Could another movie be done?

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Do you think that another movie could be successful with pool as its theme? Much like "the Hustler" started things out with a young Paul Newman led to "The Color of Money" where an older Paul Newman passed on his knowledge to a young Tom Cruise.

How about a new pool movie with an older Tom Cruise passing on skills to a young pool up and comer....maybe Drake Bell would be a good choice. He certainly must have inherited some of his Mom's genes...pitch that movie, Robin.

I am just asking...

Joe
 
I love the idea of a new movie, it just amazes me that h-wood ignores pool completely.

I would be especially happy if Tom Cruise wasn't in it. Now that he is a Scientology guy I doubt he would do it anyways, I dont know much about it other than they have some huge buildings on hollywood Bl. and he gives them monster $$$. But i'm sure they frown on pool, yet gladly take the royalties from the COM. Funny how that works.

Perhaps we will get a movie in the next 5 years. The production cost wouldnt be huge like some movies are. They are missing out on $$$, im even more suprised there hasnt been any more poker movies.:confused:
 
Bamacues said:
Do you think that another movie could be successful with pool as its theme? Much like "the Hustler" started things out with a young Paul Newman led to "The Color of Money" where an older Paul Newman passed on his knowledge to a young Tom Cruise.

How about a new pool movie with an older Tom Cruise passing on skills to a young pool up and comer....maybe Drake Bell would be a good choice. He certainly must have inherited some of his Mom's genes...pitch that movie, Robin.

I am just asking...

Joe
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Poolhall junkies2

Go go go
 
Fatboy2 said:
I love the idea of a new movie, it just amazes me that h-wood ignores pool completely...
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Hollywood doesn't really ignore pool altogether. I have seen several episodes of Crime shows (CSI, Law and Order, etc) that show pool halls when they are looking for a suspect...lol. So Hollywood understands pool halls very well...lol.
 
IMO... It would take a big budget and bigger names to pull it off. Another Pool Hall junkies would be disasterous.
 
I think it's a great idea to have another movie with Tom Cruise (Vincent) passing it along like Paul Newman (Fast Eddie) did...but it would have to be as well done as the previous two...something like PHJ won't cut it, imo.
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ctyhntr said:
What happened to Mars Callahan?
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I couldn't remember the exact circumstances. I got this from his wiki:

"doctors found a tumor in his right kidney. He lost his right kidney, his right adrenal gland and has been in and out of a wheelchair for years"
 
Face it pool hall junkies sucked. If not for christopher walken and rob steiger the movie would have been as bad as shooting gallery or turn the river.

The Ride the 9 movie looks cool, doing a line of coke off of a hookers stomach should help the image of the game.

The next pool movie should feature tom cruise passing the game on to someone like..... lets see...... Dippy. You could have Tom Cruise do a line of coke off of shanelle loraine's boob and then agree to play dippy 30-2 in one pocket. That should be a blockbuster. :wink:
 
You all should send your ideas to :

Walt Disney Studios
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-0007
 
Sorry to hear about that. From what I read, Mars was a poolplayer, and he performed he own shots on screen.

For all the people who hated the movie. Remember, hollywood is in the business of making money, not producing movies that we like. If we happen to like it, such as The Hustler or Color of Money then is a bonus.

They're looking to maximize profits, thats why they play it safe with summer sequels like X-Men 3, or Harry Potter 5, instead of backing original scripts.

Red Forman said:
I couldn't remember the exact circumstances. I got this from his wiki:

"doctors found a tumor in his right kidney. He lost his right kidney, his right adrenal gland and has been in and out of a wheelchair for years"
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ctyhntr said:
Sorry to hear about that. From what I read, Mars was a poolplayer, and he performed he own shots on screen.

For all the people who hated the movie. Remember, hollywood is in the business of making money, not producing movies that we like. If we happen to like it, such as The Hustler or Color of Money then is a bonus.
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So what you're saying is they make more money by making movies that people don't like?

Just giving you a hard time - i know what you're saying. They don't worry about whether real pool players like it or not.

Hollywood royally screws up virtually every sports movie they ever make. Don't imagine it will ever change.
 
Bamacues said:
Do you think that another movie could be successful with pool as its theme? Much like "the Hustler" started things out with a young Paul Newman led to "The Color of Money" where an older Paul Newman passed on his knowledge to a young Tom Cruise.

How about a new pool movie with an older Tom Cruise passing on skills to a young pool up and comer....maybe Drake Bell would be a good choice. He certainly must have inherited some of his Mom's genes...pitch that movie, Robin.

I am just asking...

Joe
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Joe I think a new Pool Movie could certainly be successful if it is made from a good script, properly directed, and the cast had a number of professional players. A great person to handle the sets and the effects would be Tony Robles, he has already had experience working with movies and he is a very respected pro-player, not mention that he is also a great guy.

If the wrong person is used in that position the sets and the shooting scenes will be poorly executed.

JIMO
 
I think a movie about a real player would be good. 'Based on a true story' often intrigue the audience. Mosconi, Greenleaf, Worst, Efren, Cooney, Don Willis, Lassiter, Cisero, etc. would make for interesting and exciting movies. Honestly, most pool players lead more adventurous lives then the normal squares. :)
 
A new direction.

Maybe it would be cool for Tom to come back and pass the baton on.

He could teach his protege` how to keep an invisible wall around his new spouse, forget his previously adopted children, jump up on sofas, make ridiculous propaganda-like videos and deny that it is all in the name of a tax break... before rocketing off to some distant galaxy where they play pool with cubes instead of spheres. Leaving little Johnny Hopeful behind to watch a couple of TAR streams where he might actually learn something.

Or they could hire a REAL star.
 
I actually think that a movie about Cornbread Red based on the book would be ridiculously good.
 
The Colour Of Kamui !

Hi all,

I think this would be a great title for the next pool themed movie and the plot would be about how a Japenese emperor sent in a team of Ninjas to replace cubes of chalk with $25 cubes of Kamui chalk.

Steven Seagal,Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan hire the services of the Expendables and set about the emperor and his ninjas and hijack the shipments of Kamui chalk and save the pool world from bankruptcy !

Sounds like a good movie so far but I will let you guys add to the plot and maybe Robert De Niro could play the getaway driver and Al Pacino is passing on advice to Leonardo Di Caprio or Matt Damon on how to hustle.

Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman could be rival poolhall owners etc.

Have fun and keep smiling :wink::):D:thumbup:
 
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