Oct 1, 2008 8:59am
Nobody Ever Eat 50 Eggs
EmailBeen meaning to post about one of my favorite actors, Paul Leonard Newman, who passed away Saturday.
Here’s a Paul Newman/James Dean screen test for East of Eden:
The final game in The Hustler:
A key scene from the classic Hud:
And one from Cool Hand Luke:
"You figured, wrong, Butch":
Not a hand double in The Sting:
Summation from The Verdict:
In 1981, Newman debated Charlton Heston on nuclear arms.
Robert Redford chats about Newman’s life:
There was much more to him than his acting, of course. Rest in peace, Mr. Newman, a man who certainly could eat 50 eggs.
- jpt
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So sad. Obama lost one of his biggest contributors.
Posted by: geevill | October 1, 2008, 9:09 am 9:09 am
Yes, Paul Newman a great man, that we will not see the likes of again. God speed Paul. And in Paul’s honor I would like to use a line from one of Paul’s most famous movies Cool Hand Luke,and state it to the Congress. ” What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate “.
Ex Republican
Posted by: RGeier | October 1, 2008, 9:50 am 9:50 am
I have long separated actors’ political views from his/her on screen performances and philanthropy.
While I didn’t share Newman’s political views I greatly admired his Hole In The Wall, philanthropy, and superb on screen performances.
I also admired his longstanding marriage and devotion.
Posted by: Captain America | October 1, 2008, 10:06 am 10:06 am
prankster, beer drinker, race car driver, unashamed liberal
RIP Paul, you’ll be missed.
Posted by: Tungsten | October 1, 2008, 10:20 am 10:20 am
Jake,
Why doesn’t ABC show the video of McCain on ABC’s Nightline on November 28, 2001?
On that show, McCain blamed Iraq for 9/11 and supported America attacking them.
Posted by: Juanita | October 1, 2008, 10:26 am 10:26 am
“The best that ever was and the best that ever will be.” He always made it look so easy.
Thanks for all the pleasures that your movies have given us and for the help that your charities have provided to so many young people. Godspeed, Mr. Newman.
Geevil -
Is respect beyond your capacities?
Posted by: Brooklyn Democrat | October 1, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am
Here is a quote from Paul that gives one a peek at his way of being on this earth. BTW thx Jake, loved watching the young Newman…
Quote:
“We are such spendthrifts with our lives,” Mr. Newman once told a reporter. “The trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.”
Posted by: i am so I can!!!! | October 1, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm