It equates to buying DVDBeaver a coffee once, twice or a few times a month. Scott and Piper Laurie in the riveting film that received an Academy Award nomination as Best Picture of and brought all four of its Oscar nominations. Newman Best Actor nominee is electrifying as Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms fleecing anyone who'll pick up a cue. Determined to be acclaimed as the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats Gleason, Supporting Actor nominee , who's backed by Bert Gordon Scott, Supporting Actor nominee , a predatory gambler.

He's got a lucrative act, a sensible partner Myron McCormick , and he can't help but beam every few minutes. We needn't witness the pool balls enter the pockets to appreciate that, even apparently drunk, "Fast Eddie" has just hustled another small town pool hall, hitting an unlikely shot and earning a few hundred dollars in the process. But, we soon learn that Eddie has problems. In a high stakes showdown with one of the nation's most renowned pool players, Eddie endures more than 24 straight hours of the game. Against the advice of his right-hand man, Eddie fights sleep to keep his pride intact and escapes with just a couple of hundred dollars.

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It helped that it featured a slew of great acting performances, including a superstar-making turn by Paul Newman. Now, the acclaimed drama receives loving treatment in a two-disc special collector's edition from 20th Century Fox. A handsome, brash poolroom hustler, Eddie has a knack for bragging and the talent to back it up. As the match-up stretches through the night and into the following morning, Eddie's cockiness segues into drunken desperation; he doesn't know when to walk away with his winnings.