Gambler, The  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 1974  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 2.83 out of 5, including 3 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis A compulsive gambler who can't win andican't quit. James Caan portrays a compulsive gambler who can't quit or win. He falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at New York university, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Caan and girlfriend Lauren Hutton are a sexy duo, and Caan aptly plays the risk-taker as a man with no future. Cast & Crew Actors:  • James Caan  • Lauren Hutton  • Paul Sorvino Writers:  • James Toback Producers:  • Irwin Winkler  • Robert Chartoff Directors:  • Karel Reisz Product Information Features: Menus Scene Selection Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Production Year: 1974 Release Date: 5/14/2002 Length: 119 mins Rating: R Chapters: 13 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 086784 UPC Code: 097360867848 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Music, Drama, Gamblers, Mobsters & The Mafia Bargains: Under $11 Studios: Paramount Pictures Customers who bought this Title also bought Atlantic City  DVD-Video From Hell: Directors' Limited Edition  DVD-Video Requiem For A Heavyweight  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 2.83 out of 5, including 3 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Empire Review THE GAMBLER (1974) - 1.75 out of 5  (9/29/2002) James Caan took advantage of his popularity with THE GODFATHER (1972) and kept doing gritty films and taking risks. Karel Reisz's THE GAMBLER (1974) is a still-bold, if not always successful portrait of a university professor (Caan) who has a remarkable addiction to games of chance and the thrill and excitement it gives him. It is not like his life is so bad he has nothing better going for him. He has a decent family, a pretty girlfriend (Lauren Hutton), friends, a good reputation, persona   more >> Customer Review accurate portrayal of a gambling addict - 3.25 out of 5  (6/24/2003) This film shows the problems compulsive gamblers get themselves into. Caan's character is satisfied only when he has the risk of the bet, winning is not the point of the gambling. A good lesson for those who think they can handle the pressure of full time betting   more >> Customer Review A very good and realistic film about the traps of gambling. - 3.5 out of 5  (6/23/2003) I have watched this film on many occassions as it truly is a masterpiece of cinema. James Caan plays the gambler, and he plays the part with the style and realism that only true gamblers relate to. The feeling of when you are on a losing streak, it is just so damned as near impossible to escape from. The end of the film is exceptional, few gamblers dare venture into that kind of territory for kicks, but Caan is a true gambler. Bravo!! Bravo!!   more >>