fun read..what's your favorite line?
https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-hustler-1961.pdf
https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-hustler-1961.pdf
Wow that was good.
A few things it clarified for me. When Eddie was strangling Bert, and a scream was heard, I always thought it was Eddie crying that Sarah was dead. But the script says it was Bert crying/yelling cause Eddie was attacking him.
fun read..what's your favorite line?
https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-hustler-1961.pdf
"Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool."
Yeah, I agree. Great ending and of course the response, "So do you Fast Eddie." :thumbup:
I just started reading through it, thanks for sharing. !!!
I also always thought “picked it up in a hotel room in Louisville” was spoken by a narrator or someone other than Eddie. Script proves I’m wrong and it was Eddie ha ha.
I think 20 years ago I even bet the Housman it wasn’t Eddie.
Shoot pool, Fast Eddie.
I'm shootin' pool, Fats. When I miss, you can shoot.
It's a great feeling, boy, it's a
real great feeling when you're right,
and you know you're right. It's like
all of a sudden I got oil in my arm.
Pool cue's part of me. You know,
it's a -- pool cue's got nerves in
it. It's a piece of wood -- it's got
nerves in it. You feel the roll of
those balls. You don't have to look.
You just know.
My favorite line in the entire movie is "yeah sure" in this sequence, occurring as Findlay, who has just been hustled on his own three cushion table, pays the wager to Bert.
FINDLEY
Here.
(to Eddie)
Been an interestin' evening.
EDDIE
Yeah, sure has.
FINDLEY
(to a valet)
Charles, will you call a cab for
these gentlemen, please.
(to Eddie)
I'd show you to the door, but I...
EDDIE
Oh yeah, yeah. You're tired.
(to Bert)
And beat.
FINDLEY
Yeah. You must come again.
EDDIE
Yeah. Sure.
This little three way chat, to me, encapsulates the spirit of the entire movie, and frames some of the attitudes and temperaments so often found in the seedy world of pool hustling. Findlay does what he can to maintain his dignity in the face of overwhelming defeat. The invitation from Findlay to come back is met with a very sarcastic "yeah sure" from Eddie, who, in an isolated moment of conscience, understands that it's on to the next unsuspecting fish in the world of pool hustling.
fun read..what's your favorite line?
https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/the-hustler-1961.pdf