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The Luckiest Man in America

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In 1984, an air conditioning repair man (and part time ice cream truck driver) named Michael Larson went on the popular TV game show Press Your Luck and did just that. Never taking the cash, he wagered and won again, and again, and again, and again, sending the network execs into a meltdown. Admittedly, luck had little to do with it…

Produced by Pablo Larrain, The Luckiest Man in America shares a couch with Scorsese’s King of Comedy and Jonathan Demme’s Melvin and Howard, baleful critiques of the American Dream mediated through the boob tube. These are Frank Capra fantasies of the common man curdled with the knowledge that a loser on a hot streak is only ever on borrowed time. Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell), Walton Goggins and David Strathairn flesh out an impressive cast.

A delightfully sleazy ensemble thriller that goes down easy in 90 minutes — and yet another reminder that Hauser is one of his generation’s most interesting movie stars.

Christian Zilko, IndieWire

Director

Samir Oliveros

Cast

Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Shamier Anderson, Maisie Williams, Johnny Knoxville

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Country of Origin

USA

Year

2024

Language

English

19+
90 min

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Credits

Screenwriter

Maggie Briggs, Samir Oliveros

Cinematography

Pablo Lozano

Editor

Sebastian Hernandez

Production Design

Lulú Salgado

Art Director

Diego Garcia

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