Since there were no social networks in 1958, no one cared Paul Newman another year with no Oscar nominations piled up. His wife, Joanne Woodward, on the other hand, won the statuette thanks to The Three Faces of Eve. So instead of issuing a statement expressing regret that the Academy had thought of her and not her husband, she commissioned Newman with a very special gift: a dejected statuette that she named Noscar. One photo shows both of them in the kitchen, proudly posing with their respective awards.
Paul Newman would resist an award he almost received another unforgivable historical mistaketo ignoring Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum or Chaplin (who took it, yes, for composing the soundtrack of Candilejas). As he neared the end of his career, the academy discovered this Paul Newman couldn't stay without an Oscar and it was actually granted to her so that she could look herself in the face.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a still from “The Last Movie Stars”
The blue eyes of Hollywood came to witness the day of his being named Best Actor of the Year. Henry Fonda wasn't so lucky: His daughter Jane Fonda picked him up on his behalf as her father was very ill. He would die four months later. The Academy had discarded its previous 122 films in the hope that number 123 would be the right one.
Newman was Nominated 10 times, and until the eighth he had to settle for the Noscar which Woodward gave him in 1958. We'll tell you which films a man who so often lost the statuette and won everything else competed for (almost always unsuccessfully).
Paul Newman (and his guardian bear) in Cinemania's The Hanging Judge
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
1958 was undoubtedly the highlight of his film career. Burt Ives: It premiered this year Cat on a hot tin roof and “Horizons of Greatness,” for which he won an undisputed Oscar, although he could have won it with the previous title. The one up for the statuette was his son in fiction, the tormented athlete with dark passions played by Newman. However, the little golden man went to the nobles David Niven (Separate tables).
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Richard Brooks
“The Hustler”
If, as is sometimes assumed, a film's relevance is linked to its viewers' ability to remember the protagonist's name, The hustler It is an immortal title. Fast Eddie Felson He is one of the iconic figures not only of Newman, but of American cinema. However, his duel on the mat was with Minnesota Fat Man It wasn't enough for the Academy to award the Oscar Maximilian Schell for his great performance in Winners or Losers.
What would be more painful would be the dissolution of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, which went to George Chakiris for “West Side Story” instead of through Montgomery Clift who received her last nomination for the statuette with Victors or Losers.
Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961) Cinemanía
“Hud: The Wildest Among Thousands”
The 1963 gala offers an uninspiring cinematic panorama: with the exception of its moderator Jack Lemon and from the film that won the statuette for best international title (8 ½, by Fellini) one cannot say that the controversial feature films have endured. Sidney Poitier won the Oscar for “Lily of the Valley.”a not-particularly-remembered film by the African-American heartthrob, replacing Newman, who was up for the award for “Hud: Wildest Amongst a Thousand.”
The movie Martin Ritt (who released a pardon after a witch hunt whose main goal was this and would certainly celebrate the fact that Kazan was no longer receiving his third Oscar) served to grant Melvin Douglas a somewhat late recognition. However, he won it again in 1980, a year before his death.
Paul Newman in “Hud: The Wildest of a Thousand”Cinemanía
“Raquel, Rachel.”
Paul Newman must have wondered whether the statuette was given to him out of envy by academics, and In her next film, “Raquel, Raquel,” she hid behind the camera. His career as a director was not as celebrated as his acting achievements, although Newman premiered the film a nomination for best film in this title Joanne Woodward (also nominated). He, for his part enjoyed the privilege of losing another Oscar in a new professionthat of the producer, before the adaptation of Oliver Twist directed by Carol Reed.
Joane Woodward in “Raquel, Raquel” cinema
“Absence of malice”
In 1981, the Academy paid off its long-deferred debt to Henry Fonda, who won an Oscar for it The golden pond. Unlike Fonda himself, Newman was present at the ceremony as a nominee for the award Absence of malice. Living up to his title, Newman never protested the voters' stubborn disregard. They were obviously different times.
Paul Newman in the Absence of Malice archive.
'Final Verdict'
Few categories were as close to each other as the best leading actor of 1981. Namely, below Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie (meaning she could have also won Best Actress), Jack Lemon for “Missing” (his final nomination and one of the best performances of an unparalleled career), Peter O'Toole for My Favorite Year (another notable member of Oscar's orphan club), Paul Newman for “Final Verdict” (performance that would win the statuette in 99 out of 100 galas) and Ben Kingsley by Gandhi. The price for the latter.
Paul Newman in “Final Verdict” Cinemania
“The Color of Money”
And then along came Scorsese. The most Academy Award-nominated living filmmaker the revived Fast Eddie Felson and let him play with an overwhelm Tom Cruise who, far from being intimidated by the legendary actor, stood in front of the cameras determined to win the game. The color of moneyhated by some who love The hustlerand they didn't want to know what happened to the arrogant billiards player, was responsible for Newman finally being able to keep his Noscar in the attic. The actor was already 62 years old and didn't collect the award: “It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. When she gives up, you’re already exhausted.”
“Not a fool”
Comedy, drama, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, pasta sauces… Nothing stood up to Paul Newman, and Not a Hair of a Fool is the umpteenth demonstration. That's what she was nominated for in the year of Forrest Gump (and thus Tom Hanks' second Oscar): That's what it was all about a testimonial candidacywhich started with very few options but was completely justified due to his involvement in Robert Benton's film.
Paul Newman in No Fool Cinemanía
“Path to Doom”
Newman said goodbye to the cinema (although we would later hear his voice in “Cars”) and toasted, as he would later do Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders: “I hope you can be in heaven for half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.”
Newman's perfection was so offensive in every way knew how to leave with one of the great masterpieces of this century, Road to destruction, and with a role that was the opposite of anything he had done before. Six years later, Newman died on his farm in Connecticut. He was 83 years old, and if there is a heaven, let's hope the devil didn't stop him when Newman returned to his old home.
Paul Newman in “Road to Perdition” Cinemania
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