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Born to Win
Director: Ivan Passer
Product Group: DVD
Studio: Passion Productions
ISBN: B0002QPNP4
EAN: 0090328900991
UPC: 090328900991
DVD
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 2002-07-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
SKU: AManPro-0000476
Condition: New
Comments: new dvd, still in shrink wrap, never opened
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Product Description
A smart-mouther junkie and loser known as J.J. (George Segal), spends his days looking for just "one more fix", while the love of his life attempts to get him off the streets. This classic love story is a gripping tale, based upon the realities of life between men and women in all walks of life.
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Born weiner
Rating  (3)
Date: 2009-12-15
Gray market discs such as this offer no commentary, deleted scenes or other bonus features. Dubs are "best available source" and can vary from very good to only fair.
Billed as sixth banana in BORN TO WIN is a very young Robert De Niro.
It's the grim story of a loser who has this phrase tattooed on his arm. Hip hairdresser-turned-junkie JJ (Segal) is a not-too-adept thief, nor is he very smart. While delivering a stash of 'H' for a local dealer nicknamed 'Geek' (Elizondo), JJ instead decides to steal it. Cops nab him with the goods and undercover narc Danny (De Niro) forces him to set up a 'buy' with Geek.
While arranging the sting, JJ asks Geek for some smack. He's given poison and shares it with a friend who dies after shooting up, a moment which exemplies JJ's life. Despite that tattoo, this is a guy who CAN'T win, can't break even, nor can he get out of the game.
A funky soundtrack, plus humorous touches like Miss Black's encounter with JJ as he's stealing her car, or Segal prancing around the streets in a pink peignor after being stripped of his double-knit polyester threads, are stark contrast to a very depressing movie. It's the sort of anti-hero tale they don't make anymore (for obvious reasons).
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(5.8) Born to Win (1971) - George Segal/Karen Black/Paula Prentiss/Hector Elizondo/Robert De Niro/Sylvia Syms/Burt Young
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