Summary
Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Tevis, Walter S.
-- Film adaptations.
Minnesota Fats, -- 1913-1996 -- Drama. Pool (Game) -- United States -- Drama. Pool players -- Drama. Swindlers and swindling -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, California :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,2002 |
| Edition | Special edition, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Hustler. |
| Contributors |
Carroll, Sidney,
screenwriter. Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966, screenwriter, film producer, film director. Newman, Paul, 1925-2008, actor. Laurie, Piper, 1932- actor. Scott, George C., 1927-1999, actor. Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987, actor. McCormick, Myron, actor. Hamilton, Murray, actor. Hopkins, Kenyon, composer. Tevis, Walter S. Hustler. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company. Cinemascope (Firm), production company. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton. |
| Other Contributors |
Music by Kenyon Hopkins ; cinematography by Eugene Shuftan ; film editing by Dede Allen. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English and French; with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Based on the novel by Walter S. Tevis. Special features: commentary by Paul Newman; original documentary "The Hustler: the Inside story"; picture-in-picture commentary on how to make the trick shots; theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, 1961: Best Art Direction--Set Decoration Black-and-White ; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |