The Hustler (1961)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.2/10   

Director:

Robert Rossen

Escritores:

Sidney Carroll (screenplay) and
Robert Rossen (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 septiembre 1961 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance | Deporte

Frase comercial:

They Called Him "Fast Eddie"

Plot:

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

Plot Keywords:

Hustler | Pool Hustler | Pool Hall | Train | Beautiful Woman

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

More praise heaped onto enduring classic

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason	...	Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie	...	Sarah Packard
George C. Scott	...	Bert Gordon
Myron McCormick	...	Charlie Burns
Murray Hamilton	...	Findley
Michael Constantine	...	Big John
Stefan Gierasch	...	Preacher
Clifford A. Pellow	...	Turk (as Cliff Pellow)
Jake LaMotta	...	Bartender
Gordon B. Clarke	...	Cashier
Alexander Rose	...	Score Keeper
Carolyn Coates	...	Waitress
Carl York	...	Young Hustler
Vincent Gardenia	...	Bartender
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
William Adams	...	Old Doctor (uncredited)
Tom Ahearne	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Andre	...	Waiter at Parisien Restaurant (uncredited)
Robert Daget	...	(uncredited)
Don De Leo	...	Another Player (uncredited)
Charles Dierkop	...	Pool Room Hood (uncredited)
William Duell	...	Louisville hustler (uncredited)
James Dukas	...	Kibitzer (uncredited)
Brendan Fay	...	Player (uncredited)
Jack Healy	...	Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Hoke Howell	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Don Koll	...	Racetrack Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Charles McDaniel	...	Reservation Clerk at Louisville Hotel (uncredited)
Charles Mosconi	...	Second Man (uncredited)
Willie Mosconi	...	Willie (uncredited)
Sid Raymond	...	First Man (uncredited)
Art Smith	...	Old Man Attendant (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Robert Rossen

Créditos del guión
Sidney Carroll		(screenplay) (as Sydney Carroll) and
Robert Rossen		(screenplay)
Walter Tevis		(novel) (as Walter S. Tevis)

Producida por
Robert Rossen	....	producer

Música original por
Kenyon Hopkins

Fotografía por
Eugen Schüfftan		(director of photography) (as Eugene Shuftan)

Montaje por
Dede Allen

Diseño de producción por
Harry Horner

Decorados
Gene Callahan

Diseño de vestuario por
Ruth Morley

Departamento de maquillaje
Donoene	....	hair stylist
Robert Jiras	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
John Graham	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Charles H. Maguire	....	assistant director (as Charles Maguire)
Ulu Grosbard	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Don Kranze	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Angelo Laiacona	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Albert Brenner	....	associate art director
Jack Flaherty	....	property master (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Edward Beyer	....	sound editor
Jim Shields	....	sound (as James Shields)
Dick Vorisek	....	sound (as Richard Vorisek)
Jack Fitzstephens	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Especialistas
Herbert Holcombe	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
William Cronjager	....	assistant camera
David Golden	....	chief electrician
Saul Midwall	....	camera operator
Muky	....	still photographer
Martin Nallan	....	chief grip (as Martin Nallan Jr.)
Felix Trimboli	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
Richard Stone	....	assistant editor
Evan A. Lottman	....	montage of pool scenes editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Angelo Ross	....	music editor
Dan Terry	....	composer: song "Louisville Dixieland"
Dan Terry	....	musician: Louisville music

Otros miembros del equipo
Marguerite James	....	script supervisor
Willie Mosconi	....	technical advisor
Fred Hift	....	publicist (uncredited)
Ralph M. Leo	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Rossen Films
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distribuidores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Key Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)

Otras Compañías

• Film Opticals  optical effects

También conocida como:

Robert Rossen's The Hustler (USA) (complete title)
El buscavidas (Spain) [es]

Duración:

134 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | USA:Approved (certificate #20068) | Brazil:12 | Ireland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:X (original rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Rossen Films

Trivialidades:

Filmed over six weeks entirely on location in New York City.

Errores:

Continuidad: During the last game, Eddie calls and pockets the 1 ball. Then he sets up, calls the 12 ball and you hear the ball dropping into the pocket. Eddie then walks around to the other side of the table and calls the next shot - the 12 ball again.

Citas:

[Eddie watching Minnesota Fats during their first game, whispers to Charlie]
Fast Eddie: Boy, he is great! Jeez, that old fat man. Look at the way he moves: like a dancer... And those fingers, them chubby fingers. That stroke... it's like he's, uh, like he's playin' the violin or somethin'.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Almost Famous (2000)

Banda de Sonido:

Louisville

More praise heaped onto enduring classic

I've seen The Hustler repeated times, thought not as many as some of the other commentators. Recently I saw it for the first time in the theater, at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. Watching "The Hustler" in a theater is like listening to Dave Brubeck's "Time Out" album: you start to see and even hear things in black and white. You know the pool tables are green, and the balls are multi-colored, but somehow the black and white perfectly matches the colorless existence of the protagonist and his supporting players. You can smell the cigarettes, taste the booze.

Newman, Gleason, Scott, and Laurie all turn in great performances. But this movie, made after the heyday of the studio players' contract, still bears the hallmark of great movies from that era: strong supporting performances all the way down the line. Vincent Gardenia, for pete's sake, as the unlucky bartender in the first scene! Michael Constantine as Big John. Myron McCormick as Charlie, Eddie's sponsor most of the way through the movie. And Murray Hamilton as the millionaire Southern mark. This movie was made when supporting roles were an end in themselves, by actors who believed every second they were on screen should be of high quality.

The day I wrote this review -- January 18, 2004 -- The Hustler was no. 143 on the Top 250 list. No way are there 142 better movies.