the Color of Money

This movie is a semi-follow up to 'the Hustler' which is one of Paul Newman's best movies, about playing pool. The Hustler is a better movie, one of the all time greats, but Color is entertaining, in it Paul Newman attempts to mentor the new young buck, Tom Cruise. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio plays the (way smarter than Cruise understands) girlfriend. One exchange really caught my ear last night:

MEM: You know how we met? My old boyfriend last year got busted breaking into Vincent's parents' house. We met at the police station.

PN: You were bailing your boyfriend out.

MEM: No. I got busted, too. I was driving the car. See this? Look. Vincent's mother's.

PN: He gave that to you?

MEM: Nope. From the robbery. Vince says his mother has one just like it. He's sweet.

Update March 2010: a nice OnionAV article