The Music of Chance
A thrill seeker agrees to help a shady professional gambler win a high stakes poker game. However, they lose and become captives of two eccentric rich men who decide to forcibly keep them on their remote gated ranch as indentured servants.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1993
Storyline
A thrill seeker agrees to help a shady professional gambler win a high stakes poker game. However, they lose and become captives of two eccentric rich men who decide to forcibly keep them on their remote gated ranch as indentured servants.
Top credits
James Spader — Jack Pozzi
Mandy Patinkin — Jim Nashe
M. Emmet Walsh — Calvin Murks
Charles Durning — Bill Flower
Did you know
• In the scene where Jim Nashe is in bed after the party, he reads a book. You can see that the cover indicates the book is one by Paul Auster, who wrote the novel upon which the movie is based.
• James Spader and Mandy Patinkin had previously appeared together in True Colors (1991).
• The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Joel Grey; and one Oscar nominee: Charles Durning.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $313,967
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $13,359 (1993-06-06)
User reviews
Paul Auster, yes please
Best work of James Spader
Try it as a metaphor!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
