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Newman was excellent in the strangely modern but very likable "Left Handed Gun" and a true superstar in the also underrated "The Long Hot Summer," but young Paul was at his very best in the unheralded "The Young Philadelphians."
I've always been a sucker for Horatio Alger stories (film and book) and this is one very good one.
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He plays Kevin Costner's father in "Message in a Bottle" and is the only reason to watch the film. I also liked him in "Nobody's Fool".
I would say "Somebody Up There Likes Me". The fight scenes are portrayed with surprising realism, 25 years before 'Raging Bull'. His Brooklyn accent is fair, but above all, he maintains the character as a likeable brute. It also features a pretty good supporting cast. Although it isn't perfect.It did sometimes have 'Hollywood' studio script touches and lacked a true realist aspect that would have done just to Graziano's story. Those two things will always hold it back from ever being considered a classic on any level. The best scenes however, are the moments with his sad mother and his father, the quiet, drinking ex-fighter.
I find 'The Left Handed Gun' just unbearable, for the fact Newman is in scenes where he is doing an impression of James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause". His pained expressions and the scene in particular, where he places his head against the wall as he emotes is just embarassing to watch. He hasn't yet learned the art of just listening and doing nothing, it's a skill that comes with confidence. He's trying to be Brando like every other New York actor of the period.Paul hates his first film 'The Robe' because he finds it so amateurish. I'd say the same about 'The Left Handed Gun'.
Tin,Slapshot wasn't his best film but those of us who live and die the frozen game loved him in this movie. He was a mixture of so many real hockey people that it was hard not to be impressed.
I think Exodus was a great movie that he was very average in. Certainly not a great Newman role.
Absence of Malice was also a really good Newman film.
Tosh
"I Think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
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