The Color of Money with Sam Brown

Actor, writer and comedian Sam Brown (The Whitest Kids U' Know) joins to discuss Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. This 1986 sequel to 1961's THE HUSTLER finds the aging, once-slick pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson long retired from the game and making a living as a liquor salesman. When he meets Vincent, a spirited yet naive pool hotshot, Eddie offers to mentor the kid in the ways of the hustle- but can the impetuous Vincent sit still long enough to be taught? THE COLOR OF MONEY earned Paul Newman his first Best Actor Oscar and was Scorsese's first genuine box office hit. Coming during a period of mid-'80s survival for Scorsese, the film has long been considered the director's most "one for them" effort, a minor journeyman film from a major auteur. But with its virtuoso camerawork, razor sharp editing, classic '80s soundtrack, and themes of aging and excellence, has THE COLOR OF MONEY been hustling us this whole time, hiding in plain sight as a secret bonafide Scorsese classic? Cue up our convo to find out, as well as to hear diversions into baby Halloween costumes, Harold and Maude, Eve of Destruction, young John Turturro, Man on a Swing, Netflix originals, leading man physiques, and much, much more! THE COLOR OF MONEY is available to stream on Paramount+.