> Apologies for the blatant plug, but I can't not post this.
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> The documentary "Wordplay" opens in about 40 US cities today, and in another 100 theaters or so next week. It's about the New York Times crossword puzzle and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and I'm one of the principal contestants featured in the movie.
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I just saw it yesterday at the local 2-screen theater in Raleigh that shows all the artsy-fartsy, non-Hollywood films. (The day before that, I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" at the same place.)

It was a good movie. Will Shortz in particular seems like pretty much the nicest guy you could ask to meet. And I wondered how many viewers out there who are crossword fans are now thinking to themselves, "wow, I could go to next year's convention and actually *meet* all these people in the movie!"

Also, the dialogue was way better than "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest". :-)

Iss "felt really bad for Al at the end" achar