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 The Color Of Money (DVD)
 The Color Of Money (DVD) ... released 15 June, 2006 at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Features of the DVD: PAL / Martin Scorcese handles directing duties in this 1986 sequel to the classic 1961 film The Hustler, which marks the return of Paul Newman to the role of pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. Anxious to break into the big time again, Eddie finds a talented protégé (Tom Cruise) to groom; but with the addition of the latter's manipulative girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and the wild streak in Cruise's character, the trio make for a fascinating portrait in group psychology. The cast is brilliant, the script by Richard Price (Clockers) is a paragon of tightly controlled character study and drama (at least in the film's first half), and Scorcese and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus make an ornate show of the collision and flight of pool balls through space--something of a metaphor for the dynamics among the three principals. The film is generally regarded as weaker in its second half, and rightly so, as everything that was interesting in the first place disappears. Still, Newman won a deserved Oscar for his performance. --Tom KeoghNewest Review: ... retirement from the game of Pool, fast Eddie Felson, played by the late great Paul Newman, spends his days travelling the ... more ... country as a liquor salesman. However, when visiting one of his customers, who happens to be his girlfriend, at her bar, he sees Vincent, played by Tom Cruise, crushing his opponents at 9 ball pool. Suddenly his love for the game returns, and he manages Vincent to help him realise his potential as a hustler. However, will Vincent's glory inspire him to make his own comeback?
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The Color Of Money (DVD): New-man is a Top-man! (300 words)
by - written on 04/12/08 (Very useful, 62 readings)
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As a huge pool fan, I was never going to hate this classic. The Colour of Money is the sequel to the supreme 1961 classic pool film, The Hustler, which starred a young Paul Newman as a hot shot pool shark. Although the drama does not match that of the gritty classic, The Colour of Money is a magnificent follow on. 25 years after forced retirement from the game of Pool, fast Eddie Felson, played by the late great Paul Newman, spends his days travelling the country as a liquor salesman. However, when visiting one of his customers, who happens to be his girlfriend, at her bar, he sees Vincent, played by Tom Cruise, crushing his opponents at 9 ball pool. Suddenly ... Read the complete review
The Color of Money is a terrible shade of brown. (1046 words)
by - written on 16/02/03 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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In 1986, The Color of Money hit the big screens as the sequel to a movie that many viewers weren't familiar with - the 1961 film The Hustler. As well as providing another stepping stone for a young and fresh Tom Cruise as he climbed the Hollywood ladder, The Color of Money gave Paul Newman a respite from making pasta sauce. This movie is quite often held in reverence by those people that consider themselves handy around a pool table. Whilst part of that demographic (I'm a shark, I tell ya!), I can't say that this movie lives up to its hype. *It's in the way that you use it - The story* We meet pool parlor whiz-kid Vincent ... Read the complete review
The Color Of Money (DVD): Right on cue (213 words)
by - written on 04/08/00 (Useful, 18 readings)
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A minor film, without the grand themes which are the hallmark of a Scorsese film, and not quite the powerhouse drama that the double whammy casting of Paul Newman and Tom Cruise would imply. But one of the pleasures of this marvellous film is its low-key, laid back story of an ageing pool-hall ace (Newman, returning to the role he played in 'The Hustler') passing on the mental skills and attitude required to win the big pool games to a rookie (Cruise) who has all of the ability, but none of the internal maturity. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Cruise's girlfriend is a bit in the shadows compared to Cruise's showy, loudmouth performance, and the ... Read the complete review
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