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Gambling Films - what's your favourite ?
Gambling Films - what's your favourite ?
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Joel - haven't seen it for ages, but it was ok...about a girl jockey in Australia, with racing scenes.
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Can't believe it's from 1977...from imdb Aussie review...
"Apart from a lacklustre script with lazy dialogue, this tripe is adorable and horribly cute. The direction is insipid and uncinematic, while the performances is amateur hour, with some of the actors seeming to ham it up because they knew what kind of turkey they were cooking in. I am sure it was only made because of the producer's love for horse racing and gambling. But still I enjoyed it! Great to see Aussie suburban life from the seventies, and the operation of a racing horse stable. And I'm glad they used actual jockeys, race callers and other local Melbourne horse racing identities of that era, because it gave it an authentic feel to it, something I wished they had done for the whole film. If only they created a kind of neorealism film of the horse racing industry! Instead they went for the TV soapie style that delivered pure campy elements to a predictable story." |
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Does Kaleidoscope with Warren Beatty count?
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Just to make things easy, can we just agree that there are ABSOLUTELY NO decent horse-racing films except Phar Lap and The Rainbow Jacket.
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Let it ride.... always remember the first time I seen it, flicking channels late at night nearly lights out and come across it about 5 mins in, great film, seen it about 10 times now, Robbie Coltrane is great in it....
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The drama big deal with ray brooks from the 80s is a real class act.
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Cant think of my favourite but i can tell you the worstest.......Lay The Favourite.. Starring Bruce Willis.....The longest 90 minutes of my life.
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Thanks Velasquez...not a great review, but I might see if I can find it somewhere
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i quite liked "lay the favourite" - it was a bit OTT - trying to be a sensation film. Was it a Q tarrantino film? felt like one.
watch - the longshot 1986 - it's enjoyable antics. ytube has it. |
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Two for the Money is not a particularly good film, but i'm sure we've all met plenty of gamblers who think they have it sussed and end up doing their conkers big time.
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Back to the Future Part 2
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owning mahowny
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