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- The film Molly's Game (up for two Golden Globes on Sunday) is based on a memoir by Molly Bloom, an Olympic-level skier whose athletic career ended in a dramatic wipe-out. While looking for something to occupy her time before law school, Bloom stumbled onto the world of underground, high-stakes celebrity poker.
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Dec 25, 2017 · Molly Bloom's memoir recounts the actors who played in her poker games, like Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire, and her encounter with the mob.
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- Eliana Dockterman
Dec 25, 2017 · To learn more about her injury and time as a professional skier, read her book, Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World. Actress Jessica Chastain (left) in the movie and the real Molly Bloom (right).
Jan 6, 2018 · The film Molly's Game (up for two Golden Globes on Sunday) is based on a memoir by Molly Bloom, an Olympic-level skier whose athletic career ended in a dramatic wipe-out. While looking for...
- Nicole Cohen
The movie Molly's Game is based on the autobiography of Molly Bloom, a high stakes poker "entrepreneur" who ran illegal games for celebrities and mobsters. The film depicts her rise and fall from a waitress to a felon, and her moral streak. She claims the film is accurate and true to her story, and praises the director Aaron Sorkin for his research.
Feb 11, 2024 · With a screenplay and direction from Aaron Sorkin, 2017's Molly's Game is a Crime, Drama, and Biography film starring Jessica Chastain, Kevin Costner, and Idris Elba. The film follows a woman who's running an underground Poker empire that caters to the rich and famous as it's exposed by the FBI. Release Date.
- Aaron Sorkin
- Idris Elba
Molly's Game is a 2017 American biographical film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (in his directorial debut), based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom. It stars Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, Joe Keery, Brian D'Arcy James, and Bill Camp .
Dec 27, 2017 · The Real Celebrity Stories Behind ‘Molly’s Game’. In Molly Bloom’s high roller poker games, Tobey Maguire was a big jerk, Leonardo DiCaprio wore giant headphones, and Alex Rodriguez just...