Here we come to the big weakness of "The Color of Money": It exists in a couple of timeworn genres, and its story is generated out of standard Hollywood situations. "[19] Media review aggregator website Metacritic reported a weighted average score of 77/100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews. All rights reserved. Read critic reviews. He was able to be a better frontman and speak a little better. [10] Lead star Paul Newman said that the best advice he was given by Scorsese was to "try not to be funny." Watch this. I also found the ending to be particularly impressive, opting for resolution on character as opposed to story. The other two main cast members are second fiddle to Mr Cruise's antics but do their best. "Fast Eddie" Felson knows who he is, what he thinks, what his values are. After some hesitations Vincent accepts and Eddie takes him and Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to work the pool halls. 10th Chicago Critics Film Fest Features Past Lives, Blackberry, Sanctuary, Theater Camp, and Many More, A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50, Cannes 2023 Line-up Includes Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and Many More, Ebertfest Welcomes Molly Cornyn as its New Project Coordinator. [3] It is an adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis and was written by Richard Price. If my memory serves right, Vince wasn't exactly the smartest character in the movie, so the reason I think that he was so pissed was that he probably expected Eddie to be proud of him for finally "getting it" and was expecting a pat on the back for finally doing what Eddie had been trying to teach him to do. They also worked out a deal where, if the movie eclipsed its set budget, Newman and Scorsese would be responsible for making up the difference, and put one-third of their respective salaries at risk. He already had a bet on the game as it was, and was planning to move into the side rooms to hustle up some more before departing to the next town. First we have the basic story of the old pro and the talented youngster. Redlining maps document the deep history of institutional racism in the United States. Nonantum is a characteristic example. Fox was enthusiastic until then-president Sherry Lansing left. No work for them today, the surveyors jotted down. The economic vulnerability of out-groups was what made their neighborhoods valueless, and skin color alone could not provide a reliable protection from this vulnerability. It doesn't have the electricity, the wound-up tension, of his best work, and as a result I was too aware of the story marching by. However, I think the book version of the Color of Money is superior to the movie version. I've screened it dozens of times and it still holds up over the years. Scorsese himself spoke of the game of nine-ball. The soundtrack information was taken from the CD booklet. Keith McCready portrayed Grady Seasons. It was only after the Great Depression and the political revolution of the New Deal that these industries reluctantly acquiesced to greater oversight from economic planners in Washington. The ending shows that Eddie has regained control over himself and can endure the harsh realities of this culture he has emersed himself in once again. Vince said he used him, how? I have a slightly different one. The HOLC didnt refer to its documents as redlining maps, but rather as security maps. Privacy Policy. Vince has come a long way. "The Color of Money" is not a sequel, exactly, but it didn't start with someone's fresh inspiration. ), and his instincts were sound in choosing Scorsese. The two met at Newmans office years earlier, after Newman had seen Cruise in Taps. 2:29. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. But when Fast Eddie forfeits and, very publicly, tosses his cut of the payoff back to Vincent, this marks the latter as a hustler and erases his moneymaking potential in the side games. Eddie wants Vincent's best. Eddie moves on to AC for the big 9-ball tournament because now he wants to win. In many cases, the language might as well be lifted directly from the HOLC. He let Eddie win. Absent from the film is the character Minnesota Fats, played by Jackie Gleason in The Hustler. It's not about the money for Eddie anymore. Donate medicine to patients. The catalogue number for the original CD release was DMCG 6023. [Opens case; smiles widely] Doom. Novelist Richard Price was brought on to work with Newman and Scorsese on the screenplay, which would feature its own interpretation of what happened to Fast Eddie after The Hustler. Perhaps, but then why plot the whole story with genre formulas, and only bail out at the end? Scorsese figured it would take Cruise two days to figure out how to do it himself, but it would have cost precious time and money. original, Release Date (Streaming): And the greatest energy in the story is generated between Cruise and Mastrantonio - who, with her hard edge and her inbred cynicism, keeps the kid from ever feeling really sure of her. I'd like to think he did, but as you say, it doesn't really matter. But it was not the only one. TNV10 allows you to capture image with true accuracy. So, he used Vincent as an entry back into 9-Ball to gauge whether he (Eddie) mentally strong enough withstand the pressures of competing at a high level. Vincent Lauria: That's right, a hundred and fifty. The social composition of a neighborhood is just as intertwined with its perceived financial value today as it was in the 1930s, even though the HOLC has been gone for several generations. Eddie is now the kid (re)discovering his love of the game. Its not about win or lose but the purity of putting it all on the table for the love of the sport. I found both of them boring. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch If this movie had been directed by someone else, I might have thought differently about it because I might not have expected so much. (Mastrantonio, an Oak Park River Forest High graduate, will be in town this weekend for a reunion.) Vincent Lauria: Hey Eddie, what are you going to do when I kick your ass? Doom"inspired the title of the popular 1993 video game, Doom. One person found this helpful. Instead, federal economic planners, fearful of pulling up the private lending and real estate system root and branch, merely stepped in to stabilize and rigidify the unjust practices that were already in place. Getting the history of these infamous maps right is crucial if we want to understand how patterns of urban inequality continue to undermine social integration and economic justice in the present day. To be brutally honest I've never seen a film with such a huge amount of sulking, pouting and tantrums as in this film haha. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Vincent takes the whole movie to figure this out. It was estimated that Price had at least 36 script conferences with Newman. Maybe the problems started with the story, when Newman or somebody decided that there had to be a young man in the picture; the introduction of the Cruise character opens the door for all of the preordained teacher-pupil cliches, when perhaps they should have just stayed with Newman and let him be at the center of the story. The maps seem to tell a straightforward story: the federal government engineered racial segregation by specifically identifying Black neighborhoods and eliminating them from federal housing programs, setting these neighborhoods up for permanent disinvestment and marginalization. Task 2. If this movie had been directed by someone else, I might have thought differently about it because I might not have expected so much. It's a shame that even the tension of their relationship is allowed to evaporate in the closing scenes, where Cruise and the girl stand side by side and seem to speak from the same mind, as if she were a standard movie girlfriend and not a real original. Let's settle it. Eddie Felson: [to Carmen about Vincent] We got a racehorse here, a thoroughbred. They condemned the neighborhood to junk status. By the end, he's come to see that "winning" on the table doesn't mean winning financially. Scorsese said that Gleason was presented a draft of the script that had Fats worked into the narrative, but that upon reading it, Gleason declined to reprise the role because he felt that the character seemed to have been added as "an afterthought". Recognizing Vincent's skill, and his girlfriend Carmen's inexperience at luring players to lose money, Eddie tells the couple of their excellent potential for hustling. The movie seems less at home with the Newman character, perhaps because this character is largely complete when the movie begins. English, Director: It continues the story of one of the more compelling characters in cinema, Fast Eddie Felson, with a fascinating plot, fully fleshed-our characters, and tons of atmosphere. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved, it would take Cruise two days to figure out how to do it himself, would not allow Robertson permission to use his own voice at any point on the album, found the perfect title for their first-person shooter classic. To try and make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. Vincent Lauria: Yes sir, boss. John Turturro admitted that he wasnt getting paid what he felt he was worth to play Julian, but he took the job anyway. Despite that the film stretches for that epic Oscar level but really falls short, visually its great but Cruise lets it down for me as does the basic plot. Carmen: You mean Houston - there's nothing coming up in Dallas. So when Vincent used Eddie to take the rail off on the side bet between them, Eddie got pissed. Who the hell are you? Eddie persuades Fats to go on a national tour. And he doesn't unless he plays Vincent. [3] A screenplay was written by Tevis but the filmmakers decided not to use it. Most of the scenes revolve around this concept. Eddie Felson: Human moves, kid. The film stars Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, and John Turturro in supporting roles. Columbia also passed. And, as Elizabeth Warren noted in an op-ed last summer, housing has only become an even more lucrative source of profit for Wall Street since the 2008 crisis. The Color of Money. severable service contract/task beginning in one FY and ending in the next FY, all in the first year, if the contract period does not exceed 12 months. The HOLC surveyors noted that, while multifamily units were impossible to finance there in the 1930sa major factor in its D ratingsingle-family homes could still secure mortgages. Eddie Felson: Jesus. Although Tevis did author a screenplay, adapting the storyline from his novel, the filmmakers decided not to use it, instead crafting an entirely different story under Tevis' title. Maybe Eddie thought back to when Fats cleaned his clock years ago. He's back. Scorsese believed Cruise could learn the shot, but that it would take too long, so the shot was performed for him by professional player Mike Sigel. The studio decided that a 50-day shooting schedule and a $14.5 million budget was sufficient for the film. Theory #1: Vincent is a medium-grade nobody by the time of the 9-Ball Tournament, but is quickly becoming a draw for the big money side games. Because Eddie was a little bored when he took on Vincent, but he also thought (and still thinks) Vincent is hot shit with a stick at a pool table. He's spent his life using his skills to be rich, but now he wants to be recognized for his skills, not his money. Eddie Felson: Houston, Dallas And if not then, then the month after that, in New Orleans. and the Eddie Felson: I'm not your daddy, I'm not your boyfriend, so don't be playing games with me. Web. Irving Axelrod, Thanks for that explanation. Plot wise, I get confused by it still. There are a number of interpretations. A neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia, earned a D grade because its general appearance was rural and undesirable. The poorest neighborhood of Cuyahoga Falls, a city on the outskirts of Akron, Ohio, exhibited low standards of living and in general gives every evidence of a rapid downward trend, guaranteeing it a D grade even with zero foreign families and zero Black families. [8][9] The film was edited by Thelma Schoonmaker, who used close-up shots of pool balls being played, as well as wider visuals of the players to get across the visual of a pool hall. The Color of Money is a 1984 novel by American novelist Walter Tevis. Tend to forget this was a sequel to the film 'The Hustler', probably because it feels like a Cruise vehicle for his young obnoxious over acting and toothy grin. Words by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. He takes a lot of bets down, then takes the big man down. Eddie and Carmen struggle to rein in Vincent's showboating, and his jealousy when they pose as lovers during a scam. After the Second World War, the especially strong labor market for white people, coupled with the financial stability of federally guaranteed loans and decades of investment in schools and infrastructure, created opportunities to gradually erase the mapmakers red ink in certain neighborhoods where residents could blend into the midcentury suburban dream. He is a liquor salesman, a successful one, judging by the long, white Cadillac he takes so much pride in. By creating enormous geographic differentials in neighborhoods values, chaining middle-class prosperity to these financial assets, and then indexing the social makeup of neighborhoods to the values themselves, private housing markets have served as one of the greatest force multipliers for inequality in the United States for over a century. Who do you like to think won? He quietly works his way to the quarterfinals of the tournament knowing that he will face his protege. As they travel together, Fast Eddy realizes how much he had lost, and can see the inevitable finale of their relationship as history begins to repeat itself. The Color of Money Review by William Ruhlmann Ex- Band songwriter/guitarist Robbie Robertson put together this soundtrack, which allowed him to collaborate with blues master Willie Dixon and jazz master Gil Evans, though it was his collaboration with Eric Clapton that produced the album's hit song, "It's in the Way That You Use It." I think Eddie was a toned-down Burt in CoM. I don't know what it is about it, I think it's a combination of how technically it was shot, the great chemistry between Newman and Tom Cruise, and how tight the screenplay is/how efficiently it moves. While i'm on that note Wow, that has to be the best synopsis I've ever seen on the two movies. He starts out drinking the remainder of his life away in his bar, living off his past; and by the end Eddie is back. This means Fast Eddie is out of the spotlight. Amos: [to Eddie, after hustling him] Hey, I want to ask you something, an' I want you to be real honest. He didn't win, so he doesn't want to be there in the next round of the tournament. Eddie still plays pool, but not for money and not with the high-stakes, dangerous kinds of players who drove him from the game. Always keep your house clean. I thought that was interesting, because you could get a cross section of the layers of organized crimefrom his point of view, of course. He offloads Vincent. It features an original score by Robbie Robertson, and was released on October 17, 1986, after a premiere a week earlier at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City in New York. That meant making assumptions about risky neighborhoods that were based on assumptions about risky peopleBlack people, welfare recipients, poor tenants, and so onand encoding these assumptions into the self-perpetuating logic of the financial system. Coming Soon, Regal O&M. Budget. There will be some moments of crisis in the story, as when he allows himself, to his shame, to be hustled at pool. He lied to Vince about Vince's relationship security with Carmen and he used Carmen's hustler instincts to get her to control Vince. Of course, The Color of Money isn't about pool, or even about money. The point of view shot shows his detailed reflection on the ball's surface. In all of his best movies, we can see this same ambiguity about the role of women, who are viewed as objects of comfort and fear, creatures that his heroes desire and despise themselves for desiring. Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protg the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback. Garrett Dash Nelson is the Curator of Maps & Director of Geographic Scholarship at the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. October 17, 1986 10 Songs, 37 minutes This Compilation 1986 Geffen Records. Hence his question to Eddie, "stings like a *****, doesnt it?". Eddie already has money, and wants what money can't buy; respect. But I'll tell you something, kiddo. Eddie manipulated Vince and Carmen both in order to get Vince to go on the road. Redlining, Race, and the Color of Money. One recent study found that, since 1980, homes in white neighborhoods had appreciated, on average, $200,000 more than homes in otherwise comparable communities with many people of color. Vincent Lauria: [Eddie has just run the table] Pretty damn good. [3] Newman later said that he had wanted the character to appear, but that none of the attempts to include him fit well into the story that was being written. Think about it. You're not back there playing around with baby dolls. The only ball that means anything, that wins it, is the 9. Did Eddie actually get shaken down by him, or did he just make it look like that so he could quit out of shame? In particular, he states that the extreme close ups of Tom Cruise around the pool table were inspired by those of the nuns in that film. Fast Eddie's break with the world of competitive 9-Ball years ago was very traumatic -- so much so that it must have caused him psychological harm. It's a joke, okay? [21], The film was praised for the major cast. The vast majority of private lenders simply would not issue a loan to a prospective Black borrower, no matter how secure their income or social reputation. What the financial industry wanted most of all was to profit on loans and to avoid holding defaulted assets. Gemini- Businessmen have auspicious time. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Its quite simple. In my fantasy world, Fast Eddie did nail Carmen that time Vince was off shooting against the Black guy with the cowboy hat and the scene was cut. and our I've probably seen it 40x. The Color of Money is a 1986 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. As such, Gleason passed. At the beginning, Eddie watches most of his pool on the television, and tends to play the game by himself. Jimmy Mataya, better known as Pretty Boy Floyd, played Julians friend in the Green Room. He gives a nice show, but he really can play pool. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Standing in for the extremely valuable "Balabushka" cue in the movie was actually a Joss J-18 (which later became the Joss 10-N7), made to resemble a classic Balabushka. In Bostons Charlestown district, where the surveyors found 40 percent Canadian families and 0 percent Black families, as well as a neighborhood that boasted proximity to Boston commercial area, the HOLC made the same conclusion: D grade, red map. 7 Annual Funding Policy Task 1. That's funny. Newman said, Hey, Killer. Cruise responded by claiming he would have taken the Military Academy over if he had five more minutes. As Eddie and Janelle celebrate, Vincent and Carmen surprise Eddie with $8,000 his cut of Vincent's winnings from intentionally losing their match. After a string of successful games, Vincent plays the famed Grady Seasons, but is directed by Eddie to dump the game, to inflate the odds against Vincent in Atlantic City. This is for bangers. I don't think that Vince put any hustle on Eddie. Cruise mentioned that to prepare for the role, he bought a pool table for his apartment and practiced for hours on end. Redlining maps endorsed ideas about risk and value that suited the needs of private finance, laundering all sorts of coded ideas about social order behind the neutral geographic assessment of good and bad neighborhoods. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Now, we pretty quickly (it's quick for story purposes) go through a montage where Eddie just needs glasses so he can see properly again. Genre: Think of the heroes of "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" and their relationships with women, and you sense where the energy is coming from that makes Vincent love Carmen, and distrust her. Eddie Felson: This ain't pool. I'm your partner. Humiliated, Eddie leaves Vincent and Carmen with enough money to make it to Atlantic City, taking the Balabushka. The Color of Money: Directed by Martin Scorsese. Eddie wants to know if he's still the big man. Surround, Finding Dory, The People v. O.J. He meets Arabella, an English woman, who moves in with him. Eddie's abrupt departure upsets Julian, as well as Eddie's girlfriend Janelle. King, Robert Palmer, and Willie Dixon. Vincent Lauria: You walk into a shoe store with a hundred and fifty bucks, you come out with one shoe! On a winning streak, he enters the Atlantic City tournament and runs into Vincent and Carmen, overhearing them arrange a bet with another player. Vincent was like a little kid in many ways. Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, at Touchstone/Disney, saw the film's potential and greenlit the production. He has been a true star for many years, but sometimes that star quality has been thrown away. So I got the book, started reading it and was fascinated by the narrative ability of it.". Because if I don't whip you now, I'm gonna whip you next month in Dallas. According to the data, Black women earned $0.64 for every dollar a white man made, while Hispanic. To use your table skills to profit, not to win. Martin Scorsese, Producer: Read more. Added Scorsese: ''We finally presented a script to Gleason with Fats in. Plot [ edit] The novel is set twenty years after The Hustler. But there were points when I thought, 'If I hear ''we're missing an opportunity" one more time, you're going to be missing a writer.'" North Hollywood Billiards Club owner Terry Moldenhauer told The Los Angeles Times upon the film's . Jun 5, 2005, Box Office (Gross USA): The presence of Black residents was therefore one of the attributes that could make a neighborhood financially risky. 'Cause if I didn't, I'll run it by you another way. Eddie Felson: How much did you take off Moselle? Mastrantonio believes she was the last person to audition for Scarface, too. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Slimkid3) 9. The film centers around the game of nine-ball, a pool variant played for high stakes. He still stakes bets for players, including fellow hustler Julian, who is outmatched at nine-ball by the young and charismatic Vincent. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. 5.0 out of 5 stars Memories. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. Crack Party (feat. Garrett Dash Nelson July 8, 2021. Many of the scenes in this movie are almost formula, despite the energy of Scorsese's direction and the good performances. In the end, Vincent yells "You USED us! It's his return to the brash, slick, confident man he was, who got utterly humiliated before he skills of a wiser, more capable hustler - so much so that he gives up the life for 25 years. 18 Apr. [26] The Chicago Tribune's Gene Siskel commented that the "grit is gone," as Scorsese wasn't backed up by a veteran contributor as in his other works. Eddie, winning against Julian, and Vincent, beating Grady, are set to face each other. In the shadow of the original, The Hustler, The Color of Money is not quite in the same league, lacking the dramatic nuance and power of the earlier film. . Helpful. I think that the two theories that are posted above could very well be right. At the AC tournament, he admits to Eddie he dumped the game. The Color of Money is a 1984 novel by American novelist Walter Tevis. Couldn't he just have bounced around pool halls himself to prove that he was coming back into it? Eventually, everything points to the ending of the film, which we know will have to be a showdown between Eddie and Vince, between Newman and Cruise. Finding him working at Child World, Eddie invites Vincent to leave the next day for six weeks of hustling on the road, culminating in a nine-ball tournament in Atlantic City. Burt was way more ruthless though. The Color of Money is a 1986 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The idea that the federal government should intervene in real estate financing was in fact a relatively progressive one for its time. And we dont know the result of their final match because thats the whole point. With Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver. 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