Bailey Profile

[manning]

Any discussion of material in the horse racing genre has to include \"Good Vibes,\" Jay Cronley\'s book upon which the movie \"Let it Ride\" is based.  It\'s at the opposite end of the more serious subject matter spectrum than most of the books mentioned here, but unforgettable once you\'ve read it.  Laugh-out-loud funny...

[shanahan]

you reminded me of my most frustrating thing with \"let it ride\" (the greatest of all movies)...can someone let me know where to find the title song \"money talks\"?  No racing day CD in the car is right without it!

And be honest - no matter where you play - we all know those characters, don\'t we?  Or, are we?!!

[P-Dub]

Its got to be in the credits somewhere. I\'ll take the homework assignment and find out for you. I can\'t believe a Raider fan is helping someone named \"shanahan\", I guess horseracing trumps football.

[NoCarolinaTony]

The modern day Trackie..is a guy who sits in a simulcast facility blaring his TV volume, with tracks that include Bataglia as loud as his TV will let it rip followed by Roger Houston from the Meadows then by the guy from Northfield..yelling \"and there they are\"...You ask politely to turn down the TV only to get more Volume......and a FU.....and this is america and I paid for my TV..blah blah blah...


NC Tony

[P-Dub]

Money Talks
Music-Giorgio Moroder
Performed-Sherwood Ball

I looked everywhere and couldn\'t find it. Amazon, ITUNES.......  Couldn\'t find the soundtrack either.

[shanahan]

same frustration on my end in looking as well!  by the way, the \"shanahan\" comes from naming my Jack Russell after my favorite hockey player...definitely no Broncos fan!

Tony - come on in to Oaklawn Park (we had the usual 60K fans this weekend) for the festival...the only odd thing there is the ridiculous cheering when a favorite wins - pools are great, no one bitching there!  People are very friendly.

[HP]

I recently saw \"Let It Ride\" again, and I will incur the wrath of the board by saying it\'s an OKAY movie with some jarringly bad elements.  The music in particular is awful and dated.  David Johansen is terrible, as are some of the other supporting players.  It\'s always great to see Jennifer Tilly show off her...range...as an actress (she is good in that movie \"Bound\").  Richard Dreyfuss is pretty good, but in general everything is just WAY over the top.  The scenes where everybody at the track is focused on Trotter are completely retarded (with the exception of his tantrum in the Jockey Club).  For me, it plays a lot more like TV than a real \"movie.\"  I think this movie gets credit for venturing into some great subject matter, but it falls short at the finish line...  HP

[KidRock]

Money Talks, by JJ Cale  Anyway the Wind Blows alb.

\"Boogie Rock purist JJ Cale\'s laid back style is one-half back porch blues and one half stoner soft rock\"

[asfufh]

Quotes from Let It Ride (from Amazon.com):


Jay Trotter: May I... buy you a drink?
Mrs. Davis: I don\'t see why not. I\'m on the pill.


Marty: Eight\'s the one, I\'d stake my life on it.
Jay Trotter: They\'ve got a $2 minimum bet.


Mrs. Davis: There\'s a fine line between winning and losing.
Jay Trotter: Yeah. The finish line.


Counter Girl: You could be walking around lucky, and not even know it.


[Discussing Trotter]
Ticket Seller: All kind of balls...
Bodyguard: One of his is crystal.


Vicki: You know what they say, \'Nothing ventured, nothing... ventured.\'


[Watching toteboard go from 40-1 to 8-1]
Looney: Probably some coke deal went nuts again.


Tony Cheesburger: The 4 horse! Nobody bets the 4 horse, Trotter. The 4 horse is a joke. They let little kiddies on the 4 horse to have their picture taken.\"


Jay Trotter: You\'ve got great legs.
Vicki: Thanks. They go from my *** all the way to the floor.


Vicki: She\'s pert. If you like pert.


Looney: I\'m sure glad I didn\'t bet.
Jay Trotter: You didn\'t bet?
Looney: I woulda had a heart attack.


[after Trotter won but Looney didn\'t even bet] Looney: I\'d hate to have to walk around this track with seven hundred dollars cash.
Jay Trotter: Seven hundred and TEN - and you\'ll never have that problem, because the only reason I won is that you didn\'t bet! You are the unluckiest person in the world!
Looney: Am not!
Jay Trotter: Am!
Looney: Am not!
Jay Trotter: Am!
[pulling out his racing form]
Jay Trotter: Who do you like in the second?
Looney: The six horse looks pretty good...
[dramatically crosses out the six horse on his racing form] Jay Trotter: You got a brother?
Looney: In Cleveland.
Jay Trotter: Call him up, ask him who he likes. I figure it\'s in the blood!

[TGJB]

HP-- I was introduced to the guy that produced Let It Ride some years ago, and I got him pretty pissed by telling him he had done a disservice to my industry-- making people think it\'s all a cartoon, all about luck.

A couple of good friends of mine did movies with Johanssen, and evidently some of the scenes in LIR had to be shot many times just because Dreyfus couldn\'t keep a straight face when looking at him.

Overall, I agree with your review. Although Robbie Coltrane is great, as always...

[HP]

Cartoon is the word.  I kept noticing that Dreyfuss didn\'t tip poor Robbie a nickle, and Coltrane is still supposed to be all wound up about his success...  HP

[johndrj]

Thank You for starting my day with a huge smile !

John

[shanahan]

don\'t forget these:

\"this is the $50 window...the $2 windows are down there\"


\"even when you know...you never know!\"

[P-Dub]

One of my favorites...

Bar patron talking about his method of picking horses: \"First, I clear my head of everything.\"

Voice from across the room: \"That shouldn\'t take long.\"

[shanahan]

how\'d we leave these two out?

\"what are you gonna do Trotter?\"

\"He\'s gonna piss it all away!\" (lots of cheering)

& lastly...


\"so NOW I get it...it\'s not the gambling you hate - it\'s the losing!\"