The link below is the trailer for Walkaway Joe. Hope you enjoy it enough to watch it when it comes out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnIL4RHnj80
JoeyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnIL4RHnj80
JoeyA
New pool movie
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Seems like a really bad time to release a movie unless it's done online... All my local movie theaters are closed down. Was going to watch/buy movie online right now but don't see it listed anywhere on the normal channels like Amazon.
Snooker Theory...That's because you didn't pay attention to the release date. It doesn't come out until May 8th. At that time it will come out available on demand, since the theaters will still be shut down nationwide.
Scott Lee
2019 PBIA Instructor of the Year
Director, SPF National Pool School Tour
Scott Lee
2019 PBIA Instructor of the Year
Director, SPF National Pool School Tour
Joey....tell the story about the 9-ball on the break...it was a good one
Looks pretty awful to me, but it's a pool movie, so that's a good thing. Hope it's successful.
From what I've seen, for a pool movie to succeed, the plot must avoid anything to do with the primary player's family and friends. Noone really cares about any of that. A boyfriend/girlfriend, on the other hand can be useful in offering perspective and on how an outsder can be drawn in to the pool action scene, at times to their detriment.
For me, in both "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money," the fascination came from the idea of a skillful player caught up in the wilderness of the seedy pool gambling scene and how they navigate the harsh realities of a world in which their own morals and values are tested to the max time and time again.
In my view, those who make pool movies these days have lost their way, thinking that we want soap opera or action-film type drama.
From what I've seen, for a pool movie to succeed, the plot must avoid anything to do with the primary player's family and friends. Noone really cares about any of that. A boyfriend/girlfriend, on the other hand can be useful in offering perspective and on how an outsder can be drawn in to the pool action scene, at times to their detriment.
For me, in both "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money," the fascination came from the idea of a skillful player caught up in the wilderness of the seedy pool gambling scene and how they navigate the harsh realities of a world in which their own morals and values are tested to the max time and time again.
In my view, those who make pool movies these days have lost their way, thinking that we want soap opera or action-film type drama.
I'll watch. I hope it is good, but I will support pool in the movies always.
I hope they’ve used a qualified pool consultant for this movie. By the one clip in the trailer I saw in which an opponent claims the kid failed to call the 9-ball on the final shot, that just shows a lack of detail that any pool player would immediately pick up on - They are not playing 8-ball, they are playing 9-ball in a bar room, so what are the chances they’d be playing by rules requiring them to call the pocket on the 9-ball? - highly unlikely in my opinion.
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I bet it goes to Amazon for ordering before July.
Its possible that they were playing 'call the 9 ball' or a called shot game. I Hustled bar pool in the 70's and every bar seemed to have its own rules. It was funny because the more rules they made, the bigger advantage the better player had !
I'll watch it till the end.
Good luck Joey A
I'll watch it till the end.
Good luck Joey A
Looking forward to the movie. Heck, anything about pool is cool, as far as I'm concerned. It's called a "family drama" on Google. The actors are great, and we got to give JoeyA a high five for lending his expertise to the movie, so that it's more realistic.
Look, I love TCOM for obvious reasons, but some of that movie was a little corny. When it came out in '86, my friends from the pool room and I went to the big theater to watch it together. We are laughing our heads off at some of the lines because they were so goofy, but we loved the movie, nonetheless.
Look, I love TCOM for obvious reasons, but some of that movie was a little corny. When it came out in '86, my friends from the pool room and I went to the big theater to watch it together. We are laughing our heads off at some of the lines because they were so goofy, but we loved the movie, nonetheless.
Good to hear from ya Joey A!! Movie looks good to me. I will watch it
Hope so!! That would be good distribution. While new releases are pricey that way it's still cheaper than a movie theater if you're eating popcorn or want a Coke. Plus you can pause to pee. :lol: