When I first heard of the book, I was skeptical of its legitimacy. Does he have a case or are the similarities just an illusion the mind plays on a creator? Perhaps there are only five stories in Hollywood, as his lawyer points out, and no idea is truly original. As the book claims, it is “part comic legal thriller, part nail-biting poker memoir … look at one man’s fight to get the credit he believes he deserves. Grosso, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast, accused Miramax of stealing his screenplay and turning it into Rounders. Miramax – Waging War with Harvey Weinstein, and the Screenplay that Changed Hollywood by Jeffrey Allan Grosso. While immersing myself in all things Rounders, I learned about a poker book that was published in 2022, one that was directly linked to the cult classic film. That included five things you didn’t know about the movie, an interview with Johnny Chan, and remembering the time Doyle Brunson busted Matt Damon from the 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Last month, PokerNews spent a significant amount of time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beloved poker movie Rounders.
