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Will Varner: I've been watching you. I like your push, yes. I like your style. I like your brass. It ain't too dissimilar from the way I operate.
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Ben: That's a long time to live in one place.
Alan Stewart: You don't believe in living in one place, Mr. Quick?
Ben: Well, my family moved. Not that they wanted to. They was encouraged by the local citizens.
Paul Newman
Paul Newman (Paul Newman, January 26, 1925-September 26, 2008), was born in Ohio, USA, an American actor, director, and producer.
In 1954, he participated in his first movie " The Silver Chalice " and officially entered the entertainment circle. In 1956, he starred in the biographical film "Looking Back at the Shore". In 1959, with the feature film " Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ", he was nominated for the 31st Oscar Award for Best Actor
[1]
. In 1962, with the romantic film " Sweet Bird of Youth ", he was nominated for the Best Actor Award in the 20th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. In 1964, starring in the black comedy movie " What a Way to Go! ". In 1968, he directed his first film " Qiaofu hatred ", for which he won the 26th American Golden Globe Award for Best Director in the film category. In 1970, starred in the documentary "The King of Movies". In 1973, the starring crime movie " The Sting " won the 46th Academy Awards for Best Picture. In 1976, starred in the western comedy film " Buffalo Bill and the Indians ".
In 1981, with the love movie " Absence of Malice ", he was shortlisted for the best actor at the 54th Academy Awards
[2]
. In 1984, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. In 1987, with the drama " Who's the Hero " won the 59th Oscar Award for Best Actor
[3]
. In 1990, starred in the feature film " Mr. and Mrs. Bridge "
[4]
. In 1995, with the feature film " Nobody's Fool ", he won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1998, starred in the thriller " Twilight ". In 2003, with the thriller adventure film " Road to Perdition ", he was nominated for the 75th Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Award
[5]
. In 2005, he starred in and supervised the romantic film " Empire Falls ", which won the 63rd American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television
[6]
. In 2007, starred in the documentary " The Price of Sugar ".
On September 26, 2008, Paul Newman died of cancer in Westport, Connecticut, USA at the age of 83
[7]
.
Early Experience
In the Second World War, Paul Newman served in the Navy. He failed to realize his dream of being a pilot due to his color weakness. After retiring, he returned to his hometown and received a sports scholarship to enter Kenyon College. But a knee injury forced him to give up sports, and since then he turned to acting and joined a summer repertoire company in Wisconsin
. After his father passed away, he transferred the equity of the store to his younger brother, and went to apply for a trainee at Yale University Drama School.
Performing Experience
In 1952, he got a role in the CBS family drama "Aldridge's House". In 1953, he debuted on Broadway, in William Inge’s stage play ""Starred in Alan Seymour.
In 1954, he participated in his first movie " The Silver Chalice ", and thus formally entered the entertainment circle. The film was directed by Victor Saville. With this film, he won the 14th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Film-Best Male rookie award. In 1956, he co-starred with Pier Angeli in the biographical film "Looking Back to the Shore".
In 1958, he co-starred with Joanne Woodward in the feature film " Long Summer " based on William Faulkner's novel
. With this film, he won the 11th Cannes International Film Festival Main Competition-Best Actor Award; in the same year, with Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor and Burl Ives co-starred in the drama " Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ", as the son of the American billionaire, who is not fame and fortune, the rugby player Brook Pollet
. With this film, he was nominated for the 31st Oscar Award. Best Actor Award
, the 12th British Academy Film Awards-Best Foreign Actor Award; In addition, he also starred in the western biographical film " Left Handed Gun " directed by Arthur Penn , playing the role of the young "villain" from the lower class in New York William Bonney.
In 1959, co-starring with Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke in the feature film " the young Philadelphians ", playing the up-and-coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence. In 1960, he co-starred in the action movie " Exodus " with The Helen Hayes of Television and Ralph Richardson , and played the Israeli opposition leader Ari Ben Canaan who launched the National Liberation War. In the same year, he co-starred with Joanne Woodward in the feature film " From " directed by Mark Robson . the Terrace .
In 1961, he co-starred with Jackie Grisson in the romance film " The Hustler " adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Tevez , playing the unwilling young professional golfer
, with which he was nominated for the 34th Academy Awards. Best Actor Award
; in the same year, co-starring with Joanne Woodward in the love music film " Paris Blues ", playing the sound-sensitive trombone player Lamb. In 1962, he starred in the romantic film " Sweet Bird of Youth " directed by Richard Brooks . With this film, he was nominated for the 20th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in the Film and Drama Category.
In 1963, he co-starred with Joanne Woodward in the romance film " New Romance "; in the same year, starred in the drama film " Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man " directed by Martin Ritt . With this film, he was nominated for the 20th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award. Category-Best Supporting Actor Award; In addition, he also starred in the action movie " Hud ", with which he was shortlisted for the 36th Academy Awards for Best Actor
and the 21st American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. Best Actor in the category.
In 1964, he co-starred in the black comedy film " What a Way to Go! " with Shirley MacLaine ; in the same year, he starred in the crime film " Acts of Violence ". In 1965, co-starred in the comedy film " Lady L " with Peter Ustinov . In 1966, co-starred with Julie Andrews Edwards in the drama " Torn Curtain " directed by Alfred Hitchcock , playing the young American rocket scientist Michael Armstrong
; in the same year, co-starring with Lauren Bacall in the crime film " Harper ", playing the mind Clear private detective Hubble.
In 1967, he co-starred with George Kennedy and Dennis Hopper in the crime film " Cool Hand Luke " based on Don Pierce's novel of the same name . He played the prisoner Luke, who refused to yield to power and the system. He was nominated for the 40th Oscar for the film. Best Actor Award for the Image Award, Best Actor Award for the 25th American Golden Globe Awards in Film-Drama; In the same year, he starred in the Western action movie " Hombre " directed by Martin Ritt , and played the uninhibited and uninhibited John Rosse. you.
In 1968, Paul Newman directed his first film " Qiaofu hatred "
, which won the 41st Academy Award for Best Film
. With this film, he won the Best Director of the New York Film Critics Association and the 26th American Gold Award . Ball Award Film Category-Best Director Award. In 1969, he co-starred with Robert Redford in "The Tiger and Leopard ", with which he was nominated for the 24th British Academy Film Awards-Best Actor Award
.
In 1970, co-starring with Joanne Woodward in the documentary "The King of Movies". In 1971, he co-starred in the drama " Sometimes a Great Notion " with Henry Fonda and Michael Sareikin . In 1972, he directed the feature film "The Gamma Ray Effect", which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 26th Cannes International Film Festival; in the same year, he starred in the western comedy film " Pocket Money " directed by Stuart Rosenberg .
In 1973, he co-starred with Robert Redford in the crime film " The Sting ", which won the 46th Academy Award for Best Picture; in the same year, he co-starred with James Mason in the thriller film " The MacKintosh Man ". In 1974, co-starring with Steve McQueen in the feature film " The Towering Inferno ". In 1975, co-starring with Joanne Woodward in the thriller film " The Drowning Pool ".
In 1976, co-starring with Joel Grey in the western comedy film " Buffalo Bill and the Indians ". In 1977, starring in the biographical film " Slap Shot " directed by George Roy Hill . In 1979, he co-starred with The Sir Laurence Olivier of Italy in the sci-fi mystery film "Quintet" directed by Robert Altman
. In 1980, starred in the adventure movie " When Time Ran Out... " directed by James Goldstone .
In 1981, he co-starred with Sally Field in the love movie " Absence of Malice ", and played the long-dead Mafia leader's son Michael Colin Gallagher. With this film, he was nominated for the 54th Academy Awards for Best Actor. In 1982, he co-starred in the feature film " The Verdict " with JohnH. Lebzelter
. With this film, he was nominated for the best actor award at the 55th Academy Awards and the 40th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. Actor Award.
On March 2, 1984, the self-directed and self-acted drama " Harry and Son " was released in the United States. In 1985, Paul Newman was awarded an honorary Oscar. In 1986, Paul Newman and Thomas Cruise Mapother IV co-starred in the feature film " Who's the Hero " directed by Martin Scorsese . In the film
, he played the billiards veteran Eddie for many years. With this film, he was nominated for the 44th American Film and Television Gold Award. Ball Award: Best Actor in Film-Drama, won the 59th Oscar for Best Actor
; In the same year, he won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In 1987, directed the feature film "Glass Zoo" co-starring Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich , which was nominated for the main competition of the 40th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 1989, co-starring with Walter Bruce Willis in the feature film " Nobody's Fool " directed by Robert Douglas Benton
, he was nominated for the 67th Oscar Award for Best Actor
and won the Silver Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Award-Best Actor Award; In the same year, he co-starred with Bonnie Bedelia Culkin and Laura Dunn and John Cusa in the feature film " Fatty Fight " based on war history .
In 1990, he co-starred in the feature film " Mr. and Mrs. Bridge " with Joanne Woodward and Blythe Danner
. In 1991, starred in the documentary "The Memories of Warner Superstar" directed by Robert Guenette. In 1993, he played Dave in the comedy film "American Class".
In 1994, he won the 66th Academy Awards for Humanitarian Award. In the same year, he co-starred in the fantasy comedy " The Hudsucker Proxy " with Tim Robbins . Masberg, member of the board of directors of Desak Company
; in addition, co-starred with Jessica Tandy in the drama " Nobody's Fool " centered on a stubborn old builder .
In 1997, starred in the sports documentary " Super Speedway " directed by Stephen Low . In 1998, starred in the thriller " Twilight " directed by Robert Douglas Benton . In 1999, he co-starred with Kevin Costner and Robin Wright in the romance film " Message in a Bottle " adapted from the novel
. In 2000, he co-starred in the crime comedy " Where The Money Is " with Linda Fiorentino
.
In 2002, Paul Newman, Tom Hanks , and Jude Law co-starred in the thriller adventure film " Road to Perdition " adapted from the comic novel of the same name by Max Allen Collins . It played the role of selling alcohol and storage on the surface, and illegal trafficking. Rooney
, the leader of the gang of Pin and murder , was nominated for the 75th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor
and the 66th American Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor
.
In 2004, starred in the biographical documentary " Tell Them Who You Are ". In 2005, he co-starred in the romance film " Empire Falls " directed by Frederic Alan Schepisi with Ed Harris and Philip Seymour Hoffman , and served as the producer of the film.
With this film, he won the 63rd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards in the TV category- Best Supporting Actor Award
; In the same year, he dubbed the animated documentary " Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D "; in addition, he also starred in the documentary "James Dean: Eternal Youth" directed by Michael J. Sheridan.
In 2006, co- dubbing with Dara Anderson and Mark Nelson for the drama animation " Mater and the Ghostlight "; in the same year, co-dubbing with Owen Wilson and Bonnie Hunter for the comedy animation " Cars ", dubbing The classic car, Dr. Hudson, was a former racing master, who regretted to bid farewell to the car world because of a car accident and came to a small town to live in seclusion
; in addition, he also starred in the documentary " Mission to Mars " directed by George Butler
.
In 2007, co-starred in the documentary "The Price of Sugar" with Father Christopher. In 2008, he dubbed the inspirational cartoon " The Meerkats " directed by James Honeyburn .
Personal Life
Paul Newman family
Paul Newman's father, Arthur Sigmund Newman, runs a sports equipment store
. Paul Newman's father is a Jew
, and his ancestors are Jewish immigrants from Hungary and Jewish immigrants from Poland
. Mother Theresa is of Slovak descent and is a practitioner of Christian Science
.
Paul Newman Marriage
First marriage
In 1949, Paul Newman married Jackie Witt. In 1950, his son Scott was born. In 1958, Paul Newman broke up with Jackie Witt
. In 1978, his son Scott died accidentally due to an overdose. To commemorate Scott and to warn future generations, he founded the Scott Newman Center to call on the world to prevent drug abuse.
Paul Newman and Jackie Witt also have two daughters, Susan Kandel and Stephanie. Susan Kandel is a stage actor.
Second marriage
In 1953, Paul Newman met Joanne Woodward, an actor who was 5 years younger than him, while participating in the Broadway play "Picnic"
.
At one o'clock in the afternoon on January 26, 1958, they married in Cleveland. Paul Newman gave Joanne Woodward a silver cup with words of blessing engraved on it
; on January 29, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were betting The El Rancho Vegas Hotel in the city became a couple.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward had three daughters: Eleanor Theresa, Melissa Stewart, and Claire Olivia.
Death of Paul Newman
On September 26, 2008, Paul Newman died of cancer in Westport, Connecticut, USA at the age of 83
.
Paul Newman Commercial
In 1982, Paul Newman registered a trademark named after him to sell salad dressings he made in the kitchen. The profits from his personal holdings were all donated to charities. As of May 2007, Paul Newman had donated to the society a total of 220 million U.S. dollars
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Character Evaluation
In the 1980s and 1990s, he began to play some older roles. He shifted from relying on bodybuilding and classical appearance to a more mature and simple performance style, paying more attention to the in-depth understanding of the role .
Paul Newman is a handsome man with a healthy body, baby-like blue eyes and a humorous charm. He is a man who knows how to use everything around him and knows how to enjoy everything that life brings him. And when he realized how different he was doing, he didn't want to admit it. In short, his generosity and kindness have affected everyone around him .
If Marlon Brando and James Dean define the arrogant American man as a surly counter-judgmental image, then Paul Newman is more like a rebel. His handsome appearance and the magnetic force of his frank blue eyes almost Unstoppable. He has an elegant appearance and a rich sense of humor. He is not only an ambitious and intellectually advanced actor, but also a student who is passionate about the industry he is engaged in .
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