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The Grand is an improv comedy film directed by Zak Penn. The film has an ensemble cast including Ray Romano, Woody Harrelson, Chris Parnell, Werner Herzog, Jason Alexander, Dennis Farina, David Cross, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Karnow and Cheryl Hines along with several real Las Vegas poker stars. According to Penn, the film is styled after those of Christopher Guest, where each actor is given direction concerning their character, and the actors are left to improvise each individual scene. The plot of The Grand was somewhat more open-ended than Guest's work, however. The focus of the film is a poker tournament played at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas between the characters in which real poker matches were played by the actors as the scenes were filmed. The film's script did not specify the winner of the tournament, and the ending of the film was determined by the actual game played on set. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film opened in limited release in the United States on March 21, 2008, opened in wider release on April 4, 2008, and is now on DVD.
Original Release
06/07/2007
US Release
06/07/2007
Cast
Name | Character |
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Woody Harrelson | One Eyed Jack Faro |
David Cross | Larry Schwartzman |
Dennis Farina | LBJ 'Deuce' Fairbanks / L.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks |
Cheryl Hines | Lainie Schwartzman |
Richard Kind | Andy Andrews |
Chris Parnell | Harold Melvin |
Werner Herzog | The German |
Jason Alexander | Dr. Yakov Achmed |
Ray Romano | Fred Marsh |
Mike Epps | Reggie Marshall |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Woody Harrelson | One Eyed Jack Faro |
David Cross | Larry Schwartzman |
Dennis Farina | LBJ 'Deuce' Fairbanks / L.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks |
Cheryl Hines | Lainie Schwartzman |
Richard Kind | Andy Andrews |
Chris Parnell | Harold Melvin |
Werner Herzog | The German |
Jason Alexander | Dr. Yakov Achmed |
Ray Romano | Fred Marsh |
Mike Epps | Reggie Marshall |
Judy Greer | Sharon Andrews |
Gabe Kaplan | Seth Schwartzman |
Michael Karnow | Mike Werbe |
Michael McKean | Steve Lavisch |
Julie Claire | Dr. Jamie Sellers |
Barry Corbin | Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro |
Shannon Elizabeth | Toni |
Estelle Harris | Ruth Melvin |
Andrew Hill Newman | Russell Kalenich - The Dealer |
Andrea Savage | Renee Jensen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Matt Bierman | Executive Producer |
Lance Bass | Executive Producer |
Randy Charach | Executive Producer |
Kirkwood Drew | Executive Producer |
Will Griffin | Executive Producer |
Justin Gullett | Executive Producer |
Ziggy Kormandel | Executive Producer |
Ari Palitz | Executive Producer |
Gene Scher | Executive Producer |
Jordan Udko | Executive Producer |
Steven Zellers | Executive Producer |
Lance Stockton | Producer |
Jeff Bowler | Producer |
Zak Penn | Producer |
Steven Bowler | Producer |
Ross M. Dinerstein | Producer |
Steve Grabowsky | Producer |
Gary Marcus | Producer |
Bret Saxon | Producer |
Bobby Schwartz | Producer |