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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Paul Newman, 1925-2008 |
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The world is infinitely richer for his having lived. And a little poorer for his having died.
Thank you, Paul Newman. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:10 am Post subject: |
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truely a legend! I have seen 80% of his movies and I look forward to seeing the rest!
The world has lost one of the best! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: |
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One of my dad's favourite actors dies the same year as he and of the same cause: lung cancer
How apt I can recall in 1980 my dad honoring the then-new law and stepping outside the movie theatre to smoke during a showing of Fort Apache: The Bronx, a film in which Newman is a chain-smoking cop. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Cool Hand Luke never failed to communicate.
RIP |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| He also did a bit of direction. His film of The Glass Menagerie, which starred his wife Joanne Woodward, is pretty good, as I recall. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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He also directed "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds," a movie I will never forget, starring his daughter as Nell Potts in her only real role, and his wife in the lead.
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�Paul was an unadorned man,� Mr. Hotchner said. �He was simple and direct and honest and off-center and mischievous, and romantic and very handsome. All of these qualities became the generating force behind him.� He added: �He was the same man in 2008 that he was in 1956 � unchanged, despite all the honors and the movie stardom, not a whisper of a change. And that�s something, the constancy of the man.�...
Mr. Hotchner said he last saw Mr. Newman at the actor�s house in Westport a few days ago, when Mr. Newman was losing strength in his battle with cancer. �We didn�t really talk about anything other than some funny things that happened,� Mr. Hotchner said. �As I was leaving, I said, �Well, I�ll keep in touch.� He said, �Yeah, it�s been a hell of a ride.� I guess I�ll always remember that.� |
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28hotchner.html
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| He was almost undone by his star power, his classic good looks and, most of all, his brilliant blue eyes. �I picture my epitaph,� he once said. �Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.� |
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�We are such spendthrifts with our lives,� Mr. Newman once told a reporter. �The trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I�m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.� |
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28newman.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
One of my dad's favourite actors dies the same year as he and of the same cause: lung cancer
How apt I can recall in 1980 my dad honoring the then-new law and stepping outside the movie theatre to smoke during a showing of Fort Apache: The Bronx, a film in which Newman is a chain-smoking cop. |
I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Van. 
My father was also lost to cancer, though he gave up smoking before I was born. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I was never a fan of Newman, but theatrical tastes aside, I'm sorry to hear of his passing. He did quite a bit of work to help others through his charities. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: |
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He also directed "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds," a movie I will never forget, starring his daughter as Nell Potts in her only real role, and his wife in the lead.
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I've never seen that film, but I have seen the play. Interestingly, the production I saw also had the wife and daughter of the director playing the main roles. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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An actor who knew politics took more than acting.
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October 1, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Cool Hand Paul
By MAUREEN DOWD
Paul Newman taught me how to peel a cucumber.
My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn�t actually know the intricacies of making a salad. So when the man who has made $250 million for charity with Newman�s Own dressings and sauces asked me to help him make a salad in 1986, while I was writing a profile of him for The Times Magazine, I mangled my cucumber so thoroughly that he snatched it away and showed me how to do it.
At a moment when America feels angry and betrayed, when our leaders have forfeited our trust and jeopardized our future, we lost an American icon who stood for traits that have been in short supply in the Bush administration: shrewdness, humility, decency, generosity, class.
When I asked W. in 1999 if he identified with any literary heroes, he said no, but he was drawn to Paul Newman�s defiance in �Cool Hand Luke.�
The Texan cast himself as an anti-hero and rebel. But as president, he knew how to strut only in photo-ops, not when actual calamities loomed or hit.
Newman was a rare liberal who loved the label; he made it onto Nixon�s enemies list for supporting Eugene McCarthy�s anti-Vietnam run. In 1997, I called him when he began writing a bit for The Nation (where he was an investor). He ranted about right-wingers �popping out of rat holes� but also faulted the Clintons.
�Everything is about what�s winnable, not about the morality of the issues,� he told me. In politics, as in racing cars, he said: �You can do anything if you are prepared to deal with the consequences.�.... |
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/opinion/01dowd.html?em
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We celebrate the inspirational life of our founder Paul L. Newman and honor his legacy with our dedication to the continued success of Newman's Own.
For 25 years, we at Newman's Own have had a front row seat to watch Paul's entrepreneurial brilliance, humor, and compassion at work helping those in need. Our company motto, "Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good," was Paul's vision for Newman's Own and it is a philosophy we are proud to continue.
Paul occasionally referred to Newman's Own as the "joke that got out of control" and would express astonishment at its success. Despite this humorous approach, Paul was committed to the company's business and to providing top-notch quality � he brought all-natural food products to a wide audience long before it was fashionable. And he was one of the greatest recyclers, giving back to charity all the money he earned from the sale of Newman's Own products.
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good
Newman's Own has grown into a powerful and lasting expression of Paul Newman's generosity. The Company has generated over $250 million in proceeds that have been donated by Paul Newman and the Newman's Own Foundation to thousands of charities worldwide. Particularly close to his heart were the Hole in the Wall Camps, now the leading global family of camps for children with life-threatening illnesses, which Paul started over 20 years ago.... |
http://www.newmansown.com/
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068528/ |
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