Joss N7 – The Color of Money Pool Cue Stick

Posted by Geoff Arnold as Pool Films, Pool Movies

If you’re a fan of the classic Scorsese movie The Color of Money, you’ll instantly recognize this pool cue. The cue in the film is not a Balabushka as Vincent (Tom Cruise) states, but rather a beautiful Joss Pool Cue Stick. Classic in design, this cue features mother of pearl inlays in the points and the ebony butt displays mother of pearl inlays with ivorine inlays. This cue is truly a classic. Please note that this cue is identical in design to the pool cue seen in The Color of Money with the exception of the wrap. This cue features a black wrap with white flecks whereas the cue from the movie features a white wrap.

I found this cue.  Now you can get your own at WWW.Pooldawg.com.

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Poolhall Junkies (2003)

Posted by Geoff Arnold as Pool Films, Pool Movies

Good pool movie, January 21, 2006

Not a bad pool movie, May 26, 2004

 Pool hall cool!, January 2, 2008

Johnny was a poolhall hustler, one of the best, until he discovered how his manager Joe had ruined his life. he left Joe int he hands of some heavy-duty drug dealers and split the scene. Now he’s trying to go legit, save his relationship with his girlfriend Tara, and maybe even save his life. Johnny’s younger brother Danny is eager to follow in his footsteps — eager enough to find himself deep in debt to Joe, who has returned with a new poolhall protege. When Danny robs a store to pay back Joe, it’s time for his big brother to take his cue. The final game has a payoff that’s bigger than money, bigger than life, bigger than either player can imagine. Because somewhere on the edge of the 8-ball waits a man’s soul.

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The Color of Money (1986)

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A Great Movie that’s about more than Pool. 80s Classic!, August 14, 2004

Money, Luck and Our Lady of the Cue Balls., May 27, 2004

Anyone Up For A Game Of Pool?, June 6, 2000

Martin Scorsese handles directing duties in this 1986 sequel to the classic 1961 film The Hustler, which marks the return of Paul Newman to the role of pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. Anxious to break into the big time again, Eddie finds a talented protégé (Tom Cruise) to groom; but with the addition of the latter’s manipulative girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and the wild streak in Cruise’s character, the trio make for a fascinating portrait in group psychology.

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The Hustler (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) (1961)

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You Can Bank On This One…., October 24, 2002

Do The Hustle: Newman Makes Fast Eddie Felson A Hollywood Legend, April 5, 2007

Pool would not exist without this film., October 22, 2008

Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler “Fast” Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen’s atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman’s Felson is a swaggering pool shark punk who takes on the king of the poolroom, Minnesota Fats (a cool, assured Jackie Gleason in his most understated performance). After losing big and crashing into a void of self-pity, Eddie meets down-and-out Sarah (Piper Laurie in a delicate performance), an alcoholic blue blood who’s dropped into Eddie’s world of dingy bars and seedy poolrooms. Eddie regains his confidence and attracts the attention of a shifty, calculating promoter, Bert Gordon (George C. Scott at his most heartless), who offers to bring Eddie into the big money–but at what cost?

The Hustler Trailer – time:00:03:29

Two Disc Collectors edition now available. Get it here…

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