Paul Newman (1925-2008) - Legendary Actor, Director, Producer, Race Car Driver, and Philanthropist

[DonRocks]

I just saw "Cool Hand Luke" for the second time - it is a fantastic film, difficult to watch due to its cruelty.

Rod Steiger won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1968 - Sidney Poitier deserved it more within the same film ("In the Heat of the Night"), and Newman deserved it more still for "Cool Hand Luke."

Newman's 1987 Best Actor Award for "The Color of Money" was a make-up call for past transgressions, plain and simple - that movie was pedestrian, and handing Newman the Oscar was something akin to a "Lifetime Achievement Award."