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The Color of Money
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The Color of Money is a 1986 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Paul Newman, a sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler.Twenty-five years after he abruptly retired from the world of pool, "Fast Eddie" Felson (Newman) is working as a successful liquor salesman. One day, he meets the skilled but flamboyant pool player Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) and his girlfriend Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Seeing Vincent as himself as a young man, Eddie takes him up as a protégé and teaches him the way of the Hustler.Like the original movie, The Color of Money was based on a novel by Walter Tevis, which was also a sequel to The Hustler. Unlike the original movie, Color deviates significantly from its source novel, which dealt with Fast Eddie’s comeback to take on his former archrival, Minnesota Fats. Also unlike the original film, Newman actually won the Oscar this time around.The movie version is also known for inspiring John Carmack to pick the title Doom for his medium-altering video game. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Eddie gets one after he himself is hustled by Amos, who smoothly pretends to be a lucky amateur and suckers Eddie into a series of double-or-nothing games. | |
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Redemption Quest | |
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Redemption Quest: The movie is essentially about Eddie redeeming himself and embracing his long-supressed love for pool. | |
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No Sympathy | |
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No Sympathy: Eddie tells Vincent that being a successful hustler means he must never have sympathy for his marks; when Vincent throws a pool game against a man with a tracheotomy, Eddie sets up a Pool Hall Brawl to teach him a lesson. | |
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Pride Before a Fall | |
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Pride Before a Fall: Eddie gets hustled and has a short BSOD. It serves as the catalyst for him sharpening up his skills and returning to playing pool full-time. | |
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Training Montage | |
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Training Montage: Eddie's recovery is shown with a montage of activities to rebuild his skills, including swimming, being fitted for new eyeglasses, and lots of games of pool. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Vincent goes from a talented yet foolish pool player who couldn't hustle an old man just because of a lump in his throat to reprimanding his own girlfriend about hustling a guy out for $1500 when they could have gotten $2000 and being able to throw a match against his own mentor so that he can lure higher marks in the future. | |
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Parental Substitute | |
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Parental Substitute: Vincent ends up adopting Eddie as a father figure. | |
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Broken Ace | |
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Broken Ace: Eddie is this at the start of the movie. | |
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Crazy Jealous Guy | |
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Crazy Jealous Guy: Vincent exhibits signs of this whenever he gets the slightest hint that Carmen might be interested in someone else. During a hustle, when Eddie and Carmen were pretending to be a couple, Vincent was noticeably distracted by Eddie's heavy petting of her. | |
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10-Minute Retirement | |
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10-Minute Retirement: After Eddie's heroic BSOD and breakup with Vincent, he immediately starts working on regaining his pool-playing skills. | |
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Street Smart | |
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Street Smart: Carmen is clearly more experienced and world-savvy than Vincent. | |
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With a Friend and a Stranger | |
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With a Friend and a Stranger: An example of the variation where the protagonist (Eddie) is the Stranger who meets the established Friends (Vincent and Carmen). | |
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Nostalgia Filter | |
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Nostalgia Filter: Eddie has this in regards to the present-day popularity of nine ball, which he thinks is simpler, faster, and easier than the straight pool he used to play. | |
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He's Back! | |
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He's Back!: The final lines of the film: | |
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I Know Mortal Kombat | |
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I Know Mortal Kombat: Discussed; aside from shooting pool, Vincent's hobby is playing "Stocker", a racing video game. He believes that mastering the game will give him the reflexes needed to attend West Point. | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: Occurs when Vincent goes back to play pool against Moselle, carrying his Balabushka pool cue in a case. When Moselle asks what's inside, Vincent grins and opens it, revealing the Balkabushka, and simply says "Doom" with a huge grin. He then proceeds to wipe the floor with Moselle. This scene was the inspiration for the name of the seminal video game Doom. | |
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Ordered to Cheat | |
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Ordered to Lose: Eddie tells Vincent to "dump" one of his road matches to prep him for a rich guy who's an easy mark. Vincent, being the hothead egotist that he is, wins the match and loses the mark instead. | |
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Wild Card | |
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Wild Card: Carmen. Siskel & Ebert stated that her character was the only thing preventing the film from being a tired formula film. | |
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Team Prima Donna | |
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Team Prima Donna: Vincent, who always wants to be the winner, even when it's detrimental to the hustle. Eddie and Carmen have to work together to keep him in check. Vincent's inability to throw games (to set up larger bets and richer marks) often leads to arguments. | |
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Delinquent | |
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Delinquent: Carmen was one prior to the events of the movie. She first met Vincent after she got arrested for driving the getaway car while her (former) boyfriend was robbing his parents' house. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Vincent isn't exactly faking being a goobery idiot, but Eddie does tell him to play it up to get people to underestimate him. Later, another goober pulls the same trick on Eddie. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Carmen wears short skirts and has scenes where she's topless and wearing only panties and an open shirt. | |
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The Lad-ette | |
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The Lad-ette: Carmen is a mild version of this. Though she enjoys looking attractive, she happily spends her time in pool halls, smoking and drinking with the guys while rounding up marks. She's also a lot more Street Smart than Vincent. | |
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Throwing the Fight | |
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Throwing the Fight: After Eddie beats Vincent in the 9-Ball Classic semifinals, he learns that Vincent threw the match because he had numerous bets riding on him to win. | |
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The '80s | |
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The '80s: Not as obvious as it could be, as a lot of the film takes place at pool halls which are pretty timeless, but Tom Cruise's hairdo is a dead giveaway. | |
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Pride | |
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Pride: Vincent's big failing is his inability to control his ego. He won't lose matches he should, despite Carmen and Eddie pointing out that it's the way to set up big scores. Later, when he gets the hang of it, he throws a match against Eddie and expects Eddie to be pleased that Vincent has taken his lessons to heart. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: The final scene spells it out, showing Fast Eddie is back: | |
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Lysistrata Gambit | |
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Lysistrata Gambit: Carmen uses this to force Vincent to return to their plan and intentionally lose. | |
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Technician Versus Performer | |
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Technician Versus Performer: Eddie and Vincent are this trope in regards to both pool and hustling — Eddie is methodical and businesslike, while Vincent is flamboyant and seeks attention. | |
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Gold Digger | |
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Gold Digger: Played with; Carmen stays with Vincent and clearly benefits from his pool-playing skills, but it's never clear how much genuine affection she has for him. | |
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Love Makes You Dumb | |
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Love Makes You Dumb: Vincent has this with regards to Carmen — he clearly sees her as a pure-hearted soul, blinding himself to her Street Smarts and delinquent past. She's even wearing a necklace she stole from his mother, and he thinks it's just a coincidence. | |
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