Tag: Paul Newman
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Paul Newman and Robert Redford Nearly Did This Third Film Together
Unlike many stars from the New Hollywood era, Robert Redford didn’t peak in the 1960s and ‘70s. While he’s certainly best associated with films like Three Days of the Condor, Jeremiah Johnson, Downhill Racer, and The Candidate, that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t stayed active in the decades that followed. Many of Redford’s greatest roles…
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Another Actor Beat Cillian Murphy To Oppenheimer About Four Decades Ago
Understandably, there has been a lot more interest in the life and times of J. Robert Oppenheimer after Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama has taken cinemas by storm. Nolan’s all-encompassing film, based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer-winning novel “American Prometheus,” gives a detailed reconstruction of what it was like to head the team that…
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Paul Newman’s Most Troubling Performance Was in This 1960s Classic
Trigger Warning: The following references sexual assault.The Pacific-blue eyes. The aquiline nose. The puckish grin. The lean physique. They all added up to make Paul Newman even greater than the sum of his parts. In films like 1958’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and 1962’s Sweet Bird of Youth, the Oscar-winning actor was the…
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Paul Newman Is the Standout in This Other Oppenheimer Movie
The highly anticipated summer blockbuster Oppenheimer is almost here, and we can’t wait to see what Christopher Nolan will bring to the screen on July 21. His retelling of how the first atomic bomb came to be is sure to be filled with mind-blowing cinematography and terrifically acted scenes from a great ensemble cast including…