The color of money
(DVD) 

Based upon the novel by Walter Tevis.

Special features: Film recommendations [text feature].

Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker; score composed by, Robbie Robertson, orchestrations by Gil Evans ; production designer, Boris Leven ; costume designer, Richard Bruno.

Paul Newman (Eddie), Tom Cruise (Vincent), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Carmen), Helen Shaver (Janelle), John Turturro (Julian), Bill Cobbs (Orvis), Iggy Pop, Forest Whitaker.

Originally released as an American motion picture in 1986.

"The Color of Money" is a decades-later sequel to "The Hustler." 25 years on, Fast Eddie is now a nattily dressed, silver-haired liquor salesman working the Midwest in his white Cadillac. His neat mustache and smiling deviltry are also employed in his other profession--stake horse to up and coming pool hustlers. One night he sees a kid playing who is so good that Eddie's laboriously buried memories are stirred. Vincent and his girlfriend Carmen have been working minor-league hustles, but with Eddie's help, all three could jump straight into the world of big-money pool, and an upcoming 9-ball tournament in Atlantic City. First, however, Vincent must learn to put the making of money above every other consideration, lure, and temptation in the pool hall. In the process, Eddie and Vincent's relationship erupts into a battle of passion vs. practicality, game theory vs. psychological warfare, where knowledge of human nature is trumps.

MPAA Rating: Rated R.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital surround.

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired; closed-captioned.

Winner, 1987 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role--Paul Newman.