The Grand

Movie
German title	The Grand
Original title	The Grand
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2007
length	approx. 104 minutes
Rod
Director	Zak Penn
script	Zak Penn , Matt Bierman
production	Jeff Bowler , Ross M. Dinerstein , Gary Marcus , Zak Penn , Bret Saxon , Bobby Schwartz
music	Stephen Endelman
camera	Anthony Hardwick
cut	Abby Schwarzwalder
occupation
Dennis Farina : Deuce Fairbanks Woody Harrelson : Jack Faro Werner Herzog : German Julie Claire : Dr. Jamie Sellers David Cross : Larry Schwartzman Shannon Elizabeth : Toni Mike Epps : Reggie Marshall Judy Greer : Sharon Andrews Estelle Harris : Ruth Melvin Cheryl Hines : Lainie Schwartzman Gabe Kaplan : Seth Schwartzman Michael Karnow : Mike Werbe Richard Kind : Andy Andrews Michael McKean : Steve Lavisch Chris Parnell : Harold Melvin Ray Romano : Fred Marsh Andrea Savage : Renee Jensen Karen Denise Aubert : Julie Hank Azaria : Mikey

The Grand is an American comedy film from the year 2007 . Directed by Zak Penn , who also wrote the script with Matt Bierman . The German-language DVD version was published under the title Loooser - How to win and lose a Casino .

action

The international poker game Grand Championship of Poker takes place in a hotel in Las Vegas . One of the participants is Jack Faro, a grandson of a late casino owner who is considered a womanizer. Faro hopes winning the tournament will allow him to prevent an investor from taking over the property. Seth Schwartzman is accompanied by his daughter Lainie and his son Larry - whom he often criticizes.

Other participants are the amateur Andy Andrews, who knows little about the game of poker, but is very successful through luck alone, and "the German", whose real name nobody knows and who motivates himself by killing smaller animals. In addition to Faro, favorites include professional poker players Larry Schwartzman and Harold Melvin, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome and whose life is dominated by his mother.

"The German" is the first to be eliminated when he can be proven to have attempted fraud. Lainie Schwartzman finally reaches the final and can defeat Jack Faro there. Lanie uses her winnings to invest in Faros Casino.

Reviews

Ronnie Scheib wrote in Variety magazine on May 14, 2007 that the improvised film was reminiscent of the World Series of Poker program . He is conventional; his humor is close to that of the skits on television and does not cause spontaneous laughter. The characters are drawn in caricatures.

backgrounds

The film was shot at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas . Its production amounted to an estimated 5.4 million US dollars .

The world premiere took place on April 28, 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival , and the film was shown on June 7, 2007 at the CineVegas International Film Festival . It was released in select US cinemas on March 21, 2008, and widespread release began on April 4, 2008.

Web links

• The Grand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Grand at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• The Grand at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.hollywood.com, accessed March 17, 2008
2. ↑ ^{a b} Film review by Ronnie Scheib, accessed on March 19, 2008 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 'Grand' lands in Anchor Bay in the June 10, 2007 online edition of Variety , accessed March 17, 2008
4. ↑ Filming locations for The Grand, accessed March 17, 2008
5. ↑ Box office results for The Grand, accessed March 17, 2008
6. ↑ The Grand premiere dates , accessed March 17, 2008