Where can I find information on billiards movies and the famous shots from the movies?

The following articles describe the movies and show and explain most of the more interesting shots:

• “Billiards on the Big Screen – The Hustler” (BD, August, 2004).
• “Billiards on the Big Screen – The Color of Money” (BD, September, 2004).
• “Billiards on the Big Screen – Pool Hall Junkies” (BD, October, 2004).

“The Hustler,” “The Color of Money,” and “Pool Hall Junkies” are featured, and some other movies are mentioned and described. Here are demonstrations of classic shots from the movies:

• “The Hustler“ (1961)
  • NV A.2 – 8-ball bank hustle shot
  • NV A.3 – Illegally pocketing a ball with cue follow-through
  • NV A.4 – Cue ball carom into a frozen-ball combination
  • NV A.5 – Perfect setup object ball carom shot
  • NV A.6 – Massé-draw billiard (carom) shot
• “The Color of Money“ (1986)
  • NV A.7 – Post safety, dead on, frozen carom, two-rail kick shot
  • NV A.8 – Frozen bank, corner rattle artistic shot
  • NV A.9 – Frozen kick off the rail shot
  • NV A.10 – Power draw for run-out position
  • NV A.11 – Partial jump shot, dead-on combination shot
• “Pool Hall Junkies“ (2002)
  • NV A.12 – Partial jump shot
  • NV A.13 – Frozen cue-ball carom-kick shot
  • NV A.14 – Double bank-carom or bank-double-carom shot
  • NV A.15 – Kick shot out of the jaws of a pocket
  • NV A.16 – Rail-assist jump shot

Other less-popular billiards-theme Hollywood movies are:

• “Baltimore Bullet” (1980)
• “The Baron and the Kid” (1984)
• “Shooting Gallery” (2005)
• “Walkaway Joe” (2020)

And here’s a much longer all-inclusive list of all known pool movies, TV shows, and short films.

Another interesting movie with a billiards feature is Disney’s “Donald in Mathmagic Land.” Starting at the 16:47 point is an entertaining introduction to the Corner-5 System for aiming 3-cushion kick shots.

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