A comedy about the fine art of losing.
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
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- Kenneth Axel Carlssonon TMDB · Dec 20143.5/10
This movie is centered around a poker tournament (called... the Grand, obviously). Build as a documentary, we follow a bunch of people; Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson) who own (or owned) a casino that he got from his grandpa, but has been staying at a rehab facility of late; Harold Melvin, a nerd who lives with his mother, and drinks a lot of Brain Juice; Lainie, a housewife who is getting a little tired of her husband, Fred (Ray Romano); Larry, Lainie's brother who is... a little out there, and always a step behind his sister; Deuce Fairbanks (Dennis Farina), an elderly gentlemen (a cowboy really) who speaks his mind and likes to remember the olden days; The German (Werner Herzog), a crazy german who feel compelled to kill at least one animal each day, and therefore arrive with... a lot of the; Andy Andrews, who won a seat at the Grand, more or less, by accident. Just your average poker players... or maybe not. This is a movie afterall, so of course the characters needs to be... quirky. Also, this is clearly a comedy (and not an actual documentary, but I think you had guessed that). I kinda like these characters, flaws, weirdness and all. Oh, and there are other players as well. The m
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonOne Eyed Jack Faro
- Werner HerzogThe German
- Dennis FarinaL.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks
- David CrossLarry Schwartzman
- Cheryl HinesLainie Schwartzman
- Richard KindAndy Andrews
- Chris ParnellHarold Melvin
- Jason AlexanderDr. Yakov Achmed
- Ray RomanoFred Marsh
- Mike EppsReggie Marshall
Crew
- Zak PennDirector
- Matt BiermanWriter
- Zak PennWriter
- Anthony HardwickDirector of Photography
- Stephen EndelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Abby SchwarzwalderEditor
- Gary MarcusProducer
- Ross M. DinersteinProducer
- Bret SaxonProducer
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