Hustler movie trivia question. Any experts here?

macguy said:
Are you certain that is wrong? Because that is what I was referring to. The guy who opens the blinds and Fats says, "Cut out that sunshine".
I heard Bill Cobbs say it in an interview. His first screen credit though is not till 1974 when he was almost 40.

I will have to see if I can find it somewhere because I don't want to say something that could be wrong and I am going by memory.
Even in the COM the script they make a point to let you know Paul Newman knows him from the past.
One thing, he was around 26 when The Hustler was made and certainly recognizable if there are any good shots of him, he has a distinctive look. I don't have the DVD though or I could check.
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Hes playing the part of the guy that swept up in the Hustler, but its not the same actor.

Southpaw
 
SouprFive said:
I am sure someone can answer these two questions, in the movie The Hustler with Gleason, and Newman.

Went the movie starts Eddie?s partners say they or Eddie Sell _____, and is going to a sales convention for an award. What did Eddy sell in the story?
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The answers are within, Daniel-san.
Druggist supplies.

Hey, I'll tell you what -- I'll play you jack-up pool -- just keep one hand in my pocket.​
What I meant was, the answers are within this link:Hustler Script

-td
 
I dont think the Actor, Bill Cobbs, played Orvis, in the Huslter, cuz the guy in the Hustler had a bad limp. Yet in the TCOM, he didnt.
 
Color of Money TK 6 plate

I was just trying to get this questioned answered again last night when I saw it with a friend.
A billiard player years ago told me he thought it meant Texas. Anybody know the answer for sure?
Thanks


kvinbrwr said:
You and everyone, and I've never seen it convincingly answered. Eddie sells liquor that his clients then can peddle as Wild Turkey, he has fake labels. He claims that his car was paid for by liquor, so maybe that caddy is the 6th he has had paid for by (fake) Turkey? That's my guess. I know they feature it enough in the film that it seems like it should mean something (or is it the plate frame that has meaning?).

Kevin
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This is ancient, but I haven't seen this answer (or guess) so I'll bite, as I just enjoyed watching the movie again recently. I suggest TK6 is a one upmanship to TK 5, or take 5, a famous song, with a double meaning of relax.
 
cascader said:
This is ancient, but I haven't seen this answer (or guess) so I'll bite, as I just enjoyed watching the movie again recently. I suggest TK6 is a one upmanship to TK 5, or take 5, a famous song, with a double meaning of relax.
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It was the 6th Caddy purchased with money from selling ersatz TurKey.

Dale(who has been waiting 7 years to use the word ersatz)
 
SouprFive said:
I am sure someone can answer these two questions, in the movie The Hustler with Gleason, and Newman.

Went the movie starts Eddie?s partners say they or Eddie Sell _____, and is going to a sales convention for an award. What did Eddy sell in the story?

After Fats wipes Eddie out the first time, Eddie goes looking for a game, and offers to play ?jack up pool? with some people in a bar. What is jack up pool?
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I believe it was whiskey
 
macguy said:
Are you certain that is wrong? Because that is what I was referring to. The guy who opens the blinds and Fats says, "Cut out that sunshine".
I heard Bill Cobbs say it in an interview. His first screen credit though is not till 1974 when he was almost 40.

I will have to see if I can find it somewhere because I don't want to say something that could be wrong and I am going by memory.
Even in the COM the script they make a point to let you know Paul Newman knows him from the past.
One thing, he was around 26 when The Hustler was made and certainly recognizable if there are any good shots of him, he has a distinctive look. I don't have the DVD though or I could check.
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According to IMDB (and when is the Internet ever wrong), "Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (uncredited)" is Blue Washington. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/fullcredits#cast)

Blue Washington's IMDB bio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913405/

Bill Cobbs IMDB bio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167850/ Mr. Cobbs' first role is 1974, four years after Mr. Washington died.
 
He paid for the car selling Turkey. He said in the movie he gets a new Cadillac every year. Movie was made in 1986. Cadillac was a 1986. TK-6
His 1985 Cadillac would have been TK-5.
 
SouprFive said:
I am sure someone can answer these two questions, in the movie The Hustler with Gleason, and Newman.

Went the movie starts Eddie?s partners say they or Eddie Sell _____, and is going to a sales convention for an award. What did Eddy sell in the story?

After Fats wipes Eddie out the first time, Eddie goes looking for a game, and offers to play ?jack up pool? with some people in a bar. What is jack up pool?
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Geesh. You both get points for reviving a 2007 thread!

-td
 
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