Like Sportsbetting? You will like this movie!
Added 11/10/2009
If you like sports betting or are into gambling you will enjoy this movie. I like the fact it's based on a true story. No this isn't a major blockbuster but if you are into any kind of gambling I think you will have a high appreciation for this movie. Going from rags to riches in a very short period of time only to come crashing back down. Just shows how fast you can get caught up in something and how greedy people really are. After watching this it really makes you think how much point shaving in college games actually is going on. This is a must have dvd for all the gamblers out there!
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Really good flick
Added 2/15/2004
This movie, based on a true story is interesting and Ernest Dickerson's direction is superb - I like the 'shaky' camera effects. David Krumholtz is awesome as Benny Silman! He starts out as a naive freshman, moving across the country to go to college, but the freedoms get the best of him. He starts gambling, then works for a bookie, then goes out on his own. He ends up hooking up with a b-baller to assure the house wins everytime, but the wrong people find out about his scheme and it gets complicated.
The subplot with Callie is cute, especially when she mocks him. This movie is great, even after repeated viewings.
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edited subsequent to price drop; still 4 stars
Added 12/30/2002
originally i said this was a very good movie to buy if you could stomach the then-high price, which i could. i went to ASU around the time the hedake smith story was reaching full media realization. this is an interesting take on the whole mess.the DVD's best extra, of the real benny silman explaining what happened, is a raw take on the situation from a guy who genuinely seems to understand he did wrong. (note that, as best i could tell, no footage was added or subtracted from the TV version of the actual movie, in case you hoped to see callie nude or witness benny brutally unloading a machine gun on big red and his posse.) flaws: the video transfer, though generally glossy and praiseworthy, is a little messy in a couple spots (most noticeably when benny is selling suits). and the spanish subtitles consistently refer to ASU as the university of arizona - an obvious sore spot for any ASU alum! anyway, i watched it twice the first day i bought it, and this was a movie i'd already seen once on TV. highly recommended. thanks for releasing this, FX.
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Like Sportsbetting? You will like this movie!
Added 11/10/2009
If you like sports betting or are into gambling you will enjoy this movie. I like the fact it's based on a true story. No this isn't a major blockbuster but if you are into any kind of gambling I think you will have a high appreciation for this movie. Going from rags to riches in a very short period of time only to come crashing back down. Just shows how fast you can get caught up in something and how greedy people really are. After watching this it really makes you think how much point shaving in college games actually is going on. This is a must have dvd for all the gamblers out there!
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Really good flick
Added 2/15/2004
This movie, based on a true story is interesting and Ernest Dickerson's direction is superb - I like the 'shaky' camera effects. David Krumholtz is awesome as Benny Silman! He starts out as a naive freshman, moving across the country to go to college, but the freedoms get the best of him. He starts gambling, then works for a bookie, then goes out on his own. He ends up hooking up with a b-baller to assure the house wins everytime, but the wrong people find out about his scheme and it gets complicated.
The subplot with Callie is cute, especially when she mocks him. This movie is great, even after repeated viewings.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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edited subsequent to price drop; still 4 stars
Added 12/30/2002
originally i said this was a very good movie to buy if you could stomach the then-high price, which i could. i went to ASU around the time the hedake smith story was reaching full media realization. this is an interesting take on the whole mess.the DVD's best extra, of the real benny silman explaining what happened, is a raw take on the situation from a guy who genuinely seems to understand he did wrong. (note that, as best i could tell, no footage was added or subtracted from the TV version of the actual movie, in case you hoped to see callie nude or witness benny brutally unloading a machine gun on big red and his posse.) flaws: the video transfer, though generally glossy and praiseworthy, is a little messy in a couple spots (most noticeably when benny is selling suits). and the spanish subtitles consistently refer to ASU as the university of arizona - an obvious sore spot for any ASU alum! anyway, i watched it twice the first day i bought it, and this was a movie i'd already seen once on TV. highly recommended. thanks for releasing this, FX.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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Like Sportsbetting? You will like this movie!
Added 11/10/2009
If you like sports betting or are into gambling you will enjoy this movie. I like the fact it's based on a true story. No this isn't a major blockbuster but if you are into any kind of gambling I think you will have a high appreciation for this movie. Going from rags to riches in a very short period of time only to come crashing back down. Just shows how fast you can get caught up in something and how greedy people really are. After watching this it really makes you think how much point shaving in college games actually is going on. This is a must have dvd for all the gamblers out there!
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Really good flick
Added 2/15/2004
This movie, based on a true story is interesting and Ernest Dickerson's direction is superb - I like the 'shaky' camera effects. David Krumholtz is awesome as Benny Silman! He starts out as a naive freshman, moving across the country to go to college, but the freedoms get the best of him. He starts gambling, then works for a bookie, then goes out on his own. He ends up hooking up with a b-baller to assure the house wins everytime, but the wrong people find out about his scheme and it gets complicated.
The subplot with Callie is cute, especially when she mocks him. This movie is great, even after repeated viewings.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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