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Mike's girlfriend urges him to use
his
observation skills, and killer
Special to The Jewish News
instinct, in the courtroom, and he fol-
lows her advice, especially after losing
here's a moment in
all his money in a big game. But he's
Rounders where the two
lured back to poker by his' longtime
worlds of Mike McDermott
friend Worm (Edward Norton), who's
(Matt Damon) converge.
fresh out of prison.
A law student, Mike makes his liv-
From a "few" quick profit games
ing as a "rounder," a professional play-
with Worm, Mike heads down a slip-
er who frequents semi-underground
pery slope into dangerous territory
poker clubs and hustles
that forces him to re-exam-
average joes for fun and
Richard Mawe,
ine his dual existence, and
profit. When he comes to
to his amazement, discovers
drop off some papers in the Matt Damon and
Martin
. Landau in a that his most understand-
office of his mentor and the m
scene from
ing ally is the esteemed
school's dean, Abe Petrovs
"Rounders." Landau Professor Petrovs
(Martin Landau), he finds
plays Abe Petrovsky,
"I feel like there are cer-
the fabled judge's game in
who chose a career
tain times in your life when
full swing.
in law over his par-
there's a window of oppor-
As he looks around the
ents wishes that he
tunity," said Martin Lan-
table topped with ragged
become a rabbi.
dau in Los Angeles, "and
piles of poker chips, each
one has to jump through
man clutching his cards
that
window
because it closes very
defensively, Matt concludes that in
fast."
this collection of great legal minds,
When he sees the conflict in his
there's not one real poker player.
protege, Petrovsky puts his advice in
He then proceeds to dissect the
the form of a story from his own life:
game for them — including telling
"His parents wanted him to be a rabbi
specific players what they have in their
and he couldn't," Landau explained.
hands and what card they're hoping
"He chose law because it was a noble
for — stunning these usually unflap-
profession, and they hated it.
pable men.
"He was consorting with criminals
Serena Donadoni is a Detroit-based
AT THE Movies on page 100
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