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Actors: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick Director: Robert Rossen Rating: Unrated Features: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Number of Discs: 2 Running Time: 135 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Release Date: June 12, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1961 Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Newman stars as an arrogant hustler determined to beat Minnesota Fats at his own game, no matter what the cost. Genre: Feature Film-Drama Rating: NR Release Date: 12-JUN-2007 Media Type: DVD
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? Rossen brings his film to life with the easy pace of a pool game, giving his actors room to explore their characters and develop into a razor-sharp ensemble. Eugen Schüfftan earned an Academy Award for his shadowing black-and-white cinematography, as did art directors Harry Horner and Gene Callahan for their deceivingly simple set designs. Even in the daylight this film seems to be smothered by night, lit by the dim glow of a bar lamp or the overhead glare of a pool-table light, an appropriate environment for this tale of one man's struggle with his soul and his self-esteem. Newman returned as an older, wiser, cagier Felson 25 years later in Martin Scorsese's Color of Money. --Sean Axmaker
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