According to the date on a telegram, the movie takes place in 1875. All players must have an entry fee of $25,000. In 1875, $25,000 was worth $761,457 in 2016 dollars, making the winning total of $500,000 worth $15,229,159.
How many people, including professional gamblers are going to have $25,000 on hand in 1875?
Good movie, fun and enjoyable.
I spend my money on dope, sex and cheap thrills.
The rest of it, I waste.
I'm sure you are thinking too deep for this film. They had to use a big figure like 25k to keep the viewer interested. It would of sounded weak to the modern viewer to hear they all had to pay an entry fee of $500 or something...hell the WSOP main event is only 10k entry.
shareI would've sounded weak.
It would have sounded weak...
...couldn't help myself.
Oskars problem with Eli is not her ambiguous gender, but her ambiguous humanity.share