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.
Directed by Jean Lauritano
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Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowall
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
Self (archive footage)
Joshua Logan
Self (archive footage)
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
Rita Moreno
Self (archive footage)
Joanne Woodward
Self (archive footage)
Robert Redford
Self (archive footage)
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