<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game is a 2017 U.S. comedy - drama film directed and written by Howard L. Weiner and starring Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino and Maria Dizzia . It is about a character named Dr. Abe Mandelbaum, played by Landau, who is placed in a retirement home while incapable of managing his wife's decaying health . </P> <P> It was the first feature film by Weiner, a neurologist . It debuted at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, before Landau's death in July 2017 . It received mixed reviews, with some positive assessments of Landau's performance . </P> <P> Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game was the first feature film written and directed by Professor Howard L. Weiner, a neurologist . Weiner stated that in medical school, he made his own music videos about The Beatles, and viewed cinema as another medium to pursue truth . He forwarded the screenplay to an Emerson College cinema instructor, who saw promise in it and gave him advice . </P>

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