{"id":2377,"date":"2008-09-28T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2008-09-28T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T12:32:19","slug":"vale-paul-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2008\/09\/28\/vale-paul-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Paul Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another screen legend has been lost to us this year, with today’s news of the passing of Paul Newman, after a battle with lung cancer.<\/p>\n

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My earliest memory of Newman was his co-starring role with Robert Redford in The Sting<\/em>, one of my favourite of Newmans (and Redfords) films. After reading a lost of Newman’s films, I realised just how little of him I had actually seen, and have recently been trying to rectify this. My most recent purchase at the video store was a copy of Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid<\/em>, which I will be reviewing as part of our new Classic Films Revisited project beginning next year. Ironically, last night, Channel Seven screened Pixar’s Cars<\/em>, which Newman provided a voice for.<\/p>\n

While I am sad to say I didn’t know a whole lot about Paul Newman, or even seen many of his films, those I have seen certainly bear witness to one of the enduring screen icons of our time. His various biographies currently circulating the internet bears testament to his many achievements and endeavours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newman won two Academy Awards during his lifetime, and was nominated a staggering 9 times. His first win at Oscar night was for his character of Fast Eddie Falzon in the 1986 Tom Cruise starrer, The Colour Of Mone<\/em>y, a character he’d played before in the 1961 film The Hustler<\/em>. He was also given an Honorary Award for “many years of wonderful service to the film industry”, in the same year.<\/p>\n

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Some of the other film’s Newman starred in are one’s you may have heard of: Exodus<\/em>, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof<\/em>, The Towering Inferno<\/em>, Road To Perdition<\/em>, and even The Hudsucker Proxy<\/em>. All films worth watching.<\/p>\n

If I had to say something profound about Mr Newman, it perhaps this: he was one of the rare breed of actors who make it look like they aren’t acting. They make it look like they’re living that<\/em>\u00a0characters’ life. Redford was another, as is Anthony Hopkins. This is truly a talent we have lost, and the world will be poorer for it.<\/p>\n

Vale Paul Newman, you shall indeed be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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