Prime Video: One of the best poker movies to leave the platform in a few days

In 2018, Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter for The Social Network, began directing and nominated Jessica Chastain, who recently won an Oscar for her role in “Tammy Faye”, for an interesting role. Molly Bloom, a talented young woman who has become the queen of Hollywood’s giant underground toy empire!

Arriving in Los Angeles in 2004, he started out as a simple assistant and supported his boss, who collected poker players every week around secret games. Unceremoniously fired, he decides to form his own circle: the entry bet will be $ 250,000 …

Hollywood stars, millionaires and great athletes gathered very quickly. Success is instant and dizzying. FBI agents who decide to shoot him are threatened by the Russian mafia, who are determined to control his business, and harassed by celebrities who are worried that he will betray them, Molly Bloom finds herself under firearms.

A stunning true story

The Great Game is one of those movies that draws inspiration from true stories. Here we are talking about the career of Molly Bloom, who is known for organizing many illegal poker parties, especially the gathering of the Hollywood Jet Set.

Born a psychologist to a mother and a ski instructor from her father, the young woman joined the American National Ski Team at the age of 21 years. He then attended the University of Colorado, where he studied political science. In 2003, he moved to Los Angeles and became an assistant real estate agent who ran his own private poker games. It was then that he decided to become his own boss by setting up a network of poker rooms. The latter will become one of the most prestigious in the world, earning $ 4 million a year.

The Queen of Secret Poker

These poker games have brought together some very rich people and game lovers such as Texas billionaires, New York mobsters or famous actors. Among the latter were Toby Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon or even Macaulay Calkin.

For reference, the best player was Maguire. The former Spider-Man even managed to stand above the Affleck, who still won the California State Championship in 2004.

Rise and fall

If these parties were a phenomenal success, for Bloom everything went quickly. The FBI began to take an interest in his case, launched an investigation. After gathering evidence, the organization staged raids at various venues in New York City. The federation also arrested several players, most of whom pleaded guilty and received heavy fines.

Meanwhile, Bloom also managed to avoid jail due to probation. In his bestseller Great game: Memories of a fallen poker queenHe returned to his career and more specifically his experience in the midst of these secret parties.

Aaron Sorkin takes over the project

The genesis of the movie “The Big Game”, adapted from his story, began before Bloom realized that his reign was coming to an end. In an illegal gambling den in Manhattan Plaza, he met Leopoldo Guti at a party. The producer, excited about his trip, then introduced Bloom to his publisher, who signed a publishing contract.

At the end of his trial, Bloom, with the support of Gout, released the book in Hollywood. Things got done when producer Mark Gordon learned that director Aaron Sorkin was also reading the book. Then contacted him and offered to work on this project.

Finally, note that initially Sorkin had some reservations about the idea of ​​adapting Bloom’s book to the big screen. Reason ? The identities of the players who often visited his circle. “I know some of the people in the book and I’ve worked with a few of them. And there are others that I’ll be happy to work with. There are also two of my friends.” Said Sorkin. “I refuse to make a movie that gossips about them, or even anyone about it.”

The director then took care of copying the secondary characters in order to maintain the anonymity of the card-loving stars.

Jessica Chastain for a great game on the microphone