Last night HBO kicked the door down on dramatic television once again, showing up with some gatling-gun sporting Klansmen and the best of Atlantic City’s underworld. Along with that premiere came our first real look at Luck, which represents the partnership of the premium cable channel with a filmmaker you may have heard of, Michael Mann.
Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte star, and like Marty with Boardwalk, Michael Mann has directed the Luck pilot and will executive produce. I haven’t seen a ton of concrete story details, but Hoffman obviously plays an aggressive gambler who is bit bent out of shape after three years in jail and no respect. The show will dig in to the behind-the-scenes world of horse racing (maybe a Pie-Oh-My! cameo can happen*?) and all the requisite corruption, gambling and fucking that occurs there. It looks as tense, classy, and beautiful as you would expect from something like this from these people on that network.
Take a look at the trailer and look forward to January when the show premieres. Until then, get ready to explore Atlantic City again with CHUD… the Tag-Teams will return.
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*By which I mean a wheelbarrow of dust gets pushed by somewhere in a scene.
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Again, another long wait for something which looks stellar. Nothing about this has me worried. And from the little whispers of gossip, the behind the scenes fights could one day make for an excellent movie. Kind of like going in knowing so little, but damn am I excited for it.
And that trunk shot is pure Mann.
Looks like a Michael Mann hard boiler set in the world of racing. With Dennis Farina. Count me in.
My DVR is working overtime to keep up with all of these great HBO shows!
So excited for this!
This trailer really makes me miss the great performances of Dustin Hoffman back in the 70s and 80s. I need to find myself a copy of Ishtar now.
Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte are the two actors I most often lament not seeing enough of in dramatic roles anymore. Guess I’ll have to get HBO now.
Gedrick lives! I’m sorta excited for the slate of new shows HBO has forthcoming, and I’m hoping this one is good.
You got qualms THREE! YEARS!
Psyched. I love David Milch.
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