I think his best performance was in The Verdict - an underrated movie that still lingers in my memory.
Can't be said enough. this is the one he should have won the Oscar for.
Sad now.
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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quester - Sep 27, 2008 5:30:39 pm PDT #8218 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
P.M. Marc - Sep 27, 2008 8:00:10 pm PDT #8219 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think his best performance was in Slap Shot (seriously, there's just so much there in that one), but my favorite will always be The Sting.
I kind of want to rewatch Twilight, but I know my spouse hated it as much as I loved it.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2008 8:22:58 pm PDT #8220 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think his best performance was in Slap Shot
Great movie, and a great performance. True dat. As Manohla Dargis' obit noted, he started to specialize in late-life fuckups around then. Which is a little odd considering (a) he was a viable movie star for way longer than just about anybody and (b) he was very successful at a number of things besides acting.
Barb - Sep 28, 2008 4:03:03 am PDT #8221 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
I think one of the tricks to both his success and his longevity once he hit middle age, was that he was never afraid to play his age, but at the same time, was never afraid to portray characters not acting their age.
It was such a contradiction and I imagine, damned hard to pull off for anyone not as talented and as comfortable in their own skin as he was.
Theodosia - Sep 28, 2008 4:03:51 am PDT #8222 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I guess he really knew how to channel his Inner Loser.
beekaytee - Sep 28, 2008 9:48:58 am PDT #8223 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
bonny, that is so cool! I love hearing about people who made good and insist on giving back in meaningful ways with personal attention, not just throwing money at things hoping they'll go away.
I should have added that the only caveat to his helping us was that we not make a big deal of it at the time. He asked what we really needed, picked the most useful thing and took care of it without fuss. Quite unlike RobertmorallybankruptfuckhimBlake, who wreaked havoc and destruction trying to use us as a career boost.
I guess he really knew how to channel his Inner Loser.I always got the sense that he had an undeservedly low self-image and those roles were his way of telling the truth as he saw it. Which is what made them so much more powerful.
Sue - Sep 28, 2008 9:52:33 am PDT #8224 of 10000
hip deep in pie
oh great, Kyle is still a hurricane. On the bright side, I may not have to go to work tomorrow.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2008 11:03:52 am PDT #8225 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh Sue I'm sorry.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2008 11:05:50 am PDT #8226 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh, and a Newman story. My brother worked his way through college doing valet parking. Newman always give him a ten dollar tip (which in 1969 was like 50 or 100 today). In general he was a super-generous tipper, and because he was a generous person, not as a way of showing off.
flea - Sep 28, 2008 11:23:58 am PDT #8227 of 10000
information libertarian
I have a very funny Newman story that is one of those "friend of a friend" ones and is probably apocryphal, but also seems so likely. A woman comes up to a rural roadside stand where they are scooping ice cream and orders a cone and notices that Paul Newman is standing there chatting with the proprietor and she's internally "OMG PAUL NEWMAN!" but manages to keep her cool and complete the transaction and nod in a friendly way at Newman but not get fangirly. And then she gets back to her car and can't find the ice cream cone that she's sure she bought and paid for, so she sheepishly goes back to the stand, and before she can even open her mouth, Newman smiles at her and says, "Ma'am, it's in your purse."