The color of money [videorecording] Touchstone Pictures presents ; in association with Silver Screen Partners II ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; screenplay by Richard Price ; produced by Irving Axelrad and Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Based upon the novel by Walter Tevis. Paul Newman (Eddie), Tom Cruise (Vincent), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Carmen), Helen Shaver (Janelle), John Turturro (Julian), Bill Cobbs (Orvis), Iggy Pop, Forest Whitaker. Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1986. Special features: Film recommendations [text feature].
Contents:
Opening credits -- Who's this guy? -- "Kid's gotta sledgehammer break" -- "You want to play him?" -- A fixed bet -- An excellent investment -- Taking the plunge -- The tournament -- Goin' on the road -- "I can't take this guy's money" -- "Eddie has the money" -- This game is for bangers -- Let's play -- "It's only acting" -- Vincent the Great -- A golden opportunity -- "Are you a hustler?" -- A beaten man -- Big players, big money -- Let's make a deal -- 9-Ball Classic -- "You used me!" -- Playing for the envelope -- End credits.
Summary:
"The Color of Money" is a decades-later sequel to "The Hustler." 25 years on, Fast Eddie is now a nattily dressed, silver-haired liquor salesman working the Midwest in his white Cadillac. His neat mustache and smiling deviltry are also employed in his other profession--stake horse to up and coming pool hustlers. One night he sees a kid playing who is so good that Eddie's laboriously buried memories are stirred. Vincent and his girlfriend Carmen have been working minor-league hustles, but with Eddie's help, all three could jump straight into the world of big-money pool, and an upcoming 9-ball tournament in Atlantic City. First, however, Vincent must learn to put the making of money above every other consideration, lure, and temptation in the pool hall. In the process, Eddie and Vincent's relationship erupts into a battle of passion vs. practicality, game theory vs. psychological warfare, where knowledge of human nature is trumps.
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