tilt season one
Tilt - Season One
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List Price: $49.99
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936292244
Format: Box set
Label: ESPN Video
Manufacturer: ESPN Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: ESPN Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-06-14
Running Time: 419
Studio: ESPN Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-01-13
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Editorial Reviews:
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ESPN Original Entertainment and the creators of "Rounders" have made "Tilt" one of the most talked about shows on TV. Featuring a superb cast and sizzling storylines, "Tilt" is an inside look at professional poker and the seedy Las Vegas backrooms known only to the most dedicated gamblers. Now, for the first time, TILT will be available on a three-disc DVD, loaded with bonus materials. For the show's fans, poker aficionados and those who love great entertainment, TILT is a must-have DVD. Bonus materials for TILT include an alternate ending for the first season, behind the scenes footage, outtakes, deleted scenes, actor auditions, and much more. There are more than three hours of bonus materials. TILT comes from executive producer Orly Adelson, who served in the same capacity on ESPN Original Entertainment's popular "Playmakers" series. Writers and Executive Producers Brian Koppelman and David Levien also wrote the poker-themed hit film "Rounders." TILT stars Michael Madsen ("Kill Bill" series; "Reservoir Dogs") as Don "The Matador" Everest, the champion poker-playing "king of the table." Facing off against the Matador is Eddie Towne (Eddie Cibrian, "Third Watch"), a hot-shot player driven by revenge, and Clark Marcellin (Todd Williams, "Lift") a young player out to de-throne the champ. Chris Bauer ("The Wire") plays Lee Nickel, a Midwestern sheriff looking for his brother's killer. Michael Murphy ("Tanner '88") appears as Molloy, head of a casino-owning family. Kristin Lehman ("Judging Amy," "Felicity") plays Miami, who has her eyes on the Matador.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: good entertainment
Comment: this was an ESPN tv series that was surprisingly good. It fulfilled all of my stereotypes of the Vegas scene.
I wish it would have gone a little deeper into poker, but it was mostly character driven. I do not believe there was a season 2.
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Summary: A GREAT DEAL
Comment: SUPER PRICE ON A GREAT DVD I WILL BUY AGAIN GREAT SERVICE
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Summary: horribly made
Comment: The premise for this series is ridiclous. The first character wants revenege on "The Matador", because he beat her when she was twelve, thus robbing her of the bail money to get her Dad out of jail, who died as a result. That might not be spot on but its that level of stupidty. The two other main characters have just as dumb of a reason for revenge. Furthermore, all three are willing to risk their lives to beat the matador. Not only is it merely money, but it wouldn't prove much if they did win. Poker does have a good deal of luck in it. Also, pros lose large sums of money quite reguarely, the manador would just win it back from them or someone else. The manador also cheats to win, which is ridiclous. If he was "the man", he wouldn't need to cheat. Finally, the writing is horrible. The Great lines Matt Damon uses in Rounders are nowhere in this series. Oh they try, but fail miserably. This series is over the top and barely entertaining.
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Summary: Entertaining despite the large number of technical flaws
Comment: If you are a poker tragic like myself, you will spend a lot of your watching time picking apart the technical flaws that are readily apparent in this series. The series opens with some abysmal trash talking and cheesy dialogue. For an example of what genuine, entertaining trash talk is like, pick up any poker DVD with Mike Matusow at the table. The acting begins horribly but gradually improves perhaps as the actors begin to warm to their roles. In the beginning when our young poker hot shot threatens the team leader with "Heads up old man I'll take whatever you have on you" I almost burst out laughing. As the series progresses these moments of unintentional levity become gradually less frequent.
A lot of the poker aspects of the series are unrealistic. The poker room manager is shown belittling the client and there is a scene depicting an underground card game where participants draw pistols on each other in the middle of a hand. Although this may have happened in the "old school" Las Vegas, these scenes would never occur in modern Vegas where the series is set. There are also other highly implausible narrative devices that I won't reveal in my review for fear of spoiling the plot. The game of poker in and of itself provides plenty of drama and I think that the script writers relied far too much on cheating and violence to inject spice into the series.
Having said all that the series is surprisingly watchable. It definitely improves toward the end and although the technical flaws are distracting, it does not detract too much from the overall enjoyability of the series. Although not in the same echelon as "Rounders", "Tilt" is a reasonable poker series that will be enjoyed by anyone who likes watching the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker on TV.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Total Package
Comment: Hard to believe ESPN could come up with programming this original but they came through with flying colors with Tilt. With the current poker craze everywhere you look I didn't think a show like this could hold my interest for more than a few episodes - once again I was wrong. The storylines were complimented nicely with a cast of virtual unknowns making this one of the better series I have seen on ESPN - my only complaint is that it did not come back for a second season.
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