Paul Newman
Okay, I admit, Paul Newman is one of my favourite
actors. Just look at the great films he has made and it is
not hard to see why. Hud, Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, The Towering
Inferno, all classics and I haven't even mentioned Butch Cassidy
And The Sundance Kid or The Sting yet! The guy was immense!
But I'm going to skip over Winning and the Drowning Pool and
get to my favourite Paul Newman films. The Verdict, for instance,
where he is superb as the alchoholic lawyer in a truly inspirational
story. I love it. And Absense Of Malice where Paul Newman
stars with Sally Field in a brilliant and cleverly conceived
film. Then there is, and I'm going to surprise you here, Message
In A Bottle where he plays the father to Kevin Costner's grieving
widower. It is a deeply touching, moving film where Paul Newman
is simply brilliant and glues the film together even though
his character is largely in the background, but it is the
small touches he makes in that film that really opened my
eyed to what a huge talent Paul Newman was...
Paul Newman was nominated for an Academy award
seven times for best actor and won it once for his role in
The Color Of Money where he reprised the character Fast Eddie
Felson from the classic Hustler...
Tim Rees
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