Below is the trailer for Win Win, a new movie coming out in the spring that looks to be very promising. The movie centers around a group of wrestling coaches who have the typical struggles of every day life both at work and at home. The main character seems to have many more problems and is trying to hold it all together, key word-trying...NO, this movie is not about me (yet), and YES it looks like the wrestling is respectable and realistic, an issue that is not always addressed and usually kills any movie with wrestling in its story line. Paul Giamotti plays Mike Flaherty, the struggling lawyer/coach with health issues and stress at home. I was turned on to Giamatti after seeing him in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts where he played Howard's nemesis Pig Vomit, an unhinged radio exec who is easily offended and tasked with driving Howard Stern from the air (which is why Howard starting calling him Pig Vomit on the air). His performance as a down and out writer in Sideways should have earned him the Oscar based solely on the second clip below*, so he definitely has the ability to nail his role as the struggling coach/lawyer in Win Win. It will also be interesting to see how Giamatti meshes with the hilarious Jeffrey Tambor (Entourage, Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development) and what wrestling/coaching/life hijinx, heartache, and triumph will be experienced throughout the film. Tambor is a very funny actor who probably flies beneath the radar of most younger people these days. Now that I think about it most older people probably don't know him either. Recently he was on Entourage as himself, but his most famous role would be as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show where his character coined the popular phrase "Hey Now" (Third video is classic Tambor*). I do not know much about the actor playing the "new kid" but he seems to have a decent wrestling background and more importantly, looks like you could run into him (or someone like him) at any wrestling tournament across the country, which is great because that means he looks like a wrestler! I hope you all enjoyed my foray into movie previews/reviews as I really got into it. I had planned on one line and the trailer, but here we are an article later...
Win Win will be a must see for Coach G...that rhymed by accident, I swear..."Hey Now!"
*all videos safe for work
Win, Win movie trailer...
Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond in Sideways
Jeffrey Tambor as the iconic Hank Kingsley from The Larry Sanders Show
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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Coach, Enjoy your posts as always - keep it up! The wrestler appears to be NJ state champ Alex Shaffer.
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