The Color of Money (1986) Front Cover Actor Back Cover Paul Newman Tom Cruise Mary Mastrantonio Helen Shaver Movie Details Director Martin Scorsese Producer Irving Axelrad; Barbara De Fina; Richard Price Writer Richard Price Studio Disney / Buena Vista Language English Audience Rating R (Restricted) Running Time 118 mins Country USA Color Color Plot Martin Scorsese handles directing duties in this 1986 sequel to the classic 1961 film The Hustler, which marks the return of Paul Newman to the role of pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. Anxious to break into the big time again, Eddie finds a talented protégé (Tom Cruise) to groom; but with the addition of the latter's manipulative girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and the wild streak in Cruise's character, the trio make for a fascinating portrait in group psychology. The cast is brilliant, the script by Richard Price (Clockers) is a paragon of tightly controlled character study and drama (at least in the film's first half), and Scorsese and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus make an ornate show of the collision and flight of pool balls through space--something of a metaphor for the dynamics among the three principals. The film is generally regarded as weaker in its second half, and rightly so, as everything that was interesting in the first place disappears. Still, Newman won a deserved Oscar for his performance. --Tom Keogh Personal Details Seen It Yes Index 37 In Collection Yes Owner David Cowley Product Details Format DVD Region Region 1 Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Layers Single side, Single layer UPC 717951004277 Chapters 24 Release Date 2003 Packaging Keep Case Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 4.0 [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo Nr of Disks/Tapes 1 Extra Features Color Closed-captioned Widescreen