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Writer (WGA):
Damian Nieman (written by)
Release Date:
12 March 2004 (Thailand)
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Look Deeper. more
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Shade is set in the world of poker hustlers working the clubs and martini bars of Los Angeles. The tale...
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(From Rope Of Silicon. 1 July 2009, 1:08 AM, PDT)
Useless Trivia: Christopher Young track titles
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Shade is great !
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joe Nicolo | ... | Ritchie |
 | Carl Mazzocone Sr. | ... | Older Wiseguy (as Carl M. Mazzocone, Sr.) |
 | George Tovar | ... | Paulie |
 | Frank Medrano | ... | Sal |
 | Jason Cerbone | ... | Young Dean Stevens |
 | Mark De Alessandro | ... | Hitman #1 |
| Doc Duhame | ... | Hitman #2 |
| Shane T. Anderson | ... | Hitman #3 |
 | Thandie Newton | ... | Tiffany |
 | Glenn Plummer | ... | Gas Station Attendant |
 | Gabriel Byrne | ... | Charlie Miller |
 | Mick Rossi | ... | Club Patron #1 |
| Sean Stanek | ... | Club Patron #2 |
| Holly Catarancuic | ... | Girl in Hallway |
| Carl Mazzocone | ... | Doorman |
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Rated R for language, violence and sexuality/nudity.
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95 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) |
Iceland:12 |
South Korea:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Singapore:NC-16 |
USA:R |
Germany:16 |
Spain:13
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Although Christopher Young is credited with the music in most of the film's posters, most of his music was dropped after the film failed to acquire distribution theatrical rights and was reedited after failed test screenings in hopes that it would give the film a new look and feel.
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Continuity: At the final game, when the camera looks at Vernon, we see Tiffany smoking behind him, apart from Miller. But when the camera shows Tiffany herself, we see she's right beside Miller.
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References The Color of Money (1986)
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Violin Sonata No.25 K.301, 2nd movement
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Shade is a great movie if you like the genre. I can imagine that if you are not acquainted with poker games(or playing cards) you'll not like this movie and think it's bad acting.
This movie is about a mechanic: Vernon.
Other movies like, The Sting, The Cincinnati Kid, Rounders, also have mechanics in it, but not playing the leading role.
The director of this movie is also a magician. So some elements of that will play a part in the movie. Think about The Magic Castle.
The story reads that a young mechanic (Vernon) starts working together(again) with 2 other con men. That goes well in the beginning but later on a little "obstacle" get's in their way.
For me, this is one of the best(maybe the best) movies about hustling. I like the characters, and I like the names.
I like Stallone also in this movie. First I though it would be a bit of a let down. But he acts great in this picture. Stallone plays the part of "Dad(dy) Stevens"(Old Stevens). A real legend, who was maybe the best hustler of all time. You could shuffle a deck, give it to Stevens, and he could shuffle you the three desired cards to the top of the deck in three riffle shuffle actions. I can guess what you're thinking: If he could shuffle three desired cards to the top of the deck, why not four ? "Are you nuts! They kill you by four" Stevens would reply.
To me , a great movie, get's better and better every time I watch it over and over again.
Also the intro is really cool. An old scene of people playing cards with the young Stevens, who get's busted by palming a card while some mugger tells him to put his hands in the air. A gun fight begins, ...and then the demonstration of bottom dealing, push-through shuffling, revelations begins. With a very nice shade sound at the back ground.
Also I read a bit of the other posts.
About the names: The names are just for fun. The characters do no represent the real named magicians. However, I don't think most people will recognize a magician named Andrews. Andrews was also a magician/gambler but he is better know as the author S.W. Erdnase of the book "Expert at the Card Table".
Funny easter eggs are in the movie. Like indeed the names, the room 808 (were the poker games is played with the Dean) 808 is the number of Bicycle playing cards. The poker scene with Dean and Vernon (form the Cincinnati kid)
About the juiced deck. A juiced deck is a marked deck. This is a real deck. But, not like in the movie. Most of the times when you play with a juiced deck, you will not mark the cards like you actually see their indices. (For example, the 8 in the movie). Also that the other 2 could read it that fast is not believable. It's takes hours of practice to accomplish this with your eyes. Juiced is by far, the best marked deck out there. The fluid (the juice ;-) is for purchase. But still, one needs to know how to mark his deck ;-)
Stallone also says at the end that he could buy Vernon out. That is also impossible, regarding the fact that one cannot raise himself.
Tom.