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The Color of Money is a 1986 American sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is the sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler. Like the previous film, The Color of Money is based on the 1984 novel by Walter Tevis. The film stars Paul Newman reprising his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The Color of Money is a 1984 novel by American novelist Walter Tevis. It is the sequel to his 1959 novel, The Hustler . [ 1 ] It was his sixth and final book before his death in the year of publication.
A 1986 sequel, The Color of Money, starred Newman reprising his role as Felson, for which he won his only Academy Award. Plot "Fast Eddie" Felson is accompanied by ...
New York Times critic Rex Lardner called the book "a tense, jolting trip to the tough, dusty, smoky, ball-clackety, money-filled world of the pool shark," and wrote that Tevis "writes like a streak, making straight pool as exciting as a Stanley Ketchell fight. This is a fine, swift, wanton, offbeat novel." [2]
Along with the 1987 Michael Jackson music video "Bad", in 1986 Scorsese made The Color of Money, a sequel to Robert Rossen's The Hustler (1961) with Paul Newman, which co-starred Tom Cruise. Although adhering to Scorsese's established style, The Color of Money was Scorsese's first official foray into mainstream film-making.
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (/ ˈ t ɛ v ɪ s /; February 28, 1928 [4] – August 9, 1984 [5]) was an American novelist and screenwriter.Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
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Color of money or colour of money may refer to: . Color of money, a term used in government procurement; The Color of Money, a 1984 novel by Walter Tevis . The Color of Money, a 1986 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, loosely adapted from the novel