Word: hustler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hustler...
Paul Newman stars as Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler, determined to sink his rival, sharp-shooter Minnesota Fasts (Jackie Gleason). Felson risks all he owns, eventually destroying himself in his battle against Fats and his gambler-promoter (George C. Scott). Felson's game is spoiled by the woman he falls for (Piper Laurie...
...local coffee shop, relating the tale of how he won a two-year police-harassment case, he keeps an eye on the sports page as he speaks. "Hey, Georgia Tech beat Colorado State." Some of his resentful neighbors will tell you that Kreimer is a publicity-mad hustler, a man who has gotten over on the town because he combines the ego of a rock star with the vindictiveness of a Mafia...
...kind of silly that they're protesting the swimsuit issue when they sell magazines like Big Jugs and Hustler," said Adam D. Taxin...
Musical storytelling gets no better than this tragic tale of lovers divided by the end of the Vietnam war and, more deeply, by the economic gulf between the U.S. and the Third World. As a Vietnamese hustler and would-be American, Britain's Jonathan Pryce gave the performance of the year in a reprise of his West End triumph...