Paul Newman
I learned this morning from Janiece and Michelle that Paul Newman passed away this morning. He was 83.
He had a long, successful career, and starred in two of my favorite movies of all time--Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and The Sting, both with costar Robert Redford and Director George Roy Hill. Redford and Newman talked about getting back together, and were on the verge of doing so recently until Newman had to call Redford last year to say his health was forcing him to retire from the film industry. (It was hard not to have a mix of feelings when I read that last year: Redford and Newman are one of the greatest onscreen pairings in film history, but perhaps it's better that they left us with two nearly-perfect movies and didn't take a chance of breaking the charm with a weak third after they were no longer in their prime.)
For my part in celebrating his life, here are four of my favorite Newman roles:
He had a long, successful career, and starred in two of my favorite movies of all time--Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and The Sting, both with costar Robert Redford and Director George Roy Hill. Redford and Newman talked about getting back together, and were on the verge of doing so recently until Newman had to call Redford last year to say his health was forcing him to retire from the film industry. (It was hard not to have a mix of feelings when I read that last year: Redford and Newman are one of the greatest onscreen pairings in film history, but perhaps it's better that they left us with two nearly-perfect movies and didn't take a chance of breaking the charm with a weak third after they were no longer in their prime.)
For my part in celebrating his life, here are four of my favorite Newman roles:
Butch Cassidy teaches a lesson in winning a knife fight without a knife in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid:
Judge Roy Bean demonstrates good manners before a gaggle ofwhores respectable married women in The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean:
Frank Galvin, an unbelievably bad lawyer, rises to the challenge in The Verdict:
Henry Gondorff plays a round of poker in The Sting:
Judge Roy Bean demonstrates good manners before a gaggle of
Frank Galvin, an unbelievably bad lawyer, rises to the challenge in The Verdict:
Henry Gondorff plays a round of poker in The Sting:
Rest in peace, Paul. You were the man.
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And now I'm off to re-watch The Sting.