What was your favorite Paul Newman role?

[Beaverhausen]

For me, hands down, his portrayal of Frank Galvin in The Verdict.


Of course Butch Cassidy is one of my all time favs, but good god he was masterful in The Verdict.

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. As Co-Owner of Newman-Haas Racing.

He did more for the sport of Open-Wheel Auto Racing than can be possibly measured.

[madokie]

45. We used to go to hallet raceway near here to watch him drive

Pretty damn good driver too, best I remember

[A HERETIC I AM]

48. Yes he was.

He won several championships in SCCA racing as well as running in the 24 hours of Le Mans where the team he co drove for finished 2nd.

[Bluebear]

2. 'Nobody's Fool' in his later days.

Jessica Tandy's last movie.

[Warpy]

7. That was also my favorite

For those who haven't seen it, it's a shaggy dog story, a character sketch, and everybody in it gives a masterful performance. They're all 100% believable and even the unpleasant characters evoke a great deal of sympathy because the punchline is that we're all somebody's fool.

Besides, "Whacker" is worth the price of renting the DVD.

[Bluebear]

11. Whacker~!

:rofl:

(I won't give away the spoiler :)

[Mandate My Ass]

20. Wasn't that a great movie? Loved it.

Paul was great in that movie. I watch it every time it comes on cable.

What a class act. He will be missed. :-(

[emmadoggy]

34. That was a fantastic movie.

Paul and everyone else in it were wonderful.

[Beaverhausen]

35. I missed that one but it's now going on my Netflix queue

thanks for the tip. Newman AND Tandy? excellent.

[C_U_L8R]

3. It may not be high drama but I've always enjoyed Slapshot

[AlCzervik]

6. the best movie about hockey.

[SmileyRose]

4. philanthropist

Newman's own.

[peacebird]

8. you beat me to it SmileyRose! Newman's Own - a very classy operation.

[AndyA]

5. It's hard for me to choose just one.

I thought Cat On A Hot Tin Roof was good, and there were a lot of undertones in that movie for the era.

The Young Philadelphians was one of his better early performances.

I also liked the scene from Winning when Paul Newman drove a 1969 Ford Thunderbird around the Indianapolis 500 Race Track, which was a glimpse into his personal interests.

Newman was a great actor, who did a lot for others. The world is a better place because he was here.

[liberal renegade]

9. Cool Hand Luke.

What a great movie. Strother Martin, George Kennedy, fabulous, to say the least.

[lib2DaBone]

15. Yes..cool hand luke and Fast Eddie int he Hustler...JTS Bourbon please

[Mnemosyne]

28. I liked most of the movies he made, but Cool Hand Luke just

touched me somehow.

Also loved Nobody's Fool. lol

Rest in peace sweet man. The world was blessed to have had your presence. :loveya:

[TuxedoKat]

10. My two favorites

were The Young Philadelphians and The Verdict.

[Jawja]

12. Cool Hand Luke.

eom.

[asdjrocky]

13. Gotta be Luke.

"I can eat 50 eggs."

[dana_b]

19. yes, my favorite too!

I wondered if that would actually be possible but never wanted to try it. :D

[asdjrocky]

22. 31, and then you throw up for days.

Trust me, it's no fun.

[EC]

14. Luke... n/t

[fascisthunter]

16. "The Sting"!

along with his buddy Robert Redford.... what a pair

[Canuckistanian]

43. ... As Henry Gondorf, I agree

A good movie.

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. Newman in HUD as Hud Bannon 1963

and Cool Hand Luke.

From HUD



Couple of HUD movie quotes

Hud Bannon: They're letting ladies in free tonight Alma, you just might qualify.

Hud Bannon: You don't look out for yourself, the only helping hand you'll ever get is when they lower the box.


RIP Paul. I love you.

[dana_b]

18. oops! - ignore

[wellstone dem]

21. Luke

I may just have to go buy that movie.

[uppityperson]

23. Paul Newman story.

It goes he was driving somewhere and stopped to help some young guy who was broken down, out of gas, something like that. The guy said thanks, and that Paul looked familiar. Finally he figured it out. "You're the guy on the popcorn!"

[Mnemosyne]

29. A youngun', eh?

Great story uppity, thanks!

[uppityperson]

38. The way I read it, Mr.Newman was waiting for it. "I know you! You're...the popcorn guy".

I liked Paul Newman.

[Iterate]

24. Fast Eddie

"J.T.S. Brown. No ice, no glass."

"I don't rattle, kid. But just for that I'm gonna beat you flat."

[charlyvi]

25. "Honey, don't go shooting all the dogs 'cause one of 'em's got fleas."

Hud. Best line ever.

[TomInTib]

26. My favorite performance...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqwYrbwHeM

[Beaverhausen]

30. nice

[QueenOfCalifornia]

27. Cool Hand Luke

And Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Oh ----- I almost forgot Fast Eddie... and then he was great in Sweet Bird of Youth.

I adore Paul Newman - I met him once back in the early '80's, he asked me for directions. I almost forgot my name when he smiled at me. He was in a red Ferrari. I love him for all the philanthropic work he did and for being a great husband and father. He always stuck up for the little guy and voted his conscience. He was strongly anti war. He was a gentle-man.

I am so sorry for his family - What a talent. What a gentle soul.

:(

[chupacabranation]

31. Cool Hand Luke also.

"Oh Luke, you wild, beautiful thing. You crazy handful of nuthin."

Incredible, and sad, movie.

But Paul left such a happy, incredible legacy.

RIP Paul.

[adamuu]

32. Cool Hand Luke

IT'S HERE!

OH, COME ON!

STOP BEATIN' IT!

GET OUT THERE YOURSELVES!

STOP FEEDING OFF ME!

GET OUT OF HERE!

CAN'T BREATHE!
GIVE ME SOME AIR.

[QC]

33. Hud. n/t

[TheCentepedeShoes]

51. My favorite

because some of it was filmed out here
But all of his works are my faves

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. The Verdict is one of my favorite all-time films

And Newman's incredible performance was a big part of it. I agree. It was a masterful portrayal of an ambulance-chasing lawyer who finds a cause and saves himself.

[Paladin]

37. Love The Ending.....

....with Charlotte Rampling, drunk and disheveled, calling Paul Newman, and Newman---as the former drunk---sitting there listening to the phone ring, with a cup of coffee in front of him.....

[JFN1]

39. Luke

hands down.

[firedupdem]

40. Cool Hand Luke...Love that movie!! n/t

[ladywnch]

41. one of my favorites is a comedy he did back in the 60's....

The Secret War of Harry Frigg. not one of his blockbusters but still quite delightful.

[TahitiNut]

42. Luke, Eddie Felson, Frank Galvin, Butch Cassidy, Michael Gallagher, Henry Gondorf ... all of them.

No matter what the role, he was a major part of making the movie worth watching.

[lib2DaBone]

44. dupe

[11 Bravo]

46. Luke Jackson (Cool Hand Luke) and Reggie Dunlap (Slapshot).

[timtom]

47. Henry Gondorff

in "The Sting"

[Arugula Latte]

49. Butch Cassidy.

Love that movie. Saw it several times as a kid/teen.

[sarcasmo]

50. Slapshot, one of the best sports movies every, ask any professional hockey player.