The Hustler

The Hustler

 Cast: Rossen
Rossen
, Paul Newman
Paul Newman
, Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
, Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
, George C. Scott
George C. Scott
The Hustler

The Hustler

 Cast: Rossen
Rossen
, Paul Newman
Paul Newman
, Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
, Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
, George C. Scott
George C. Scott

DVD (Wide Screen / Black & White / Thx)

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Overview

"Lovingly restored and featured on a disc with a bevy of solid extras, this 20th Century Fox Special Edition of The Hustler could be used as a template for releasing other classic movies on DVD. Listed at a budget price, the disc features a pristine widescreen anamorphic transfer that shows off Eugene Schuftan's starkly beautiful black-and-white Oscar-winning cinematography. Paul Newman should have won an Academy Award for his typically exceptional performance in The Hustler and he's featured in both the engaging audio commentary track and in a much better than average making-of documentary entitled ""The Huster: The Inside Story."" The kind of gritty, tough yet humanistic movie that mainstream Hollywood just doesn't make anymore, both the commentary track and the documentary about The Hustler should be of interest to filmmakers, students, and fans alike. The DVD also contains a featurette on how to do the trick pool shoots that are contained in the movie and the good people at 20th Century Fox have close-captioned the disc for the hearing impaired. The Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track comes in both stereo and mono (the original film was released in mono) and the track sounds clean and well balanced in either version. This quality disc is worthy of the upscale Criterion Collection, yet the extremely reasonable list price on The Hustler disc is less than half of what consumers so often pay for lavishly produced DVD reissues such as this. If only the major studios treated all of their classic films in the same loving manner which they've treated The Hustler."

Product Details

Release Date: 06/04/2002
UPC: 0024543042136
Original Release: 1961
Rating: NR
Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, THX-Supervised Mastering, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 2:15:00
Sales rank: 13,402

Special Features

Closed Caption;Commentary by Paul Newman, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel, and others; Original documentary: "The Hustler: The Inside Story"; Picture-in-picture commentary on "How to Make the Trick Shots"; Theatrical trailer; Scene selection; Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1); Audio: English Stereo, English Mono, French Mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Paul Newman Fast Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie Sarah
George C. Scott Bert Gordon
Myron McCormick Charley Bums
Murray Hamilton Findlay
Michael Constantine Big John
Stefan Gierasch Preacher
Jake LaMotta Bartender
Gordon B. Clarke Cashier
Alexander Rose Scorekeeper
Carolyn Coates Waitress
Carl York Young Hustler
Vincent Gardenia Bartender
Gloria Curtis Girl With Fur Coat
Charles Dierkop Pool Room Hood
Donald Crabtree Pool Room Hood,Small Role
Brendan Fay Pool Room Hood
Cliff Pellow Turk,Turk
Willie Mosconi Willie
Don De Leo Another Player
Tom Ahearne Bartender
William Adams Old Doctor
Charles Andre Waiter at Parisien Restaurant
Robert Daget Actor
William Duell Louisville Hustler
James Dukas Kibitzer
Jack Healy Hotel Proprietor
Tom Aheame Actor
Don Koll Ticket Clerk
Charles McDaniel Reservation Clerk
Sid Raymond First Man
Art Smith Old Man Attendant
Kenyon Hopkins Composer

Technical Credits
Robert Rossen Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Sidney Carroll Screenwriter
Walter Tevis Screenwriter
Edward Beyer Sound Effects
Jim Shields Sound Effects
Dick Vorisek Sound Effects
Jack Fitzstephens Sound Effects
Richard Vorisek Sound/Sound Designer
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