The Color of Money (Blu-ray) R

The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 5, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1986
  • Label: Touchstone

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1986 - Best Actor: Paul Newman

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh89%

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Total Count: 47

Upright73%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 46,013
...Jagged-edged visual stylistics, an icily perfect soundtrack and fine performances from Newman and a never-better Cruise are just the start...
Total Film
Jan 1, 2001
Rating: 2.5/4 -- The premise might sound interesting, but the plotting is so utterly predictable that The Color of Money turns into a pool-room variation of The Karate Kid. Full Review
Chicago Tribune
Feb 6, 2017
Rating: 4/5 -- The confrontational climax never quite convinces, but Richard Price's knockout script is one to treasure and director Martin Scorsese brings his trademark visual style to bear on the production. Full Review
Radio Times
Feb 6, 2017
Rating: 5/10 -- There's nothing [Martin Scorsese] made so achingly generic and impersonal as this. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Oct 25, 2014
A solidly crafted entertainment that, for the most part, strikes a successful balance between commercial necessity and personal expression. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Mar 26, 2007
Included in the New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1986
New York Times
Dec 28, 1986
[Scorsese] delivers the cinematic charge of the pool room culture of hustle and gamesmanship along with the education of a young protégé lacking self and a mentor who has yet to face his own conflicted feelings about the game. Full Review
Seanax.com
Dec 16, 2016

Product Description:

Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY picks up where Robert Rossen's 1961 film THE HUSTLER left off. Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman), now middle-aged, finds the image of his youthful self in a pool hustler named Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise). Trying to relive his past days of glory through the cocky but inexperienced youngster, Fast Eddie takes on the role of Vincent's manager and mentor. But Fast Eddie didn't count on having to contend with Vincent's smart, sexy, and extremely ambitious girlfriend. The three characters become engaged in an emotionally complicated power struggle as they make their way to Atlantic City, where Vincent plans to compete in his first pool tournament.

Scorsese's, as well as Newman's, love for the character of Fast Eddie shines through in every frame of this sequel, something that didn't go unnoticed by the academy (earning Newman the Best Actor Oscar). Playing the young upstart, Cruise steps up to Newman's challenge, delivering an energetic performance that cemented his place at the top of the young Hollywood elite. Robbie Robertson's bluesy score reflects the smoky interiors of the various pool halls that Fast Eddie and Vincent haunt, adding another layer of moodiness to the already stylish proceedings.

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  • Sales Rank: 8,574
  • UPC: 786936824001
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