Paul Newman: Search & Destroy (now also RIP)

Ok shit... I have to watch this movie again. Karagarga will be good to me this evening, I have confidence.

Basically it breaks down like this:

Eddie: I coulda been a contender! I got poetry in me!

Burt: Go cry, emo kid.

The suspicion that Eddie's just a blue-eyed charmer is the subtext running through The Color of Money, and it's one of that film's few grace notes: he's aware of Tom Cruise's shallowness and, like Burt, wants to manipulate it.

TCM showed a trailer of The Outrage (Rashomon remake) the other night, and man, Paul shoulda left the Mexican-bandit hamming to Eli Wallach.

blaze!

OK so nothing from the BIG papers but RIP big guy...

WESTPORT, Conn., Sept 27, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Remembering the life and legacy of Paul Newman, Newman's Own Foundation has issued a statement. The statement, from Vice-Chairman Robert Forrester, follows:
"Paul Newman's craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all.
"Paul had an abiding belief in the role that luck plays in one's life, and its randomness. He was quick to acknowledge the good fortune he had in his own life, beginning with being born in America, and was acutely aware of how unlucky so many others were. True to his character, he quietly devoted himself to helping offset this imbalance.
"An exceptional example is the legacy of Newman's Own. What started as something of a joke in the basement of his home, turned into a highly-respected, multi-million dollar a year food company. And true to form, he shared this good fortune by donating all the profits and royalties he earned to thousands of charities around the world, a total which now exceeds $250 million.
"While his philanthropic interests and donations were wide-ranging, he was especially committed to the thousands of children with life-threatening conditions served by the Hole in the Wall Camps, which he helped start over 20 years ago. He saw the Camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and isolation of their conditions, kick back, and raise a little hell. Today, there are 11 Camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Through the Camps, well over 135,000 children have had the chance to experience what childhood was meant to be.
"In Paul's words: "I wanted to acknowledge luck; the chance and benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others, who might not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it."
"Paul took advantage of what life offered him, and while personally reluctant to acknowledge that he was doing anything special, he forever changed the lives of many with his generosity, humor, and humanness. His legacy lives on in the charities he supported and the Hole in the Wall Camps, for which he cared so much.
"We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person."

RIP indeed. My parents will be bummed, they were huge fans.

My mom too. PN spoke at my college graduation because JW was in my graduating class, so madre hyperventilated.

It's weird, I don't have a defining performance in my head to draw on as being a favorite; I'd say he was more someone who transcended film if that makes any sense. Obviously his public profile vis-a-vis politics and philanthropy was a large part of that. Still, first thing that leapt to my mind was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, so that.

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(In some ways, Ned, you and I are very different people)

True, true.

Oh man... :-( RIP

Sad news. His performances in "Hud" and "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" have always meant a lot to me, his kind of masculinity is missing nowadays from Hollywood.

I remember a story years ago in which Robert Redford said that Paul Newman was sadly senile and mentally incapable these days. But I think it was a JOKE. Right?

Surely he was one of the most beloved actors of his generation.

RIP

Oh, I see that Dr Morbius reported on PN's cancer back in June, just 2 days or so before I met the legendary Dr Morbius in fact. I bet Mr Morbius will have a view on PN.

:(

Wow RIP - very sad

...so really, they're all gone now, right? The star-legends...who is left of "Classical Hollywood," ? Only Bacall now

oh, and Taylor, or what's left of her

there never has been, nor will there ever again be, a handsomer jew. RIP.

my mom is gonna be bummed. she has always maintained that paul newman is the most attractive man ever to have lived.

"His likableness is infectious; nobody should ever be asked not to like Paul Newman."

This is really sad, RIP. Feel like watching The Sting tonight.

Ebert remembers

Newman looked like a god in his youth. He radiated a "healthy" ideal of American masculinity / sex appeal that was in sharp contrast to say, Brando, but it's interesting to compare the two in terms of how they held up - Newman was just one year younger, but look at Brando's physicality by the time of the Godfather, versus a still-sexy Butch Cassidy & the Sundance King, and Sting era Newman!! No one remembers this... I guess Brando had just let himself (physically) go by then..

Or maybe it's all the race car driving that kept him well-preserved

sigh

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RIP. :(

Aw man, rest in peace.

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Very handsome guy. Made some watchable movies. (Too bad that Sometimes a Great Notion was such a bomb. It could have been a contender.) Seemed personable enough. "All profits to charity" put him in a different class from Gene Autry or Bob Hope. RIP.

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:( :( :(

Like Burt Lancaster, he didn't become a great actor until his fifties, after which that husky Glenlivet-stained voice was its own pleasure.

His spaghetti sauce is first-rate.

aw, man...:-( RIP.

he shot parts of that HBO movie Empire Falls at my great aunt and great grandmother's house.

his salad dressings also had the best crazy stories on the labels too

I enjoyed many of his films and he was an amazing icon in American culture.

Perhaps a model for the right way to handle celebrity?

I wish Torn Curtain (on TCM yesterday) wasn't the last thing I saw him in during his lifetime.

I agree with Super Cub - he seemed like a very genuine and humble chap. Also, he had the most beautiful eyes in the world.

RIP.

RIP - pour out a bottle of salad dressing.
This year is turning out to be a bad one for losing heros.

Kingfish OTM: Aw, man.

RIP, man. yer spaghetti sauce (and Hud) was outta site! (say, how come nobody mentioned his appearance in The Long Hot Summer above?)

No one's said "I can eat 50 eggs!"

Rest in peace.

RIP. I grew up on repeated watchings of Butch Cassidy + The Sting. And goddamn if his salad dressings weren't delicious too. :(

RIP. My mum loved him to death, and raised me to love him too. Without Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy, I don't know if I'd be the same me I am today. Or as healthy, without the benefit of his yummy spag sauce and salad dressings. What a good, handsome, decent man. I'm gonna miss him.

I've never had any Newman's Own products! And now you all say they're delicious. I guess I'll try some.

Newman's Own isn't extraordinary stuff or anything, but it's generally superior to the other products sitting on the shelf next to it.

NO >>> Ragus
NO >>> Tostitos
NO >>> Hidden Valley

Is my general impression.

The sleeve notes on his salad dressings are great!

Dargis' obit.

agree that Last Movie Stars series was excellent

also such a great, nuanced portrayal of a real relationship. impressed that hawke & the family were able to achieve that but somehow didn’t diminish either Paul or Joanne in the process. like, by showing that it wasnt perfect it still somehow didnt affect my overall opinion.

plus god those long movie clips were so great

I remember seeing an interview with Newman talking about Color Of Money where he talked about how much he enjoyed working with Scorsese and that he'd love for him to cast him again - "I'm still here, you know!". Never happened. :(

Actually I have seen The Miracle Worker, so there’s one. But there are clips from all those Woodward movies and many more in the documentary. Some looked interesting but none leapt out as must-sees. It’s interesting that for somebody who had as long a career as she did, and won basically all the awards you can win, she doesn’t really have a single movie or performance in the “all-time great” canon. Her movies don’t really have much of a critical presence — unlike Newman, who has several films I grew up regarding as classics, she’s not someone you hear about or read about much even if you’re into movies. Some of that is probably just sexism, since she made lots of melodramas and women’s pictures. But even compared to other top actresses of her era — Shirley MacLaine, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe — it doesn’t feel like she has much of an enduring footprint.

Lol never mind The Miracle Worker is Anne Bancroft. See what I mean?

Woodward is fine in the Newman-directed Rachel Rachel and as the victim of Newman's quiet haute bourgeois suppression in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.

Judging Woodward, a fine actor, is hard because she paid as much if not more attention to raising kids.

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge is one that has interested me — maybe because it’s one of her few high profile roles that came out while I have been a moviegoing adult.

And yeah, this series very much portrays the imbalance in the relationship when it came to taking care of the kids. Tho to Newman’s credit he used his clout to make a lot of movies with her.

I dunno, The Wicker Man is pretty widely regarded as a classic. I can't actually think of any other movies he was in, so in terms of percentages he's up there with John Cazale.

Hang on. There was Breaker....

Ah, sorry. I'll get my coat.

lol I have in fact seen more Edward Woodward movies than Joanne Woodward movies ...

One of the best, most underappreciated actors of his generation. The reactions itt to his death at the time are striking.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,one of the many she did produced and directed by Newman (their daughter Nell Potts is also real good in that).

A favorite of the Cahiers du Cinema critics in the 1970s. Eli Wallach's daughter is also good in it.

Centenary Today.

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Didn't realize that...probably my favourite actor ever across his whole career.

One of a handful of actors that for me made every movie he was in better or at least more interesting.

I think his greatest performance is also in his greatest film, The Hustler, but also love him in Nobody's Fool - I think he preferred his later performances as I vaguely recall him saying he could see himself trying (perhaps too hard) in his earlier ones, and given how comfortable and effortless his later performances tend to be, I can see what he means. That doesn't diminish his earlier work, but it's something that stands out as he gets older.

(or rather "as he became older")

If it wasn't for lung cancer, I could see him making it to 100.

I betcha he could eat 100 years

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was just on TCM and...he's not exciting in it. His acting got looser after 1968.

I actually like him in that, but tbf I never really liked the film, especially as an adaptation. I forgot how many bowdlerized adaptations were done to Tennessee Williams, but it's frustrating to see when they had so many legends from that era involved.

It's hard for me to sit through one of his performances before 1968, actually. Even The Hustler. He became a different actor: he embraced his star persona and the decision enriched his persona.

*enriched his acting

Not a single mention of Exodus in this thread but one can imagine why.

Otto Preminger made at least 10 films that are better than Exodus

The Academy Museum has been highlighting Newman’s work for the past month. They struck beautiful new 35mm prints of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Sting, and The Color of Money (which I saw this afternoon)

Newman was a hugely underrated director. Rachel, Rachel, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, and The Glass Menagerie all floor me

I once had a cordial chat with the editor of The Glass Menagerie. It was at something unrelated to the movie, but I brought it up, and he basically said Newman was a wonderful human being. He explained that as the film was still being shot, he would be cutting together what they already had (standard practice in the industry) and at one point, he got a phone call that Newman wanted him to come to set. That made him very nervous because it's an unusual request and he thought it meant Newman was unhappy with something he did. So he went down there and he saw the cast rehearsing a scene while Newman was way off to the side, sitting with an enormous bowl of popcorn. He asked Newman what it is he wanted, and Newman explained that he made so much popcorn and that it was so good, he thought he'd might want to have some. He laughed and was like "that's fine but I really should be cutting your movie right now!"

A friend of mine who is a dermatologist also has a wonderful story about Newman from a resident chair she worked under: apparently when he moved to Newman's neighborhood, Newman personally came over to say hello and welcome him. When he told Newman that he was in dermatology, Newman immediately took off his shirt and jokingly asked him to check something on his torso.

Quite a guy, just in terms of personality he may be my favorite film star of all-time. There are others up there like Brando, Cagney, Nicholson and Bogart, but he has an edge over them for the way he overcame his demons a long time ago, for not being too crazy or volatile, and unlike Cagney and a few others for not giving in to reactionary politics in response to changing times - just the opposite.

Hey, that "Once Upon A Wheel" TV show is on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO9vEpB25tg

Great interview with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, translated in English by Film Stage:

https://thefilmstage.com/paul-newman-on-craft-celebrity-and-destiny-a-conversation-with-oriana-fallaci/

Newman and Burt Lancaster are both neck and neck in terms of the scope of their careers and fearlessness. Gregory Peck is close, but he had less great roles as he aged

hate to subject the late and great gregory peck to this sort of thing, but

*fewer*

unless the roles were less great

I betcha he could eat 100 years

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I lol'd

He was the most beautiful human.