If you could recast The Color of Money...

Ok new story...

Vinces son, while rummaging through her attic finds.... "doom", the Bushka and asks his mom about it. She gives him the whole story on how she met Vince, they fell in love etc.. then he got into some bad things and had to leave them, or she had to leave, whatever.. at the same time she shares that she has 2 years to live. So his son now sets off to be a big time pool player to be able to pay for her treatment. Along the way he runs into a crazy old time heckler.. razzin' him the whole time, every small tourney, just gives him the sh*t all the time. Everywhere he goes... he finally says "look, if you're going to play with a Balabushka, you better have some heart and know how to play".. when I had that cue, I was a player BTW how did you get that cue?.. (Vince) They then figure out who they are.. Vince now broken up over his ex-girls condition helps his son become a champion...

Worlds match for 100,000.00 Vince Jr plays and doesn't win.. gets ousted. Wen a noted cue collector says "Hey that was Fast Eddies Balabushka.. you know what I'd pay you for that... $ 75,000.00.. they now have the treatment money.. bla bla..

Fill in the blanks and send me a royalty check.. :)

JV
 
classiccues said:
Ok new story...

Vinces son, while rummaging through her attic finds.... "doom", the Bushka and asks his mom about it. She gives him the whole story on how she met Vince, they fell in love etc.. then he got into some bad things and had to leave them, or she had to leave, whatever.. at the same time she shares that she has 2 years to live. So his son now sets off to be a big time pool player to be able to pay for her treatment. Along the way he runs into a crazy old time heckler.. razzin' him the whole time, every small tourney, just gives him the sh*t all the time. Everywhere he goes... he finally says "look, if you're going to play with a Balabushka, you better have some heart and know how to play".. when I had that cue, I was a player BTW how did you get that cue?.. (Vince) They then figure out who they are.. Vince now broken up over his ex-girls condition helps his son become a champion...

Worlds match for 100,000.00 Vince Jr plays and doesn't win.. gets ousted. Wen a noted cue collector says "Hey that was Fast Eddies Balabushka.. you know what I'd pay you for that... $ 75,000.00.. they now have the treatment money.. bla bla..

Fill in the blanks and send me a royalty check.. :)

JV
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Nice story line. You may have missed your "calling" :thumbup:!!!

Maniac
 
Lol, I'll bite:

Gene Hackman - Fast Eddie (Easy)

Now going out of the box:

Carmen - Keira Knightley (I think she could pull off a different, almost lost euro skank thing in a good way if she could change her accent, which most good actresses can do. She might be too old though, not sure)

Vincent - Jesse Eisenberg - (The dude in "The Social Network")

:D
 
Movies need big time celebrities to draw crowds.
It is never bout the book.
The directors re-wright the book into a screen play.

Justin Bieber is my choice.
He would draw teenagers by the millions ll over the world $$$$$.
It is not about pool, but the stars!
 
Seems that most of the "stars" listed in this thread are 20 years or more past their popularity peak. If you want to attract younger people to the sport we need kids from the Disney channel that everyone on AZ Billiards has no idea who they are, lol.

Example would be the four guys from Big Time Rush. Without Googling...who are they? Chances are your children or grandkids know.
 
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cueandcushion said:
Seems that most of the "stars" listed in this thread are 20 years or more past their popularity peak. If you want to attract younger people to the sport we need kids from the Disney channel that everyone on AZ Billiards has no idea who they are, lol.

Example would be the four guys from Big Time Rush. Without Googling...who are they? Chances are your children or grandkids know.
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I think ur going after the wrong demographic. They don't allow children in pool halls yet do they? And if they do, parents aren't gonna let them go. U need to attract 18+ age group. Disney stars aren't gonna do it ;)

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mattb said:
A comedy does sound fun. Too bad Chris Farley and John Goodman have both passed on.
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Well, that caught my attention. When did John Goodman die? I don't remember hearing anything about him passing on, but I do remember Chris Farley dying.
 
it was a crappy movie anyways, why bother

if you'd want a movie redone, it should be a modern version of the hustler.

Paul Sorvino - Minnesota Fats
Ed Norton - Fast Eddie
Patricia Arquette - Sarah Packard
James Gandolfini - Burt Gordon
 
that's a good one

poolnoob said:
Edward Norton or Robert downey jr as Vince
And Robert de niro as Paul character, am surprise no one mention Robert de niro so far.

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he'd make a real good Burt Gordon!
 
Just in case our own Joe Rogan is paying attention to this, I think he'd make a nice Carmen. :D
 
You know what would be hilarious? Why doesn't someone make a movie about pool as they did about Nascar in Talladega Nights? With a decent script and actual funny actors? Serious movies about pool is good and all but man I love me some Will Ferrell.
 
"T" said:
Just in case our own Joe Rogan is paying attention to this, I think he'd make a nice Carmen. :D
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I think you are joking. But actually, now that I think about it, Joe could pull off Vincent pretty well. I can see it for sure. And a pretty straight shooting Vince I would say.
 
barboxbanks said:
You know what would be hilarious? Why doesn't someone make a movie about pool as they did about Nascar in Talladega Nights? With a decent script and actual funny actors? Serious movies about pool is good and all but man I love me some Will Ferrell.
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Never ever thought of it but that might be the best idea ever. Great suggestion barboxbanks.
 
barboxbanks said:
You know what would be hilarious? Why doesn't someone make a movie about pool as they did about Nascar in Talladega Nights? With a decent script and actual funny actors? Serious movies about pool is good and all but man I love me some Will Ferrell.
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In this case, I'd vote for Danny McBride as the lead...and I agree it would be both hilarious and successful.
 
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