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Shade is a 2003 neo-noir crime drama starring Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Roger Guenveur Smith, Melanie Griffith and Sylvester Stallone. The film follows a trio of grifters who attempt to set up a legendary card sharp nicknamed "The Dean".
Many years ago, a young Dean is playing in a mob-run illegal underground poker game. The game is raided by robbers who order everyone to put up their hands. The Dean reluctantly does so, revealing the card he's concealed. Incensed, a fellow player grabs a gun and starts shooting, setting off a firefight that kills everyone in the club except the Dean and one of the mobsters. The two men point their guns at each other's heads.
In present day, Tiffany (Thandie Newton) and Charlie (Gabriel Byrne), two of the three small-time hustlers, run a scam involving a phony diamond ring. The pettiness of the scam (grossing $300) indicates the usual level at which they operate. Later at a Los Angeles club, Charlie and Tiffany meet up with Larry Jennings (Jamie Foxx) as he's taking down an underground poker game. They discuss a partnership to work a "soft game" with a potential profit of $10,000-$20,000. As Charlie and Larry talk, Tiffany is harassed at the bar by a guy trying to pick her up. Larry tentatively agrees to continue talking pending his meeting the third member of the group. In a short flashback, that third member, Vernon (Stuart Townsend), a card mechanic, is working as a Las Vegas blackjack dealer. Working with a small crew, he switches out the contents of a six deck shoe and they take the casino for $40,000.
Gentlemengauner sind Charlie Miller (Gabriel Byrne), Tiffany (Thandie Newton) und der Kartenkünstler Vernon (Stuart Townsend) sind wahrlich nicht. Miller und Tiffany nehmen kaltblütig per Trickbetrug jeden aus, der ihnen ein gutes Geschäft verspricht, doch als sie den Spieler Jennings (Jamie Foxx) reinlegen, gehen sie einen Schritt zu weit, denn Jennings setzt ohne Erlaubnis Mafia-Geld. Da Vernon eh schon Schulden hat, bleibt Miller nichts anderes übrig, als die Flucht nach vorn anzutreten und alles auf ein Spiel mit der Kartenlegende Dean "The Dean" Stevens (Sylvester Stallone) zu setzen. Doch es wird auch zur Nagelprobe, wer wem unter den Partnern nun noch wirklich vertrauen kann...
In this Pick of the Flicks flashback interview we hear Sylvester Stallone talk about his character in the 2003 card hustler film Shade. For more Sylvester Stallone, rare promos, TV spots & entertainment tidbits be sure to subscribe to Pick of the Flicks.
Cast: Andrea C. Robinson, Bo Hopkins, Bret Anthony, Carl Mazzocone, Dina Merrill, Doc Duhame, Frank Medrano, Gabriel Byrne, George Tovar, Glenn Plummer, Jamie Foxx, Jason Cerbone, Jennifer Burgess-Keene, Joe Nicolo, Kevin Centazzo, Mark Boone Junior, Mark De Alessandro, Melanie Griffith, Michael Harney, Mick Rossi, Rod Rowland, Sean Stanek, Shane T. Anderson, Shaun Jones, Shawn Frances Lee, Stacie Bourgeois, Stuart Townsend, Sylvester Stallone, Tabitha Stevens, Talbert Morton, Tawny Roberts, Thandie Newton, Tom Reynolds, Tony Amendola
Trailer originale del film "Shade: Carta Vincente" (Shade), thriller 2003, con Sylvester Stallone (Dean "Il Decano" Stevens), Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Griffith, Hal Holbrook, Patrick Bauchau, Bo Hopkins, Roger Guenveur Smith, Dina Merrill. http://www.slyitalian.com
Scena finale del film "Shade: Carta Vincente", thriller del 2003, con Sylvester Stallone (Dean "Il Decano" Stevens), Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Griffith, Hal Holbrook, Patrick Bauchau, Bo Hopkins, Roger Guenveur Smith, Dina Merrill. http://www.slyitalian.com
Helmut Lotti - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2003 Original by 'Procul Harum' (1967) We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray And so it was that later as the miller told his tale that her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might have just as well've been closed She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' though in truth we were at s...
There you stand,
with your head in your hands, crying out.
Once again,
it has been like then before.
Oh.. it hurts,
oh.. how it hurts.
T’was all your fault,
like all these, these times before.
It’s not his,
no, how could it be..
It was trouble in his job,
it was trouble in his life, but do you believe?
Refrain) All you do is just waiting in his shade,
don’t you want to be free?
Waiting, longing to break out and walk into
the sun of life, out of the life of fearsand the fear for life.
You thought about,
just to run, just to run, to run and hide.
But everytime,
his “Sorry!” is too sweet..
Do you remember, what he said,