Films from a Pool Hall
Walking up a flight of dingy stairs to smoke filled room that smell like stale beer and old cigarettes, with the sound of balls smashing into one another, a grunt for a missed shot, Bang Bang Band! “8 ball in the corner pocket!” Everyone is clapping their hands, no one should’ve made that shot. Smash! A pool cue gets slammed over the shooters back. Capturing the tension of a Pool Hall on film.
Poolhall Junkies
Scratch
Long Jenny
Opening Day
February 28 2002
Team
Coach
Mars Calahan
Players
Chazz Palminteri - Joe
Ricky Schroder - Brad
Michael Rosenbaum - Danny
Alison Eastwood - Tara
Christopher Walken - Mike
Mars Callahan - Johnny
Quote
Johnny Doyle: The poolhall's a great equalizer. In the poolhall, nobody cares how old you are, how young you are, what color your skin is or how much money you've got in your pocket... It's about how you move. And I remember this kid once who could move around a pool table like nobody had ever seen. I mean, hour after hour, rack after rack, his shots just went in. The cue was part of his arm and the balls had eyes. And the thing that made him so good was... He thought he could never miss. I know, 'cause that kid was me.
Pool Hall
Eo's Billiards 4085 4700 S,
Kearns, UT 84118, United States
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Song
Payback
James brown
Trophy
Balloons On your Birthday
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273982/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
The Hustler
Game: Game Pool - Straight Pool - 9 ball - Billiards
Opening night: September 24 1961
Penalty : Muskla
Team
Coach
Robert Rossen
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason - Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie - Sarah Packard
George C. Scott - Charlie Burns
Gordon B. Clarke - Casher
Quote
CASHIER
No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys. Just pool. Nothing else. This is Ames, mister.
Pool Hall
Ames Billiard Academy 160 West 44th Street Manhattan New York
Songs
Fast Buck - Kenyon Hopkins
Trophy
$10,000
Sources
The Color Of Money
Game: Straight Pool, 9 Ball
Penalty Minutes
Art of taking a Dive
Opening Day
October 8th 1986
Team
Coach
Martin Scorsese
Players
Paul Newman - Eddie
Tom Cruise - Vincent
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Carmen
Quote
Eddie Felson: You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.
Arena or Stadium used Film location
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illusions, USA
Songs
One More Night - Phil Collins
Werewolves in London - Warren Zevon
Trophy
Oscar for best Actor Paul Newman The Hustler
Oscar for best Supporting actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Sources
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