Paul Newman: The Restless

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023
54min

Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.

Paul Newman: The Restless

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Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.
    Released
    11 June 2023
    Runtime
    54min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    French
    Production
    Slow Production, ARTE, Ciné+, CNC, PROCIREP, Société des Producteurs de L'Angoa
Cast
Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Self (archive footage)
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Anne Steffens
Anne Steffens
Self - Narrator (voice: French version)
Tanya Blumstein
Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
Gabi Franke
Self - Narrator (voice: German version)
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