Amarillo Slim to be played by Nick Cage?

[Nick Douglas]

Title:******* Amarillo Slim Preston Story
Log Line:* Centers on the great gambler and unique human being Amarillo Slim.
Writer:***** Stephen Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson
Agent:***** Risa Gertner of CAA
Buyer:***** Saturn Films
Price:****** n/a
Genre:***** Bio Drama
Logged:*** 1/24/05
More:****** To be adapted from Amarillo Preston?s memoir, "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived," which he co-wrote with Greg Dinkin. Saturn Films's Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly will produce. Milos Forman will direct. Nicolas Cage will star.

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Usually I am no fan of biopics (Aviator included), but this one could be interesting since I enjoy gambling so much.

It's just another sign of how much the popularity of poker has risen. Eric Bana taking the lead int he best gambling script I've read by far (LUCKY YOU) and Nick Cage being attached to play one of the all time legends of gambling.

 

[kneifl]

:welcome:

kneifl

 

[kosar]

lol- Tough crowd.

 

[THE KOD]

Nick Cage

wasnt he the actor who played in that Elvis over Las Vegas movie ?

And then he married Lisa Marie, got what he wanted out of it,
then bye bye. He has stacks of Elvis memorabillia in every room.

He seems like a good read for Amarillo Slim.

 

[kosar]

Uh, yeah Scotty, along with about 30 other movies. Get out much?

 

[THE KOD]

kosar

well Raising Arizona was a really funny movie. I laughed alot in that movie. At Cage too.

But I don't think Cage is worthy of Playing Slim.

How many Oscars has Cage got ?

 

[kosar]

I don't know how many Oscars he has. I think he got one for Leaving Las Vegas in which he drank himself to death. What does it matter? Should the person playing 'Slim' have a lot of awards?

 

[AR182]

i think nick cage is a great choice to play amarillo slim.

 

[Englishman]

I may be way off base here, but wasn't Preston convicted of child sex abuse a couple of years ago?

If so, he hardly seems a likely candidate for a movie.

 

[jpblack34]

I heard the same thing EM....anybody else know if that was true?

 

[countinguy]

I don't know if he was prosecuted on it, but the allegations were true...

If they were gonna make a movie why not doyle brunson, class act1!!!! Hope to meet doyle sometime...

 

[RexBudler]

Legendary poker player "Amarillo Slim" has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor assault charges in a case involving a 12-year-old girl.

Thomas Austin Preston Jr., 75, was sentenced Tuesday to two years deferred adjudication and fined $4,000 by a judge in Amarillo, Texas.

In August, a Randall County grand jury indicted him on three felony counts of indecency with a child by contact, accusing him of touching the girl on three dates in early 2003.

The plea to the less severe charges means the felony counts will be dropped and Preston will not be required to register as a sexual offender.

 

[countinguy]

Thanks Rex,

I am sorry but the SICK AS FUKKIN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How the hell can u make a movie about the child molester!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[THE KOD]

I take it back.

Nick Cage will be perfect for the role.

 

[Englishman]

Thanks Rex - glad I'm not going crazy....actually, I may be going crazy, but not because of this!

Seems weird to make a movie that, presumably, makes a child molester seem like a hero.

Odd, even for those twats in Hollywood!

 

[flag]

no way should there be a movie made about that man now that he admitted be a child molester unreal.

 

[yyz]

He told her he had "the nuts", and she called him!

(She should have known better than to call with such a small pair)


He wouldn't have been able to plea bargain if he had went "all in".



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