High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story is a 2003 biopic focusing on the life of American professional poker and gin player Stu Ungar. Stuey is the film's alternate title. The film features cameos from several figures from the world of professional sports and poker, including Vince Van Patten, Andy Glazer and Al Bernstein. High Roller is told in flashback. Ungar (Michael Imperioli), in a motel room on the last night of his life, relates his life story t... more

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A. W. Vidmer

'A. W. "Tony" Vidmer is a film director and screenwriter whose feature film High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story was distributed by New Line Cinema in 2003. Vidmer...

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