cmvgor
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OH, YES! THE CAPTION!
"Damn it, Jose`! Dont' let them go til I say 'Pull'!"
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There Was A Crooked Man (1970, H. Fonda, K. Douglas, W. Oates, etc) ???
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A CLICHE LINE THAT I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE HEARD BY NOW,ONLY I HAVEN'T:
"Sergeant! Those two guys that kept on walking, didn't even turn and look when the explosion went off! Grab'em, get IDs and hold'em for me for questioning!"
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I'm both suprised and amused that this question has been viewed about 60 times since it was posted, and that nobody had the answer. I do think the film was a popular one, and I thought there would be someone who could answer. Anyway, here goes.
Teddy KGB's "Tell": The abrasive, mocking gambler Teddy had a sweet tooth, and an absolute jones for Oreo cookies. During play, he kept a supply at hand, in a little rack that
imitated the containers that the gamblers were given to hold their poker chips. He would nosh from
time to time while taunting the players whose money he was taking. Usually, he would take the
whole cookie in his mouth and chew with his front teeth, his lips accenting the act of chewing. But once in a while Teddy would seperate the two halves of the cookie (as any Oreo lover is likely to do occasionally). Then, slowly and with relish, he would eat half from one hand, finish it completely, and then eat the other half in the same way. This is seen to happen several times, and Mike is the first one to realize what it means.
The seperate-the-cookie act always happened when the stakes are high and going higher. Teddy is demonstrating to the other players that he is anticipating a sure and profitable win. Mike
is the first to spot that when Teddy does this, he is bluffing. And Teddy himself is not aware of the habit. In a brief scrap of voice-over, Mike mentions that he "can't pass up a tell like that", and renews the game. Several more hours of play takes them up again to the divided-Oreo gesture. Mike pushes everything into the pot, forcing Teddy to do the same. Then Mike calls.
Russian cuss words. Objects tossed (including the cookie rack). Advice to welsh. But then Teddy pays up.
Mike has enough now to pay off his local (New York) debts. And a huge stake left over to take off
for Las Vegas and try his skills in a Big League park.
I don't have another question prepared. Anybody with a good one, step up.
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Christina Ricci,
the lead in The Opposite Of Sex, was ably supported by
Lisa Kudro.
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lb19;
Thanks for not leaving us hanging, and good luck with the emergency you're handling.
Anyone with a good challenge, step up.
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CAPTION:
"Now, about the location of that jewel box..."
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Molly And Lawless John
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Kinski, Klaus
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Judd Nelson
did a sleazy-lawyer bit in a mishmosh called From The Hip, in which the best performance
was given by
John Hurt.
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Thanks. This one may not last long.
In Rounders, Mike (Matt Damon) won the climactic poker game against the Russian gambler
known as "Teddy KGB" (John Malkovich). This was an unexpected event; Teddy was used to cleaning Mike out in these games. Teddy threw a tantrum and some other things, and his toadies
advised him simply not to pay. But Teddy, who would not turn aside from criminality in collecting
debts and full interest, would not cross the line of welshing on a loss in an honest game. ( And he knew it was honest because it was his game.) "Giff the man his money. He bit me stret up".
Q. What was the "Tell" that Matt spotted that let him know that Teddy was bluffing at a
critical point in the game?
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Who went before a firing squad and said, as his last words: "Let's do it." ??
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"Get the mask, get the mask! WWF doubles the purse if we unmask him!"
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Leonardo DiCaprio
did a modern-dress version of Romeo And Juliet as part of a cast that included
Paul Sorvino.
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Greta Garbo
half a drum + voyage =
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He was after a fortune in diamonds that had been stolen from Holacaust victims and smuggled out
of the Third Reich. His usual contact for withdrawing them had died in a stupid auto accident, and
he was cautious about his approach to getting them himself.
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Antonio Banderas
began his career in his native country and in his first language, with one of his early films being
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown directed by that droll Spanish genius
Pedro Almodovar.
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Road To Perdition
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD or TWO FOR THE ROAD
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"...And havin' money without flashin' it -- that's just Protestant!"
Peter Appel in Six Ways To Sunday
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"Commissioner, here's the way it lays out, as I figure it. From the props laying around here -- maps, phoney bank statements, telegrams -- I think it was a variation on the old "Portuguese
Bookie" scam. Usually, that goes down without violence. The players disappear as soon as the mark turns the money over to them. This time something went wrong. Our D.O.A here? As of
yet, I don't know if he was the mark or one of the players."
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Frank Gorshen.
Cosa Nostra bigwig, nickname for Richard + urban passenger transports.
(gee, I never even tried this before!)
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Negative re Blandings, Money Pit.
Clue #2. A sex-change operation.
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07 once again.
"Lesee here...Somewhere, beyond the ocean...No, beyond the bay...uh, across the Sound...?
Damn! Still don't have the right term yet!
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Ursula Andress was the first Bondgirl in Dr. No
with
Joseph Wiseman.
Celebri-links
in Games and Trivia
Posted
Albert Brooks
was Lost In America with ditsy
Julie Hagerty.