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Austin Pendleton (Zukovsky the chess player)


Did anybody else watching him in this film be reminded of Lorraine Bracco's role as Jennifer Melfi in the Sopranos? It was like Lorraine had modeled the character on Zukovsky the Chess expert in The Thief Who Came To Dinner. The mannerisms, the inflections in speech, even the way they sat was identical. It was a complete copy.

I was wondering what the connection was. Was Lorraine a Student of his?

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i wish they at least made an effort to show us an actual position from the match.. seeing as how Barry Lyndon was some kind of GM

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He wasn't a grand master. He was using a computer to come up with moves.

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