Poker followers have seen loads of Mike Matusow on the poker tables by the years and now they’ve an opportunity to take a look at “The Mouth” on the silver display screen.
Matusow, the brand new documentary about certainly one of poker’s extra attention-grabbing characters, debuts May 26 at South Point Casino in Las Vegas. The screening is adopted by a celeb poker recreation organized by Matt Stout, president and founding father of the Charity Series of Poker.
“It feels great having the film finally getting to a place where we can almost say it’s finished,” the movie’s director Frank Zarrillo advised Card Player. “Part of a filmmaker’s job is constantly tweaking and watching the film over and over again. You have to do your best to get it right as you can where you feel an audience will appreciate the work.”
Pulling Back The Curtain
The South Point premiere permits for the primary viewers to see the movie and caps a mission that has taken a number of years to finish. Matusow spoke with Card Player in November in regards to the movie, and famous that the documentary adopted the poker participant in all features of life together with the grind of enjoying match poker, whereas additionally specializing in the well being points he’s confronted in recent times.
“The documentary means a lot to me because Frank and I put a lot of time into it,” he mentioned. “It means a lot to me because whenever I show up at the WSOP, everybody always says, ‘Mike, how do you feel and how’s your back?’ Nobody really understands what I go through every day. I also want people to understand the grind of the series.”
My premiere of my documentary will likely be may26th at southpoint lodge when you did not get an invitation and need to come textual content me or dm me and I’ll ship you! Will be movie star poker recreation after present! pic.twitter.com/ASfEyIuEWm
— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) May 7, 2024
The movie is produced by Big F Pictures and needs to be launched to streaming platforms within the coming weeks.
“I hope that the documentary sheds another light on Mike Matusow,” Zarrillo says. “We tried to be as honest as we could and showcase exactly what happened over the last few years. Once we show it, it’s up to the audience how it’s perceived. Hopefully we were able to effectively tell this story properly.”
