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Director Curtis Hanson (LA CONFIDENTIAL, WONDER BOYS) raises the stakes and takes on Las Vegas in LUCKY YOU. Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) plays poker for a living, using every opportunity that arises in daily life to hone his skills and test the odds. He is fuelled by both a compulsion to win and the desire to do better than his father, L.C. Cheever (Robert Duvall), who is a championship poker player. HuckÆs skills come naturally, but he lacks patience. When he meets Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), an earnest, honest girl from Bakersfield pursuing her dream of being a singer, he sees the possibility of a real relationship for the first time. But HuckÆs habits are hard to break, and heÆll have to make some changes if he wants to make this relationship work.<BR>Barrymore is sweet as Billie, but it is the relationship between Huck and his father that moves the story along. Huck harbors ill feelings towards L.C. from his childhood--feelings that are complicated by his burning desire to beat his father at poker. Bana effectively shows the animosity Huck feels towards his father with subtle changes to his facial expression and body language, and Duvall actually makes the hard-nosed L.C. likeable. Ultimately, the real star of this movie is poker. Throughout the film, itÆs the strategies and bets, the flops and the rivers, that draw the viewer in. Professional poker players served as consultants and extras in the film, lending authenticity to the World Series of Poker where father and son face off. Debra Messing plays BillieÆs sister, Horatio Sanz is Ready Eddie, who can turn any situation into a bet, and Robert Downey Jr. appears all too briefly as HuckÆs friend.Product Identifiers
ProducerDenise Di Novi, Carol Fenelon
EAN7321900701419
eBay Product ID (ePID)59991376
Product Key Features
ActorEric Bana, Robert Duvall, Kelvin Han-Yee, Debra Messing, Jean Smart, Drew Barrymore, Charles Martin Smith, Horatio Sanz
Film/TV TitleLucky You
DirectorCurtis Hanson
LanguageEnglish
Run Time119 Mins
FormatDVD
Release Year2007
FeaturesInteractive Menu
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerChristopher Young
ReviewsNew York Times - Mr. Hanson's style is relaxed and observant; he is more interested in watching his characters than in hurrying them through the plot
ScreenwriterEric Roth, Curtis Hanson
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleLucky You
Director of PhotographyPeter Deming
Consumer AdviceContains mild language, sex references and a gambling theme