Incredibly beautiful tribute by David Letterman. I don't need the video montage at the end but this is a class act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....rl=http
R.I.P. Paul Newman
In Honor of Paul Newman, who died on September 26, TCM will air a tribute to the actor on Sunday, October 12th, replacing the current scheduled programming with the following movies:
Sunday, October 12 Program for TCM:
6:00 AM The Rack
8:00 AM Until They Sail
10:00 AM Torn Curtain
12:15 PM Exodus
3:45 PM Sweet Bird of Youth
6:00 PM Hud
8:00 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me
10:00 PM Cool Hand Luke
12:15 AM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2:15 AM Rachel, Rachel
4:00 AM The Outrage
Hate that they're showing Rachel, Rachel at 2:15am; it's a Best Picture nominee that I've not seen, and our cable provider doesn't have a DVR option.
Sunday, October 12 Program for TCM:
6:00 AM The Rack
8:00 AM Until They Sail
10:00 AM Torn Curtain
12:15 PM Exodus
3:45 PM Sweet Bird of Youth
6:00 PM Hud
8:00 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me
10:00 PM Cool Hand Luke
12:15 AM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2:15 AM Rachel, Rachel
4:00 AM The Outrage
Hate that they're showing Rachel, Rachel at 2:15am; it's a Best Picture nominee that I've not seen, and our cable provider doesn't have a DVR option.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
Somebody Up There Likes Me was a very good one, too.
It is sad, but I think we all knew this day was coming sooner rather than later. He had been ill for some time.
It is sad, but I think we all knew this day was coming sooner rather than later. He had been ill for some time.
"Because here’s the thing about life: There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days when you need a hand. There are other days when we’re called to lend a hand." -- President Joe Biden, 01/20/2021
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I've been dreading this.
Newman had both a hugely honorable career and an honorable life -- something not that many can say on either score, let alone both.
As an actor, he evolved quickly from pretty-boy Hollywood star to serious actor. His first breakthrough, Somebody Up There Likes Me, labored rather obvious in imitation of Brando, but by the time of Cat on a hot Tin Roof he had found his own voice. His work in the 60s -- The Hustler, Hud and Cool Hand Luke -- put him solidly in the Hollywood history books. It's a shame temporal circumstances kept him from winning his well-deserved Oscar during this period. (The Hustler my preference) They finally did honor him, years late, for a solid but not brilliant performance in Color of Money. Ironically, had they held off longer, they could have spotlighted him for one of his truly great pieces of work, in Nobody's Fool.
But he was bigger than all that, anyway. I recall hearing him referred to, in the late 80s, as "Academy Award winner Paul Newman", and the designation seemed almost to diminish him. Living Legend might have suited him better -- for his lengthy career as both star and actor (which continued to show quality right to the end: he couldn't have been more perfect in Empire Falls), and of course for his spectacular charity work and overall mensch-ness.
I was once asked the metaphysically absurd question, Is there some other person you'd like to be? I always said blues singer Alberta Hunter, because her attitude toward life seemed so serene. But Paul Newman would have been just as good an answer.
Newman had both a hugely honorable career and an honorable life -- something not that many can say on either score, let alone both.
As an actor, he evolved quickly from pretty-boy Hollywood star to serious actor. His first breakthrough, Somebody Up There Likes Me, labored rather obvious in imitation of Brando, but by the time of Cat on a hot Tin Roof he had found his own voice. His work in the 60s -- The Hustler, Hud and Cool Hand Luke -- put him solidly in the Hollywood history books. It's a shame temporal circumstances kept him from winning his well-deserved Oscar during this period. (The Hustler my preference) They finally did honor him, years late, for a solid but not brilliant performance in Color of Money. Ironically, had they held off longer, they could have spotlighted him for one of his truly great pieces of work, in Nobody's Fool.
But he was bigger than all that, anyway. I recall hearing him referred to, in the late 80s, as "Academy Award winner Paul Newman", and the designation seemed almost to diminish him. Living Legend might have suited him better -- for his lengthy career as both star and actor (which continued to show quality right to the end: he couldn't have been more perfect in Empire Falls), and of course for his spectacular charity work and overall mensch-ness.
I was once asked the metaphysically absurd question, Is there some other person you'd like to be? I always said blues singer Alberta Hunter, because her attitude toward life seemed so serene. But Paul Newman would have been just as good an answer.
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