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"THE 50 MOST UNFORGETTABLE ACTORS OF THE STUDIO ERA"


-=PAUL NEWMAN=-




"This blue-eyed matinee idol refused to be typecast, pursuing challenging roles that ultimately made him both a box office draw and a critical success"

~Born~
Paul Leonard Newman
January 26, 1925
Shaker Heights, Ohio

~Died~
September 26, 2008
Westport, Connecticut
of lung cancer

~Height~
5'9"

~Wives and Children~
Actress - Jackie Witt (1949-1958, divorced)
-=son, Scott
-=daughters, Susan and Stephanie

Actress - Joan Woodward (1958-2008, his death)
-=daughters, Elinor, Melissa, and Claire


^Essential PAUL NEWMAN films^
"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
"The Hustler"
"Hud"
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"The Verdict"

TRIVIA

"EARLY IN HIS CAREER, NEWMAN WAS MISTAKEN FOR MARLON BRANDO SO OFTEN, HE STARTED SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS IN HIS NAME"



_{-= Check out the song "Paul Newman's Eyes" by Dogs Die In Hot Cars =-}

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-=RANDOM EXCERPTS FROM "LEONARD MALTIN'S 2008 MOVIE GUIDE=-

"HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE" (2004-Japanese) 119m. 3 1/2 stars Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voices of Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Billy Crystal, Lauren Bacall, Emily Mortimer, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, Moosie Drier. A girl falls under the spell of a witch and is transformed into a wrinkled old woman... but in her new form she acquires a sense of daring and wisdom she never had before, especially when she discovers a magical moving castle. This mysterious fable offers a unique experience. It asks the viewer to take a leap of faith- and then offers constant surprise, turning from humor to sadness to a sense of wonder in the blink of an eye. Animation master Miyazaki adapted Diana Wynne Jones' novel. Simmons, Bacall, and Crystal contribute rich vocal performances to the U.S. version. [PG]

"CLASH OF THE TITANS" (1981-British) 118min. 2 1/2 stars Dir: Desmond Davis. Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Sian Phillips, Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom, Ursula Andress, Tim Pigott-Smith. Juvenile fantasy-adventure based on Greek mythology. Olivier is Zeus, and Hamlin is his mortal son Perseus, who must face a variety of awesome challanges in pursuit of his destiny. Long and episodic, with some fine elements (the taming of pegasus, the threat of Medusa-who can turn men into stone with one glance), but not enough guts or vigor. As is mainly for kids. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen. [PG]

"HOWARDS END" (1992-British) 140min. 4 stars Dir:James Ivory. Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Sam West, Jemma Redgrave, Nicola Duffett, Prunella Scales. Sumptuos, stimulating adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel of class distinction- and what happens when members of different social strata in 1910 England. Thompson one an Oscar for her terrific performance as an audatious and independent young woman of no means who is ever-so-suddenly seduced by Hopkins, a succesful man whose social veneer masks an insidious (and even cruel) nature, extraordinarily good on every level. Also won Oscars for Best Screenplay (by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala) and Art Direction-Set Decoration. Simon Callow appears unbilled as a lecturer. [PG]

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MOVIE QUOTES and TRIVIA

"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed—but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock" ~ Orson Welles as Harry Lime in "The Third Man"

"Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture. They think the actors make it up as they go along" ~William Holden as Joe Gillis in "Sunset Blvd."

After making a western with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart told the press that Cagney, "looked like a mushroom under that 10 gallon hat". Cagney got even with Bogart after he caught Bogart doing... something in his car, Cagney wrote the following poem and sent it to Bogart:

In this silly town of ours
One sees odd primps and poses.
But movie stars in fancy cars
Shouldn't pick their famous noses.

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