Looks like you are getting your pool movie....
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Here is a direct link to the Variety item:
variety.com
It sounds a lot like the plot line from "The Color of Money," but maybe more interesting. I hope they get the pool right.
Jenna Ortega and Robert De Niro to Play Pool Hustlers in David O. Russell’s ‘Shutout’ for RK Films, Black Bear
Jenna Ortega and Robert De Niro will play pool hustlers in David O. Russell's new movie from RK Films, being introduced in Cannes by Black Bear.
variety.com
It sounds a lot like the plot line from "The Color of Money," but maybe more interesting. I hope they get the pool right.
Agreed.
Your favorites are actors too.
I wouldn't deny my me the opportunity to see a well made movie on a topic i like coz some asshat was in it.
The man makes no shitty movies, really.
DeNiro is past his prime in acting, however, a younger version of Chaz Palminteri or Andy Garcia would be a good fit.
I think even John Tuturro, ala Color of Money, could pull it off. He is a very talented actor and anyone that’s seen him in HBO’s mini-series, The Night Of, can appreciate just how good of an actor he is. I don’t think picking a big name past their prime acting days is the way to go. DeNiro’s performance will always be compared with his greatness in Scorsese films like Mean Streets, The Deerslayer, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Good Fellas, Casino or Coppola’s Godfather Ii and Michael Mann’s Heat. The undeniable fact is DeNiro is very talented actor and appeared in terrific movies. You can’t disguise his acting greatness.
p.s. Someone already pointed out the movie is The Deer Hunter, not the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
I think even John Tuturro, ala Color of Money, could pull it off. He is a very talented actor and anyone that’s seen him in HBO’s mini-series, The Night Of, can appreciate just how good of an actor he is. I don’t think picking a big name past their prime acting days is the way to go. DeNiro’s performance will always be compared with his greatness in Scorsese films like Mean Streets, The Deerslayer, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Good Fellas, Casino or Coppola’s Godfather Ii and Michael Mann’s Heat. The undeniable fact is DeNiro is very talented actor and appeared in terrific movies. You can’t disguise his acting greatness.
p.s. Someone already pointed out the movie is The Deer Hunter, not the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
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billiards_watch
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Don't watch if Deniro is in it. He's going to be in a wheel chair in the movie and don't expect him to have any scenes where he's dancing around the table and running out. Those days are long gone. His last couple of movies have been resorted to playing someone's grandpa or some old guy. You are given roles that is more representative of your age.
Also, he may ruin the movie due to all the roles given to him as a mobster. We will look at him as a mobster and not a pool guy.
Hustling hasn't been lost. It just takes a longer time now and it has evolved to sandbagging or two players hustling their backers.
Also, he may ruin the movie due to all the roles given to him as a mobster. We will look at him as a mobster and not a pool guy.
Hustling hasn't been lost. It just takes a longer time now and it has evolved to sandbagging or two players hustling their backers.
Why not?
billiards_watch
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I think because we've seen him in so many similar roles that we can no longer take him seriously as someone other than a mobster.
They are trying to convince us he's a hustler. That's very similar to a wise guy.
billiards_watch
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Those are all the same roles.
I think a movie about the (alleged) dumping at the 1991 Challenge of Champions would be great, especially as a comedy.
billiards_watch
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Isn’t pool trying to forget about that.
billiards_watch
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I’m sorry if I missed it in the article but did they say who the director is?
This is very important.
This is very important.
You still have to act and deliver a convincing portrayal of the character. Additionally, cinema critics, his acting peers,
and America’s viewing public heralds his performances as riveting, realistic, powerful and captivating. Now you can
argue that he’s one dimensional but he used the same role in Analyze This & Meet The Parents. Both were comedies
and he pulled it off with aplomb. He was funny and obviously, he can handle serious roles. The guy is a gifted actor.
having been type casted for big cash doesn't mean he's one dimensional. those that don't find him a credible small town steelworker / soldier in deer hunter are for sure clueless
Biloxi Boy
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Wait and see the movie before making up your minds, but such seems rampant in certain circles these days.
More importantly, who are the pool consultants? Inquiring minds . . .
More importantly, who are the pool consultants? Inquiring minds . . .
billiards_watch
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The Color of Money movie. I'm assuming they are going to watch it as many times as they can and use that as a reference.
Badpenguin
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Same old trope. Pool will never shed its seedy image.