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Fats totally scratches the cue ball

posted 13 years ago by philtess1982
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The shot after they both call a safety and then Fats calls "7 ball in the corner". When he hits it, the cue ball is totally headed in to the corner pocket right behind the 7 ball, but they cut the camera away to people clapping before it goes in. Just thought I'd point that out.

[–] heyuactor 13 years ago

I saw that too. Film editing is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

fats had issues.

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[–] michael-kovacs 13 years ago

Yeah I saw it too. Also, on the Blu Ray, if you watch the shot by shot commentary they also show a shot where Fats slices through the cue and hits the ball behind it. He still makes the shot. You have to play it in slo mo to see it.