Paul Newman: The Restless

06/11/2023

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0hr 54min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Paul Newman
  • Joanne Woodward
  • Robert Redford
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Sidney Lumet

    Director

  • Jean Lauritano

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Slow Production
  • ARTE
  • Ciné+
  • CNC
  • PROCIREP
  • Société des Producteurs de L'Angoa

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French