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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2058553, member: 24633&quot;]Some interesting notes on the movie:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. When Walter Tevis wrote the book, &quot;The Hustler&quot;, Minnesota Fats was a purely fictitious character. &quot;Fast Eddie&quot; was based on the life of Eddie Parker who was a good friend of Tevis.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Once the movie was released, an obscure poolplayer named Rudolph Wanderone who was known as &quot;Brooklyn Fats&quot; adopted the name Minnesota Fats.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. In my opinion, Jackie Gleason was a better player than Rudolph &quot;Fats&quot; Wanderone.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. In the movie, Jackie Gleason shot all of his own trick shots. The trick shots played by Paul Newman (Fast Eddie) were actually shot by Willie Mosconi who was the technical advisor for the movie.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. In the summer of 1964 when I was 16, the movie made its debut in the DC area. I played four exhibition matches (150-point straight pool) with Mosconi who was there to promote the movie. Result: Willie - 3; Me - 1 </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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