They made a movie...

Guy Manges said:
If someone in the United States made a movie about pool with no gambling, Would it be of interest...
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Maybe Hallmark could make it into a Christmas movie. They have their own studio and can produce a movie cheap. A big city business woman comes home to visit her family at the family owned pool hall. While there, she meets a hometown hunk who shows her the magic of Christmas and the magic of a well executed draw shot. She falls in love with him and the game. They get married in a wedding where all the pool players make a arch for them to walk through with their sticks. They take over the business when her grandparents decide it's time to retire and the spirit of Christmas lives on.
 
garczar said:
Try this storyline: There once was this orange phenolic orb and he went by the name of 'FiveBall'. For years people left him alone to do his thing and times were good. Then one day this evil witch from an island in the Atlantic decided that FiveBall needed a new suit. Imagine the horror when FiveBall woke up and realized he was now this gawdawful shade of purple. Ok, that's the basics. Figure Tarentino will finish it. ;)
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As long as FiveBall is orange you have my blessing 😂😂
 
The SoA series about a bunch of dope dealing, money laundering pool players hanging out at a pool room owned by some seedy cigar guy might be cool. Kinda follow the Breaking Bad/SoA/Soprano’s ideas. A hybrid of those 3 shows and we might be on to something.

Guys in rehab,

Manufacturing dope, distributing dope, some cartel action

Gotta have the Feds in there and a CW pool player-living a double life.

Busting up the pool room with fights and FBI raids

Loan sharks, can’t forget the loan sharks. And money laundering operations

We should name it 5Ball and use a backwards “5” or a backwards “B”.

Road players coming through now and then. Some get whacked, a few move to town and pay their dues.

Other gambling, maybe a poker game in the back and a horse track.

And the obligatory “go to Vegas episodes”

This is the right idea, make pool players the lowest form of street criminals possible and we just might have something to sell…….


Sadly I’m not wrong 😟
 
Fore Rail said:
Think Kingpin, but about pool.
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That's about how I see it. Kingpin features bowling but doesn't have much bowling in it.

As others have suggested, a movie about pool probably wouldn't sell unless pool is the backdrop for an otherwise compelling story, not the centerpiece. The Hustler had pool in it, but it wasn't about pool. It was about the rigors of trying to make money as a roving gambler, the soul selling that is sometimes inherent in doing so, the sacrifices and compromises along the way, and the highs and lows of such a lifestyle.

The Queen's Gambit features chess but isn't about chess. It is about the many demons and obstacles that the main character had to overcome to find her way toward success at chess.

Each of Kingpin, The Hustler and The Queen's Gambit had enough to generate additional interest in the sport that served as the backdrop for the main story. A pool movie could do the same as long as pool remains in the background.
 
Fatboy said:
The SoA series about a bunch of dope dealing, money laundering pool players hanging out at a pool room owned by some seedy cigar guy might be cool. Kinda follow the Breaking Bad/SoA/Soprano’s ideas. A hybrid of those 3 shows and we might be on to something.

Guys in rehab,

Manufacturing dope, distributing dope, some cartel action

Gotta have the Feds in there and a CW pool player-living a double life.

Busting up the pool room with fights and FBI raids

Loan sharks, can’t forget the loan sharks. And money laundering operations

We should name it 5Ball and use a backwards “5” or a backwards “B”.

Road players coming through now and then. Some get whacked, a few move to town and pay their dues.

Other gambling, maybe a poker game in the back and a horse track.

And the obligatory “go to Vegas episodes”

This is the right idea, make pool players the lowest form of street criminals possible and we just might have something to sell…….


Sadly I’m not wrong 😟
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People don't pay a nickle at the circus to sing hymns, they pay it to see the freak show.

Using SOA as an example... Bikers/motorcyclists generally do a ton of good for their community. Paying kid's medical bills, toys for tots, fundraising for all sorts of causes. Rehab for prisoners, etc. There is even the CMA. But folks don't want to watch that. They want the freak show. They want to live vicariously. They want seedy and unrefined.

A show about hookers would sell a thousand times the tickets as a show about suffragettes.
 
boogieman said:
Maybe Hallmark could make it into a Christmas movie. They have their own studio and can produce a movie cheap. A big city business woman comes home to visit her family at the family owned pool hall. While there, she meets a hometown hunk who shows her the magic of Christmas and the magic of a well executed draw shot. She falls in love with him and the game. They get married in a wedding where all the pool players make a arch for them to walk through with their sticks. They take over the business when her grandparents decide it's time to retire and the spirit of Christmas lives on.
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The sound you hear is me HURLING. ;)
 
Fatboy said:
The SoA series about a bunch of dope dealing, money laundering pool players hanging out at a pool room owned by some seedy cigar guy might be cool. Kinda follow the Breaking Bad/SoA/Soprano’s ideas. A hybrid of those 3 shows and we might be on to something.

Guys in rehab,

Manufacturing dope, distributing dope, some cartel action

Gotta have the Feds in there and a CW pool player-living a double life.

Busting up the pool room with fights and FBI raids

Loan sharks, can’t forget the loan sharks. And money laundering operations

We should name it 5Ball and use a backwards “5” or a backwards “B”.

Road players coming through now and then. Some get whacked, a few move to town and pay their dues.

Other gambling, maybe a poker game in the back and a horse track.

And the obligatory “go to Vegas episodes”

This is the right idea, make pool players the lowest form of street criminals possible and we just might have something to sell…….


Sadly I’m not wrong 😟
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I wrote a pilot intended for Amazon with a similar idea. Never submitted it. I was working on a second draft when they stopped their public submissions. It was about some pool players that meet up and go on the road in Texas and then end up in 1970s Detroit and end up staying there. So the story is more about the time and place and the rackets everybody tries to run on each other. You got the drugs, pimps, gamblers, etc... plus the motown soundtrack and some dirty dealings in the music industry too.

Didn't have to be Detroit, could also be a big navy city or base there. San Diego, CA. Alameda, CA. Norfolk, VA, New Orleans, LA. Etc...
 
sixpack said:
I wrote a pilot intended for Amazon with a similar idea. Never submitted it. I was working on a second draft when they stopped their public submissions. It was about some pool players that meet up and go on the road in Texas and then end up in 1970s Detroit and end up staying there. So the story is more about the time and place and the rackets everybody tries to run on each other. You got the drugs, pimps, gamblers, etc... plus the motown soundtrack and some dirty dealings in the music industry too.

Didn't have to be Detroit, could also be a big navy city or base there. San Diego, CA. Alameda, CA. Norfolk, VA, New Orleans, LA. Etc...
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I know a couple guys from Oklahoma that pretty much lived that exact plot. Same timeframe/music/etc. Would be a great flik imo.
 
boogieman said:
Maybe Hallmark could make it into a Christmas movie. They have their own studio and can produce a movie cheap. A big city business woman comes home to visit her family at the family owned pool hall. While there, she meets a hometown hunk who shows her the magic of Christmas and the magic of a well executed draw shot. She falls in love with him and the game. They get married in a wedding where all the pool players make a arch for them to walk through with their sticks. They take over the business when her grandparents decide it's time to retire and the spirit of Christmas lives on.
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There you go... Why not, All AZB forum members could get together and write all the different parts into one total script, what I was thinking that a lot of members, started this pool world through their Dads... Might could start out as a young child and progress in to a pro player and take the movie with him or her who ever... Father owned a hall and go from there...
Sometime I think we have enough good minds on here, and not much equations being accomplished totality anyway, Why not... Guy
 
sixpack said:
I wrote a pilot intended for Amazon with a similar idea. Never submitted it. I was working on a second draft when they stopped their public submissions. It was about some pool players that meet up and go on the road in Texas and then end up in 1970s Detroit and end up staying there. So the story is more about the time and place and the rackets everybody tries to run on each other. You got the drugs, pimps, gamblers, etc... plus the motown soundtrack and some dirty dealings in the music industry too.

Didn't have to be Detroit, could also be a big navy city or base there. San Diego, CA. Alameda, CA. Norfolk, VA, New Orleans, LA. Etc...
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Sixpack, people want some different, No gambling, Holsom family type movie, Our pool is on it's way to being cleaned up... If and when we sell cleaned up, Then the investors will come, and sponsors, If we don't clean it up someone else will... A clean hall, with clean people, Boncher if needed. Make our pool a good side of life ... Guy
 
All of the members on AZ that wanted to could get involved, we could talk it out and come up with a script, I think that the movie would need to be clean, do goodie thing, to clean up our pool here I the USA , If we work together there is enough good minds old and young here to do this... I've even heard Cowboy say that we have to find better ways to bring in investors and sponsors... Clean up... Thats the equation... How many people on here credit their Dad for starting their pool world... Use that to start a movie go on to a pro player, male or female what ever... Couldn't this be done ? Thank you all... Guy
 
boogieman said:
People don't pay a nickle at the circus to sing hymns, they pay it to see the freak show.

Using SOA as an example... Bikers/motorcyclists generally do a ton of good for their community. Paying kid's medical bills, toys for tots, fundraising for all sorts of causes. Rehab for prisoners, etc. There is even the CMA. But folks don't want to watch that. They want the freak show. They want to live vicariously. They want seedy and unrefined.

A show about hookers would sell a thousand times the tickets as a show about suffragettes.
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It sad but your wright, But somebody has to try and take us in another direction... As an old man I think we are better off going out clean than going out dirty... Guy
 
Fatboy said:
The SoA series about a bunch of dope dealing, money laundering pool players hanging out at a pool room owned by some seedy cigar guy might be cool. Kinda follow the Breaking Bad/SoA/Soprano’s ideas. A hybrid of those 3 shows and we might be on to something.

Guys in rehab,

Manufacturing dope, distributing dope, some cartel action

Gotta have the Feds in there and a CW pool player-living a double life.

Busting up the pool room with fights and FBI raids

Loan sharks, can’t forget the loan sharks. And money laundering operations

We should name it 5Ball and use a backwards “5” or a backwards “B”.

Road players coming through now and then. Some get whacked, a few move to town and pay their dues.

Other gambling, maybe a poker game in the back and a horse track.

And the obligatory “go to Vegas episodes”

This is the right idea, make pool players the lowest form of street criminals possible and we just might have something to sell…….


Sadly I’m not wrong 😟
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You need a love interest and some exotic dancers to complete the image. Like the Sopranos

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sjm said:
That's about how I see it. Kingpin features bowling but doesn't have much bowling in it.

As others have suggested, a movie about pool probably wouldn't sell unless pool is the backdrop for an otherwise compelling story, not the centerpiece. The Hustler had pool in it, but it wasn't about pool. It was about the rigors of trying to make money as a roving gambler, the soul selling that is sometimes inherent in doing so, the sacrifices and compromises along the way, and the highs and lows of such a lifestyle.

The Queen's Gambit features chess but isn't about chess. It is about the many demons and obstacles that the main character had to overcome to find her way toward success at chess.

Each of Kingpin, The Hustler and The Queen's Gambit had enough to generate additional interest in the sport that served as the backdrop for the main story. A pool movie could do the same as long as pool remains in the background.
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Stu I've read on here how many of us credit our Dads for our pool world lives, You may get a good laugh if you like but one time in a game I made three balls on one shot and then shot the nine for the game, Well I had a cold feeling, My dad loved the pool games... Never know... I shot lots of two's but very few threes in one shot... In reading this forum something just tells me we could put this together... There is enough good minds old and young we could all put a clean pool movie together... Guy Thank you for considering...
 
Fatboy said:
The SoA series about a bunch of dope dealing, money laundering pool players hanging out at a pool room owned by some seedy cigar guy might be cool. Kinda follow the Breaking Bad/SoA/Soprano’s ideas. A hybrid of those 3 shows and we might be on to something.

Guys in rehab,

Manufacturing dope, distributing dope, some cartel action

Gotta have the Feds in there and a CW pool player-living a double life.

Busting up the pool room with fights and FBI raids

Loan sharks, can’t forget the loan sharks. And money laundering operations

We should name it 5Ball and use a backwards “5” or a backwards “B”.

Road players coming through now and then. Some get whacked, a few move to town and pay their dues.

Other gambling, maybe a poker game in the back and a horse track.

And the obligatory “go to Vegas episodes”

This is the right idea, make pool players the lowest form of street criminals possible and we just might have something to sell…….


Sadly I’m not wrong 😟
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What I'm talking about is selling pool , Not bad ass or War, Just Pool ... A life of a good people, Yes a do gooder, a hallmark life... We don't need the Europeans to keep wiping our butts... WhT we are doing wrong we are smart enough to fix, Aren't we... Guy
 
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