The Grand (2007)

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Directed by Zak Penn.

Starring David Cross, Dennis Farina, Woody Harrelson, Richard Kind, Werner Herzog, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines.

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Incident at Loch Ness director Zak Penn takes the helm for this mockumentary that finds film and television star Woody Harrelson entering the Grand Championship of Poker in hopes of saving his late grandfather's popular hotel-casino from a scheming real estate developer. As the wrecking ball swings ever closer, Harrelson continually ups the ante in order to take home the top prize at the world's most prestigious poker tournament. Co-stars Ray Romano, Werner Herzog, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, and Dennis Farina all put on their best poker face for a comedy where all bets are off and anything can happen. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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"Paul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst’s feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters. Download FilmCouch #19 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul " [More]

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"Download FilmCouch #19 here Paul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst's feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters. " [More]

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"Eeek! A... rat? One of the creatures in Jim Mickle's Mulberry Street By Eric Kohn Zombie movies have been rife with metaphor since George Romero made Night of the Living Dead, but the allegorical implications of walking corpses aren’t built into the package. Most of the Italian entries in the genre provide heaps of gore and traumatizing cannibalistic imagery, but they generally come up short on social implications. Which gives the entertainment value of those movies a freer hand -- without external meaning, a bunch of lumbering monsters just need to look scary. Contemporary angles of horror movies walk a much more trepidatious line between pretentious distraction (consider the shot of the World Trade Center towers in the recent remake of The Omen) and convenient add-on (taking potshots at globalization and tourism in Hostel, in between the money shots of amputation). Jim Mickle’s Mulberry Street, a low budget attempt to find the proper balance, more or less pull ... " [More]

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"Blockbuster screenwriter turned indie mockumentary director Zak Penn visited with The Reeler the other day to discuss his new film The Grand. A brilliantly funny send-up of the world of professional poker, the film features a star-studded ensemble including Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Dennis Farina, Richard Kind, Judy Greer, Gabe Kaplan and Werner Herzog among others. The Grand is having its world premiere at Tribeca.Watch this and more Tribeca coverage on ReelerTV Discuss The Grand and other Tribeca titles at Spout. Syndicated Feed From:The Reeler " [More]

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