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The Color of Money

1986

The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is.

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

Paul Newman Tom Cruise Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Helen Shaver John Turturro Bill Cobbs Robert Agins Alvin Anastasia Randall Arney Elizabeth Bracco Vito D'Ambrosio Ron Dean Lisa Dodson Donald A. Feeney Paul Geier Carey Goldenberg Joe Guastaferro Paul Herman Mark Jarvis Lawrence Linn Keith McCready Jimmy Mataya Grady Mathews Carol Messing Steve Mizerak Rick Mohr Lloyd Moss Michael Nash Mario Nieves Show All…

Alternative Titles

The Hustler 2: The Color of Money, ハスラー2：1986, El color del dinero, Pulun Rəngi, Die Farbe des Geldes, Il colore dei soldi, La Couleur de l'argent, Barva peněz, A Cor do Dinheiro, Цвет денег, A pénz színe, 金钱本色, ハスラー2, The Color of Money - revanschen, Det handler om penge, Το Χρώμα του Χρήματος, צבע הכסף, Paranın Rengi, Колір грошей, Kolor Pieniędzy, 컬러 오브 머니, Suuret setelit, 金錢本色, Farba peňazí, Цветът на парите, El Color del Dinero, Culoarea banilor, رنگ پول, ფულის ფერი, El color del diner

Genre

Drama

Theme

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Premiere

08 Oct 1986

USA New York City, New York

20 Feb 1987

Germany Berlin International Film Festival, West Germany

Theatrical

17 Oct 1986

Canada
USAR

27 Nov 1986

Brazil12

13 Dec 1986

Japan

03 Feb 1987

Greece13

19 Feb 1987

AustraliaM
Italy

20 Feb 1987

Finland
Portugal

26 Feb 1987

Germany12
Netherlands

27 Feb 1987

Spain
Sweden

05 Mar 1987

Argentina

06 Mar 1987

Israel
UK15

11 Mar 1987

France

13 Mar 1987

Denmark

14 Mar 1987

Taiwan

19 Mar 1987

Mexico

20 Mar 1987

Ireland15

25 Mar 1987

Philippines

26 Mar 1987

Colombia
Hong Kong

31 Oct 1987

South Korea18

Physical

28 Jan 1998

Czechia15+

04 Jun 2002

Singapore

02 Aug 2011

Russian Federation16+

Argentina

05 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Australia

19 Feb 1987

TheatricalM

Brazil

27 Nov 1986

Theatrical12

Canada

17 Oct 1986

Theatrical

Colombia

26 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Czechia

28 Jan 1998

Physical15+

Denmark

13 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Finland

20 Feb 1987

Theatrical

France

11 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Germany

20 Feb 1987

Premiere Berlin International Film Festival, West Germany

26 Feb 1987

Theatrical12 West Germany

Greece

03 Feb 1987

Theatrical13

Hong Kong

26 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Ireland

20 Mar 1987

Theatrical15

Israel

06 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Italy

19 Feb 1987

Theatrical

Japan

13 Dec 1986

Theatrical

Mexico

19 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Netherlands

26 Feb 1987

Theatrical

Philippines

25 Mar 1987

Theatrical

Portugal

20 Feb 1987

Theatrical

Russian Federation

02 Aug 2011

Physical16+ DVD «Уолт Дисней Компани СНГ»

Singapore

04 Jun 2002

Physical DVD

South Korea

31 Oct 1987

Theatrical18

Spain

27 Feb 1987

Theatrical

Sweden

27 Feb 1987

Theatrical

Taiwan

14 Mar 1987

Theatrical

UK

06 Mar 1987

Theatrical15

USA

08 Oct 1986

Premiere New York City, New York

17 Oct 1986

TheatricalR

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Popular reviews

Review by Sean Fennessey ★★★★★ 21

A film that should be rated X because to me it is pornography.
Review by Timcop ★★★★ 3

Paul Newman giving Tom Cruise googly eyes while he destroys John Turturro in a game of pool while Phil Collins' "One More Night" plays in the background is the frontrunner for most romantic moment of the 80's.
Review by Karst ★★★★½ 1

in the last year i’ve gotten back into billiards and have played a good amount at one of the iconic chicago locations they shot this in, making this rewatch a lot more engaging than my first time where this was one of three scorsese films i was watching a day. still pretty tame and unremarkable if you’re going to look at it next to the rest of his filmography, but i really couldn’t take my eyes off this thing. works best when it’s just 10 minutes straight of really well-edited pool with blues playing in the background, that final act is honestly mesmerizing. vince wearing a shirt that says “vince” is hilarious. the brief scene where eddie is swimming, just…
Review by Sydney🚀 ★★★★ 13

Goddamn, what a movie to watch so soon after Challengers. Per usual, Scorsese kinda did it first. The way he shot/constructed the pool scenes is superhuman. Let’s all get over ourselves so we can play some fuckin 9 ball.
Review by Will Menaker ★★★★★ 20

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Feeling depressed. Needed to watch a comfort film. Scorsese's most underrated. A good winter movie, everything has that grey, frozen, slushy, road salt covered, Midwestern tundra feel to it. Top soundtrack. I want to feel like VINCE, still feel like Fast Eddie after Forest Whitaker guts him.
UPDATE: Getting out of my solipsistic slump here and upon further consideration this movie is the Ur-Tom Cruise movie. I think it's his best performance. There's a whole meta-movie aspect with a post-Risky Business Cruise on the cusp of mega stardom playing off of LEGEND Paul Newman in a movie about learning how to act. Learning how to be a flake but be able to turn it on and off. It's like Eddie…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★

[Paul Newman and/or John Wick voice] yeah… i'm thinking i'm back.
Review by Karst ★★★ 13

This reminds me of that one episode of Drake & Josh!
Review by Ayo Edebiri ★★★★

Tom Cruise has always been an absolute crackhead ❤️ love that for him!
Review by Matt Singer ★★★★

Trick shots: Pool players use them, and so do directors. The Color of Money has both kinds.
Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½ 5

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

85/100
One of my most idiosyncratic opinions, reinforced yet again. I get why many folks consider this lesser Scorsese: You've got a very belated sequel to a classic (made by nobody connected to the original, apart from Newman), built in large part around one of Cruise's trademark early callow-grinner roles, culminating in a rare (for Scorsese) moment of unalloyed triumph—captured in '80s freeze-frame, no less! Looks crassly commercial next to his canonical masterpieces, and those inclined to dismiss it as empty flash can also point to the occasional ultra-kinetic nine-ball montages, which are formally analogous to Vincent whipping the Balabushka around like it’s a samurai sword. Certainly I'd concede that it's among his least personal films, more of a for-hire…
Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★★ 1

Corrupting the love of the game.
Review by kevintporter ★★★★ 2

[me, a dummy]: man Scorcese's really whipping the camera around like Paul Thomas Anderson in Boogie Nights oooooh wait a minute.
It's so funny to think that when Paul Newman was 60 years old he was doing raggedy washed-up loser roles like Fast Eddie here and The Verdict and what Tom Cruise at 60 is doing is jumping off planes and parachuting from motorcycle ramps. Newman went quietly (and HANDSOMELY) into that good night and Cruise is trying to go out committing suicide by stunt, a meta-accurate reflection of both their characters in this movie.
Tom is such a little twerp here it's wild, truly foul haircut and punch-me face and shut-up attitude. I'm so used to him in action-messiah…

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The Color of Money

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The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is.

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Premiere

08 Oct 1986

20 Feb 1987

Theatrical

17 Oct 1986

27 Nov 1986

13 Dec 1986

03 Feb 1987

19 Feb 1987

20 Feb 1987

26 Feb 1987

27 Feb 1987

05 Mar 1987

06 Mar 1987

11 Mar 1987

13 Mar 1987

14 Mar 1987

19 Mar 1987

20 Mar 1987

25 Mar 1987

26 Mar 1987

31 Oct 1987

Physical

28 Jan 1998

04 Jun 2002

02 Aug 2011

Argentina

05 Mar 1987

Australia

19 Feb 1987

Brazil

27 Nov 1986

Canada

17 Oct 1986

Colombia

26 Mar 1987

Czechia

28 Jan 1998

Denmark

13 Mar 1987

Finland

20 Feb 1987

France

11 Mar 1987

Germany

20 Feb 1987

26 Feb 1987

Greece

03 Feb 1987

Director

Producers

Writer

Original Writer

Casting

Editor

Cinematography

Assistant Director

Additional Directing

Lighting

Production Design

Set Decoration

Title Design

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Costume Design

Makeup

Hairstyling