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Now let’s celebrate his blue eyes and chiseled face.but don’t forget that Pole Newman 10 Academy Award nominations (in addition to being a great philanthropist) (winning 1 Best Actor) money color), and has given a great performance for over 50 years. Here are our favorites.
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long hot summer When hot tin roof cat (1958)
based on the work of William Faulkner, summer Follow Newman’s Ben Quick as he encounters the Verner family (Orson Wells, Anthony Franciosa When Joanne Woodward) after being washed ashore in a small town in Mississippi. Some characters were based on Tennessee Williams‘1955 play hot tin roof catNewman starred in the film adaptation of Williams’ play five months later (as Brick Pollitt), opposite Elizabeth taylor.
Hustler (1961) and money color (1986)
Library of Congress and Academy Film Archive Select 1961 Robert Rossen– Ambitious billiard shark (Newman) beats the best player in the country, Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason), for storage.Newman revisited the role of Edward ‘Fast Eddie’ Felson martin Scorsese– Oversees the 1986 follow-up. Tom cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio When John Turturro.
Hud (1963)
Revisionist western premiered at the Venice International Film Festival Hud Although Newman did not win an Academy Award for Best Actor, he was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three. rice field.
torn curtain (1966)
This Cold War political thriller stars Neumann as a beleaguered American physicist, Julie Andrews as his accompanying assistant and fiancée. This was the only time the two actors paired up with a director. Alfred hitchcock.
cool hand Luke (1967)
Luke is a hard-headed inmate in a Florida POW camp who embodies the anti-establishment fervor felt during the Vietnam War. Famous for the line, “What you get here is a miscommunication,” boasts his Rotten Tomatoes score of 100%.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Newman’s Butch Cassidy Robert redford Filmed in Utah’s Zion National Park, Snow Canyon State Park, and the ghost town of Grafton, the Sundance Kid escapes to Bolivia after a series of train robberies.
Sting (1973)
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Robert Redford teamed up with Newman again to play two crooks who trick a mob boss (Robert show) in caper films that have been nominated for 10 Oscars and won 7, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.The story is based on real-life brothers fred When Charlie Gondorfa person documented in David Maurer1940 book of Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.
towering inferno (1974)
based on the novel The Tower To Richard Martin Stern (1973) and glass inferno To Thomas N. Scotia When Frank M. Robinson (1974), this disaster film (highest-grossing of 1974) features Newman’s ensemble cast. steve mcqueen, Faye Dunaway, fred Astaire, OJ Simpson, Robert Wagner, Jennifer Jones (in her last performance) and so on.Newman later said parade That the movie embarrassed him.
slap shot (1977)
It wasn’t a hit at the time, but the tale of a minor league hockey team trying to save a small town on the brink of collapse in a violent, fun game went on to become a cult hit among sports comedy fans.
absence of malice (1981)
Named after a journalistic term used to highlight the conflict between damaging personal information and the public’s right to know it. absence of malice A man (Newman) suspected of murder is pursued, but a reporter (Surrey field) and the U.S. Attorney General (Wilford Brimley).
verdict (1982)
Newman, an alcoholic and ambulance-chasing attorney, takes on the case of his life in this case Sydney Lumet–Director’s work. Roy scheider, William Holden, Frank sinatra, carry forgive, Dustin Hoffmann and Robert Redford were all credited with being considered lead roles.
no one is stupid (1994)
Richard Russo Write this comedy drama as a novel, Robert benton Written and directed it for the screen. Newman stars as an old scoundrel at odds with a local contractor (Blues Willis), the son of his landlord (Jessica Tandy), a police officer (philip Seymour Hoffmann) more. no one is stupid It was Tandy’s last film.
road to ruin (2002)
In his final live-action big-screen movie role, Newman plays a Depression-era mob enforcer (based on real life) John Patrick Rooney) cat-and-mouse game with his biological and adopted sons (Daniel Craig When Tom hanks, Respectively).The movie got a cinematographer Conrad L. Hall Posthumous Oscar.
car (2006) and Cars 3 (2017)
Doc Hudson, the town judge and doctor, is an anthropomorphic car, like all the characters in this Pixar movie about racer Lightning McQueen (owen Wilson). car Although it was Newman’s final role, unused archived recordings of Newman’s voice brought Doc back to life. Cars 3.
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