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The Color of Money
1986
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1691
- IMDb #2209
- Rotten Tomatoes #1583
- Metacritic #942
- Letterboxd #1331
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1392
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2239
- Metacritic Critics #890
- Metacritic Audience #1254
- Criticker #1462
- Douban #1510
- Kinopoisk #1568
- AlloCiné #2131
- Trakt #2156
Every rating
52–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the most agreed on films →A former pool hustler, now a liquor salesman, sees raw talent in a young, straight-laced player. He takes the young man and his girlfriend on the road, teaching him the art of the hustle and how to play for high stakes. The student eventually surpasses the teacher, forcing the veteran to confront his own past and reclaim his glory.
Details
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer
- Richard Price
- Based on
- The Color of Money by Walter Tevis
- Released
- 17 October 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.8M
- Box office
- $52.3M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 9 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Actor | Paul Newman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Supporting Actress | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Richard Price | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Art Direction | Boris Leven and Karen O'Hara | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1986 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1986 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Cahiers du cinéma 1986 | Best Film | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1986 | Best Video from a Film | Eric Clapton – " It's in the Way That You Use It " | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Paul Newman | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Boris Leven and Karen O'Hara | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Richard Price | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Paul Newman | Winner |
Cahiers du cinéma
1 nomination
| Best Film | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
MTV Video Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best Video from a Film | Eric Clapton – " It's in the Way That You Use It " | Nominee |