and you want. The pair come close to earning the money back but are caught cheating.
After he loses his postgrad nest egg to a weird russian kingpin john malkovichand also loses his disgusted girlfriend gretchen mol in the processdamons character turns to an unreliable old buddy edward. Rounders 1998 a young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. In the first scene in rounders between teddy kgb and matt damon ill just call him matt damon instead of mike d. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. Mike mcdermott matt damon loses his money in a poker game against russian gangster teddy kgb john malkovich. He made his screen debut with a minor role in the 1988 film mystic pizza. Rounders on showtime a former gambler returns to playing poker to help a. Rounders cast matt damon, edward norton, john malkovich. A little drunk on its own arcane exotica as a gambling movie, rounders is a film that takes us inside a world of highstakes card players but falls short on such essentials as character development, relationships, that sort of thing. Overall though rounders has a strong rewatch value every handful of years and i definitely recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of damon, norton or malkovich. I thought it was a fantastic film that really highlights the fantastic acting of.
Under pressure from his girlfriend, jo gretchen mol, he. I was going to watch the video because i loved the movie rounders, but when a 30 second ad started playing that i wasnt able to skip i closed it. And like that classic, rounders is about charming deceit. Finally, the rounders script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the matt damon and edward norton poker movie.
Rounders is a 1998 american drama film about the underground world of highstakes poker, directed by john dahl and starring matt damon and edward norton. Matt damon, edward norton, and john malkovich rounders 1998 official trailer 1 matt damon movie a young man is a reformed. The experience of the odds of what will happen in any particular situation, and the personal habits of the players, their tell and how to spot it and use it to win. The story follows two friends who need to win at highstakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. With matt damon, edward norton, gretchen mol, john malkovich. Rounders 1998 mike mcdermott matt damon loses his money in a poker game against russian gangster teddy kgb john malkovich. One movie that falls into my top ten of all time is the poker classic, rounders. Johnny chan, the twice champion of the world series of poker, makes an unexpected cameo.
Topless dancers are shown performing in a strip club. His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in good. Rounders script transcript from the screenplay andor. Rounders is a must see for poker fans, and with a well crafted script, great acting and a memorable cast of talented actor that star alongside norton and damon, this is an accomplished film that.
Still, it is a real curiosity, written by a couple of guys david levien and brian koppelman who appear to know. Big movie premiere 1 episode 2007 the insider 1 episode. After suffering a huge setback in a highstakes poker game, mike mcdermott matt damon promises to lay down his cards for good, but when his best buddy gets in over his head with a ruthless underground club owner, mikes loyalty draws him back to the tables in a game he cannot afford to lose. They all have their moments and all put the effort in to make this a very good movie and one of. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast.
Rounders 1998 watch free movies online in full hd quality. Edward norton at the world premiere of rounders photo by ron galella, ltd. Mike matt damon and worm edward norton still know a thing or two about playingand winning atpoker. Matt damon is the main man here, an expoker champ who has gone straight until his former partner in crime, ed norton, gets out of jail and ropes him back into the thrills and malevolence. This movie is perfect in just about every way acting, character portrayals, atmosphere, costuming, dialog,etc. Royal flush at the 2016 pca huge threeway pot pokerstars.
He turns his life around and is on the way to becoming a lawyer when he gets sucked back into the underworld of card sharking. Teddy kgb john malkovich busts out mike matt damon in a high stakes game of. Rounders cast matt damon, edward norton, john malkovich and the other actors who helped make this poker movie a classic pay dat man his moanney by steve beauregard part of the everlasting appeal of the 1998 cult poker movie, rounders is the films amazing cast. Theres frequent profanity, including regular use of fk. Teddy kgb john malkovich busts out mike matt damon in a high stakes game of holdem by revealing a higher full house. Matt damon, john malkovich, john turturro, ed norton. How we choose the wrong people in life to back and how by doing so it affects the right people we choose. Malkovich in rounders 1998 matt damon and famke janssen in rounders. After suffering a huge setback in a highstakes poker game, mike mcdermott matt damon. It reminded me of a david fincher film produced by stephen spielberg, in that the plotdialoguefilming felt like a dark, fincheresque mood, but with a mainstream, hollywood spielberg touch. If this movie were about alcoholism, the hero would regain consciousness after the dts and order another double. Matt damon stars as a reluctant law student who cant put aside his subterranean career of playing poker and blackjack for big money. The hero gambles away his tuition money, his girlfriend, his law degree and nearly his life, and at the end hes still a happy gambler.
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