Book...The Color of Money

[Nostroke]

Somebody sitting in the slammer?


Jeff Livingston

It galls me that those 3 guys STILL will not say his name correctly. That's just disrespect imho. Alan calls Mosconi 'Marsconi' also -Brutal

 

[jimmyco]

I'm retired from law enforcement so if I'm forced to watch a show/movie that is anything related to the law...I too find 99% of them awful and many times unwatchable.(Only 1 show nailed it) This is obviously b/c I spent my whole adult life doing something that someone is trying to recreate on film adding bullshit fillers.

The same goes with The Color of Money and the people who really know whats going on. However, the majority of viewers didn't spend their life in pool halls and don't know the the lack reality that this movie possessed.

I'm not sure of the numbers but I would imagine that The Color of Money brought more new players and money into the game than any other pool movie ever made.

Was it incidental that Price, who wrote the screenplay for TCoM also was a writer on The Wire?


Great series!

 

[chefjeff]

It galls me that those 3 guys STILL will not say his name correctly. That's just disrespect imho. Alan calls Mosconi 'Marsconi' also -Brutal

Efren is in our town tomorrow, so I get to see him just before he retires...if that happens as planned..

Lucky me.



Jeff Livingston

 

[franko]

Or

Wow, that has some potential there too alright especially if he mixed in some mma due to a shady hustle! :grin-square:

I think Danny would have been better suited with Greco/ Roman wrestling:smile:

 

[Bic D]

Was it incidental that Price, who wrote the screenplay for TCoM also was a writer on The Wire?


Great series!

Wow, I had no idea. Great catch!

 

[belvederebill1]

Color of Money

I was a teenager when the movie came out and was disappointed when I left the theater. Most of the "hustling" went over my head and I would have to guess it was because I was young and barely shot once a month back then. I think it was an OK movie but could have been better. I watch SVB on YouTube and get more excited then I did watching Vincent play.
That being said I am contacted every few months and asked if I will build a Color of Money replica blue cue case. The movie does have a following albeit an older one. The younger ones that call me are a bit stunned at my prices but it's not easy finding all the correct parts to make a real cue case that is supposed to resemble a movie prop. And if I happen to reach anyone that is interested in one please look me up. WAF Custom Cue Cases.

 

[ShortBusRuss]

If you look back at The Hustler you see there was always a respect between Fats and Eddie

And I don't really think that Eddie and Fats became "friends" per se, either. I don't think Fats was a capable of being "friends" necessarily with anyone... But had some advice for a champion who had reformed himself into the loser he first met all those years ago.

It didn't seem as much about "friendship" to me, as about Fats being incapable of abiding a champion living a loser lifestyle. I felt it violated Fat's core principles, and THAT is why he gave advice to Eddie, not out of any sense of friendship or loyalty.

Very nuanced writing on Tevis' part.

Short Bus Russ

 

[RiverCity]

.... The younger ones that call me are a bit stunned at my prices but it's not easy finding all the correct parts to make a real cue case that is supposed to resemble a movie prop. And if I happen to reach anyone that is interested in one please look me up. WAF Custom Cue Cases.

The case in the movie wasnt a "movie prop". It was a Pat McKernan cue case. If you are trying to get into the case business, I suggest that you learn some of its history before you spread misinformation.