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The Music of Chance

Play trailer The Music of Chance R,  1993,  1h 38m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A yuppie (Mandy Patinkin) and a drifter (James Spader) lose at poker at a mansion and are put to work building a stone wall.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jun 6, 2022
2/4
The main thing the movie has going for it is the acting–juicy performances by the five male leads ... Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
The Music of Chance is one of those movies you can argue about for hours. It refuses to reveal its meaning, yet seems convinced it has one. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Apr 13, 2018
As it moves towards its fatalistic, circular ending, Haas' austere, matter-of-fact but unnerving portrait of strange bedfellows takes on the feeling of life in all of its isolation, hope and endless, meaningless toil. Go to Full Review
Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday Dec 12, 2017
The film is a brilliantly enigmatic examination of luck, the feeling we have of some harmony or order governing our fate. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 6, 2017
B
The oddball tale is so well-acted that it seems like a neglected minor gem. Go to Full Review
Adam Lippe Examiner.com Aug 27, 2012
Haas' literal-minded adaptation, something he also did effectively with the more visually opulent Angels and Insects, is helpful in directly laying out our own moral debate, where our sense of social obligation bumps up against our moralistic outrage. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Philip Haas

Director

James Spader

Jack Pozzi

Mandy Patinkin

Jim Nashe

M. Emmet Walsh

Calvin Murks

Charles Durning

Bill Flower

Joel Grey

Willy Stone

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The Music of Chance

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Movie Info

Synopsis A yuppie (Mandy Patinkin) and a drifter (James Spader) lose at poker at a mansion and are put to work building a stone wall.
Director
Philip Haas
Producer
Frederick Zollo, Dylan Sellers
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 38m
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