Bridge Films

Metropolitan (1990)

Bridge is bourgeois in this film loosely based on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, about a group of young Manhattan socialites and a young man Tom who gets involved with them.

It's a great film, even in the non-Bridge bits. The scene that makes it eligible for this collection is when Tom, who is temporarily in disfavour, has not been invited to a Bridge party but the group realise they are one player short to make up two fours. (Looks like they want to play Duplicate.) Tom's friend and patron Nick insists that they call him.

The scene starts at 48 minutes and 35 seconds and the script goes as follows:

Jane: Actually I don't think Tom approves of Bridge. But we should ask him anyway.

Cut to scene where, Tom enters the apartment and the others are sitting at two card tables and look at him.

Nick: Well, have a seat.

Cut to bidding scene.

Jane: Then just say you pass.

Tom: I pass. I couldn't believe you were actually going to play bridge. Such a cliched bourgeois thing.

Nick: That's exactly why I play. I don't enjoy it one bit.

For alternative card game go forward to the strip poker scene (starts at 53 minutes 30 seconds).

Summary

Bridge relevance
Short scene, with no play and hardly a bid made but the private duplicate scene is quite elaborate. And there is some fun with inept shuffling of cards too.