 The Tevis novel had been optioned several times , including by Frank Sinatra , but attempts to adapt it for the screen were unsuccessful . Director Rossen 's daughter Carol Rossen speculates that previous adaptations focused too much on the pool aspects of the story and not enough on the human interaction . Rossen , who had hustled pool himself as a youth and who had made an abortive attempt to write a pool @-@ themed play called Corner Pocket , optioned the book and teamed with Sidney Carroll to produce the script . 
 The Tevis novel <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> been optioned several times , including by Frank Sinatra , but <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>attempts</mark></a> to adapt it for the screen <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> unsuccessful . Director Rossen <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>daughter Carol Rossen <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>speculates</mark></a> that previous adaptations focused too much on the pool aspects of the story and not enough on the human interaction . Rossen , <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>had</mark></a> hustled pool himself as a youth and who <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>had</mark></a> made an abortive attempt to write a pool @-@ themed play called Corner Pocket , optioned the book and teamed with Sidney Carroll to produce the script . 
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