Movie Description:
In this acclaimed 2004 Sundance Festival hit, filmmakers Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo follow four top Scrabble players as they advance to theNorth American Championship: Matt Graham is an intense stand-up comic who consumes massive amounts of "brain function" pills; "G.I." Joel Sherman isa dyseptic competitor whose entire life revolves around the game; Marlon Hill isan angry Black militant who belives Scrabble is a colonialist conspiracy;and Joe Edly is a husband and father who`s used a strange Zen strategy to become three-time champion. From professional hustlers in a New York Citypark to the 700+ players National Finalsin San Diego, these arethe rivalries, controversies and bizarre obsessions that turn a board game into a battle-field where fate unfolds one tile at a time.
