Word: cardsharps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shooting in Soultown with a cast that was 80% black could easily fall prey to presumption and condescension. The pleasant surprise of The Brother is how gracefully Sayles earns smiles and sympathy for his hero (Joe Morton) and his lank, loping comedy. In a rattling subway car, a cardsharp announces his next trick-"Wanna see me make all the white people disappear?"-as the subway doors open at the last uptown express stop before Harlem...
...name, and collecting some gambling debts. Government prosecutors charge that Harrelson, 44, convicted once of murder for hire (he served five years before a parole in 1978), killed Wood for a $250,000 fee from a Las Vegas gambler and drug smuggler. To demonstrate his prowess as a professional cardsharp, Harrelson offered the court an impromptu exhibition. No thanks, said U.S. District Judge William Sessions...