"Fast" Eddie Felson has slowed down quite a bit. Tevis wouldn't live to see Scorsese's adaptation, however, dying of lung cancer a mere eight days after his final book went on sale. Like The Hustler, Color arrived in theaters two years after its source text, a novel by Walter Tevis, was published. His performance as "Fast" Eddie Felson was one of that film's nine targets of Academy recognition, with wins coming for cinematography and art direction in the diluted black and white divisions. It follows the black and white 1961 drama The Hustler, which earned Newman his second Best Actor Oscar nomination. The Color of Money is a sequel and remains one of the least timely in film history. Behind the camera stood veteran director Martin Scorsese, 43, whose career was on a bit of a downtick following his string of acclaimed works including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Cruise had just a few years of credits under his belt and only one big hit ( Risky Business), but that was about to change when Top Gun would become the year's #1 attraction and cement his star status. Top billing went to 61-year-old Paul Newman, a 7-time Academy Award-nominated living legend aging gracefully and remaining a box office draw with his pick of Hollywood's litter.īy his side was 23-year-old Tom Cruise, his surname already commanding the same size and weight on the poster. In 1986, three titans of film from three different generations came together to make the Touchstone Pictures drama The Color of Money.
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