Grand Dvd Movie 

The Grand is a 2008 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, in which 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.

Cast

Woody Harrelson – "One Eyed" Jack Faro (The Sentimental Favorite)

Cheryl Hines – Lainie Schwartzman (The Woman)

David Cross – Larry Schwartzman (The Bad Boy)

Richard Kind – Andy Andrews (The Unknown)

Chris Parnell – Harold Melvin (The Lonely Genius)

Dennis Farina – Deuce Fairbanks (The Old Timer)

Werner Herzog – The German

Ray Romano – Fred Marsh

Barry Corbin – Jiminy "Lucky" Faro

Michael McKean – Steve Lavisch

Gabe Kaplan – Seth Schwartzman

Andrea Savage – Renee Jensen

Estelle Harris – Ruth Melvin

Michael Karnow – Mike Werbe

Judy Greer – Sharon Andrews

Randy Charach – Poker Player

Jason Alexander – Yakov Achmed

Brett Ratner – "Sob Story" Barry Blausteen

Hank Azaria – Mike "The Bike" Neslo

David Pressman – Melville "Murph Murph" Murphy

Tom Hodges – Tim "Tiny Wonder" Woolrich

Shannon Elizabeth – Toni

K.D. Aubert – Julie the Waitress

Mike Epps – Reggie Marshall

Jeff Bowler – Poker Player

Tom Lister Jr. – German's Bodyguard

Pro Poker player cameos

Phil Gordon

Doyle Brunson

Daniel Negreanu

Phil Laak

Phil Hellmuth

Antonio Esfandiari

Richard Brodie

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