kuger.blogg.se - Paul newman and lee marvin

With a credit like that, any screenwriter could legitimately claim a slice of movie immortality, like James Dean did as the now-iconic star of Nicholas Ray's 1955 teen-angst classic.īut to say that Stern only wrote "Rebel" is a bit like saying Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house. All you have to say is, "He wrote 'Rebel Without a Cause.'" So when I heard that "The Rack" (1956) was available on home video for the very first time, I couldn't wait to break the news to Stewart Stern.įor anyone who's wondering "Stewart who?" there's a convenient shortcut you can use when discussing the impressive life and career of Stewart Stern. One of the best films from Newman's early career has managed to slip through the cracks of home-video distribution for decades, and unless you're old enough to have seen it in theaters or on TV over the years, it's possible you've never even heard of it. You would think that every film Paul Newman ever appeared in would be readily available on home video, right? Guess again. "Tales of Tomorrow" can be viewed on Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video.

"Tales of Tomorrow: Ice From Space" (1953)"The Rack," "Until They Sail" and "The Prize" are now available on made-to-order DVD from the Warner Archive Collection for $19.95 each.

Sometimes he was other than that, and he could be gentle, as in "The Quiet Man," or vulnerable, as in "The Shootist," or lonely and obsessed, as in "The Searchers," or tender with a baby, as in "3 Godfathers." He was almost always a man doing his duty. All of his movies could have been titled "Walking Tall." Yet he wasn't a cruel and violent action hero. When I was a kid, we said it as one word: Johnwayne. He looked frail, but he planted himself there and sounded like John Wayne. He was near death and he knew it when he walked out on stage at the 1979 Academy Awards to present Best Picture to "The Deer Hunter," a film he wouldn't have made. He had lived for quite a while on one lung, and then the Big C came back.

He stuck out his hand and said, "John Wayne." That was not necessary.

He was wearing a combat helmet, an ammo belt, carrying a rifle, had a canteen on his hip, stood six feet four inches. The first time I saw him, he was striding toward me out of the burning Georgia sun, as helicopters landed behind him.