Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson vs The Last Class
The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.7/10 for Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson). Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson is the shorter watch at 39m compared with 1h 11m. Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
The Last Class| Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson | The Last Class | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2025 |
| Length | 39m | 1h 11m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Emery Emery | Elliot Kirschner |
| Main cast | Penn Jillette, Teller, Arsenio Hall, David Copperfield, Derek DelGaudio | Robert Reich |
Synopsis
Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Penn and Teller hired Johnny Thompson to consult on their magic show as soon as the duo began their career and Johnny has been with them ever since. "Gambler's Ballad" follows Penn and Johnny's progress as Thompson teaches Penn his signature card act. Numerous well known figures from the magic world reminisce and wax philosophic about the unparalleled knowledge and profound influence Johnny Thompson has had on their own careers as well as the…
The Last Class
American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. One thousand fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation's…
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