Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver
Visible crew/equipment: During the second trip around cities, the camera is very close to the car, and a rectangular black object is reflected on the chromed frame of the grille, most surely the camera or the structure it was attached to. One can see what seems to be fingertips on the upper part.
Factual error: Cruise is breaking and if you watch the eight ball after the break it's following the 5 into a pocket at the end of the table closest to Tom. Now the 8 ball didn't necessarily go in because they focus on the one ball, but in the next frame shot, there's no way it could be at the opposite end of the table like they show. (00:29:20)
Eddie Felson: Do you smell that?
Vincent Lauria: What, smoke?
Carmen: No, Money.
Trivia: Paul Newman won his only Oscar for his performance as Fast Eddie Felson in this movie.
Question: I'm really confused by Eddie's behaviour. Why did he suddenly decide to abandon Vincent and Carmen. And why couldn't he just take the money at the end (and maybe give it to charity if he didn't want it as Carmen suggested). Why did he unnecessarily have to turn it into an issue with Vincent?
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Answer: Because it wasn't about the money or a personal issue with Vincent. Eddie had a sudden realization about his own integrity and what he was doing (helping to rig games' outcome to skew betting odds). He wanted to win legitimately against Vincent. Earlier, he had become rather fed up with Vincent's egotistical nature and arrogance, which led to them parting ways.
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