The trailer forThe Luckiest Man in Americaoffers the first glimpse of history’s most infamous show scandal. Based on the 1984Press Your Luckgame show episode, the movie, directed and co-written by Samir Oliveros, sees an unemployed ice cream truck driver Michael Larson (Paul Walter Hauser) join the game show as a contestant with a secret.
IFC Filmsdrops the official trailer forThe Luckiest Man in America, teasing Hauser’s titular charactergoing from being a nobody to winning $110,237 in prize money. In the first look, as Larson’s prize money racks up, Host Peter Tomarken (Walton Goggins) watches in amazement, but at the same time, his success raises the suspicion of those behind the game show, who are determined to find out how he cheats the game. Larson is then hunted as a wanted man as many will stop at nothing to uncover his secret. Check out the trailer below:
The Movie Tells A Story About Michael Larson
Initially premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September last year,The Luckiest Man in Americais scheduled toarrive in theaters onApril 4. As teased in the trailer, the film features a star-studded cast, withThe White Lotusstar Walton Goggins as aPress Your Luckgame show host,The Sopranos' David Strathairn as Bill Carruthers,Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams as Sylvia, andJohn Wick: Chapter 4’s Shamier Anderson as Chuck.
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The retro-looking trailer shows that the highly anticipated thriller willnot only chronicle the scandal but also unravel the mystery that is Michael Laron. In an interview, Oliveros teased the film’s unique angle into Hauser’s character, who’sbased on a real-life person. The director revealed that the childish curiosity and the boldness Larson has to attempt to defeat the system as opposed to someone who is perceived as no more than ordinary, is what drew him to making the film in the first place.
Our Take On The Luckiest Man In America’s Trailer
Retro, Scandalous, &Thrilling
ThePress Your Luckgame scandal is very intriguing on its own. Due to Larson’s win, CBS changed its game design and rules to make sure such an incident would never happen again. As to how Larson won his game in 1984, the truth is thathe decoded the light patternsthat allowed him to beat the game. Even four decades later, many believe that he won the game fair and square, using his wits instead of cheating in the more traditional sense.
The Luckiest Man in America’s trailer not only offers a first lookinto the world-buildingof the upcoming thriller but alsoHauser’s performanceas the ice cream truck driver who outsmarted thePress Your Luckgame system along with a star-studded cast, which makes the movie even more intriguing than the real-life event it’s based on.
The Luckiest Man in America
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An unemployed ice cream truck driver discovers a pattern that could make him rich on a popular 1980s game show. As he exploits the loophole, his winning streak draws the attention of suspicious network executives, leading to a tense showdown between one man’s determination and corporate scrutiny.
