Paul Newman: Actor or Salad Dressing Man

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He apparently died over the weekend. Do you equate him more as an actor or the salad dressing dude?

Me? I've never seen him in a movie, but I have bought his salad dressing many times before.
 
Xericx said:
He apparently died over the weekend. Do you equate him more as an actor or the salad dressing dude?

Me? I've never seen him in a movie, but I have bought his salad dressing many times before.
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holy crap, how could you have never seen him in a movie? Go to Blockbuster NOW.
 
I've seen parts of that pool movie he was in with Tom Cruise. that's about it. don't really watch movies too much.
 
I never realized that he made salad dressing and popcorn and whatnot until after I saw his movies.

It was one of those things I never considered, even though it was pretty obvious his face was on the box.
 
Real said:
I never realized that he made salad dressing and popcorn and whatnot until after I saw his movies.

It was one of those things I never considered, even though it was pretty obvious his face was on the box.
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Supposedly his real passion was his food products, he was evidently very proud of the quality control.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman

With writer A.E. Hotchner, Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing, and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, and salsa, and wine among other things. Newman established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of early 2006, the franchise has resulted in excess of $200 million in donations.[4] He co-wrote a memoir about the subject with Hotchner, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good. Among other awards, Newman's Own co-sponsors the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award, a $25,000 reward designed to recognize those who protect the First Amendment as it applies to the written word.
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Dude, seriously you need to go out and rent "Cool Hand Luke", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Hustler", "The Verdict", and the creme de la creme, "Slapshot" ... how can you call yourself a good American if you've never seen a Paul Newman film?
 
Nikolokolus said:
Dude, seriously you need to go out and rent "Cool Hand Luke", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Hustler", "The Verdict", and the creme de la creme, "Slapshot" ... how can you call yourself a good American if you've never seen a Paul Newman film?
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I don't watch movies.
 
Cool Hand Luke is one of the best movies ever made!
 
Paul Newman was a fantastic race car driver and a successor race team owner as well - and did appear almost every year in Portland for the CART/Champ Car races.

He will be missed.
 
Paul Newman was a star of stars, who hated self-promotion, never took himself seriously, and gave tens of millions to those that are less fortunate. You want the definition of "hero", it takes more than crashing a few planes--it means changing peoples lives. Newman was a star when "movie star" actually meant something.
 
I absolutely recommend you go an rent some Paul Newman movies. I can't believe you haven't seen a few of his movies. My favorites are Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Hustler which The Color of Money (the pool movie you saw part of) was based on and many more. For sure IMO watch Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and The Sting but there are many other great movies Paul Newman has been in. I was very sad to hear he died and he was one of my 2-3 favorite actors of all time. You probably never seen any of the movies from any of my favorite actors Paul Newman, Jimmy Stewart and Steve McQueen.
 
Tortimer said:
I absolutely recommend you go an rent some Paul Newman movies. I can't believe you haven't seen a few of his movies. My favorites are Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Hustler which The Color of Money (the pool movie you saw part of) was based on and many more. For sure IMO watch Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and The Sting but there are many other great movies Paul Newman has been in. I was very sad to hear he died and he was one of my 2-3 favorite actors of all time. You probably never seen any of the movies from any of my favorite actors Paul Newman, Jimmy Stewart and Steve McQueen.
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most people today don't realize how many western jimmy stewart was in. He was tremendous in "liberty Vallance." All the old movie stars have become caricatures of themselves, just remembered for one role.
 
I have a few questions:

Who is this "Elvis" guy and why do people care?

Who is this "Beatles" group, that I heard so much about in the 60's?

Dustin Hoffman? Denzel Washington? Tom Hanks? Who are they?
 
Xericx said:
what's it about.
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It is hard to say what Cool Hand Luke is about. It starts with Paul Newman drunk cutting the heads of parking meters off and getting arrested. He is sent to a labor camp and then it starts from there. It is very hard to explain but is very entertaining with a lot of meaning if you want to look for it. It is a type of movie you enjoy but even after it is over you will think about it and like it more over time. I have seen Cool Hand Luke maybe 10-15 times. I hate to admit it but I saw Cool Hand Luke when it was in theaters in a double feature with Wait Until Dark. You know your old when they had double features and all the movie stars from those movies have died Paul Newman & Audrey Hepburn.
 
Tortimer said:
It is hard to say what Cool Hand Luke is about. It starts with Paul Newman drunk cutting the heads of parking meters off and getting arrested. He is sent to a labor camp and then it starts from there. It is very hard to explain but is very entertaining with a lot of meaning if you want to look for it. It is a type of movie you enjoy but even after it is over you will think about it and like it more over time. I have seen Cool Hand Luke maybe 10-15 times. I hate to admit it but I saw Cool Hand Luke when it was in theaters in a double feature with Wait Until Dark. You know your old when they had double features and all the movie stars from those movies have died Paul Newman & Audrey Hepburn.
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"What we have here is a failure to communicate."

Cool Hand Luke is about a fellow who starts out as a bad guy, gets arrested and sent to a prison in the deep south with horrible conditions and corruption, where he becomes a dissident.

:cheers:
 
Dumpy said:
most people today don't realize how many western jimmy stewart was in. He was tremendous in "liberty Vallance." All the old movie stars have become caricatures of themselves, just remembered for one role.
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I agree I just can't believe Xericx hasn't seen a Paul Newman movie. I'm not making fun of him but then probably many people his age haven't seen a Paul Newman movie or Jimmy Stewart, Steven McQueen, Cary Grant and many other great actors. I really like a lot of the current actors but IMO none of them are as good as many of those great older actors. Liberty Valance was a great movie and I like a lot of his westerns but my favorite Jimmy Stewart movies are his Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window and of coarse It's a wonderful Life. He made many other great movie just can't think of them right now.
 
Tortimer said:
I agree I just can't believe Xericx hasn't seen a Paul Newman movie. I'm not making fun of him but then probably many people his age haven't seen a Paul Newman movie or Jimmy Stewart, Steven McQueen, Cary Grant and many other great actors. I really like a lot of the current actors but IMO none of them are as good as many of those great older actors. Liberty Valance was a great movie and I like a lot of his westerns but my favorite Jimmy Stewart movies are his Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window and of coarse It's a wonderful Life. He made many other great movie just can't think of them right now.
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yes, he was one of HItchcock's favorite actors. Both vertigo and rear window and mindboggling achievements--more so when you consider how often they have been referenced by other movies and stories.
 
Denny Crane said:
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."

Cool Hand Luke is about a fellow who starts out as a bad guy, gets arrested and sent to a prison in the deep south with horrible conditions and corruption, where he becomes a dissident.

:cheers:
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Great description of Cool Hand Luke in very few words. I loved "What we have here is a failure to communicate." and thought the Boss did a great job. Sorry I forgot his name but he was great. I use that sometimes today when I'm talking to some of my friends.
 
The Western was one of the early victims of Political Correctness. I don't know the exact number, but I think Hollywood made hundreds of them, but you can't hardly see them on TV anymore. The PC Police went after the 3 Stooges, too. They were once shown on many of the early morning children's shows.
 
Dumpy said:
yes, he was one of HItchcock's favorite actors. Both vertigo and rear window and mindboggling achievements--more so when you consider how often they have been referenced by other movies and stories.
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I hate to get to far of the OP topic but I love Alfred Hitchcock and have seen all his movies and TV shows except for a couple of his very early I think they might even be silent movies. I have most on DVD even his TV shows.
 
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