In 1982, my mom was heavily pregnant with me and he and my dad were stranded in Northern California, a few hours drive from Berkeley, where they lived. They were trying to hitchhike back when an old red pick up truck pulled over and let em in. It was Paul Newman, and he drove them all they way back to Berkeley and even bought them lunch. He didn't just act cool, he was cool, because he actually cared about people and took the time to help them, no matter what their status was. May he rest easy, and in eternal love and peace
@@kieranmc1985 You can’t sit there and say somethings a beautiful lie when you don’t know you don’t know that’s what you think because now you just look ignorant yes I don’t believe every little thing I hear but there are stories like that that’s actually based on true because you have to realize actors are human and there are people to actually meet them and has been held by actors their cases of it real life cases but I’ll sit there and open your mouth and call Savannah lie when you don’t know so maybe you should’ve just kept your damn mouth shut and seven instead of making ignorant comments or just sit there and say you believe it’s a beautiful lie there’s a difference because there are stories like that that’s actually true
@@kieranmc1985 Why couldn't it just be true? When they're away from the cameras, movie stars have everyday lives like other people, when they're just doing the normal stuff that most people do-such as going out to do shopping, or visiting a restaurant, or going to a movie(to see if the audience is enjoying their performance in their latest movie!).. So it's inevitable they'd cross paths with lots of people, some of whom they'd interact with-like what happens to everybody else who goes out.
Interesting how Tom Cruise as a young man was in The Color of Money, a sequel to a movie from decades before its time about an aging pro facing the demons of his past through a young man much like him, and now Cruise's biggest movie ever , Top Gun: Maverick is essentially about the exact same thing. But this time, Cruise is the aging pro and Miles Teller (who I love) is the young hotshot!
That’s so deep! You must spend your time thinking really deep thoughts and using them on UA-cam comments. It’s like Hollywood never made a movie like another movie until now, and somehow you recognized this once in a lifetime event! Wowwwwww!
@@justmeeagainn Just making an observation my friend, never claimed to be reinventing the wheel. Just attempting to add a discussion point to a well crafted video, not trying to do any harm to you or anyone else. Everything okay with you?
Paul started racing around 40 years of age. He was a professional and very good by 50. He did LeMans 24 hour, and never went back because the press was so out of hand, scaling the walls of his rented French house to get photos of him in bed. Then we have Newman's Own food products and charity. And THEN he was one of the coolest, best looking actors ever. He is an example of what we human beings are capable of, and he is my hero.
Agreed. A great actor but more importantly a great man. Thousands turned out to his funeral, many of whom he had never met. His generosity affected so many people. There will never be another Paul Newman
I was crazy about Paul since I was 10! We moved to Maryland and we went to the Westview theater & drive in & saw a double feature of Hud & Cool Hand Luke! I fell for him and knew he was very ill & as I dozed on the sofa I awoke to his death on TCM, with the music they used to play when an icon of yester-year passed away. I somehow knew that it was him. For over 45 years he was my favorite actor & if possible I never miss a movie by him or Joanne!
What I got from this video was being cool is just being you. Not really caring about what others think but caring about yourself and what type of person you want to be
He did not mind playing someone who was hurt, beaten down and a failure but somehow made it work in the end. He never had to play the perfect man like Tom Cruise has to. He was human and not scared to show he was..scared.
Yeah, I agree. That sure was one of my favorites too. The best scene is when the team took the wind out of the home team fans when they were driving into town as the visiting team and as the bus drove by, they all had their asses hanging out the bus window mooning all of them. The home town fans just all stood there quietly with egg all over their faces! Classic!
That death scene in Road to Perdition is so powerful. I consider it his last great movie. "I'm glad it's you" is such a great line before being gunned down by the man he considered his son.
Sydney Lumet is the genius, the movie is one of many his masterpieces, it’s perfect (except of the ending) and the director deserves his own video, his films deserve to be watched
Don't forget the fact that a portrait of Paul Newman was used as the image on a US Post Office Forever stamp in 2015 reflects the measure of his greatness as a Philanthropist and as an Actor!
The real reason is that he is cool because he is a stoic. The stoic accepts the world " as it is". By this i meen that the world is always changeing, and that life is about birth, then growt, then decay, and in the end death. You can see the same in the film " Lawrance of Arabia", when Lawrance takes a burning match in his fingers and William Potter ask him for the secret and he simply smile and say " the trick William Potter is not minding that it hurts"... My point is to handle " suffering, pain, boredom" is at the root of what`s cool. So is adapting to change, even before others can see it comming ( the world is always changeing). That is beeing " Avantgarde" . This takes guts. And to have the ability to recreate our self and not be stuck in the past.
Man that opening clip of him acknowledging his short comings while complimenting others is so cool. Especially that he's not doing it in a "woe is me" way he's just stating facts.
The Hustler and Cool Hand Luke should be required viewing for any aspiring actor, director, writer, cinematographer, and the dude that runs to get coffee.
Since 88, his products, Newmans Own has donated over 600 million dollars. Yes he was an incredible actor, a passionate racecar driver, and a devishly handsome man but he used all his fame to benefit millions of others. Incredible human being
Never really knew how much Paul Newman I watch til now especially that first cars movie and the hustler. Great actor who made cool effortless and timeless.
One of the guys at my fire station was also a race car driver here in NC and would tell us the story of meeting Newman as a kid. He was eating at a steak restaurant and my friend quietly approached him and asked for an autograph. Paul Newman asked, "what do ya want my autograph for kid?" Without missing a beat he said You're a race car driver arent you? Paul chuckled and I always told him you pulled a Newman line on him .
In the movie 'Hombre' Newman plays a character that gives his life to save a despicable person. At the beginning of the movie he loved only his friends but by the end of the movie his character was transformed. Newman accomplished this beautifully.
His character wasn't transformed by the end of the movie. He just gradually revealed through the course of the movie who he was- a disgruntled, plucky, and yet deeply compassionate man who could sacrifice his life to help a despicable person. Loved that movie. Came out the same year as Cool Hand Luke which sorta overshadowed it though I can't see why. HOMBRE is more power-packed imho
Really enjoyed this. I think one of the key movies in his career (though unmentioned here) is Hud, where he's a rebel but also a louse. His rizz is at epic levels, but he's a fundamentally dislikable man, not a villain the audience admires, but just a hurtful careless individual, something like Fast Eddie. It's difficult to imagine many actors throwing the dice with such brave indifference so early in their careers - it would be like if Tom Cruise did his Magnolia role a year after Risky Business - and that "I'm doing this because I want to, and it feels righteous, like it or don't, I don't care", is what embodies cool, what we admire in Newman, and what we wish for within ourselves.
Ridiculous that he didn’t get an Oscar before “Color of Money” he should have got several - Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, Absence of Malice, The Verdict but, my own personal favourite, one scene - the poker game on the train with Robert Shaw in The Sting. So clever and so funny…pure brilliance.
Great video. Hats off. I love his acting in the Hustler. The emotion he puts into some of the scenes is just incredible. Thank you for highlighting his many roles through the years. A legend of the craft.
My late father in law saw Paul Newman walking through a market in London many years ago. He must have been filming nearby. Bert, my father in law, had initial doubts but said the piercing blue eyes confirmed his suspicions!
Great vid. Newman should have gotten the Oscar for many of his movies -- Hud, The Hustler, among them -- but The Verdict was his most Oscar worthy performance prior to The Color of Money.
He was considered a lock to win for that role. It was supposed to be his year. In the end Ben Kingsley took it and Newman didn't turn up to the 1986 ceremony when he won
Great job! I love the way this was edited. Paul is my favourite. P.s. I think when most people think of “cool” they have McQueen in mind. If not, they should.
I've watched both The Color of Money (underrated) and The Hustler several times since the 80s and the one scene I only recently understood and appreciated was when Newman is beaten by his younger reflection in Forrest Whittaker. When the 'Black and Red'-clad Amos asks the defeated Eddie, "Do you think I need to lose weight?", it finally occurred to me the 'callback' to Fast Eddie's LAST chronological 'on the table' beating shown, vs 'Black and White' filmed 'Minnesota FATS' (Jackie Gleason). After shedding the weight of "Child-care", Eddie repairs his blurry vision with glasses and reads a newspaper on a pooltable. An old joke better told then READ: What's Black, White and "Red" all over? 'A newspaper'. Newman's glare towards a snickering Whittaker will forever hold a higher place in my mind.
Hud, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Verdict. Those I think are his best. His Brick in the Williams play is the best I ever saw. It is one of the best performances ever in a Williams play. I do not think it will ever be improved upon. His Cool Hand Luke was one of the best sixties performances in an American film, which is saying a mouthful. The Verdict was a really gutsy acting job since that character is not attractive at the start of the film. But he does get so and Newman is almost ahead of the script. Fast Eddie was a really well planned and well understood piece of character acting combined with technical brio. And Hud? I mean to play a guy like that early in your career? That is the mark of an actor. Let the chips fall where they may.
I agree with your choices (although I would add "Hombre" and "Butch Cassidy" to the list), but I don't think playing "Hud" was all that risky considering how much of it seems inspired (at least partly) by Brando's turn in "Streetcar" from a decade earlier. I always saw "Hud" as Ritt & Newman's homage to Kazan & Brando's first collaboration, personally. So, to play the character at that point (nearly a decade into his career) doesn't seem that big of a risk imo. Great performance though, and one of my personal favorites!!
Starting At 3:29 for Newman's closing statement/argument speech, the actor in the audience behind his clients is a then unknown actor named Bruce Willis with hair.
I like him more than Brando. Was Marlon a genius? Perhaps. But Newman achieved greatness because he liked being an actor and respected the profession. And so many more great movies
Brando was certainly a genius, but he wasn't a happy person. He didn't take advantage of having this incredible talent. Newman, on the other hand, while not having his genius, seemed much happier. He also didn't despise the acting profession like Brando did. Brando was a tragic character. Paul Newman was just a professional doing his job.
@@tedfio1tedfio1 I am not kidding, maybe you do. Speculations about what Brando could have played or not are irrelevant. Newman was miscast in some of his most popular films, especially in "The Sting". He was too young, too elegant and in too good shape to portray a drunken old con man. The director tried to show him as a broken wreck, but that didn't work. It was clear from the start that he was smarter and better than everyone else. His acting was good, but he was not the right actor for the part. Same Problem in "The Verdict", "Abscence of Malice" or "Nobody's Fool". Again, the directors have tried to portray him as either an average guy or a loser, but that doesn't work. Characters like that don't work with him, he's too clever, too confident, too good-looking for that. When he's shown as a busted lawyer at the beginning of "The Verdict," you know right away that he's going to end up as a glorious victor in a lawsuit.
@@donjames7647 James Dean is without doubt the most overrated actor of the screen ever!!! Not a patch on Newman, can you honestly visualize him playing 'cool hand luke' just no no no!!
imagine him playing Sully in an Uncharted movie. His „road to perdition“ look is pretty much on point, in fact it’s so much on point that cool Sully might be based on him.
The way they butchered uncharted is tragic. The game has such a sense of adventure and freedom to it. The movie is just another tacky, saccharine piece of please-all marvel bs.
Bruh are these videos on actors or some life philosophy? Well made videos man. Cinema is an art, I am glad you are keeping that fire alive. More of these man.
Ethan Hawke made a documentary called The Last Actors. Includes Newman, Brando, Dean and some more actors it’s not bad. It takes a look at their careers and what made them such good actors.
The Verdict was among his greatest performances and the film is unforgettable. ( He punches his traitorous lover in the face at a bar) Your analysis of all his anti-hero characters is spot on. (Why not H.U.D.?) Engaging, great production, ty.
Being cool is being true to yourself and not giving a toss what anyone thinks about that. You don't run with the pack. You run your life according to YOUR rules.
I always thought he was a class act. We always buy his salad dressing because the money goes to charity. Then when he died, we laughed because his biography said how his wife always drove because he liked to read. It’s the same in our house. Plus his views on marital fidelity, “why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?”
I remember there was a behind-the-scenes interview from The Sting, and one of the actors (don't remember which one) talked about acting with Newman. When he did the scene with him, he felt he had out-acted Newman, but when he got to watch the scene, all he could look at was Newman. He was just effortless.
In the movie Fort Apache the Bronx, Newman's character had a fistfight with Danny Aiello's character. When they were filming the scene, Aiello's wife in real life had come to the set to watch. During the scene, she blurted out ' Don't Touch His Face!!! " She was screaming at Aiello not to actually hit Newman. She was more worried about Newman than her own husband.
I agree what makes him cool was his pride in his craft and wanting to make it on his terms - from the info I have gathered he fought the type casting of the actor with a pretty face and blue eyes - he wanted to be respected as an actor. He never took the easy roles.
Paul Newman was originally from Cleveland, OH. So was I. I met and spoke briefly with Paul and Steve McQueen. This was in the mid-1970s during a 24-hour racing event at a motor speedway in NE Ohio. I told Paul, "You're one hell of husband, father, actor, and driver. Paul smiled and said humbly, "Thank you." I then asked Steve McQueen about his first big role in "The Blob." Steve simply smiled and said, "Well, you've gotta start somewhere." Thanks Paul and Steve. I miss those guys. Many thanks, Actortainment, for this amazing video. Oh yeah, "Hombre" is my favorite film starring Paul Newman. That film is a lot more than a "western."
@@Actortainment -- You're welcome. Paul and Steve were just two great guys. When they weren't busy with a movie shoot, or a racing event, they were outgoing. Paul and Steve were like Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in that they liked out of the way locales -- getaways from Tinsel Town. Paul and wife Joanne Woodward have done a lot of charity work - including a product line (popcorn and salad dressing) whose sales went toward children's charities. Thanks for this great video about a great all around guy.
I was today years old when I learned from the comments that Paul Newman is the founder of Newman’s Own food products. Can’t believe I saw his face on the label all those years and never put it together holy shit
Through the seventies and eighties I really liked Robert Redford movies. But one thing that was consistent to me about RR movies was he for the most part was cynical. Now I watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I really enjoy watching Paul Newman.
exactly what I thought when I first saw the Verdict! Paul Newman is just too cool, for me to accept him as a credible Frank Galvin, even if he played the role to perfection. he is still Paul Newman :)
Never underestimate the power of looking realy good to push you in a good direction. And once moving it's all about keeping the momentum, and stacking up small wins. Might sound superficial but that's just human nature.
Nice video! Paul Newman was the coolest! By the way what's the song's name at 00:24?
Thank you! It's called ”Love Dose” By MaverickMyers Radio
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I prefer Steve Mc Queen,but Paul Is a All time great
@@Actortainment Thank you!
Very good
He placed the song link below the video : ( FREE ) Chill Vlog Background Music | No Copyright Upbeat Music Old School | ”Love Dose”
In 1982, my mom was heavily pregnant with me and he and my dad were stranded in Northern California, a few hours drive from Berkeley, where they lived.
They were trying to hitchhike back when an old red pick up truck pulled over and let em in. It was Paul Newman, and he drove them all they way back to Berkeley and even bought them lunch. He didn't just act cool, he was cool, because he actually cared about people and took the time to help them, no matter what their status was.
May he rest easy, and in eternal love and peace
man what a nice story what a guy thank you
Beautiful.
This is a beautiful lie
@@kieranmc1985 You can’t sit there and say somethings a beautiful lie when you don’t know you don’t know that’s what you think because now you just look ignorant yes I don’t believe every little thing I hear but there are stories like that that’s actually based on true because you have to realize actors are human and there are people to actually meet them and has been held by actors their cases of it real life cases but I’ll sit there and open your mouth and call Savannah lie when you don’t know so maybe you should’ve just kept your damn mouth shut and seven instead of making ignorant comments or just sit there and say you believe it’s a beautiful lie there’s a difference because there are stories like that that’s actually true
@@kieranmc1985 Why couldn't it just be true? When they're away from the cameras, movie stars have everyday lives like other people, when they're just doing the normal stuff that most people do-such as going out to do shopping, or visiting a restaurant, or going to a movie(to see if the audience is enjoying their performance in their latest movie!).. So it's inevitable they'd cross paths with lots of people, some of whom they'd interact with-like what happens to everybody else who goes out.
Paul Newman comes from a strange era in cinema. It's an era where "cool" isn't about winning, it's about losing with style.
Perfectly said
So basically noir
Paul Newman was the most handsome & kindest actor that hollywood ever had. RIP Paul 🎉
Interesting how Tom Cruise as a young man was in The Color of Money, a sequel to a movie from decades before its time about an aging pro facing the demons of his past through a young man much like him, and now Cruise's biggest movie ever , Top Gun: Maverick is essentially about the exact same thing. But this time, Cruise is the aging pro and Miles Teller (who I love) is the young hotshot!
It would be nice to see Color of money sequel with Tom Cruise being an old-timer
Miles Teller is a douche, though.
That’s so deep! You must spend your time thinking really deep thoughts and using them on UA-cam comments. It’s like Hollywood never made a movie like another movie until
now, and somehow you recognized this once in a lifetime event! Wowwwwww!
@@justmeeagainn Just making an observation my friend, never claimed to be reinventing the wheel. Just attempting to add a discussion point to a well crafted video, not trying to do any harm to you or anyone else. Everything okay with you?
What a pedestrian and unnecessary observation. Not sure why you call it interesting. We're you suffering a stroke when you typed it?
Paul started racing around 40 years of age. He was a professional and very good by 50. He did LeMans 24 hour, and never went back because the press was so out of hand, scaling the walls of his rented French house to get photos of him in bed. Then we have Newman's Own food products and charity. And THEN he was one of the coolest, best looking actors ever. He is an example of what we human beings are capable of, and he is my hero.
Was still racing and winning into his 80s. Took pole position in his final professional race at 82. Really outstanding longevity for a driver
Newman was the absolute definition of cool, and his charitable works make him so much more of a great man
Agreed. A great actor but more importantly a great man. Thousands turned out to his funeral, many of whom he had never met. His generosity affected so many people. There will never be another Paul Newman
Yep buy Newman!!!
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That era was made up of different men. They all experienced hardship in their life even if they were from well to do families.
I was crazy about Paul since I was 10! We moved to Maryland and we went to the Westview theater & drive in & saw a double feature of Hud & Cool Hand Luke! I fell for him and knew he was very ill & as I dozed on the sofa I awoke to his death on TCM, with the music they used to play when an icon of yester-year passed away. I somehow knew that it was him. For over 45 years he was my favorite actor & if possible I never miss a movie by him or Joanne!
In my humble opinion, Paul Newman was one of the most beautiful men of the 20th century.
Subjective, of course, but I stand by my choice!🤩
He is sexy
Paul was a class act, and I'm grateful to be a small part of his large audience.
What I got from this video was being cool is just being you. Not really caring about what others think but caring about yourself and what type of person you want to be
Paul Newman's film career is filled with great and memorable performances. One of the greatest actors to ever live
If you look closely at 3:30, you will see Bruce Willis in the center behind the woman and man sitting close to each other.
He did not mind playing someone who was hurt, beaten down and a failure but somehow made it work in the end. He never had to play the perfect man like Tom Cruise has to. He was human and not scared to show he was..scared.
So true...humanity was a thing he could show us in a cool way
Or The Rock
Tf are you talking about? Plenty of films tom cruise plays the coward
@@BigDicTRP Yes the Woody Allen Tom Cruise collaboration was great. Studdering Tom and the delikatessen tales come sto mind.
He liked playing damaged flawed characters and bringing out their humanity.
His charisma makes him cool because he is genuinely cool.
Slapshot is a great Paul Newman performance that often gets overlooked. That movie was a riot. I cant imagine Newman ever had more fun on a film set.
Yeah, I agree. That sure was one of my favorites too. The best scene is when the team took the wind out of the home team fans when they were driving into town as the visiting team and as the bus drove by, they all had their asses hanging out the bus window mooning all of them. The home town fans just all stood there quietly with egg all over their faces! Classic!
Newman himself said that was the most fun he ever had on a film set! And it showed throughout the movie for sure!
He didn't give a shit. It shows. Lee Marvin said it about him and was correct. It's brilliant. He was brilliant. Legendary
A true Christian in his private life. That made him even cooler.
That death scene in Road to Perdition is so powerful. I consider it his last great movie. "I'm glad it's you" is such a great line before being gunned down by the man he considered his son.
It has a Donnie Brasco vibe :)
Sydney Lumet is the genius, the movie is one of many his masterpieces, it’s perfect (except of the ending) and the director deserves his own video, his films deserve to be watched
Don't forget the fact that a portrait of Paul Newman was used as the image on a US Post Office Forever stamp in 2015 reflects the measure of his greatness as a Philanthropist and as an Actor!
The fact is you should not need to "act cool" These classic actors were cool by their very nature! Very different to today!
Yes!!!
So true. The 21st century wussie gen!
No amount of steroids and carefully crafted PR campaigns today can make those modern narcissists cool like Newman, McQueen or Heston.
Paul Newman: acting with all his heart
Video: 🎻🎶🎷🎷
I so deeply respect and admire Paul Newman. To me, he was an living saint
This might be the greatest Paul Newman tribute I’ve ever seen! Can’t wait for the next video!
this might be the greatest comment ive seen. cant wait for your next comment
The real reason is that he is cool because he is a stoic. The stoic accepts the world " as it is". By this i meen that the world is always changeing, and that life is about birth, then growt, then decay, and in the end death.
You can see the same in the film " Lawrance of Arabia", when Lawrance takes a burning match in his fingers and William Potter ask him for the secret and he simply smile and say " the trick William Potter is not minding that it hurts"...
My point is to handle " suffering, pain, boredom" is at the root of what`s cool. So is adapting to change, even before others can see it comming ( the world is always changeing). That is beeing " Avantgarde" . This takes guts. And to have the ability to recreate our self and not be stuck in the past.
He’s my fave. I cannot wait for his memoir to come out in the Fall.
Most gorgeous 😻 superb actor & a gracious philanthropist.
Man that opening clip of him acknowledging his short comings while complimenting others is so cool. Especially that he's not doing it in a "woe is me" way he's just stating facts.
I thought so, too. What an actor - what a man.
Him being a racing driver add up to his coolness
The Hustler and Cool Hand Luke should be required viewing for any aspiring actor, director, writer, cinematographer, and the dude that runs to get coffee.
Man i love Paul he is cool in every aspect
RIP and long live Paul Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008), aged 83
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Newman was such a great actor. My favorite role of his is Sully in Nobody's Fool (1994). I wish Newman was still around.
He's one of the best actors in Hollywood. Talent, good looks, charisma, charisma, charity founded a charity, but unfortunately lost his son to drugs.
Since 88, his products, Newmans Own has donated over 600 million dollars. Yes he was an incredible actor, a passionate racecar driver, and a devishly handsome man but he used all his fame to benefit millions of others. Incredible human being
Sums the great man up perfectly.
Never really knew how much Paul Newman I watch til now especially that first cars movie and the hustler. Great actor who made cool effortless and timeless.
What an amazing essay. Thank you, Paul is a national treasure.
Love Paul Newman and Paul Walker, too.
One of the guys at my fire station was also a race car driver here in NC and would tell us the story of meeting Newman as a kid. He was eating at a steak restaurant and my friend quietly approached him and asked for an autograph. Paul Newman asked, "what do ya want my autograph for kid?" Without missing a beat he said You're a race car driver arent you? Paul chuckled and I always told him you pulled a Newman line on him .
I feel Newman should have gotten the Oscar for Hustler and Verdict. Both these movies stayed with me for a very long time.
In the movie 'Hombre' Newman plays a character that gives his life to save a despicable person. At the beginning of the movie he loved only his friends but by the end of the movie his character was transformed. Newman accomplished this beautifully.
His character wasn't transformed by the end of the movie. He just gradually revealed through the course of the movie who he was- a disgruntled, plucky, and yet deeply compassionate man who could sacrifice his life to help a despicable person. Loved that movie. Came out the same year as Cool Hand Luke which sorta overshadowed it though I can't see why. HOMBRE is more power-packed imho
Paul Newman - Steve McQueen 2 of the coolest cats, both racers
Really enjoyed this. I think one of the key movies in his career (though unmentioned here) is Hud, where he's a rebel but also a louse. His rizz is at epic levels, but he's a fundamentally dislikable man, not a villain the audience admires, but just a hurtful careless individual, something like Fast Eddie. It's difficult to imagine many actors throwing the dice with such brave indifference so early in their careers - it would be like if Tom Cruise did his Magnolia role a year after Risky Business - and that "I'm doing this because I want to, and it feels righteous, like it or don't, I don't care", is what embodies cool, what we admire in Newman, and what we wish for within ourselves.
Ridiculous that he didn’t get an Oscar before “Color of Money” he should have got several - Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, Absence of Malice, The Verdict but, my own personal favourite, one scene - the poker game on the train with Robert Shaw in The Sting. So clever and so funny…pure brilliance.
Many great screen actors never won an Oscar. Peter O’Toole was nominated for 8 Oscar’s but never won.
PAUL WAS THE BEST He WAS. NOBODY FOOL ❤
Great video. Hats off. I love his acting in the Hustler. The emotion he puts into some of the scenes is just incredible. Thank you for highlighting his many roles through the years. A legend of the craft.
Thank you! Just wanted to show his growth through the years and a legend of the craft indeed
"The Hustler" my favorite movie, and I wanted to be Fast Eddie for years after...
My late father in law saw Paul Newman walking through a market in London many years ago. He must have been filming nearby. Bert, my father in law, had initial doubts but said the piercing blue eyes confirmed his suspicions!
He didn’t “act” cool. He was cool.
Newman & McQueen were the epitome of 😎 without even trying or acting like it.
Great vid. Newman should have gotten the Oscar for many of his movies -- Hud, The Hustler, among them -- but The Verdict was his most Oscar worthy performance prior to The Color of Money.
He was considered a lock to win for that role. It was supposed to be his year. In the end Ben Kingsley took it and Newman didn't turn up to the 1986 ceremony when he won
Definitely one of the coolest people to ever live. Imo, he's right up there with Clint Eastwood and David Bowie.
He is higher...
Him and James Dean were the coolest, and the fact that they were friends makes it even cooler.
he's a natural born world shaker.
Never stop making videos man inspiring.
Great job! I love the way this was edited. Paul is my favourite.
P.s. I think when most people think of “cool” they have McQueen in mind. If not, they should.
coolest guy on the planet - Thomas Crown Affair, wearing beautifully tailored suits,
Newman was charismatic, a close second,
Agreed, Steve is definitely the coolest !!! 🎆❤🎆
BOTH McQueen & Newman have the BEST Blue eyes ❤❤ and so closely rate as
THE COOLEST 😎
I've watched both The Color of Money (underrated) and The Hustler several times since the 80s and the one scene I only recently understood and appreciated was when Newman is beaten by his younger reflection in Forrest Whittaker.
When the 'Black and Red'-clad Amos asks the defeated Eddie, "Do you think I need to lose weight?", it finally occurred to me the 'callback' to Fast Eddie's LAST chronological 'on the table' beating shown, vs 'Black and White' filmed 'Minnesota FATS' (Jackie Gleason).
After shedding the weight of "Child-care", Eddie repairs his blurry vision with glasses and reads a newspaper on a pooltable.
An old joke better told then READ:
What's Black, White and "Red" all over? 'A newspaper'.
Newman's glare towards a snickering Whittaker will forever hold a higher place in my mind.
"What, is there an echo in here?"
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How could you leave out his coolest character, player coach of the Charlestown Chiefs Reggie Dunlop
A great actor making GREAT movies. He is missed.
A legend 👏
Excellent video. As a huge Newman fan, thanks.
I always felt the verdict was the film for which he should have won the Oscar. He was amazing.
Hud
@@danbaron9094 Also a great one!
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Hud, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Verdict. Those I think are his best. His Brick in the Williams play is the best I ever saw. It is one of the best performances ever in a Williams play. I do not think it will ever be improved upon. His Cool Hand Luke was one of the best sixties performances in an American film, which is saying a mouthful. The Verdict was a really gutsy acting job since that character is not attractive at the start of the film. But he does get so and Newman is almost ahead of the script. Fast Eddie was a really well planned and well understood piece of character acting combined with technical brio. And Hud? I mean to play a guy like that early in your career? That is the mark of an actor. Let the chips fall where they may.
I agree with your choices (although I would add "Hombre" and "Butch Cassidy" to the list), but I don't think playing "Hud" was all that risky considering how much of it seems inspired (at least partly) by Brando's turn in "Streetcar" from a decade earlier. I always saw "Hud" as Ritt & Newman's homage to Kazan & Brando's first collaboration, personally. So, to play the character at that point (nearly a decade into his career) doesn't seem that big of a risk imo. Great performance though, and one of my personal favorites!!
He was one of the best actors ever and one of the handsomest men ever.
Starting At 3:29 for Newman's closing statement/argument speech, the actor in the audience behind his clients is a then unknown actor named Bruce Willis with hair.
Do you think it was a wig? I think he's been bald since birth
@@Actortainment Funny, but he had hair when he did the show Moonlighting with Cybill Shepperd.
@@danbaron9094 since 1987 he started to become bald
Excellent production value in this video, well written, and highly entertaining. I can see your channel's audience skyrocketing fast.
Greatest of all time. Not only a great actor, but a great husband, father, and human being. It was a joy to watch him thru the years.
I like him more than Brando. Was Marlon a genius? Perhaps. But Newman achieved greatness because he liked being an actor and respected the profession. And so many more great movies
Brando was certainly a genius, but he wasn't a happy person. He didn't take advantage of having this incredible talent. Newman, on the other hand, while not having his genius, seemed much happier. He also didn't despise the acting profession like Brando did. Brando was a tragic character. Paul Newman was just a professional doing his job.
@@tedfio1tedfio1 I am not kidding, maybe you do. Speculations about what Brando could have played or not are irrelevant.
Newman was miscast in some of his most popular films, especially in "The Sting". He was too young, too elegant and in too good shape to portray a drunken old con man. The director tried to show him as a broken wreck, but that didn't work. It was clear from the start that he was smarter and better than everyone else. His acting was good, but he was not the right actor for the part.
Same Problem in "The Verdict", "Abscence of Malice" or "Nobody's Fool". Again, the directors have tried to portray him as either an average guy or a loser, but that doesn't work. Characters like that don't work with him, he's too clever, too confident, too good-looking for that. When he's shown as a busted lawyer at the beginning of "The Verdict," you know right away that he's going to end up as a glorious victor in a lawsuit.
@@tedfio1tedfio1 Thank you. Newman was a charismatic and gifted as they come. Otto. Get in the game dude!
He would not have achieved anything if James dead lived , all the movies dead would have done went to Newman .
@@donjames7647 James Dean is without doubt the most overrated actor of the screen ever!!! Not a patch on Newman, can you honestly visualize him playing 'cool hand luke' just no no no!!
imagine him playing Sully in an Uncharted movie. His „road to perdition“ look is pretty much on point, in fact it’s so much on point that cool Sully might be based on him.
The way they butchered uncharted is tragic. The game has such a sense of adventure and freedom to it. The movie is just another tacky, saccharine piece of please-all marvel bs.
Unchartered are average games made into an average movie. Newman is of a different Hollywood era.
Bruh are these videos on actors or some life philosophy? Well made videos man.
Cinema is an art, I am glad you are keeping that fire alive.
More of these man.
I guess you get the best of both worlds
Ethan Hawke made a documentary called The Last Actors. Includes Newman, Brando, Dean and some more actors it’s not bad. It takes a look at their careers and what made them such good actors.
so glad i found this channel these are amazing
The Verdict was among his greatest performances and the film is unforgettable. ( He punches his traitorous lover in the face at a bar) Your analysis of all his anti-hero characters is spot on. (Why not H.U.D.?) Engaging, great production, ty.
Being cool is being true to yourself and not giving a toss what anyone thinks about that. You don't run with the pack. You run your life according to YOUR rules.
I always thought he was a class act. We always buy his salad dressing because the money goes to charity. Then when he died, we laughed because his biography said how his wife always drove because he liked to read. It’s the same in our house. Plus his views on marital fidelity, “why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?”
Got to see two of the last great movie stars together back in '86 with Color Of Money .. did not know how fortunate I was back then ... I do now
Amazing video. I come back to this over and over again and each time i leave inspired.
Thank you! Means a lot to hear that you leave inspired! :)
Keep up the good work 👍@@Actortainment
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this video was so gas. The editing was very well done with the clips and text. I
The voice, the words, making life, in a movie; 20 22. Bravo 👏 nicko NZ
What a wonderful video!
Some people can afford to be cool, Paul Newman was one of them.😎
Como este hombre no hay ningún actor que haya nacido hasta ahora. No hay comparación No hay No hay. ES GUAPO HASTA RABIAR BELLEZAAA
Great video man! The edits, the commentary, the music, god that music is cool.
I would say Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, are two of the coolest people ever
Thank you guys. This channel is going to be great.
PAUL NEWMAN WAS NOBODY FOOL ❤
I remember there was a behind-the-scenes interview from The Sting, and one of the actors (don't remember which one) talked about acting with Newman. When he did the scene with him, he felt he had out-acted Newman, but when he got to watch the scene, all he could look at was Newman. He was just effortless.
In the movie Fort Apache the Bronx, Newman's character had a fistfight with Danny Aiello's character. When they were filming the scene, Aiello's wife in real life had come to the set to watch. During the scene, she blurted out ' Don't Touch His Face!!! " She was screaming at Aiello not to actually hit Newman. She was more worried about Newman than her own husband.
thanks for this video i didn't know about paul newman until i watched this video
I'm so glad you enjoyed it
What a fantastic video/essay this is! Thank you man..
thank you for watching
I agree what makes him cool was his pride in his craft and wanting to make it on his terms - from the info I have gathered he fought the type casting of the actor with a pretty face and blue eyes - he wanted to be respected as an actor. He never took the easy roles.
Paul Newman was originally from Cleveland, OH. So was I. I met and spoke briefly with Paul and Steve McQueen. This was in the mid-1970s during a 24-hour racing event at a motor speedway in NE Ohio. I told Paul, "You're one hell of husband, father, actor, and driver. Paul smiled and said humbly, "Thank you." I then asked Steve McQueen about his first big role in "The Blob." Steve simply smiled and said, "Well, you've gotta start somewhere." Thanks Paul and Steve. I miss those guys. Many thanks, Actortainment, for this amazing video. Oh yeah, "Hombre" is my favorite film starring Paul Newman. That film is a lot more than a "western."
holy crap that's awesome two legends within 24 hours! I'm glad you enjoyed the video thank you for the amazing story
@@Actortainment -- You're welcome. Paul and Steve were just two great guys. When they weren't busy with a movie shoot, or a racing event, they were outgoing. Paul and Steve were like Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in that they liked out of the way locales -- getaways from Tinsel Town. Paul and wife Joanne Woodward have done a lot of charity work - including a product line (popcorn and salad dressing) whose sales went toward children's charities. Thanks for this great video about a great all around guy.
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This just came in my recommendations. Excellent work. 👍
thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you've enjoyed me work! means a lot
I think if it wasn't for actors like Newman, I bet that Matthew, George and Brad wouldn't have gotten far.
I love Paul Newman. and this was an Amazing video please do another
I was today years old when I learned from the comments that Paul Newman is the founder of Newman’s Own food products. Can’t believe I saw his face on the label all those years and never put it together holy shit
Don't worry. I only found it out years later.
it helps to look like Newman or McQueen if you want to be cool
Through the seventies and eighties I really liked Robert Redford movies. But one thing that was consistent to me about RR movies was he for the most part was cynical. Now I watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I really enjoy watching Paul Newman.
exactly what I thought when I first saw the Verdict! Paul Newman is just too cool, for me to accept him as a credible Frank Galvin, even if he played the role to perfection. he is still Paul Newman :)
This channel about to blow up
only time will tell
Never underestimate the power of looking realy good to push you in a good direction. And once moving it's all about keeping the momentum, and stacking up small wins. Might sound superficial but that's just human nature.