LUCK: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: A provocative look at the worlds of horse racing and gambling told through a diverse group of characters surrounding a California racetrack, Luck is an intriguing drama from Emmy Award winner David Milch (Dead Wood, NYPD Blue) and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Michael Mann (Public Enemies, Miami Vice). Intuitive tough guy Chester 'Ace' Bernstein (Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman), has always been involved with gambling, from bookmaking and money laundering to casino operations - and was recently released after a three-year prison term. He teams up with Gus Demitriou (Dennis Farino), his longtime chauffeur and muscle, to craft a complex plan involving the Santa Anita Racetrack in California. As they plot out Ace's strategy, the pair recruits Turo Escalante (John Ortiz), a successful trainer with a sordid reputation. In the meantime, an old trainer, Walter Smith (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte) nurtures a possible breakthrough thoroughbred, while a ragtag group of four racetrack groupies band together to try to catch lightning in a bottle - as winners of an elusive Pick Six bet.
• Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz, Richard Kind, Jill Hennessy, Nick Nolte, Kevin Dunn, Ian Hart, Ritchie Coster, Jason Gedrick, Kerry Condon, Gary Stevens, Tom Payne, Miguel Delgado, Joan Allen, Alan Rosenberg, Michael Gambon, Ted Levine, Chantal Sutherland, Shauna Stoddart, Patrick J. Adams, Barry Shabaka Henley, Dennis Dun, Weronika Rosati, Mario Roccuzzo, Dina Belle Garcia, Jeffrey Woody Copland, Walter Cox, Ruben Roberto Gomez, Patrick Weil, Lucas Wolf, Spencer Garrett, Peter Appel, Don Harvey, Bill Plaschke, Dmitri Todd, Martin Pedroza, Jose Vera, Amanda MacLachlan, Rick Hammerle, Jasmine Lowe, Araceli Guerra, W. Earl Brown, Jürgen Prochnow, Shaun Toub, Bruce Davison, Adam Harrington, Gregory Cruz, Heidi Agnic, Chic Daniel, Jay Slender, Ronnie Steadman, Michael McCafferty, Christopher Hoffman, Doug Minner, Jamie Cuzik, Lynne Alana Delaney, Ashley Devane, Kristoffer Kjornes, Allen Coulter, Brian Kirk, Mimi Leder
• Director: Allen Coulter
• Runtime: 9:00
• Company: HBO Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Series