If you are a billiard fun, you are guaranteed to enjoy
watching the billiard movies recommended below. You can find
here information on some of the best billiard movies in
history including The Hustler, The Color of Money
and some less predicted choices.
Based on a novel of the same name, The Hustler is
probably the most famous billiard movie of all times. Paul
Newman plays the role of a young and arrogant straight pool
player Fast Eddie Felson who plays against Jackie Gleason as
a billiard champion known as Minnesota Fats. The legendary
pocket billiard player Willie Mosconi was the technical
advisor of The Hustler and he taught Newman not only
how to play pool but also how to walk, talk and behave like
a pool player.
The Color of Money, which sequels The Hustler,
is regarded as responsible to the boost in the popularity of
the pool game in America during the 1980s. The Hustler meets
25 years older Paul Newman again as Fast Eddie Felson who
becomes a pool hustler after being barred from the world of
professional pool. In Color of Money, Fast Eddie
adopts Tom Cruise as a young and arrogant pool player and
guides him through the world of professional pool playing
and hustling. The Color of Money features billiard
hall of fame inductee Steve Mizerak as one of Eddie's
biggest opponents.
The Baron and the Kid is a TV billiard movie
featuring Johnny Cash as a pool hustler, The Baron, who
accidentally meets his lost son, The Cajun Kid, on a pool
tournament. Following the family reunion, the Baron and the
Kid launch a pool hall and battle against the dubious pool
sharks.
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Billy the Kid… is a strange
mixture of a musical and horror movie sets in the UK
professional snooker world. The plot follows a crucial
snooker match between Billy the Kid, a young snooker player,
and the Green Baize Vampire,
the holder of six world snooker championships, in which the
player who loses will have to quit from playing professional
snooker for good.
Poolhall Junkies
A 2002 cult billiard movie that
tells the story of Johnny, a talented pool player (Mars
Callahan, who is also the director of the movie) who might
have been big unless Joe, his manager (Chazz Palminteri),
would have been holding him back and maintaining him in the
small pool hustling business. The core of Poolhall
Junkies is a pool match between Johnny and Joe's new
protégé, which involves not only high stakes but also
Johnny's life.
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