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My name is Harry Ross, and here’s the way my life has gone: First I was a cop and then a private detective. And then…a drunk. Also, in there somewhere, a husband and a father. You’d think with all that, the world would lose its power to seduce. But you’d be wrong. So intones Paul [...]
Posts Tagged ‘paul newman’
February 22nd, 2013
Category: Film
George Roy Hill and Paul Newman scored two mega-hit, crowd pleasing films with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting (Recommended by Johann Koehler here). When they reunited in 1977, the commercial temptation would have been to more or less repeat themselves. Being highly creative artists, they instead challenged many of their fans’ [...]
January 4th, 2013
Category: Film
Paul Newman leads an outstanding cast in Stuart Rosenberg’s 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke
August 17th, 2012
Category: Film
Johann Koehler of Cambridge University is a criminologist, an innovative thinker and a lover of movies. His blog, The Phronetics, is a regular visiting ground for me. Knowing him as a film buff, I asked him to contribute a review of one of his favourites, The Sting. Over to Johann: Fans of Paul Newman and [...]