The Hustler (1961)
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Description: Platinum Series
Framed Film Art (Style A)
Dimension: 28" x 22.5"
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Plot Summary:
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
Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie
Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton,
Michael Constantine, Jake La Motta, Vincent Gardenia;
Directed by: Robert Rossen
