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what-if (casting what-if):
Jackie Gleason → The Color of Money.
They thought about bringing back Gleason as Minnesota Fats, but he felt the role was an afterthought.
“They thought about Gleason, bringing back Minnesota fats.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (source material):
The Color of Money → The Hustler.
The film is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to The Hustler but has almost nothing to do with it; Minnesota Fats was in the novel.
“this is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to the Hustler, but the movie has almost nothing to do with the novel”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Color of Money:
Helen Shaver's character was added late before filming because they worried Eddie's fascination with Vincent could be misread; that's why she's in only a few scenes.
“they got worried that Eddie's relationship slash fascination with Vincent might be misinterpreted”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (supporting actor overlap):
The Color of Money → Cocktail.
A bar actor here is Cruise's uncle from Cocktail, supporting the theory Cruise pulls his supporting players from film to film.
“Just that Cruz is kind of grabbing all of his supporting figures over the years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:27 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (cultural legacy):
The Color of Money → Doom.
Cruise saying 'Doom' in the pool hall scene led a software company to name its video game Doom.
“That leads to the software company coming up with the name for their new revolutionary video game.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Color of Money:
Cruise's 'Doom' in the pool hall scene is where the video game Doom got its name.
“They named it after that scene.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
unmapped (production trivia):
The Color of Money → Goodfellas.
Scorsese came up with Goodfellas while filming this movie after reading a review of Wiseguy.
“Scorsese came up with Goodfellas when he was filming this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Eric Clapton → The Color of Money.
A host says the film's use of Clapton was about as good as his comeback got after the drug years, before MTV Unplugged.
“Clapton, comeback, Clapton, I think this is about as good as it got for him after he'd gotten through all the drug stuff.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (Oscar context):
The Color of Money → Gandhi.
Gandhi, Chariots of Fire and Out of Africa were huge Oscar-era films that nobody discusses today.
“So was Chariots of Fire, which is another movie nobody has conversations about it anymore.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:18:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)