boogieman
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That would be awesome.
I also wouldn't mind a Wes Anderson pool movie. The scenery/backgrounds would be epic.
Looks like you are getting your pool movie....
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I also wouldn't mind a Wes Anderson pool movie. The scenery/backgrounds would be epic.
Flakeandrun
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Second this. Quirky, weird film maker, for a game played by a bunch of quirky, autistic weirdos like us lol
I think the mentor role would be best played by Larry David. A mentor with no patience. Everything gets him going. From there not being a senior discount on hourly table rates to the people who leave chalk on the rail upside down and poor pool etiquette.
Cusack always plays those straight roles w dead pan humor, and he would be great as an old road dawg.
Kill Bill Pool. All Mezz cues. Or Reservoir Road Dogs. The Pulp Fiction Players!!
Mr Machine
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Shannon is not only great in everything he’s done and he’s tall enough to reach the top of the table.
They could do a movie about some men that entered a womans tournament and won it.... you know.. keep it recent. 
JV
JV
Every time I see him I can't help but think of that movie 'Bug'.Michael Shannon instead of old bob
Shannon is not only great in everything he’s done and he’s tall enough to reach the top of the table.
They could do a movie about some men that entered a womans tournament and won it.... you know.. keep it recent.
JV
Therein lies the rub……people are reacting to the person, not the character/role performance of the actor.
There was a amazing performance by Tom Hanks, which comes as no small surprise given the great roles
he’s had in so many hits films, in the movie Philadelphia. He won the Academy Award for his performance.
Remember than same sex marriage wasn’t legal nationwide until SCOTUS ruled it so in June, 2015. Hank’s
film was made 10 years earlier in 1995 when homosexuality was still mocked, scorned and frowned upon. It
was a courageous act by Tom Hanks and people related to his character and empathized with the storyline
because of his portrayal in that role. Regardless of whether they supported, or didn’t, equality for all people
regardless of sexual preference, people that saw the film were emotionally touched by his acting rendition.
DeNiro has made some great films. Yes, he is past his acting prime like so many other Hollywood actors still
making films, like Stallone or Van Damme. Yet there is always the chance that the role and his portrayal will
not so much be riveting but distracting enough that you’ll pay more to his performance than recall his politics.
When you can’t separate the two, you really could never be an fair and honest juror in a trial. That’s the real
bottomline and therein lies the rub. You cannot separate the two, political dislike vs. acting performance. So
if you ever had to rate the film which hasn’t been released nor seen by any of DeNiro’s pundits on this forum,
you’d deadpan his performance and likely, the movie as well. Now I’m not criticizing you over this. It’s free will.
You are entitled to your beliefs, feelings, and expressing them. All I’m saying is your early, if not totally premature,
critique of DeNiro’s acting or film’s storyline, reveals your bias is so intense it blinds you from fairly judging the film.
We all know and accept that the billiard industry needs more coverage on sports shows and more movies. Here’s a
chance that came along unexpectedly from what I can tell. I think we should all be rooting it’s a hit and not a dud.
There was a amazing performance by Tom Hanks, which comes as no small surprise given the great roles
he’s had in so many hits films, in the movie Philadelphia. He won the Academy Award for his performance.
Remember than same sex marriage wasn’t legal nationwide until SCOTUS ruled it so in June, 2015. Hank’s
film was made 10 years earlier in 1995 when homosexuality was still mocked, scorned and frowned upon. It
was a courageous act by Tom Hanks and people related to his character and empathized with the storyline
because of his portrayal in that role. Regardless of whether they supported, or didn’t, equality for all people
regardless of sexual preference, people that saw the film were emotionally touched by his acting rendition.
DeNiro has made some great films. Yes, he is past his acting prime like so many other Hollywood actors still
making films, like Stallone or Van Damme. Yet there is always the chance that the role and his portrayal will
not so much be riveting but distracting enough that you’ll pay more to his performance than recall his politics.
When you can’t separate the two, you really could never be an fair and honest juror in a trial. That’s the real
bottomline and therein lies the rub. You cannot separate the two, political dislike vs. acting performance. So
if you ever had to rate the film which hasn’t been released nor seen by any of DeNiro’s pundits on this forum,
you’d deadpan his performance and likely, the movie as well. Now I’m not criticizing you over this. It’s free will.
You are entitled to your beliefs, feelings, and expressing them. All I’m saying is your early, if not totally premature,
critique of DeNiro’s acting or film’s storyline, reveals your bias is so intense it blinds you from fairly judging the film.
We all know and accept that the billiard industry needs more coverage on sports shows and more movies. Here’s a
chance that came along unexpectedly from what I can tell. I think we should all be rooting it’s a hit and not a dud.
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He was Zod?Michael Shannon instead of old bob
Shannon is not only great in everything he’s done and he’s tall enough to reach the top of the table.
Michael Shannon instead of old bob
Shannon is not only great in everything he’s done and he’s tall enough to reach the top of the table.
he also released a song called "Obama". i don't think the ones who are too invested in politics to enjoy art would approve with him, either.
She had her breakout on TV. She starred in the reboot of the Addams family franchise as the titular character ‘Wednesday.’ That was a Netflix “tv” series. She was also the lead in the reboot of Beatlejuice.
She also has been in a handful of other films in the last few years on Netflix.
How about a pool movie about an aspiring player that graduates from college, gets a job and a wife, and struggles to find any time to compete anymore, so he makes electronic training devices with big names in pool and earns enough money to pay off 5% of his student loans?
I am Groot!
billiards_watch
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New sales pitch?
Completely incredible.
I think a movie about McGoorty (Depression era) could work pretty well. There is already a script. Colorful characters and interesting situations.
the plot needs to be separate from the pool as in the hustler
a small french farming community
(big tournament comes to town)
a group of governors or politicians
(get down to physical competition)
full on romantic comedy
(the woman’s brother gets involved with a life or death pool match)
introverted salesman has family trouble
(turns out in his double life he is an expert pool player)
a small french farming community
(big tournament comes to town)
a group of governors or politicians
(get down to physical competition)
full on romantic comedy
(the woman’s brother gets involved with a life or death pool match)
introverted salesman has family trouble
(turns out in his double life he is an expert pool player)
Oh well, I never said nor implied there wouldn’t be a lot of readers of this thread that are unqualified to sit on a jury.
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