Soon to be a
feature motion picture in
2001/
2002, starring
Bill Murray as Michael Larsen.
This is the true story of Michael Larsen, a contestant on the game show, Press Your Luck, that aired on CBS from 1983-1986, and ran in incessant reruns on the USA Network from 1987-1995. Larsen taped every single episode of the show, studying it until he had "cracked" the six basic board patterns (though there were actually 1,300 separate parts) that would allow him to beat the system. Travelling to California with nearly no money, he went on to have a streak that won him over $100,000 in a single episode, becoming the most successful game show contestant ever at that point.
You can read more at http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/harrow/953/larsen.htm
Its really a fascinating story.
This project seems to be stalled... too bad