When I was a young girl, my father owned a race horse named Paula Vo. I used to love going to the track with him, watching and learning all the ins and outs of the racing world. So when HBO announced it was going to air Luck, a new series providing us a behind-the-track look at the seamy, yet exciting, world of horse racing, I was thrilled. From acclaimed director Michael Mann (Texas Killing Fields, Miami Vice) and award-winning creator and producer David Milch (Deadwood, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue), the nine-episode premiere season of Luck stars Oscar® winner Dustin Hoffman and Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte, and debuts Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 9:00 pm ET/PT.
Luck - Dustin Hoffman as Chester “Ace” Bernstein; photo by Steve Schapiro
As the series opens, Chester “Ace” Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) is released from three years in federal prison. He’s met by his driver and bodyguard, Gus Demitriou (Dennis Farina), who fronts as the owner of the $2 million Irish Horse Ace just bought. A brilliant but disreputable trainer, the Peruvian Turo Escalante (John Ortiz), introduces us to their prized Irish thoroughbred, who is being examined by his girlfriend, track veterinarian Jo (Jill Hennessy).
Meanwhile, veteran trainer-turned-owner Walter Smith (Nick Nolte) contains his optimism pinned on his promising “Big Horse” because he’s wary. Of what, we’re unsure, but we learn there’s a dark history and a shadow of scandal behind the horse.
Luck - Nick Nolte as Walter Smith “The Old Man” - photo by Gusmano Cesaretti
Luck also stars Richard Kind as jockey agent Joey Rathburn; Tom Payne as a beginner jockey Leon, a.k.a. “Bug Boy”; Kerry Condon as Rosie, an exercise girl with jockey ambitions; and real-life racing Hall of Famer Gary Stevens as Ronnie Jenkins, a talented but boozy veteran jockey.
Continuing guest stars on the series include Patrick J. Adams, Joan Allen, W. Earl Brown, Bruce Davison, Spencer Garrett, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ted Levine, Jurgen Prochnow, Alan Rosenberg, Mercedes Ruehl, Chantal Sutherland and Sir Michael Gambon.
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