Sad news on Paul Newman

[GuessWho]

Reportedly gravely ill with terminal lung cancer :'(

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06/paul-newman-is.html

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

A man whose constitution as a human being matched his ability as a performer.

Best of wishes to him and his.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

"The Hustler" . . . Best Picture, 1961.

What you say . . . it didn't win?

As **** Cheney would say, "So?"

It should have.

 

[poindexter]

I heard he was great in The Hustler.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I heard he was great in The Hustler.

. . . with George C. Scott being the baddest bad guy on film, and Jackie Gleason in his best film role. Unparalleled.

 

[Twoback]

Paul Newman once taught me to drive a race car.
It was only a few laps, but it was pretty cool.
Made for a good story.

 

[Moderator1]

You could have a hell of a discussion his best role.
I might say The Sting.
I also might say Cool Hand Luke.
And I might change my mind a million times.

 

[GuessWho]

For all the major things he's been in, I've always had a soft spot for a little movie called "Nobody's Fool" that came out in 1994. Just always liked it.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

You could have a hell of a discussion his best role.
I might say The Sting.
I also might say Cool Hand Luke.
And I might change my mind a million times.

. . . and I hope we can postpone that discussion, for a good while.

 

[21]

I can't believe he's 83. So so sad. :'(

 

[pseudo]

Aw man ...

Newman's Own is one of our customers, so we used to get tickets to Watkins Glen when he raced there. Met him for the first time when I was 9 or 10, and you'd better believe I had a crush on him for a long time after that.

An e-mail sent by his spokesman neither confirms nor denies the rumor.

All the best to Paul and Joanne.

 

[Barsuk]

Damn, I'm eating a salad with some of his damn fine olive oil and vinegar dressing right now. Godspeed, Mr. Newman.

 

[pressmurphy]

Loved him in The Verdict because be played against type a bit by taking the role of a weak-willed, drunken ambulance chaser. Watching his character evolve and redeem himself was a great way to spend two hours.

And I gladly drop whatever I'm doing to watch The Sting whenever I run across it on the tube.

 

[JR]

You could have a hell of a discussion his best role.
I might say The Sting.
I also might say Cool Hand Luke.
And I might change my mind a million times.

And I'd say Long Hot Summer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hud, The Hustler. Absence of Malice, The Verdict, Road to Perdition, Nobody's Fool. And I'd change my mind a million times as well.

I loved him in Long Hot Summer. It may one of the sexiest movies ever --and what a cast, not to mention the screenplay was by William Faulkner.
.
Newman is the Ultimate Guy's Guy.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

The Sting is on my all-time Top 10.

 

[SoCalDude]

Hanrahan ...................

 

[Mizzougrad96]

One of the greatest ever...

I watch Cars at least once a week with my kids. He's so great in it.

 

[Starman]

I can't think of a truly bad movie he's been in, and most have been tremendous.

Single-handedly raised "Message in a Bottle" from complete treacle.

 

[Moderator1]

You could have a hell of a discussion his best role.
I might say The Sting.
I also might say Cool Hand Luke.
And I might change my mind a million times.

. . . and I hope we can postpone that discussion, for a good while.

You can talk about it while he's alive. No rule that says someone has to be history before discussing their best roles.