Paul Newman
1) Our Town
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Veteran actor-director Paul Newman makes his first Broadway appearance in four decades in this sold-out Westport Country Playhouse production of the Thornton Wilder classic. Newman plays the Stage Manager, who narrates the immortal tale of Grover's Corners, U.S.A., and its citizens. The superb cast of Our Town includes Frank Converse, Jane Curtin, Ben Fox, Jayne Atkinson, Stephen Spinella, and Maggie Lacy.
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Enough stars to light five marquees. Enough subplots of passion, power and greed to fill 10 movies. Plus fiery special effects galore. From The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno producer Irwin Allen, and continuing that spectacular and devastating moviemaking tradition, comes When Time Ran Out... A South Pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. Among those imperiled by the Carl Foreman/Stirling Silliphant script are...
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"The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir--90% Newman's...
6) Paris Blues
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Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls (Joanne Woodward, Diahann Carroll) vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. Director Martin Ritt creates a love...
7) Cars
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A young stock car named Lightning on his way to a big race is kept in town to repair damage he caused and he begins to see the townsfolk, various motor vehicles, as family and friends.
11) Torn Curtain
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An American scientist travels to East Germany to uncover Soviet missile secrets. This version has been digitally remastered. Part of the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
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Tells the story of a good-for-nothing goldbrick whose only talent is escaping from the Army stockade. Sent behind enemy lines to free five Allied generals held prisoner in an Italian villa. Harry Frigg, hardly the dedicated type, becomes sidetracked from his zany mission by a sexy Italian Contessa. He finally uses his talent to escape, and his new rank of Major General to create havoc in this wild, wacky tale of World War II.
14) Hudsucker Proxy
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Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is a rube, a schmo, a grade-A ding-dong – just what Hudsucker Industries wants in a president! With him at the top, the stock will hit bottom… and the fat cats on the board can take over. But Norville (Tim Robbins) has his own spiffy little plan. And if a snoopy reporter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) doesn’t put the kibosh on the Hudsucker flimflam and finagling big cheese Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman) doesn’t...
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The early days of TV were filled with live programs and these three shows feature a 31-year-old Paul Newman in some of his first starring roles: as a punk on the road, accused of a crime he didn't commit:, a clothing manufacturer who stands up to hoodlums and a cowardly soldier looking to get discharged from the army.
16) Our Town
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The sold-out Westport Country Playhouse production of the Thornton Wilder classic, featuring Paul Newman in his first Broadway appearance in four decades as the Stage Manager.
18) The Sting
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A young con man teams up with a seasoned con man to win money from a criminal banker in 1930s Chicago.
19) Nobody's Fool
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Sully is pushing a workman's comp suit while secretly working for his friend Carl, and is flirting with Carl's wife. His son moves back to town, and his landlady's son is trying to get him thrown out of town.
20) Cool Hand Luke
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A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a 'failure to communicate' in this searing drama. Includes new commentary and all-new featurettes: The Making of Cool Hand Luke and a profile of novelist, co-screenwriter, and the real 'Cool Hand Luke,' Donn Pearce.
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