Balabushka Pool Cue Color Of Money

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Balabushka pool cue color of money. Instead of using a priceless cue for filming dan janes at joss cues built a beautiful cue that served as an homage to george balabushka s work. Dan janes standard model. григорий антонович балабушка grigoriy antonovich balabushka. The pool cue used wasn t a balabushka.

Unlike the hustler the color of money doesn t closely follow tevis s book and i can t remember if balabushka was mentioned in the book or not. Scorsese got the idea for goodfellas while shooting the color of money. The cue sticks of george h. Tom cruise paul newman my favourite film of all time.

The cue in the color of money was called a balabushka as a tribute to balabushka but it wasn t a balabushka replica. Their cue was a joss n7 model. And david forman founder of adam custom cues licensed the name balabushka from george s family. Balabushka was the most revered and recognizable name in cue making at the time.

The famous scene in the 1986 sequel to the hustler the color of money where tom cruise is given a beautiful cue by paul newman and told it s a balabushka made the name balabushka synonymous with top quality pool cues. Joss also has made cues for brunswick as does mcdermott. The famous scene in the 1986 sequel to the hustler the color of money where tom cruise is given a beautiful cue by paul newman and told it s a balabushka made the name balabushka synonymous with top quality pool cues. Many variations of the joss model have been made by joss over the years.

The color of money cue by joss cues is a replica of the pool cue used in the classic martin scorsese movie the color of money referred to in the movie as a balabushka this cue was in fact a joss cue. Eddie and vincent were both lying to themselves. Due to the popularity of the color of money joss continued to produce this model which features classic ebony points and mother of pearl inlays. December 9 1912 december 5 1975 was a russian born billiards pool cue maker arguably the most prominent member of that profession and is sometimes referred to as the stradivarius of cuemakers.

It was a joss ltd. His full name or last name standing alone is often used to refer to a cue. The color of money 1986.