Newman Calls it Quits
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I've heard from different sources that Newman got hustled by Gleason on the set while making the Hustler. Gleason is known to be a decent shooter. The story is that Newman was pissed about it and thats why a sequel was never made.
Oh yeah, a suggestion to Holllywierd: leave Tom (science boy) Cruise out of any future pool movies. ha.
Stranger things have happened, I'd like to see somebody make a low budget pool movie with pool players doing all the acting parts. I'll bet some would be naturals, if not most. Ha. There's always some acting going on when trying to match up. It's not so far fetched either, Blair Witch Project comes to mind. Very low budget but pretty big payoff. I elect Jam and Jay for script writers. Who's gonna stake it?
(oh yeah, I get a jelly roll) Jam, do u know anyone who would want a part?
Oh yeah, a suggestion to Holllywierd: leave Tom (science boy) Cruise out of any future pool movies. ha.
Stranger things have happened, I'd like to see somebody make a low budget pool movie with pool players doing all the acting parts. I'll bet some would be naturals, if not most. Ha. There's always some acting going on when trying to match up. It's not so far fetched either, Blair Witch Project comes to mind. Very low budget but pretty big payoff. I elect Jam and Jay for script writers. Who's gonna stake it?
(oh yeah, I get a jelly roll) Jam, do u know anyone who would want a part?
Lee Tolbert
Banned
Paul Newman was a great actor, but I've heard that he's not very friendly with his fans. I heard a fan once asked him for an autograph while he was on vacation, and he "shooed" him away like a fly.
Johnnyt said:
i always thought a movie about jean balukus would be interesting. jean dominated womens pool and was a threat at any mens tournament. she was hated by her competitors (a tournament with jean balukus was in most cases a race for 2nd place) and eventually walked away from the game. good for her. now it's time to tell the story.
poolmouse
watchez said:
This I agree with. Him with the Hanson Brothers. The Hustler is in a League of its own. Coloe of Money would have been much better if almost any other actor played Vince. But its what we got, its what we have to cherish as one of the few pool movies we get. Hell Newman deserves to quit working. Most Americans dont work after 60.
Or, Ms. Ouschan
And an Academy Award winner and excellent actress of more than 120 roles would be perfect to portray Ms. Balukus.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you KATHY BATES...
Doug
poolmouse said:
And an Academy Award winner and excellent actress of more than 120 roles would be perfect to portray Ms. Balukus.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you KATHY BATES...
Doug
chilli66 said:
"JARRING" someone is to slip them a performance inhibiting drug. Horse tranquilizer was a drug of choice around CHICAGO 30/40 years ago. Very dangerous because,as far as I know, no one who distributed "JAR" had a medical background. Someone may have died as a result of "jar" but I'm not aware of it. I was "jarred" (once) and I can tell you that you can't believe how badly your playing or why. It became so prevelent that after I was drugged I always had someone with me to insure I played "jar" free from then on.
Chemical warfare was common.
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ribdoner said:
Yes as Ribdoner says. Dangerous. My good friend-I should say sister here, was drugged with a daterape drug two years ago. She died from a seizure a year and a half ago. They toxicaologist had told her mother that the original doseage was enough for 5 grown men. She had a lot of trouble with her memory afterwards. The one night went quietly "Were told and choosing to believe" into the night. I work in a compounding pharmacy-we make bio-identical hormones and a few other made to order type medications. Horse tranquilezers are bad. In fact. Read about Premerin/Provera. Women have been given this for over 40 years. They stopped a million women study after two years due to the amount of patients getting different cancers.
RIP, Paul Newman
Tomorrow will mark three years since Paul Newman passed away. He was 83 years old. Though I never met Paul Newman, I did an interview with him in the '90s, which I will always cherish. It was about his philanthropic enterprises. Aside fromm being one of pool's most recognizable figures as a young Fast Eddie in "The Hustler" and a seasoned Fast Eddie in "The Color of Money," he was a film director, a humanitarian, and a professional race car driver.
As co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company that donated is profits to charity, he continues to leave his footprint on this earth. As of July 2011, these donations exceeded $300 million.
Here is a snippet of a blog I wrote the day of his death:
When I read the news this morning of Paul Newman's passing, I cried like a baby...For pool enthusiasts, Paul Newman will always represent a persona that we empathized with. Young Fast Eddie in "The Hustler" was a road player, which has always been the epitome of American pool, in my opinion.
The road players of yesteryear are a dying breed. Most serious-minded shooters are tournament soldiers today. Like everything else in the United States, the trend of oursourcing is alive and well with pool tournaments being more prevalent in other countries. The Fast Eddies of the world are gone, but I never tire of seeing Fast Eddie on TV, and I will continue to enjoy seeing Paul Newman in this role forever more.
Yes, this fine man was a philanthropist, an American screen artist, and race car driver, but he will always represent American pool at its finest for me. "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned" is probably Fast Eddie's most famous pool quotation, and anybody who's experienced action American style knows only how true that is.
Pool's waning popularity is evident, and it's a sad day in the pool world. Though Paul Newman may have never known it, he is a pool icon to many. Pool suffers another blow. His spirit will live forever in the pool world. Rest in peace, Paul. You will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
Paul Newman was in the Navy and led a thrill-seeking life when he was young. I'm bumping this thread up because it has a lot of good content about Paul Newman's life, even before he embarked on his acting career. If you have time, go back to the first few pages. It's truly a good read, and you may learn something about Paul that you didn't know before.
RIP, Mr. Paul Newman. You definitely will never be forgotten. I'm not sure you ever realized how much of an impact you made in this pool world.
Tomorrow will mark three years since Paul Newman passed away. He was 83 years old. Though I never met Paul Newman, I did an interview with him in the '90s, which I will always cherish. It was about his philanthropic enterprises. Aside fromm being one of pool's most recognizable figures as a young Fast Eddie in "The Hustler" and a seasoned Fast Eddie in "The Color of Money," he was a film director, a humanitarian, and a professional race car driver.
As co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company that donated is profits to charity, he continues to leave his footprint on this earth. As of July 2011, these donations exceeded $300 million.
Here is a snippet of a blog I wrote the day of his death:
When I read the news this morning of Paul Newman's passing, I cried like a baby...For pool enthusiasts, Paul Newman will always represent a persona that we empathized with. Young Fast Eddie in "The Hustler" was a road player, which has always been the epitome of American pool, in my opinion.
The road players of yesteryear are a dying breed. Most serious-minded shooters are tournament soldiers today. Like everything else in the United States, the trend of oursourcing is alive and well with pool tournaments being more prevalent in other countries. The Fast Eddies of the world are gone, but I never tire of seeing Fast Eddie on TV, and I will continue to enjoy seeing Paul Newman in this role forever more.
Yes, this fine man was a philanthropist, an American screen artist, and race car driver, but he will always represent American pool at its finest for me. "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned" is probably Fast Eddie's most famous pool quotation, and anybody who's experienced action American style knows only how true that is.
Pool's waning popularity is evident, and it's a sad day in the pool world. Though Paul Newman may have never known it, he is a pool icon to many. Pool suffers another blow. His spirit will live forever in the pool world. Rest in peace, Paul. You will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
Paul Newman was in the Navy and led a thrill-seeking life when he was young. I'm bumping this thread up because it has a lot of good content about Paul Newman's life, even before he embarked on his acting career. If you have time, go back to the first few pages. It's truly a good read, and you may learn something about Paul that you didn't know before.
RIP, Mr. Paul Newman. You definitely will never be forgotten. I'm not sure you ever realized how much of an impact you made in this pool world.
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When I was a young girl in 1960 (about 5 years old), John F. Kennedy was running against Richard Nixon for the presidency.
My old-fashioned and conservative parents were Republicans, but the one thing they always taught me was to never speak in public or ask anybody about their age, religion, or political convictions.
One evening, my parents and I went to some charity banquet at a country club, and the place was filled with influential types. They used to raffle off a prize as well as the bouquet of flowers at the end of the evening. Since I was a kid, I got to pull the tickets out of the hat to see who the winner would be for the prize and the flowers. All attendees were given a ticket.
The presidential campaign was quite heated at times in the media. Right before I pulled the ticket out of a hat, the grown-up holding the hat said, "Who do you want to become President?" I didn't understand politics at the time, being 5 years old. I paused for a minute and then blurted out, "John F. Kennedy." I looked over at my parents, and they had that deer-in-headlights look. The grown-up said, "Why is that?" and I said, "Because he's really cute, much more so than that other guy."
The whole place erupted in laughter; as did my parents, thank goodness. :grin:
How about this vintage video snippet of the last game in "The Hustler" with Fast Eddie and Fats. Man, you can cut the air with a knife in that pool room: The Last Game.