The Cincinnati Kid
The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world.
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
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[United States] : Burbank, Calif. :
Turner Entertainment Co. ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Ã2005.
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| Edition: | Widescreen version. |
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| Summary: | The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world. |
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| Item Description: | Dual-layer format. Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel The Cincinnati Kid by Richard Jessup. Special features: commentaries by Norman Jewison, Phil Gordon and Dave Foley; vintage featurette; theatrical trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Philip H. Lathrop ; film editor, Hal Ashby ; music, Lalo Schifrin. |
| ISBN: | 0790795698 9780790795690 |
| Author Notes: | Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr was born on Februrary 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas. The nickname "Rip" is a family tradition in the Torn family. Torn was a member of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, although he graduated from the University of Texas where he studied acting under Shakespearean professor B. Iden Payne, and was a member of the Alpha Nu chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. After graduation, he served in the Military Police in the United States Army. After moving to Hollywood, Torn made his film debut in the 1956 film Baby Doll. Torn then studied at the Actors Studio in New York under Lee Strasberg, becoming a stage actor, appearing in the original cast of Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth. After portraying Judas, betrayer of Jesus, in 1961's epic film King of Kings, Torn appeared as a graduate student with multiple degrees in 1963's television series Channing, and as Roy Kendall in the Breaking Point episode "Millions of Faces." Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1983's Cross Creek as a poor neighbor of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. In 2001, Torn memorably portrayed James "Jim" Brody in the comedy film Freddy Got Fingered. In 2004, Torn played the iconic wrench-tossing coach Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Torn was married three times, had six children and four grandchildren. Rip Torn Jr. passed away on July 9, 2019 at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) |
