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I didn't realized "Fast Eddie" was not expected to live past September.
I didn't realized "Fast Eddie" was not expected to live past September.
KittyKombat said:http://www.speedtv.com/forums/viewthread/308781/
I didn't realized "Fast Eddie" was not expected to live past September.
metallicane said:That is a shame. The Hustler is still one of my favorite movies and I watch it at least once a year. It still amazes me he did not win an Oscar for his role.
Danny Kuykendal said:The Hustler, was voted the best sports movie ever, and this would have been up against some of the greatest movies of all times.
The Hustler also spurred the pool industry like had never been seen before. The newer, more family oriented pool rooms started opening accross the country, and Brunswick started adding a pool room area to their bowling alleys, thanks to this movie.
The Color of Money, not as good a movie as the Hustler, probably did more for pool than any single event in the history of pocket billiards.
I was selling pool tables and accessories at the time (1986), and it was well-known that businesses doubled in sales. Pool rooms were springing up all over the country. I know five new rooms that opened in Palm Springs alone.
What this man has done for pool he will probably never understand, and without him as Fast Eddie those movies would have never had the success or staying power.
After the Hustler came out, I watched anything and everything that Paul Newman was in, going back to The Left Handed Gun and Somebody Up There Likes Me. I know he was nominated for 8 or 9 academy awards before he finally was given one for the Color of Money, and this one the Acadamy gave to him because he had been left out for so long.
Here are some movies that I believe Paul Newman deserved an academy award.
The Hustler
Hud
Cool Hand Luke
The Verdict (especially)
Nobody's Fool
I know you'll never read this email, but thanks, Paul. You'll never know how much you mean to pool players throughout the world.
Danny K