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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 26, 2019 20:32:24 GMT
What different careers both might have had if another casting decision had been made
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 27, 2019 0:29:19 GMT
Let us not forget the pictures he made with Joanne Woodward … an acting force in her own right. The First : Hadda be one of the tightest hair styles in movie history A month after production wrapped, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward got married in Las Vegas. Assorted trivia here
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Nov 27, 2019 9:30:47 GMT
Newman made a film called WUSA (1970) which gets poor reviews and is widely disliked. I think it's good – say, a 7/10. Newman is a talk radio host at a conservative station that broadcasts a soothing message that all is well in America despite the turmoil of the Vietnam war. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg (Cool Hand Luke) and costarring Joanne Woodward, Laurence Harvey, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Pat Hingle, and Cloris Leachman. I have not seen WUSA, but I will definitely look out for it.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 27, 2019 19:56:20 GMT
hitchcockthelegend Keep those expectations low for Blaze … imo its a for completists only film .. kinda like Hudsucker was ! It's the film not Paul (as usual ) You put me off! I got it in a triple pack with Nixon and Billy Bathgate. I went for Fort Apache the Bronx instead.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 27, 2019 20:01:21 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 28, 2019 1:11:30 GMT
One time only for The Silver Chalice. Even Paul Newman disowned it. Just miscast, like John Wayne in Hamlet
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 1, 2019 4:39:11 GMT
Let us not forget the pictures he made with Joanne Woodward … an acting force in her own right. The First : I liked the scene in which Welles unexpectedly tells Newman he wants him to marry his daughter. Newman: Well, I'll be damned.... Welles: More than probable.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Dec 1, 2019 22:33:10 GMT
Just had another peek at this one, which hasn't got much attention so far A genial, slick, a bit tongue in cheek, slightly flabby faux Hitchcock (cf CHARADE, MOMENT TO MOMENT etc from the same time) about Nobel Prize winners in Stockholm. Despite what I'd call the "come hither" marketing on the poster shown the film itself looks rather tame today... although there is what Maltin I think referred to as the sexy Newman/Sommer byplay to enjoy... and there's a sequence where Newman is forced to join a nudist convention to evade the heavies. Shame Robinson is so sparsely used.... esp given prominent billing (above the title and second to Newman on actual opening credits). Diane Baker and Micheline Presle get some mileage out of it. I believe it was a big hit financially. It was slightly better than I recalled and would just about get an HM from me in the 1963 BEST OF YEAR poll. 6/10. I'd say TORN CURTAIN - his genuine Hitch - and for my money one of Newman and Hitchcock's most underrated - is much more entertaining... although considerably more serious... and CURTAIN has some terrific set pieces (the killing at the farm, the bus ride, Lila Kedrova thinking her "sponsors" have finally arrived, escaping the theatre by causing a panic over a fire, obtaining the formula...).... and a wonderful John Addison score
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 2, 2019 1:59:43 GMT
cynthiagreenThanks for the link to Quintet … I gave it a try and abandoned it after about 30 minutes. It was pretty in a cold Dr Zhivago way and the costumes looked very warm ! Not being a gamer, I could make neither head nor tail out of the tale. I find that I cannot put up with movies that require knowing the story before seeing the movie. For me, this was one of those films. Got to see Paul tho' so it was not a total loss !
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Post by hi224 on Dec 2, 2019 4:37:55 GMT
should've won two oscars.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 2, 2019 4:42:34 GMT
should've won two oscars. Which two roles would you have chosen for those wins?
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Post by hi224 on Dec 2, 2019 4:43:34 GMT
should've won two oscars. Which two roles would you have chosen for those wins? The Verdict and Road To Perdition.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 4, 2020 2:53:01 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 4, 2020 2:57:24 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 4, 2020 2:57:36 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 4, 2020 18:44:39 GMT
By 2002 Newman had become one of the Old Lions of Hollywood. In "Road To Perdition" he showed he could still roar:
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 4, 2020 18:51:13 GMT
mikef6 For me, Newman and Lancaster BOTH became incredibly interesting as they "aged" into being Old Lions !
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Post by jeffersoncody on Aug 5, 2020 7:04:52 GMT
Newman made a film called WUSA (1970) which gets poor reviews and is widely disliked. I think it's good – say, a 7/10. Newman is a talk radio host at a conservative station that broadcasts a soothing message that all is well in America despite the turmoil of the Vietnam war. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg (Cool Hand Luke) and costarring Joanne Woodward, Laurence Harvey, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Pat Hingle, and Cloris Leachman. I have not seen WUSA, but I will definitely look out for it. I saw WUSA on the big screen back in the day. God, i hated it. It felt like I was watching paint dry.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Aug 5, 2020 7:06:04 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Aug 5, 2020 7:07:52 GMT
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