The Grand Page #4

Synopsis: An improvisational comedy using a handful of actors playing characters competing in an actual poker tournament.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Zak Penn
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2007
104 min
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I want to say hello to--

say hello to him...

even though-- even though

there's no milkman anymore.

There's a lot--

a lot going on with Fred.

"Takin' it

up the beanstalk."

Give me a large

and bring it up

the beanstalk.

I'm delivering it.

I'm bringing it to the giant.

"Takin' it up the beanstalk."

I know it can sound a little

like a bad sexual thing, but--

Okay, but lean back.

Lean back and then I'll--

I don't feel like

f***ing doing

a handshake right now.

Just lean back a little!

Jesus.

[sighs]

Just lean back a little.

[Lainie]

Fred's a really smart guy.

And I wish he'd, like,

move on to something...

besides fantasy football.

You know,

something more...real.

This is only gonna

take a second, so--

Great, because I really

gotta get home.

I hear ya. I hear ya.

Take two steps back.

There. Good, good.

[clears throat]

Okay.

[deep inhale]

[deep exhale]

Jesus.

They're called Lainie

and Larry Schwartzman.

They're the David

and Goliath of poker.

Brother and sister,

identical twins,

they're winning both halves

of the Long Island Tournament.

By winning this tournament,

you both qualify

for the grand championship

of poker.

You've been

eliminated by Lainie

two out of the past

four years.

Any comments on that?

[laughs]

[spray painting]

What's my style of play like?

Well, I think it's aggressive.

Ha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha!

I know that some people

consider it obnoxious,

but I consider that a strength.

For he's a jolly

good fellow

For he's a jolly

good fellow

I try to get people

off their game,

which is just

as much of a game

as reading people

and knowing the numbers.

What do you think

of that, Dumbbell?

[high-pitched voice]

That's the real dumbbell

over there to your left.

[normal voice]

Hey, now, Dumbbell,

I'm trying to be nice

to this idiot.

I like to consider myself

a predator at the tables.

So it would kind of make sense

that I would study predators.

I think if you watch me,

if you study me,

you'll see a lot

of cat-like qualities.

Raaahhh!

[Dealer]

Raise.

And I can psyche

the sh*t out of people.

I don't need cards

to beat you.

I could literally

have no cards

and I would still beat you.

If you think that's

not playing fairly

or that's not the way

a gentleman plays...

uh...

I would fight you

over that.

You are the worst

card dealer ever!

You should burn in hell!

Competition is healthy.

It's only competition

that breeds winners.

Idiot! A buffoon!

A lunatic!

It was very, very competitive

growing up in our family, yeah.

It was brutal.

My dad made us

compete for everything.

An incompetent,

insufferable a**hole!

You know, maybe you get

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Zak Penn

Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director.[1] Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, and co-wrote the script for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network. more…

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