The color of money
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 p... Full description
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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Item Description: |
Based upon the novel by Walter Tevis. Special features: Film recommendations [text feature]. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital surround. |
Audience: |
MPAA Rating: Rated R. |
Awards: |
Winner, 1987 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role--Paul Newman. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker; score composed by, Robbie Robertson, orchestrations by Gil Evans ; production designer, Boris Leven ; costume designer, Richard Bruno. |
ISBN: |
0788817833 9780788817830 |
Author Notes: |
In 1982, he founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, with writer A. E. Hotchner. He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity. He and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir entitled Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good about this subject. He also established the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which is a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.He died after a long battle with lung cancer on September 26, 2008 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) |