Paul Newman: Actor or Salad Dressing Man

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

My dad and mom were big TV and movie western fans. So, I watched many or most TV westerns when I was a kid. I really liked Gunsmoke, Have gun will travel and Wagon Train. I have seen Gunsmoke but haven't seen Have Gun will Travel for years. It has been so long I'm not even sure I would like anymore but it was good when I was a kid.

 

I use to have a video store and I would sell a lot of movies VHS and DVD(when it first came out) on EBAY and the first episode of Gunsmoke DVD always had a ton of people bidding on and went way higher then I thought it would. I can't remember but I think the first few copies I sold went for something like $60. I could tell Gunsmoke had many fans just by how many different people bid on all the DVD's I sold on EBAY. I would sometimes get 100's different people bidding on the one DVD.

 

I think that's why some people think "the searchers" is the best western of all time, because of how John Wayne's attitude changes towards american indians by the end of the movie (although it happened so abruptly that it wasn't very realistic, IMO).

There are plenty of westerns where the "bad guy" is the confederate or union army, or the land-grabbing rancher, or just some random bad guy that comes to town. "Bad day at Black Rock," "shane", "high noon," "rio bravo," etc. And of course Liberty Vallance, which started this conversation.

"Silverado" was a great sendoff of Westerns, BTW, and includes elements from all the best known, most influential ones.

 

what about maverick?

 

Yes, that was another great western. I liked Maverick better then most of the ones I listed. I just forgot about Maverick. I'm a big James Garner fan and thought he was great in Maverick. I wasn't as fond of the episodes with his brother in Maverick.

 

I agree but I did really like The Searchers but there are so many it is hard to pick my favorite. I guess High Noon was close to my favorite but many others were a close second. I think the PC police also have a hard time to like or even let people watch the Searchers because the way Indians were treats and portrayed.

 

me neither. but I did like the movie with mel gibson

 

Incidentally, IMO the best thing about Netflix is that you can get all of these old movies, which may not be available at Blockbuster or Hollywood Video.