The Color of Money

The Color of Money (1986) was an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s sequel to his earlier novel The Hustler (1959, film 1961). “Fast Eddie” Felson (Paul Newman, reprising his Oscar-nominated role as a pool hustler) is now retired from competition. He smells raw talent in callow…

…Out in Beverly Hills (1986), The Color of Money (1986), and Pretty Woman (1990); and restored Disney’s reputation for classic animation with Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994). He also expanded the company into fields such as television, publishing, home video, and cruise ship travel. Disney’s…

…and ’90s, including Splash (1984), The Color of Money (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), Father of the Bride (1991), Ed Wood

…the 1986 Martin Scorsese movie The Color of Money), and Sting (in live and studio performances in 1987).

…the music for the film The Color of Money (1986) and for musician Sting’s 1987 European tour.

…appeared opposite Paul Newman in The Color of Money, which was directed by Martin Scorsese, and two years later starred as an autistic man’s selfish brother in Rain Man. For his portrayal of a Vietnam War veteran turned activist in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cruise received his…

…performance in director Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), the sequel to The Hustler. In 1989 he portrayed Louisiana Gov. Earl K. Long in Blaze. At age 70 he was nominated yet again, for his depiction of Sully, an irresponsible yet humorous construction worker in Nobody’s Fool (1994), directed…

…Newman) in Martin Scorsese’s film The Color of Money (1986) in what film critic Pauline Kael described as a “brief, startling performance.” Whitaker also portrayed the soldier Big Harold in Oliver Stone’s harrowing Vietnam War movie Platoon (1986), and he appeared with Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam