The Color of Money is one of the best movies ever! There isn’t a lot of pool related movies but this one has to be the leader with the Hustler coming in a close second. When you put Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in a movie and have them playing billiards, you have the parts of a great movie. That is exactly what the Color of Money is and if you haven’t seen this one, then just go put your pool cues down and get it today!
Fast Eddie Felson who is played by Paul Newman is a man with a plan. He is a hustler in every sense of the way. He’s ready to share his talents with this young kid he hears breaking the balls with authority. The young kid is Vincent who is played by Tom Cruise, and Fast Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. Vincent accepts the offer and the two plan to go to a big tournament in Atlantic City. Fast Eddie, Vincent and his girlfriend Carmen load up to go play in this big tournament, but they stop at all the pool halls along the way, so Fast Eddie can teach Vincent all the ropes. Vincent isn’t the best student in the world and really flashes his talent for everybody to see. Fast Eddie has a rough time trying to teach Vincent how to hustle and shows Vincent how he could be winning more money than he’s accustomed to.
Short Scene From the Movie
If you play pool or know someone that does, then you must make sure that the pool player in your life sees this movie! It’s a 5 star movie for anybody that picks up the pool cues every now and then. I give it 4 stars for the people who have never played billiards before in their life! If you haven’t seen this movie yet; you might want to go ahead and get the Hustler and see a young Paul Newman in that movie first. It might make The Color of Money more understandable from the beginning, but it’s not a hard movie to follow at all. I would love to take a trip like the one Fast Eddie and Vincent took in this movie and stop at every billiard place I saw along the way.
“On the snap Vincent“
