Three Of The Best Gambling Movies Based In New York
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Gambling films have been made in New York. The Empire State has the fourth largest population in the U.S. New Yorkers are fans of the NBA's Knicks, NHL's Rangers, NFL's Giants, Jets and Bills, and MLB's Yankees and Mets. Sports betting was made legal in January and New Jersey has seen over $5 billion go into mobile bets on sports outcomes since then.
Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnet and Taylor Russell star in the new Netflix film Uncut Gems. The film is about a man with a gambling addiction who goes to New York to run his business. The movie received rave reviews and earned Fox a Gotham Award nomination. TaylorRussell won the award for her role in Waves. She was nominated for the Breakthrough Actor Award at the 2019 Gotham Awards.
Matt Damon had a good year in 1998 with two of his best movies, Saving Private Ryan and Rounders, launching that year. The former is considered to be one of the best films ever. Rounder was one Edward Norton's breakouts. John Turturro, John Malkovich and Famke Janseen are also in the cast.
The Gambler is a 1974 film starring James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, and Morris Carvovsky. It was directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Robert Chartodd and Irwin Winkler. Caans' character borrows money from the mafia. Jack Nicholson won the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama at the 32nd Golden Globes. The film has since been remade with Mark Whalberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams and others.
