Thursday, October 19, 2006 04:34:54 AM
DVD PICK
Jon Stewart, Bill Clinton Star In Wordplay, 11/7
Wordplay is a journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle
editor at The New York Times. Known to millions as National Public Radio's
"Puzzle Master," Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating, and
editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way. Meet Shortz's diehard
fans -- including President Bill Clinton, Senator Bob Dole, "The Daily
Show's" Jon Stewart, filmmaker Ken Burns, the Indigo Girls, and Yankee's ace
pitcher Mike Mussina -- and discover why over 50 million Americans do
crosswords every week.
Wordplay also introduces us to several world-class crossword solvers and
follows them to Stamford, CT, as they compete at the 28th annual American
Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). Hosted and directed by Shortz, the
tournament is the nation's oldest and largest crossword competition. Competitors
travel from all over the world to attend, and vary in age from teenagers to
octogenarians. Over the course of one long, snowy weekend, almost five hundred
competitors will battle it out for the title âCrossword Champ.â The competition is
based on both speed and accuracy, and one wrong (or blank) square guarantees
that someone else will be taking home the trophy.
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