Popular Movies with Scrabble
Word Wars
Sneakers
This movie peeps into an extreme level
One has to pay attention for the scrab-
of the subculture of scrabble. It follows 4
ble scene in this flick. Robert Redford
competitive Scrabble players through
leads an all-star cast in Sneakers, a
the months leading up to the 2002 Na-
cryptography thriller with espionage and
tional Scrabble Championship in San
betrayal. Included in the story line is a
Diego, whose winner takes home
former CIA employee (Sidney Poitier), a
$25,000. The 4 eccentrics vary in per-
gadgets wizard (Dan Aykroyd), a young
sonalities but prove useful characters of
genius (River Phoenix) and a blind
interests where they rely not only on
soundman (David Strathairn), who are
mediation but on brain-boosting supple-
routinely hired to test security systems.
ments and smart drugs to sharpen their
Government betrayal on a covert mis-
skills. The documentary follows these
sion is the basis for the plot that follows.
men through tournaments, private com-
The action settles around a device with
petitions and family gatherings as they
the capability to decode all existing en-
discuss Scrabble and its challenges
cryption systems around the world,
such as what words are valid.
where all sides will kill for possession.
Scrabylon
Scrabylon is an award-winning documentary on the world of tournament
Scrabble®. Shot during the World
Scrabble® Championships in Las Vegas, Scrabylon features players as they
demonstrate the obsessive and competitive nature of the widely played game.
In this film you realise that there are
professional players in Joe Edley, the
Zen Scrabble master and only 3-time
National Scrabble® Champ; Brian Cappelletto, an options trader and the first
Scrabble® prodigy and Robin Pollock
Daniel, the highest-rated woman on the
Scrabble scene.
SnowCake
Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver
are the odd couple in this drama where
Rickman is an ex-con just released from
prison. (