Description: This DVD features the 2004 widescreen edition of the movie "Shade". Starring Tawny Roberts, Jamie Foxx, and Melanie Griffith, this thriller and mystery film follows a woman who is caught up in a dangerous conspiracy. The DVD includes special features such as commentary, behind the scenes featurettes, and theatrical trailers. With a runtime of 101 minutes, this DVD is rated R and features English and French subtitles. The aspect ratio is 16:9 and the video format is NTSC. This DVD is a great addition to any collection for fans of psychological, tech noir, action, adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, epic, revisionist, gangster, thriller & mystery, romance, educational, tragedy, drama, crime, satire, traditional, political, and adaptation genres. In an underground mob poker game, a man is revealed to be cheating with a hole card when the game gets robbed. He manages to defend himself as a huge gunfight breaks out, leaving all dead but him and one gangster. They get into a Mexican standoff.Hustlers Tiffany and Charlie Miller meet up with poker player Larry Jennings as he's winning a game. They agree to a partnership to work a game with a potential profit of $20,000. Larry meets the third member of the team, Vernon, a card mechanic who is working as a blackjack dealer. In a flashback, Vernon switches out the contents of a six deck shoe as his accomplices take the casino for $40,000. That night, as Vernon and Charlie wait for Larry, corrupt cop Scarne shakes them down. Larry arrives and agrees to team with them after seeing Vernon's skills - in the game, he will bet high on Vernon's crooked deals.At the game, Larry gets impatient with the slow action and, on his own deal, gets over $100,000 in the pot. He loses; the money he bet belongs to a mobster named Malini, who sends his enforcers Marlo and Nate to retrieve him. They take him to the house, revealing it had been stripped bare - everyone at the game was in on the con. They then take Larry to an airport and kill him.The man and the gangster (from the first scene) agree to cut cards for the money. The gangster cuts a King and the man cuts the Ace of spades. They reach for their guns; the man gets his first and kills the gangster, whose blood splatters on the ace. It is revealed that the story is an urban legend about Dean "the Dean" Stevens, a legendary card shark and player. The crew talk about taking the Dean down at a game with a $250,000 buy-in and total stakes of at least $2,000,000. It is also revealed that Vernon and Tiffany had been lovers until Vernon's sudden departure as a result of a botched job. Tiffany became involved romantically with Charlie afterwards.The next day, Malini's enforcers track down Charlie to a restaurant and Marlo demands the return of Malini's money. Charlie agrees to pay back $100,000, but Nate pulls a gun and a gunfight ensues. Tiffany arrives in time to kill Nate, but Marlo escapes. Charlie, Vernon and Tiffany escape and hide out with The Professor, Vernon's former mentor, who is suspicious of Charlie and insists Vernon is better than him. Scarne arrives at the murder scene and realizes that the three are involved from a description by the witnesses. Meanwhile, The Dean arrives and meets up with an old flame, Eve, expressing his desire to retire from playing.The three arrive at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for the game, where they discover that the host is Malini. Vernon and the Dean bust the other players and agree to play five card stud. Eve arrives, and they take a break. The three talk about the trouble Vernon is having and Tiffany speculates the cards are marked. Vernon discovers the Dean is using a "juice deck," a deck marked to be readable when one's eyes are unfocused.In the final hand, Vernon mucks a card and deals the hand. He deals the Dean two pair, Kings and Queens, and himself a pair of Jacks with a 7 in the hole for the Dean to see. The Dean goes all in, and when Vernon is $50,000 short, Charlie and Tiffany make up the shortfall so he can call the bet. Before the cards are turned up, Marlo enters the room. Identifying the three as the team who conned Larry, Malini's muscle pull their guns and Tiffany pulls hers, in which Scarne enters with his gun drawn. The Dean diffuses the tense situation by insisting that the hand be completed. Vernon swaps out his hole 7 for a third Jack, which would beat the two pair he'd dealt the Dean. The room is stunned when the Dean turns up a third Queen to take the hand and win the game. Malini tells the three they can leave but gently threatens them to stay clear of the Los Angeles rackets.Charlie splits up the partnership with Vernon and, after Marlo's revelation that he was tipped off by Tiffany about shaking down Larry, with her as well. As Vernon sits alone in a diner, The Dean, Eve and Scarne enter, revealing the game was all an elaborate setup by the four of them to con Charlie and Tiffany. They split the take. As the Dean leaves, he pauses to flip the blood-stained Ace of spades to Vernon, confirming the urban legend to be fact. Vernon starts to leave a $500 tip for the waitress, but rethinks it and leaves her $100, generous but frugal as he leaves the table. This item was donated to us to raise funds for our future ranch project. SHIPPING FEE: The price charged for the shipping and handling fee is that of the USPS, UPS, or FedEx (Your Choice) which is based on the weight and destination, including International Worldwide Shipping. We have set up our eBay shipping platform which is AUTOMATICALLY based on your destination of delivery AND the weight of the item. 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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Subtitle Language: English, French
Rating: R
MPN: BBA-424D
Studio: RKO Pictures
Product Edition Year: 2004
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Format: DVD
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English, French, Spanish
Release Year: 2004
Actor: Adam Grace, Bo Hopkins, Carl Mazzocone, Dina Merrill, Gabriel Byrne, George Tovar, Glenn Plummer, Hal Holbrook, Jack Conley, Jamie Foxx, Mark Boone Junior, Melanie Griffith, Michael Dorn, Stuart Townsend, Sylvester Stallone, Tawny Roberts, Thandiwe Newton, Tony Amendola, Tony Burton
Features: Behind The Scenes Featurette, Captioned, Commentary, Retrospective Interviews, Widescreen, Color, Theatrical Trailer, 2 Featurettes
Season: --
Movie/TV Title: Shade
Unit Quantity: 1
Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: James Johnzen
Sub-Genre: Buddy, Caper, Chase, Conspiracy, Escape, Melodrama, Mystery, Survival, Suspense, Thriller
Cinematic Movement: Expressionism, Impressionism, Realism
Director: Damian Nieman
Franchise: Shade
Edition: Widescreen Edition
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: Movie
Producer: Chris Hammond, Ted Hartley, David Schnepp, Merv Griffin, Bo Hopkins
Genre: Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Educational, Epic, Gangster, Political, Psychological, Revisionist, Romance, Satire, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Tech Noir, Thriller & Mystery, Traditional, Tragedy
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theatrical Release Year: 2003
