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_cDLC
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _bN554p 2023
100 1 _aNewman, Paul,
_d1925-2008
_937810
245 1 4 _aPaul Newman :
_bthe extraordinary life of an ordinary man : a memoir /
_cPaul Newman, Based on interviews and oral histories conducted by Stewart Stern ; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal ; foreword by Melissa Newman.
260 _aNew York :
_bVintage Books,
_c2023
300 _axiv, 297 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c24 cm.
520 _aIn this extraordinary memoir, Newman details his fascinating story: from troubled beginnings, marked by fraught relationships with both his mother and father, to the iconic film roles (both good and bad) that cemented his status as a Hollywood icon and heartthrob, and the complicated relationships that were formed along the way. In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman's family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor's life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman's voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices, from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston, that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman's often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward, their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually
600 1 4 _aNewman, Paul,
_d1925-2008
_937810
600 1 4 _aNewman, Paul,
_d1925-2008
_xAmigos y asociados
_938009
650 4 _aActores y actrices de cine
_zEstados Unidos
_93182
650 4 _aActores y actrices de cine
_zEstados Unidos
_vEntrevistas
_9911
700 1 _aStern, Stewart,
_937811
_einterviewer
700 1 _aRosenthal, David H.,
_d1945-1992
_937813
_eeditor
_ecompiler
700 1 _aStewart, Melissa
_938013
_ewriter of foreword
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