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Rounders

  • 1998
  • R
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Matt Damon, Gretchen Mol, and Edward Norton in Rounders (1998)
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A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law schoo... Read allA young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

  • Director
    • John Dahl
  • Writers
    • David Levien
    • Brian Koppelman
  • Stars
    • Matt Damon
    • Edward Norton
    • Gretchen Mol
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    156K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,838
    276
    • Director
      • John Dahl
    • Writers
      • David Levien
      • Brian Koppelman
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Edward Norton
      • Gretchen Mol
    • 329User reviews
    • 115Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Matt Damon and Famke Janssen in Rounders (1998)
    Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Turturro in Rounders (1998)
    Matt Damon in Rounders (1998)
    Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Turturro in Rounders (1998)
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    Matt Damon and Gretchen Mol in Rounders (1998)
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    Matt Damon and Edward Norton in Rounders (1998)
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    Top cast

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Mike McDermott
    Edward Norton
    Edward Norton
    • Worm
    Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    • Jo
    John Malkovich
    John Malkovich
    • Teddy KGB
    Paul Cicero
    • Russian Thug
    Ray Iannicelli
    Ray Iannicelli
    • Kenny
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Joey Knish
    Merwin Goldsmith
    Merwin Goldsmith
    • Sy
    Sonny Zito
    • Tony
    Josh Mostel
    Josh Mostel
    • Zagosh
    Mal Z. Lawrence
    Mal Z. Lawrence
    • Irving
    Lenny Clarke
    Lenny Clarke
    • Savino
    Peter Yoshida
    • Henry Lin
    Jay Boryea
    • Russian Thug #2
    Lenny Venito
    Lenny Venito
    • Moogie
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Abe Petrovsky
    Richard Mawe
    Richard Mawe
    • Professor Eisen
    Michael Lombard
    Michael Lombard
    • D.A. Shields
    • Director
      • John Dahl
    • Writers
      • David Levien
      • Brian Koppelman
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Matt Damon and Edward Norton played the $10,000 buy-in Texas Hold 'Em (No Limit) championship event at the 1998 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. During the first of four days, Matt Damon had pocket Kings and was knocked out by former world champion and poker legend Doyle Brunson who held pocket Aces.
    • Goofs
      Mike goes to a check cashing place with a personal check for $10,000 from his professor. Check cashing businesses never cash personal checks on the same day; they require a 3-5 day waiting period so the check can clear. And even if it was a payroll check, the business would have taken a percentage to cash it, so Mike would not have had the full $10,000 to bring to the game. The filmmakers have stated (in interview with ESPN.com's Bill Simmons) that the cash checking location is run by a friend of his professor's, but the scene was cut to bring the film's running time down.
    • Quotes

      Mike McDermott: [Narrating first lines, first getting dressed in their apartment, kissed his girlfriend as she sleeps, then going through belongings to find "three stacks of society", hidden inside a cigar box on top of his desk, inside the top left hand drawer of the same desk, hidden inside an empty VHS box entitled Caro's Pro poker Tells by Mike Caro, behind hidden inside the bottom and back left hand corner of a picture frame, and hidden inside a book entitled Super System by Doyle Brunson] Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Rounders/Kiki's Delivery Service/Simon Birch/Slums of Beverly Hills/Digging to China (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Baby, I'm A Big Star Now
      Written by Adam Duritz (as Adam F. Duritz)

      Performed by Counting Crows

      Courtesy of Geffen Records, Inc.

    User reviews329

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    8/10
    excellent movie
    I have no idea if this movie is at all realistic (certainly so many people inhabiting this strata of the poker world can be so good looking), but at least it has the ring of verisimilitude. Not only does it show us the workings of a somewhat exotic (to me, anyway) part of the world, but it manages to do this stylishly while treating us to an interesting character study and a clever plot.

    The story is about a young "rounder" who is trying to go straight by going to law school (although our first glimpse of him shows him losing all his money in a high-stakes poker game with a Russian gangster). He quits gambling for a while until a old friend (played by Norton) returns to his life and lands him in deep trouble. What I especially like about the movie is that is starts off as if this plot line is the main subject, when in fact the movie is about this person learning important things about himself. And there is a lot of information about poker...

    Damon is especially impressive among a uniformly good cast.
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    • Dec 29, 2001

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    FAQ6

    • If Mike spotted Teddy KGB's tell at the poker table, what was it?
    • Why was Grama angry when Teddy KGB lost to Mike? Wouldn't that have meant his debt would be paid?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 11, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Chơi Bài
    • Filming locations
      • 15 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey, USA("City Law School" scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Spanky Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,912,409
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,459,126
      • Sep 13, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,912,409
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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