Walter S. Tevis
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 304
Publisher
[Distributed by] Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1976
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (160 p. ; 19 cm.) + 1 accompanying booklet (unpaged ; col., ill. ; 19 cm.).
Description
An alien, on mission to obtain water, becomes a head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. Includes director Roeg's full uncut version.
4) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
5) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Color of money: An aging pool shark who believes "money won is twice as sweet as money earned", forms a profitable yet volatile partnership with a young pool hustler. Cocktail: An ambitious young bartender becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side until a new romantic interest causes him to look at life differently.