Fast eddie parker, who sometimes went by the last name felsen, claimed to be the model for newmans character. Recognizing vincents skill, and his girlfriend carmens inexperience at luring players to lose money, eddie tells the couple of their excellent. Fast eddie haunts a good pool story chicago tribune. Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit as the hustler, fast eddie felson is playing exhibition matches with former rival minnesota fats in shopping malls for prizes like cable television. This is the true story of the cheekiest heist ever. And that stroke, its like hes uh, like hes playin a violin or somethin. Finally, we said that parker had produced instructional books and videos that paul newman had used when preparing to revive the character. The color of money fast eddie felson by walter tevis book cover, description, publication history.
The novel that inspired the classic film starring paul newman and jackie gleason, the hustler tells the story of fast eddie felson, a young pool player who hustles suckers in small towns, looking for stake money so he can reach his goal. The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for multiple academy. Feb 08, 2001 walter tevis borrowed one of parkers aliases to create fast eddie felson, the hero of his novel the hustler in 1959, which became robert rossens hit movie in 1961. Hes a poolhustler whos convinced himself that he needs to prove to. Film in which paul newman plays fast eddie felson crossword.
The color of money is a 1986 american drama film directed by martin scorsese from a screenplay by richard price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by walter tevis. Then please submit it to us so we can make the clue database even better. He proceeds to get the edge on minnesota fats, game after game, long. The match begins, and it is clear that fast eddie felson is very good maybe great. The hustler is a 1959 novel by american writer walter tevis. After hustling smalltimers in hundreds of backwater taverns and billiard parlors, felson heads to chicago with his partner charlie. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary minnesota fats to a highstakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. The hustler special edition, repackaged, subtitled on tcm shop. In later years parker made appearances at billiards tournaments, gave exhibitions, and created instructional videotapes and books. The book quickly won a respected readership and later an audience for the movie with the same name starring paul newman and jackie gleason. This gripping tale presents fast eddie felson and the shady world of hustling pool. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, edward fast eddie felson, who challenges the legendary minnesota fats the hustler was adapted into a 1961 film of the same title, starring paul newman as fast eddie and jackie gleason as minnesota fats. Teviss 1959 novel, the hustler, became the basis for the film, in which a character named fast eddie felson loses his humanity as he vies for the chance to challenge minnesota fats, an.
Loosely modeled after billiard master willie mosconi, tevis fast eddie takes on minnesota fats at the time, a fictional character, whos identity reallfe pool huster rudolph wanderone. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, edward fast eddie felson, who. Fast eddie felson, a brilliant young pool hustler, travels from california to chicago to take on the best player in the country. Scott and piper laurie in the riveting film that received an academy award nomination as best picture of 1961 and brought all four of its oscar nominations. Fast eddie felson is a smalltime pool hustler with a lot of talent but a selfdestructive attitude. Paul newman as fast eddie felson in what was deservingly but incredibly his only best actor. With one failed marriage and years of running a pool hall behind him, eddie is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he. The color of money book by walter tevis thriftbooks.
The film is underrated, and has many fine points but when compared to the book it is very, very disappointing. Fast eddie maher reveals what life was like as uks most. In the intervening years, he has become what the despicable george c. Found an answer for the clue film in which paul newman plays fast eddie felson that we dont have. Eddie is young and immensely talented, but flawed by arrogance and naivety. Mosconi was the billiards consultant on the movie set, which starred paul newman as fast eddie felson and jackie gleason as minnesota fats. Gleason movie about pool shark fast eddie felson is over a halfcentury old. Aug 25, 2016 here are the 30 best movies from books on netflix. Price agreed to collaborate on the color of money, the three men met in malibu. Tevis introduces us to fast eddie felson, an extraordinarily gifted pool hustler with a penchant for bourbon j. That story i didnt want to do because it was a literal sequel. Plot fast eddie felson is a former pool hustler turned successful liquor salesman in chicago. A reallife pool player known as both new york fats and chicago fats. Fast eddie felson, just happens to be a poolhustler.
The hustler fast eddie felson by walter tevis fantastic fiction. Take the time to watch the whole video and youll even learn from. The film stars paul newman and tom cruise, with mary elizabeth mastrantonio, helen shaver, and john turturro in supporting roles. Eddie parker, the legendary pool player known as fast eddie who inspired the movie the hustler, is dead after falling ill at a pool tournament. In the movie, they are competing in a high stakes gambling game for money to determine who is the best player of the game of straight pool in the world. Aug 10, 2015 the hustler by walter s tevis the hustler by walter s tevis pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad this is the 1959 book the hustler by walter tevis, that was made into a movie the hustler, a 1961 movie staring jackie gleason as minnesota fats and paul newman as fast eddie felson. Oscarnominated in 1961 for his performance as pool hustler fast eddie felson in the hustler, paul newman won that award a quarter century later when he reprised the role in the color of money.
Cruise is wellcast as the confident, cocky newcomer. The hustler was adapted into a 1961 film of the same title, starring paul newman as fast eddie and jackie gleason as minnesota fats. The hustler film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Well, whos gonna beat mei mean, what other pool room is there in the country where a guy can walk out with ten grand in one night. At any rate, the books and the films made a mythic hero of their main character, fast eddie felson. This is the 1959 book the hustler by walter tevis, that was made into a movie the hustler, a 1961 movie staring jackie gleason as minnesota fats and paul newman as fast eddie felson. If hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been eddie felson time. There had been a couple of scripts written, one by walter tevis, who wrote the books the color of money and the hustler, and another by a different writer, which i read. The hustler is a 1961 american cinemascope drama film directed by robert rossen from walter tevis s 1959 novel of the same name, adapted for the screen by rossen and sidney carroll. May 04, 2017 this is the story of how securicor guard eddie maher managed to pull off a. He is best known for his novels the hustler and the man who fell to earth which were adapted for film. Tevis does a wonderful job of updating his fast eddie felson character from the original novel, the hustler, and the opening scenes in this book where minnesota fats coaches a middleaged and tired felson are outstanding. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
When he returned with 80 pages about eddie felson s road to redemption, the proposition hit its first pothole. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It tells the story of smalltime pool hustler fast eddie felson and his desire to break into the major league of professional hustling and highstakes wagering. The movie, one of paul newmans first big roles, came in 1961. Walter tevis borrowed one of parkers aliases to create fast eddie felson, the hero of his novel the hustler in 1959, which became robert rossens hit movie in 1961.
As britains most wanted man, he led 30 detectives, fbi and interpol on a wild goose chase across the usa. The book was followed by the sequel the color of money. The hustler is a 1961 american cinemascope drama film directed by robert rossen from walter teviss 1959 novel of the same name, adapted for the screen by rossen and sidney carroll. After the film was nominated for nine academy awards and won two, best art direction and best cinematography, new york fats rebranded himself as minnesota fats, arguing that gleasons screen persona. Like his own fast eddie felson, he followed early triumph. The color of money is ostensibly a sequel to 1961s the hustler, but with martin scorsese behind the camera and another young hotshot tom cruise complementing paul newmans aging fast eddie felson, its a far different film than the original. Sep 29, 2014 if hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been eddie felson time.
This video filmed in 1993 is about one of the greatest all around pool players who ever lived, bca hall of famer, eddie taylor. The hustler salt lake county library services overdrive. When ambitious fast eddie felson rolls into chicago his one aim is to beat one of the top pool players at benningtons namely minnesota fats. The novel starts slowly, retracing the last 25 years of hustler eddie felson and him building a new future for himself. From 1965 to 1978, he made his living as a professor of english at ohio university. And thats about my only criticism of walter tevis the hustler.
Here, in day two of our serialisation of his sensational new book. At the end of the hustler, felson was banned for life from playing the game professionally. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, edward fast eddie felson, who challenges the legendary minnesota fats. With dede allen, drew casper, michael constantine, paul newman. It tells the story of smalltime pool hustler fast eddie felson and his desire to break into the major league of professional hustling and highstakes wagering by highrollers that follows it. Now broke and without his longtime manager, felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. Newman best actor nominee is electrifying as fast eddie felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms fleecing anyone wholl pick up a cue. We explained that while fast eddie parker claimed to be the model for fast eddie felson, he was not a hustler but a straight player who played. When walter tevis wrote the hustler 1959, a novel about pool shark fast eddie felson, pubic interest in the game of pool soared dramatically the story first appeared in playboy in 1956 as a short story called the actors, which tevis expanded into novel two years later. Pool player fast eddie parker, 69, who reputedly inspired the 1961 movie the hustler in which his character, called fast eddie felson was played by paul newman, who reprised the. Feb 27, 2018 this video filmed in 1993 is about one of the greatest all around pool players who ever lived, bca hall of famer, eddie taylor. Walter tevis 19281984 was an american novelist and. Mar 27, 2019 making exodus, circa 1960 fast eddie felson.
Mar 16, 2001 finally, we said that parker had produced instructional books and videos that paul newman had used when preparing to revive the character of fast eddie felson in martin scorseses the color of. The hustler by walter s tevis the hustler by walter s tevis pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad this is the 1959 book the hustler by walter tevis, that was made into a movie the hustler, a 1961 movie staring jackie gleason as minnesota fats and paul newman as fast eddie felson. Screen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, paul leonard newman was born on january 26. In both the 1961 film adaptation and the 1986 sequel, felson was played by paul newman parker started playing pool at the age of nine when his. Actor paul newman portrayed the parkerlike character fast eddie felson in the movie and reprised the role in the films 1986 sequel, the color of money. Director robert rossens brilliant character study features paul newmans passionate portrayal of fast eddie felson, a hustling pool shark who drifts across the country playing in seedy pool halls and whose obsession to dethrone table legend minnesota fats jackie gleason could bring about his. The color of money fast eddie felson by walter tevis. The color of money is, as a novel, far superior to the filmed version starring cruise and newman. Paul newman heads a superb cast featuring jackie gleason, george c. When walter tevis wrote the hustler 1959, a novel about pool shark fast eddie felson, pubic interest in the game of pool soared dramatically the story first appeared in playboy in 1956 as a short story called the actors, which tevis expanded into novel two years later in 1961, paul newman starred as fast eddie and jackie gleason as minnesota fats in a movie of the same name. He still stakes bets for players, including fellow hustler julian, who is outmatched at nineball by the young and charismatic vincent lauria.
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