The Gambler Page #7

Synopsis: Jim Bennett is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett's future. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Rupert Wyatt
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R
Year:
2014
111 min
$18,884,667
Website
3,426 Views


Gets to the basket, throws it down.

Cats looking

to make something out of this.

He's got Lamar Allen.

Turnaround jumper.

Yes, he's got it!

Lamar Allen

throwing down the nastyjam!

Here comes Allen taking it

up the court on his own.

Throwing it down with

a left-handed slam!

Hang on, hang on, hang on.

This sh*t ain't right.

Does well in terms of

looking for his shot.

Lamar Allen throwing down a dunk!

What is he doing?

Right now the Wildcats

are in control of this game.

There's Allen driving down

the left-hand side,

and he's got it.

A little kiss off the glass...

Man, he better start performing

and less scoring.

I don't get it. Ain't that your man?

Yeah, if he don't handle his business,

I'm a handle him.

Here's the Wildcats from the other end,

Lamar Allen from about 16 feet!

That's not gonna go.

Yeah, that's better. That's better.

Come on! Move your ass! Come on!

Lamar usually makes that shot

in his sleep.

The Wildcats up by 14

with a little bit left

to play in this half.

Bulldogs back on offence,

trying to cut into that Wildcat lead.

Here comes Brodey, right around Allen

for the double-handed slam!

That's a hell of a crossover by Brodey.

That's more like it.

That's what I'm talking about.

Wildcats up by 12

with nine minutes to go.

That's no effort, Lamar!

Fast-break situation. Two on one.

Allen lob to Aldinger!

What was that?

Did you see that?

Coach also not pleased

with what he saw.

Chester Moore checking in

for Lamar Allen.

Coach not happy,

pulling him out of the game.

Ironically, not to catch his breath

but to really, I think,

figure out what is happening.

That's all right. That's all right.

Yeah, Lamar!

He's blown possession the last four

times he's touched the ball.

Not what we're used to

seeing from this kid.

You're going to watch the game

with me. Take a seat.

The bench is the great persuader,

the great teacher.

And this is what Coach is doing,

giving Lamar Allen a chance to refocus,

get his head together.

Started off the game

with spectacular play,

but over these past few minutes,

has not been the Lamar Allen

that we're used to seeing.

Stay on that bench, Lamar.

What the hell's wrong with you, Lamar?

Here comes the Dogs back on offence.

He's got Cunningham.

Cunningham finds Wilhelm in the paint!

And a foul!

Take it to the house, motherf***er.

Yeah, okay, we good, we good.

There you go.

Look at his face.

This is humiliating for Lamar Allen...

...in the conference semi-finals

against their rivals.

Bulldogs now have

the lead for the first time!

And here comes Lamar Allen.

Stay on the bench, Lamar. Stay

on that f***ing bench, Lamar!

Stay on the f***ing bench!

Lamar!

Bulldogs score again!

They now have a three-point lead.

The fans purring Allen's name,

looking for him to do something.

Here comes Allen

on the left-handed drive!

He's got it.

Come on!

What this motherf***er just do?

Under two minutes to go in the game.

Here's Lamar Allen looking to

make some magic. Goes around.

Splits the defence! Throws it

down with a left-handed jam!

Wildcats have the lead now, 64-63,

and Allen with another turnaround.

It is in! Lamar Allen singlehandedly

going on a 6-0 run!

Under a minute to go.

Allen throws it down again!

Wildcats up by 5. This has

been the Lamar Allen show

in these final minutes.

Bulldogs miss the lay-up.

Allen's got the rebound.

Oh, come on!

He's on fire!

He's f***ing up like that.

He knows

what he supposed to be doing.

You say that's your man. He's scoring.

Yeah, too damn much!

But that's not what Lamar Allen does.

Takes it around and to the hole!

Cats up by seven.

Come on, man. This some bullshit!

I told him less than 8.

Right now, Lamar Allen

is playing the game of basketball

at the highest level one can play it.

Ten...

Nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one.

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir!

Our boy delivered.

You delivered.

You know how rare that is?

A man delivers?

So we square?

You going to stop threatening the girl?

How about I tell you, you get to keep

your job at the university? Forever.

Just so long as you keep

teaching English 101

to a whole lot of tall brothers.

Oh, I'd tell you to kill me.

Have a drink.

Don't want one.

Thanks, sweetheart.

I see the Koreans f***ed your face up.

Yes, they did.

And you just move on

to the next phase of bullshit.

You know,

the only trouble is with the game today?

What's that?

Someone also bet

an eight-point spread in Vegas

for a whole lot of f***ing money.

You wouldn't happen to know

who did that, would ya?

No idea.

You ain't tipped nobody?

No.

What's your life's plan, Jim?

Make part of it never seeing me again.

I don't need you no more, brother.

I know that.

Think I want you out there knowing that?

Knowing this?

I'm going to tell you that

I'm not going to do you

the discourtesy of assuming

what you're thinking,

but I know you'll do the right thing.

Why is that?

That's the whole amount.

And points.

Where'd you get that?

I borrowed it from Frank.

The f*** you did.

- Ask him.

- I will.

Then you will find out that I did.

You know, Jim,

everybody's ready to be bent.

Some are ready to be straight.

Personally, I'm ready to be straight.

I'm going to get myself an avocado farm.

Or a winery.

Do what I got to do, you know?

Not a huge fan of low company.

A man can transform his sh*t, Jim.

You know, I've never done

anything like this before.

I mean, I didn't think

I was going to make it

out of there alive, you know.

Open it.

Take out 50 grand, that's yours.

Man, I'm going to have

my f***ing picture

on a Wheaties box within months, dude.

Suit yourself.

What was the point

of me going to Vegas?

Obviously it wasn't to earn 50 grand.

Time to get away from me, Dexter.

Far away.

I got your money.

But I'm not coming there.

You got to meet me.

Koreatown. You know the place, right?

Everybody knows the place.

Whether or not

I want you around that place

with my money in your hand

is another f***ing story.

Well, that's the only place I'll meet you.

You have all my money,

plus everything?

Yeah, I have all your money,

but I don't have everything.

You got to meet me there.

What do you do when you're

in the "f*** you" position?

Oh, we've had that discussion,

and I understand your point,

but you got to meet me there.

If there's a list of places

where nobody gets ripped off,

I believe that's at the top.

- You have my money?

- Yes.

Then you must come outside.

No.

I owe him, too.

You gonna play?

It's the only way I could pay you both.

You can't take the money off me

in here and neither can he.

Red or black, all or nothing,

all the money down.

That's all I'll do.

Move.

Take a very sizable bet?

That is what this room is for.

- What the f*** are you doing?

- No!

F*** are you doing?

All on black.

I was playing for Mister Lee

and for that gentleman over there.

I'm not actually a gambler.

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William Monahan

William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay was The Departed, a film that earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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