That's why Vince was PO'd. He's spent his life using his skills to be rich, but now he wants to be recognized for his skills, not his money. ", The Color of Money was released by Touchstone Pictures, after both 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures declined. Eddie Felson: I can always go back to whiskey; it's been very good to me. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Gleason famously played Minnesota Fats in The Hustler, and his character played a big part in the book version of The Color of Money. I'll put a few of my own into the mix, and invite others to weigh in. Privacy Policy. That's funny. On a winning streak, he enters the Atlantic City tournament and runs into Vincent and Carmen, overhearing them arrange a bet with another player. In a D neighborhood of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the HOLC surveyors found a large fraction of Russian immigrants who worked for a lumber company that had recently shuttered. Later on Carmen 'fessed up to make Vinnie jealous and that scene was cut too. [Slams car door]. In their description for the redlined Houghs Neck neighborhood, the HOLC surveyors noted that cheaply built houses and cottages predominated here, and that many of its white residents were on reliefthat is, welfare. The other theories are interesting but there is no evidence in the film for them to be correct unless I have totally missed them. Absent from the film is the character Minnesota Fats, played by Jackie Gleason in The Hustler. The Day the Rains Came Of course, The Color of Money isn't about pool, or even about money. The film grossed $52.3 million at the box office. Got that, Vincent? Vince or Eddie? Remember, Fast Eddie issues to the challenge to Vincent, via Carmen, on the fly so that Vincent won't have time to work out a hustle. 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. As the years go by, I know it's crazy, but that movie is in my top 5 or 6 Scorsese movies. They condemned the neighborhood to junk status. It continues the story of "Fast Eddie" Felson, the character played by Paul Newman in Robert Rossen's "The Hustler" (1961). He used him and Carmen and turned them into a couple of low life hustlers. The finale is set at Lake Tahoe, where Eddie manages to best a number of younger players. Then Newman's character would have been free (as the Robert De Niro characters have been free in other Scorsese films) to follow his passions, hungers, fears and desires wherever they led him - instead of simply following the story down a well-traveled path. [1] It was his sixth and final book before his death in the year of publication. Vincent Lauria: [to Carmen] You see? Eddie Felson: The balls roll funny for everybody, kiddo. Oftentimes, poor residents of all races already clustered in places near environmental hazards or substandard construction. 2:29. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Copyright Fandango. I can see it nowFast Eddie returns one last time, to the senior tour. Cookie Notice Scan this QR code to download the app now. Eddie still plays pool, but not for money and not with the high-stakes, dangerous kinds of players who drove him from the game. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. He certainly could have been worn down by Vincent's bullshit, but he also had one too many whiskeys. In the City of Boston alone, eight of the twelve redlined neighborhoods had no Black residents at all. 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. Coming Soon. It's his experience and age that allows him to do so. One person found this helpful. When Eddie leaves Vincent, it's because Eddie just got hustled. "Fast Eddie" Felson knows who he is, what he thinks, what his values are. For more information, please see our Eddie knows it but thinks its all for a good cause since in doing so he refound his joy of the game and brought Vincent to Atlantic City with the big boys. Eddie refines his skills at Orvis's pool hall, gets into shape by swimming laps, and gets a pair of corrective lens sunglasses. October 17, 1986 10 Songs, 37 minutes This Compilation 1986 Geffen Records. Many of the scenes in this movie are almost formula, despite the energy of Scorsese's direction and the good performances. Vince said he used him, how? Manipulating Vincent's insecurities about Carmen and giving him a valuable Balabushka cue stick, Eddie persuades him to accept his offer. The Color of Money. In the end, Vincent yells "You USED us! But of course these scenes work well, because they are the part of the story that is closest to Scorsese's own sensibility. Eddie manipulated Vince and Carmen both in order to get Vince to go on the road. 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. Nine on the break Eddie Felson: Did you ever hear of a hustle called Two Brothers and a Stranger? So I got the book, started reading it and was fascinated by the narrative ability of it.". [10] Lead star Paul Newman said that the best advice he was given by Scorsese was to "try not to be funny." Those unjust patterns reflected racial differentiation, but also many other social markers of value and hazard. Words by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. 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. Vincent Lauria: [Eddie is pushing to go on the road] This is my job, Eddie. 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. Also available in the iTunes Store. As such, Gleason passed. But in 1930 as in 2020, the private market didnt need the federal governments direction to mark certain communities for disinvestment. I thought that was interesting, because you could get a cross section of the layers of organized crimefrom his point of view, of course. [after challenging everyone in the bar to a game, offering to spot balls, give them break, pay if he loses but not be paid if he wins, etc]. The same did not happen in Greater Bostons majority Black neighborhoods, where the condemnations of surveyors in the 1930s deepened into the racial ghettoization of the 1960s and 70s, which persists to this day in yawning wealth inequalities. It is the sequel to his 1959 novel, The Hustler. The subject of Scorsese's Raging Bull starred in The Hustler. [6][12], The soundtrack to the motion picture was released by MCA Records in 1986. [Opens case; smiles widely] Doom. They come in the same places we would expect them to come in a movie by anybody else, and they contain the same events. And whats worse.Fast Eddie only goes ahead and rekindles his joy for the game, wanting Vincents best game. It could do so in part by drawing money through wealth taxation out of the very neighborhoods whose exorbitant present-day values are also products of redlining: the affluent, primarily white communities where the HOLC and its successors steered investment. Sure they're hustlers and there's some drama in it, but watching people play pool for over an hour of the film isn't my cup of tea. Then we have the story of the kid who wants to knock the master off the throne. Using those notes, Price would rework the scenes and submit them to Newman, who gave the writer his own notes. [27] People Magazine commented that the film benefited from the cast of characters, and Scorsese's choice of actors. Vincent Lauria: Hey Eddie, what are you going to do when I kick your ass? Eddie Felson: This ain't pool. The built-in 32 GB micro SD card enables you to save more than 20,000+ thermal images into the memory card which can be transferred to mobile terminals or PC via USB cable for a deeper analysis of the captured object or scene. Tackling the relationship between economic inequality and geographic inequality remains a colossal task that requires much more than simply ceasing the outright racist practices of the past. There will be some moments of crisis in the story, as when he allows himself, to his shame, to be hustled at pool. They also reveal how the federal government managed risk for capitala role that has perpetuated inequality long after the end of explicit discrimination in the housing market. Real estate is expensive because its extremely difficult to make more of it. "[22] Canby, however, also commented that it "lacks in narrative shapeliness," before giving the film 9/10. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Anema e core. Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" is, in my opinion, his under-appreciated classic. I said you *are* a natural character; you're an incredible flake. He is a liquor salesman, a successful one, judging by the long, white Cadillac he takes so much pride in. In the United States today, residential housing makes up more than $36 trillion of the nations total assets, and nearly two-thirds of middle-class wealth is invested in primary residences. They also reveal how the federal government managed risk for capitala role that has perpetuated inequality long after the end of explicit discrimination in the housing market. He's even willing to continue despite the fact that Vincent has beat him at the game that Eddie originally meant to teach the kid. Eddie Felson: I can always go back to whiskey, it's been very good to me. Scorsese may have thought of this film as a deliberately mainstream work, a conventional film with big names and a popular subject matter; perhaps he did it for that reason. I don't think so. As the historian Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has written, after the finance and real estate industries stopped excluding them outright, Black communities eventually faced another sinister form of exploitationwhat she calls predatory inclusion. Black borrowers were steered into high-interest loans in neighborhoods already isolated by segregation, thereby simultaneously enriching lenders while erecting a new barrier to integrating the suburbs. Sales of cue sticks in Southern California were reported to have increased by 25 percent a month after the film's release. But I believe he has the stubborn soul of an artist, and cannot put his heart where his heart will not go. 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. As the neighborhood transitioned to the new white suburban norm of single-family homeownership, Nonantum, like hundreds of white ethnic neighborhoods across the country, levitated into the middle classes through the power of rising home prices. "Color of Money" is a sequel to "The Hustler". "You USED me!" Cruise performed most of his own pool shots. 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. The film differs greatly from the novel in terms of plot, and does not feature the Minnesota Fats character. Fast Eddie knows he is a forgotten man. When that game happens, Vincent (predictably) takes a bet that he can dump, thinking he'll outfox his former teacher. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah I think you've got it there. It features an original score by Robbie Robertson. They made a similar conclusion at Winthrop Beach, north of Boston, where they observed a resort location and a good beach but nonetheless assigned the area a D. In one tract of the Nonantum section of the Boston suburb of Newton, the surveyors found 60 percent Italian families and 0 percent Black; they noted good schools, churches, etc. This neighborhood, too, got a D rating and a splash of red. It comments that "it's inferior to the original goes without saying, but Paul Newman and Tom Cruise are a joy to watch, and Martin Scorsese's direction is typically superb. Carmen: You mean Houston - there's nothing coming up in Dallas. Yeah Vincent got a little street smart, but he still wanted to play the best pool he could and win. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks. Its also the ultimate fixed good: housing tends to last for decades or even a century or more, and its essentially impossible to move it from one place to another. The film stars Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, and John Turturro in supporting roles. Eddie Felson: You think so? Because if I don't whip you now, I'm gonna whip you next month in Dallas. A lot of the early scenes setting up this situation are very well handled, especially the moments when Eddie uses Carmen to make Vince jealous and undermine his self-confidence. But he pulls himself together to prove to himself that he is the better pool player, with Vincent representing the challenge Fats once posed. The new bosses didnt like the movies script or the two leads. Eddie getting hustled by Amos is an interesting scene. Vincent Lauria: Oh yeah? 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. The challenge, obviously, is to train the kid so he can turn his flakiness on and off at will - so he can put the making of money above every other consideration, every other lure and temptation, in the pool hall. 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. 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. One night, he sees a kid playing pool, and the kid is so good that Eddie's memories are stirred. Newman would at times tell the other two, Guys, I think were missing an opportunity here. "The minute I heard that I would groan, 'Oh, no, here we go again,'" Price told The New York Times. The catalogue number for the original CD release was DMCG 6023. (Mastrantonio, an Oak Park River Forest High graduate, will be in town this weekend for a reunion.) Italian Lyrics by Tito Manlio. A continuation of 1961s The Hustler, The Color of Money examined Fast Eddies story 25 years later, where he convinces the green-but-talented pool player Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) to let him help him become a real nine-ball hustler. From these notes, the HOLC stamped thousands of neighborhoods with rankings on a graded scale, from A to D, with D-grade neighborhoods marked on maps in red. I've probably seen it 40x. Straight pool is pool. But for some players, luck itself is an art. Cruise along with Newman spend most of the film either screaming at each other or storming off in a huff! And its evaluations of financial risk and security rested heavily on stereotypes about what kinds of people and places were risky or securestereotypes that continued to shape cities long after the HOLC was disbanded in 1954. The adjustable 5 color paletteswhite & black hot, red & green hot, iron hot, allows you . Serving as Vincent's stakehorse, Eddie attempts to teach him the art of hustling, but Vincent chafes at having to play below his ability. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. Janelle arrives to support Eddie, who triumphs against Vincent. 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. Look To The Sky (feat. The Color of Money is a 1986 American sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and released by Touchstone Pictures. The gender pay gap was worse for women of color, who earned even less compared with white men. Redlining maps document the deep history of institutional racism in the United States. [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. IMO, Vincent was mad because he realized that Eddie had used him and Carmen by taking them on the road to make money for himself. Once the top pool shark in the country, Fast Eddie is . 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. Why would Eddie have needed Vincent whatsoever it he was trying to get back into the game? "He looked a little nicer. Is that OK with you? You are using an out of date browser. When Vincent says it stings like a bitch doesnt it, hes referring to how it feels to exit the tournament. Mac found its way into theaters in 1992. TNV10 allows you to capture image with true accuracy. During production, he showed his screenplay for Mac to Scorsese, who was complimentary and gave him advice. Since the failure of Reconstruction in the 1870s, Black citizens had been excluded from both employment and credit in the mainstream of the U.S. economy. 2. If redlining maps were not just maps of race, then what were they maps of? However, I think the book version of the Color of Money is superior to the movie version. You're acting like some girl who got felt up at the drive-in. Really well done and rep to you! O&M. Budget. 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. 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. Let's settle it. [23] Miami Herald writer Bill Cosford, however, commented that "whatever Scorsese and Price have to say about these marvelous characters, it is not anything interesting. Up your ass with the spot. I saw an earlier thread on this that has since been archived; I wanted to resurrect the discussion. Maybe Eddie thought back to when Fats cleaned his clock years ago. [36] The 1996 nine-ball challenge match between Efren Reyes and Earl Strickland was named "The Color of Money" in honor of the film. He was able to be a better frontman and speak a little better. Hence his question to Eddie, "stings like a *****, doesnt it?". Also gotta say that I hated all the negativity from the characters in this film, sure its the plot but it just left me feeling annoyed and fed up with watching them. 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. . Regal Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, his first Oscar win after eight nominations, seven of them for Best Actor. [14], The Color of Money held its world premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City in New York, on October 8, 1986. Redlining, however, wasnt only about race. Theres that scene on the hallway steps when Eddie splits and Vincent gets pissed off too. North Hollywood Billiards Club owner Terry Moldenhauer told The Los Angeles Times upon the film's . Vincent Lauria: Hey, what's wrong with you guys? original, Release Date (Streaming): Vincent Lauria: Cowards! A similar bump in popularity occurred when The Hustler was first released. Child care! After its run, the film grossed $52,293,982 domestically. Straight pool, you gotta be a real surgeon to get 'em, you know? The surveyors graded the area D on their description card, and on the map, they inked it red. 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. But I'll tell you something, kiddo. Why? The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Jennifer P. Khazem. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. The point of view shot shows his detailed reflection on the ball's surface. Eddie says (paraphrased) "you just beat the big guy in town; now everyone knows you're hot shit, so they won't bet you, and you can't make any more money from these people." Gemini- Businessmen have auspicious time. [22] Sheila Benson for the Los Angeles Times called these characters an "electrifying unholy trio," and praising the metaphors between hustling and pool. The Color of Money is a 1984 novel by American novelist Walter Tevis. At the beginning of The Color of Money, Eddie seems to have made his peace with that defeat, until Vincent comes along and stirs up all of Eddie's dormant passion for the hustler life. He gives a nice show, but he really can play pool. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Fast Eddie now runs a pool hall of his own. King, Robert Palmer, and Willie Dixon. Thanks for that explanation. As Eddie and Janelle celebrate, Vincent and Carmen surprise Eddie with $8,000 his cut of Vincent's winnings from intentionally losing their match. 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