The Color of Money (1986): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• In particular, he stated that the extreme closeups of Tom Cruise around the pool table were inspired by those of the nuns in that film.
• The Color of Money was released by Touchstone Pictures, after both 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures declined.
• Scorsese shot the film in 49 days at a cost of $14.5 million, $1.5 million under budget.
• Like the previous film, The Color of Money is based on a novel by Walter Tevis.
• The film was edited by Thelma Schoonmaker, who used closeup shots of pool balls being played, as well as wider visuals of the players, to get across the visual of a pool hall.
• The Color of Money had its world premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City October 8, 1986.

Source: Wikipedia

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