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Maverick (1994)
Directed by Richard Donner
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Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Rated PG | Length 127 minutes
Actors
Mel Gibson | Jodie Foster | James Garner | Graham Greene | Alfred Molina | James Coburn | Dub Taylor | Geoffrey Lewis | Paul L. Smith | Dan Hedaya | Dennis Fimple | Denver Pyle | Clint Black | Max Perlich | Art LaFleur | Leo Gordon | Paul Tuerpe | Jean De Baer | Paul Brinegar | Hal Ketchum | Corey Feldman | John M. Woodward | Jesse Eric Carroll | Toshonnie Touchin | John Meier | Steven Chambers | Doc Duhame | Frank Orsatti | Lauren Shuler Donner | Courtney Barilla | Kimberly Cullum | Gary Richard Frank | Read Morgan | Steve Kahan | Stephen Liska | Robert Jones | J. Mills Goodloe | Vilmos Zsigmond | Waylon Jennings | Kathy Mattea | Carlene Carter | Vince Gill | Janis Oliver Gill | William Smith | Chuck Hart | Doug McClure | Henry Darrow | Michael Paul Chan | Richard Blum | Bert Remsen | Robert Fuller | Donal Gibson | William Marshall | Bill Henderson | Cal Bartlett | Danny Glover | Margot Kidder | Reba McEntire | Bob Jennings | Richard Donner | Monica Lee Bellais | Charles Dierkop | James Drury | John Fogerty | Patrick Fullerton | Jack Garner | Will Hutchins | John Otrin | Joy Sydney Peters | Don Stark
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/21/2024 | TV | DVD | Library | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Generally a fun movie that reads way different now than it did in 1994. I’m sure this was a big crowd pleaser at the time but now it’s clouded with everything that has been revealed since. Def comes off a little cringe in places. Incredible that this movie is 30 years old.
The final big setpiece on the river boat with the poker tournament is the best segment partly bc of all the character actors and legacy actors that populate that sequence. Love seeing William Smith and Doug McClure among others. Nice to see Donner including them (I’m it was his idea over general casting).
Most interesting thing to me is that of the primary actors involved Alfred Molina is the one I’ve seen the most movies of his (more than double of the two main leads, Gibson and Foster). William Smith has the next most views which tells you all you need to know about the kinds of movies I normally gravitate towards. LOL
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