Dirty Dealing Book Review: Was the Idea for the Poker Movie Rounders Stolen?

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Last month, PokerNews spent a significant amount of time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beloved poker movie Rounders. That included five things you didnt know about the movie, an interview with Johnny Chan, and remembering the time Doyle Brunson busted Matt Damon from the 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

While immersing myself in all things Rounders, I learned about a poker book that was published in 2022, one that was directly linked to the cult classic film. The book is Dirty Dealing: Grosso vs. Miramax Waging War with Harvey Weinstein, and the Screenplay that Changed Hollywood by Jeffrey Allan Grosso.

Rounders 25th Anniversary: Director John Dahl on Making a Poker Classic

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

When it came out in 1998, Rounders was, at best, a moderate box office success, but the box office fails to give you any sense of the movies cultural impact on the poker community. Rounders was the first length of fuse laid down for the poker boom and provided a fillip for hundreds of professional poker careers (not to mention the odd poker writer).

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Dirty Dealing Book Review: Was the Idea for the Poker Movie Rounders Stolen?

Rounders 25th Anniversary: Director John Dahl on Making a Poker Classic