'But I also see all the work we put into telling the story in a language that hadn’t been used very often. 'I read it and I see very young versions of David and me,' Koppelman wrote. On Monday, Rounders co-writer Brian Koppelman gave those poker players a late Valentine's Day present: he posted the third draft of the Rounders screenplay he and David Levien produced, on his personal blog.
Most poker players have seen the movie so many times that they can recall the lines more readily than a family member's birthday. The nostalgia around the flick remains thick as ever. More than 20 years have passed, but Rounders remains, for most of this generation of poker players, the quintessential poker movie.