The last post on this card trick blog was great fun to research and write - entitled Cards In Movies the post mentioned a Guy Ritchie movie and a Jackie Chan movie, both of which featured card games in some excellent scenes.

These movies are amongst quite a few that feature card games so I thought we’d take a look at some more in the next few blog posts.

Generally speaking, it’s the game of poker that movie directors prefer to feature in their scenes.  Sometimes, however, it is blackjack - as in the case of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.‘ The character played by Jack Nicholson (McMurphy) never has his deck of cards far away and is filmed playing with the deck in various scenes. This highlights the fact that he’s a real ‘card man’ and adds to the tension and atmosphere that the director gradually builds. The blackjack scene with Danny Devito is brilliantly scripted and acted and has been hailed by many critics as one of the best scenes in a ‘classic’ movie. Nicholson himself has publicly said that the movie is one of his 3 favourites that he’s ever made.