Paul Newman
Birthday: 1925-01-26
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Biography: Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.
Movies
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexual...
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Cool Hand Luke
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play...
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Cars
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the jou...
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A Long Way from Nowhere
A Long Way from Nowhere is a 1970 American short documentary film produced and directed by Bob Aller...
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The Hustler
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude....
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by...
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Message in a Bottle
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed ship...
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Exodus
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport ...
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The Prize
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American nove...
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Road to Perdition
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figur...
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Silent Movie
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an id...
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on t...
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The Towering Inferno
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, thr...
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Torn Curtain
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and ...
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Super Speedway
We follow the Newman-Haas (Andretti) racing team through the process of building, testing, and racin...
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Slap Shot
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs...
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Nobody's Fool
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for hi...
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The Verdict
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a form...
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What a Way to Go!
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich ...
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Blaze
A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his politica...
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The Hudsucker Proxy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock sc...
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Fort Apache, the Bronx
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. I...
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Hud
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents ...
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The Color of Money
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He...
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Where the Money Is
Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred t...
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. T...
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Harper
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him...
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Twilight
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly...
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The Hustler: The Inside Story
A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved....
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The Drowning Pool
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that ...
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The MacKintosh Man
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be cau...
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The Sting
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pul...
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alex...
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradu...
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Fat Man and Little Boy
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man d...
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Paris Blues
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two America...
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Hombre
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by I...
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ....
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Sometimes a Great Notion
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs...
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The Long, Hot Summer
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates...
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Mater and the Ghostlight
Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pran...
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s....
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear...
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The Left Handed Gun
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the de...
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From the Terrace
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his m...
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Winning
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapoli...
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A New Kind of Love
A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris....
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The Young Philadelphians
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climb...
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La Classe américaine
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an ...
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Quintet
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Q...
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Pocket Money
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with...
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The Meerkats
A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an...
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The Silver Chalice
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the fa...
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When Time Ran Out...
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues ...
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Roving Mars
Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the myste...
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WUSA
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New O...
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Absence of Malice
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected rack...
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Lady L
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and ...
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Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about a...
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The Rack
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In ...
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Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
From the very beginning, actor Paul Newman captivated the cinema audience with his exceptional azure...
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Harry & Son
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working ...
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The Outrage
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss th...
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The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
The life of man is poor and nasty. A few plants give temporary relief: marijuana, alcohol, and opium...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur R...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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Until They Sail
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII....
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All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
A retrospective on the 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," its impact on the careers ...
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The Helen Morgan Story
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to al...
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Gr...
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Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor fath...
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature o...
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Harper Days are Here Again
Promotional behind-the-scenes look at 'The Drowning Pool' (1975)....
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Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
A retrospective of director Roland Joffé’s first four films....
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Angel Death
A documentary depicting the dangers of PCP use. Shows how both animals' and humans' behavior is affe...
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A Year Towards Tomorrow
Documentary about the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program....
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Hello Actors Studio
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the...
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Who Needs Sleep?
A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, foc...
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists ...
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Cars 3
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly p...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w...
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Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one o...
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was found...
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on h...
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The Art of 'The Sting'
An inside look into how a great original screenplay was turned into a classic film that still has an...
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Bang the Drum Slowly
A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying ...
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highl...
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McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpe...
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The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance
Comparisons between what is known from the real lives of Robert Leroy 'Butch Cassidy' Parker and Har...
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Dale
Archival race footage, outtakes, home videos and interviews Dale Earnhardt's friends, family, and co...
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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who sh...
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and ...
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Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Black Light Dreams - 25 Years of the Famous People Players, Toronto...
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Tell Them Who You Are
The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the came...
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his...
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Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
This is the follow up documentray to 1978's Speed Fever....
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The Education of Gore Vidal
A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraor...
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The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
A wonderfully entertaining series of interviews with Pollack, Newman, Field and Luedtke about the fi...
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Documentary feature about the real Butch and Sundance, produced with the DVD release of Butch Cassid...
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The Battler
Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Ba...
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Come Along with Me
Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongin...
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Circuit
A behind-the-scenes look at the crucial last four races of the 1981 Can-Am season....
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Our Town
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get mar...
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The Price of Sugar
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little k...
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, b...
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kid 90
As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She document...
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The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the classic western about the lives of two of America's mo...
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Night of 100 Stars
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...
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War Without Winners
Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial comple...
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What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the 1972 film "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-...
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Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Story essentially dealt with the dedication of three young Yanks - G, Smith's concern for wilderness...
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A Step Away from War
Paul Newman hosts a film advocating for a ban on nuclear weapons tests by the United States and the ...
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The Racing Experience
Join Paul Newman on this exploration of Formula 1 racing. Visit the Motor Speedway Celebrity Pro Am ...
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Paul Newman
Recording of the actor in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, London....
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Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Paramount promotional film about the making of Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)....
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The Mastery of Motion
Documentary showcasing the racing skills of Actor Paul Newman, NFL Legend Walter Payton, and Scott S...
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Driven to Excellence
Paul Newman and Mario Andretti explain why they are driven to excellence....
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, ...
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Altman on His Own Terms
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. T...
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Steve McQueen: American Icon
Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars,...
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A Private Decision
"This film traces the 1968 presidential election, from the earliest primary campaigning in New Hamps...
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Best of Enemies
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great p...
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