Review of High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003) by Brody M — 02 Sep 2009
Distributed by New Line Cinema in 2003, the film chronicles the life and death of Stu "The Kid" Ungar, a famous and famously self-destructive champion poker player. It stars The Sopranos Michael Imperioli.
The filmmaker, 'A. W. "Tony" Vidmer is a recreational poker player and became interested in Stu Ungar, reading all the information he could find on the poker icon's life. Vidmer has gone on to create his own independent film festival, the Fylmz Festival.
Inspired by difficulties in finding distribution for this film, Vidmer's festival awards $100,000 and distribution to the Best Feature Film at a live festival in Nashville, Tennessee USA. This movie needs to be added to my list with a scene shot in Valley of Fire State Park outside Las Vegas.
This review of High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003) was written by Brody M on 02 Sep 2009.
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story has generally received mixed reviews.
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