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Submit   2. Check Spelling   1. AbbeB.     Jun 4, 2004     Thank
you, William H. Macy,thank you, Alec Baldwin, thank you Maria
Bello, and thank you, Wayne Kramer (especially you for
creativity here). You have truly made played the lead in a film
that looks like a real, live 'movie'. They say a good movie, a
really good story is one that hooks you long after the end
credits. This film has been a real pleasure. My Dad lives in Las
Vegas. He asked me to see "The Cooler" because he said that Mr
Baldwin had nailed the role of the wiseguy Casino Boss down
cold. My Dad palled around with guys like Shelly. But my Dad did
not tell me about the plot, which is mystical in a sense, about
the transformation love can