"The Color of Money" -- 25 Years Later

[JAM]

How cool is that? Ah, the good life...I wish Keith was still playing. Take care of your heart and congrats on the article! Post the translation when you get it if you can!

I'll do so. I can't wait to read it. I have the English version of the interview, but I'm not sure how much of it they used for this article.

Thanks for the congrats. It really is a good feeling. I wish the American print media acknowledged players like Keith the way the international fourth estate does. Billiards Digest credited Ewa Mataya for the popularity of "The Color of Money" in one of their magazines right after the movie came out. I love Ewa Mataya, but she should not be given credit for the popularity of that movie. She's the industry members' darling, though, and rightfully so, which may be why BD gave her the credit.

 

[JAM]

Congrats on the article. I would love to read the translated version. I just watched it again earlier this week.
Andy

I heard they were coming out with a Bluray of the movie. I'd love to see that version. I would like them to do some short video clips at the beginning, like they did for "The Hustler" Bluray.

 

[JAM]

With the help of google translate, I have what I think is a decent translation of the opening page of the article. Makes me wish I could read the whole thing.

That's actually a very good translation, since I have the English version.

I did a job last year about one of the men responsible for the Google translater. His name is Frank Och. He's a Google "uber scientist." Interestingly, he's German!

 

[JAM]

Hey Jam, just to join in the little trip down memory lane. I was in England when TCOM came out and watched it over 100 times. Grady Seasons just about stole the show for me at least. I remember always saying "I F48cking hate that guy" He did a great job acting too which is really a surprise for a poolplayer to do that goo of a job.

I also remember the first time I spoke with him on the phone and when I got off the phone I had a huge grin. My girlfriend said "whats up with you? who where you talking to?" I said with a bigger grin "Grady Seasons" "WHO?" "You know grady seasons from TCOM?" She is not a pool fan but is really getting into it these days. Made me buy the Shane V Strickland PPV. Anyway come to find out she had never seen TCOM. So we went and bought it again as I could not find mine. Wheb Grady Season scene comes up she says "I F^&cking hate that guy" Anyway, My best wishes and congrats on being rememberd by many over us pool freaks world wide.

Mark,

Thanks for the cool memory, Mark. Not so long ago, a couple California officials came to our home to interview Keith. At first, they were all stiff and formal when they were talking to him, but after about 10 minutes, their whole demeanor changed. Keith lured them in with is sparking personality, I guess you could say, and they ended up staying about three hours. He was doing immitations of various players from the past, and we were all in stitches, laughing so hard. It was a fun afternoon!

 

[CreeDo]

That's actually a very good translation, since I have the English version.

I did a job last year about one of the men responsible for the Google translater. His name is Frank Och. He's a Google "uber scientist." Interestingly, he's German!

Thanks! Do you have permission to post the article? I imagine it won't hurt their sales on an american board. I think I'll google frank, google translate's awesome, better than any other effort I've seen so far. Won't be long before we can speak into our phones and the google translate app comes back with a perfect text-or-voice translation.

 

[powerlineman80]

Thats awesome!

I still say "Grady Seasons" was one of the best parts of the movie.

 

[Scott Lee]

JAM...You must be "flyin' low" because that's the only way you could make DC to Toledo in 5 hrs. Mapquest has it at just under 500 miles, and 8 hrs travel time. I've driven that route dozens of times, and it takes me 7 hrs, driving 80 mph!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Toledo is only a 5-hour drive from our home

 

[i210mfu]

A few months ago, a German magazine contacted Keith McCready about doing an interview for an upcoming article they were going to write about the movie, "The Color of Money," 25 years later.

Hi Jennie,
Hi Keith,

it was a pleasure doing this for Touch Magazine Believe it or not, Keith aka Grady Seasons has a lot of fans over here .... they all hope that he will return!

Markus &
Jochen

 

[satman]

Pretty good?

Life is good. One thing for sure, they can never take Keith's role as Grady Seasons away from him. I know he still gets a kick out of it.

One of my favorite memories was when Keith was at the Super Billiards Expo in the action pit. He was on a tear, holding the table for at least a dozen or more games. Nobody could beat him.

There were about 100 people standing around the action pit bar box, and somebody yelled out, "Hey, Keith, say it. Just say it." Without missing a beat, Keith says, "It's like a nightmare, isn't it?" The whole crowd erupted in loud laughter, and Keith was eating it up, grinning from ear to ear. That's a happy pool memory for me, seeing him shine. :smiling-heart:

Keith pocketed five figures that year in the action pit. He had to play his heart out, but he's pretty good on the bar table. :wink:

He's pretty good on the bar table.... ha ha.... that's funny...... Kinda like saying Secretariat could run a little bit..... I almost burst out laughing when I read that.... In my opinion, that line in the movie, pretty much sums up Keith's abilities. It was like a nightmare, when he hit high gear....