RIP one of the greatest actors of all time...

[Steve Graham]

Mr Paul Newman


"Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83"

[chunky]

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Fucking Hell he looked good for his age. R.I.P

[chanty]

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I saw this on the news this morning,
RIP Paul Newman!!

[Bender420]

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Cool Hand Luke!!!

[TomTom]

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R.I.P

[88Mariner]

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ah shit. what a loss. gonna go watch cool hand luke.

[Jenks]

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Cool Hand Luke!!!

^awesome movie.

Paul Newman was one of those actors whose movies I could watch anytime. Last week it was probably midnight and i was about to go to bed and flipped on starz, and The Color of Money was just starting...watched the whole thing. I still think The Hustler is better because of Gleason, but both movies are timeless. Think i'll try to watch a few of his movies this week in remembrance. Any other recos? I've never seen The Sting or Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid.

[Steve Graham]

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^^^ The Sting.. Newman and Redford

[88Mariner]

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^^^ The Sting.. Newman and Redford

oh there ya go. what a sick movie! need to find me a copy

[Corven]

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sad news indeed .. he was one of my all time favorite actor and i thought he would live forever since he still looked good at his age and i never knew he was suffering from cancer

[thesightless]

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so many great performances. two personal favs.

Slapshot- just a great ride. the frustrated coach fucking with everyone.

road to perdition-- just conflicted character, evil with old school morals and values.

not to mention butch cassidy, cool hand, hudsucker, color of money,

[simonr]

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Rip Fast Eddie Felton - The Hustler is an all time classic.

[thesightless]

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being a hockey player for most of my life, and seeing this movie way b4 my parents would have liked me too..... great article here i wanna share. from ESPN.com

Reg isn't Reg without Paul Newman

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com
(Archive)






Updated: September 27, 2008, 12:02 PM ET

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And the No. 1 Star ... Paul Newman.

The great actor and man died of cancer on Friday, and reactions and tributes are pouring in.

In "Somebody Up There Likes Me," he gave a knockout performance. His talent sizzled in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." He made all the shots in "The Hustler" and took home the Oscar in the sequel, "The Color of Money." He played the hell out of his roles in "Hud" and "Harper." He deserved the checkered flag for his work in "Winning." Raindrops kept falling on his head, but the fall didn't kill him in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." He pulled the con off with aplomb in "The Sting."

But, to many, his best and most memorable work was as Reg Dunlop in "Slap Shot."


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Paul Newman, who starred in "Slap Shot", died of cancer Friday at age 83.



The words came from Nancy Dowd's script.

The inspiration and many of the lines came from her brother Ned's experiences and tape recorder before he played Ogie Ogilthorpe in the movie.

The performance was all Newman.

It was so unforgettable for those who saw it, they most likely have seen it a thousand times on cable, on Beta or VHS, on DVD, and most important and most numerous, in their minds.

It was so unforgettable and the movie so great, the plans to remake it are ludicrous and even more troubling than the straight-to-DVD sequels. But after the success of the ridiculous "The Longest Yard" remake, anything can happen in a movie marketplace too often reliant on short memories or no memories at all; on former "Saturday Night Live" troupe members, some of whom can act and some of whom cannot; and on stupidity.

"Slap Shot," the '77 original, largely thanks to Newman, was so memorable that even the barest of outlines or references to lines summons the scenes and Reggie's wicked grin.

Dunlop, despite what some of the fans screamed, didn't stink:

• As sportscaster Jim Carr would have agreed before asking the listeners to keep the questions within the boundaries of good taste, he represented the old guard of the Federal League -- and did it well.

• Sportswriter Dickie Dunn reveled in Reg's praise, offered with a newspaper in one hand and a beer in the other. Reg read: "'To see the three Chiefs make a scoring rush, the bright colors of their jerseys ... flashing against the milky ice, was to see a work of art in motion.' That's good writin', Dickie."

• After noting that they brought their toys, he challenged the Hanson brothers to show the Chiefs what they had ... besides foil.

• From the bar, he went home with the lady in the red dress and won at least $5 in the process. Every one of the Chiefs thought he was the greatest. At least that's what he told the lady in the red dress -- his estranged wife.

• He refused to admit defeat after the announcement of the mill closing.

• He couldn't name names, but he let it slip to Dickie that a senior citizen's community in a southern state was in the market for a hockey team and could be the Chiefs' salvation. And he knew that if Dickie wrote it, and endorsed it, everyone would think it must be true and begin fantasizing about snatching off-ice diversions in F-L-A.

• He learned enough about Charlestown to know that the dog in the statue saved Charlestown in the 1938 flood. That disclosure didn't exactly impress Lily Braden.

• He riled Dave Carlson into being "a killer" (and "a mess") by playing on his sympathies and getting even obtuse Dave to notice "an expression of sadness" on his face.

• His pep talks were better than Knute Rockne's. Sometimes, he asked the boys to play it smart, but when it got beyond that, he was inspiring. "Tonight, we got our fans with us! They spent their own dough to get here, and they came here to see us. Alright, let's show 'em what we got, guys. Get out there on the ice and let 'em know you're there. Get that [bleeping] stick in his side, let 'em know you're there. Get that lumber in his teeth, let him know you're there!"

(Can I get a "Hallelujah!"?)

• He ran a tight enough ship so that the Hansons knew they should listen to "The Star-Spangled Banner." All the way through. No matter what the referee was threatening.

• He claimed he hadn't been able to call Francine because he was on the phone every waking moment with the guy who owned the Chiefs ... or so he said, until he found out the owner was a woman, Anita McCambridge, who he couldn't talk out of folding the team for a tax write-off, and he offered his thoughts on how her son might turn out.

• When he wasn't drinking beer, he was drinking Canadian Club and water.

• Wearing No. 7, he skated well enough to pull it off.

• In a taped game-day radio appearance he had told the boys to listen to, he told host Jim Carr (whose rug was in place) about his plans for the opponent so adept at using his stick for carving, that he was called Dr. Hook: "I'd like the folks to come down and watch us cream them punks from Syracuse ... I am placing a personal bounty on the head of Tim McCracken. He's the coach and chief punk on that Syracuse team ... A hundred bucks of my own money for the first of my men that really nails that creep."

(Can I get another "Hallelujah!"?)

• He hated "Lady of Spain."

• Finally, he told the boys he wanted to win the championship, but that he wanted to win it clean. Old-time hockey. Toe Blake. Dit Clapper. Eddie Shore. Playing it straight. Not like clowns, goons, freaks in a sideshow.

(And we never found out what happened after he went to the Minnesota Night Hawks.)

Yes, the performance was all Newman.

One regret is Newman made "Winning," a 1969 release, first. That piqued his interest in auto racing, and he ended up the influential co-owner in Newman-Haas Racing on the open-wheel circuit.

If he had made "Slap Shot" first, maybe he would have ended up an NHL owner, talking sense into his brethren at key moments.

Farewell, Reg.

Farewell, Mr. Newman.

You can't be remade.

not only did we lose a qonderful actor and sportsman, we lost one of the US's greater humanitarians, between his food products and his non public works with children with cancer, he will be missed. every year, he took large groups of child cancer patients out to a ranch he owns and just let them live life without the idea of "you need to be careful". he had the medical facilites available there, but never let the kids know where they were in life. he just treated them like any summer camp kids.

[DancingQueen]

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Very sad indeed
RIP Paul

You were one of the greatest actors to grace the screens and you will live on in the films and tv shows you did.

[bobjuice]

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RIP
respect - legend