Paul Newman News

Warner Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of Cool Hand Luke on 9th September 2008 priced at $28.99 SRP. via DVD Times

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Movies and Moonbeams returns to Bossier City on Saturday for a family-friendly screening of 'Cars' at North Bossier Park. via The Shreveport Times

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Director: Joel Coen Writers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Sam Raimi Cast: Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes, a lowly mailroom employee whom the Board of Directors make President because they think his incompetence ... via BellaOnline

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“A lot of people really didn't understand how Mrs. Bridge could be so meek and so utterly in the hands of her husband. That's so different from the way women feel now.”

The last and perhaps best of their ten cinematic collaborations It's an actor-actress collaboration that gets relatively little attention today, but the fact is that after collaborating on an adaptation of ... via FilmStew

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“I just wanted you to know that I'm a Jew. This is my country.”

Looking out over the splendors of Mount Tabor, a crusty Paul Newman is in the midst of one of his snarliest, least ingratiating performances, in 1960's epic of Israel's birth "Exodus," when he declares to a ... via New York Post

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YOSSI HAREL, SHIP COMMANDER, SPY MASTER 1917 - 26-4-2008 PERHAPS more than any other single event, the British blockade of the illegal immigrant ship Exodus 1947, carrying more than 4500 displaced European Jews ... via The Age

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“He is one of the last people of that generation that did so much”

The man who gained legendary status as commander of the ship Exodus, attempting to bring thousands of Jewish Holocaust refugees to the holy land after the Second World War, has died. via Telegraph.co.uk

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Scamming in films is generally rewarded. After all, it is Hollywood. Here's a list of lauded movies all about the big shill. via San Francisco Examiner

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Remember that scene in Cool Hand Luke where he promises to eat 50 eggs in an hour, and by God he does it? We just found out that scene has inspired an amazing tradition called Newman Day, where instead of ... via Liquor Snob

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“I didn't want a small life. I wanted to experience something different. I aspired to that even without knowing how to achieve it. "I remember being fascinated and inspired by his (Newman's) performance.”

CRASH star RYAN PHILLIPPE credits Hollywood legend PAUL NEWMAN with giving him the impetus to become an actor. via PR-inside.com

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