PAUL NEWMAN TRIBUTE

FILM Channel TCM is changing its schedule to pay tribute to the late Paul Newman.

Here's its full press release which details what's happening.

The iconic star famed for his good looks and his sky blue eyes started off as a successful TV actor before he embarked on a career in film. His film debut The Silver Chalice (1954) resulted in Newman famously apologising for his performance in an ad he took out encouraging people not to go and see it. In 1956 his second screen appearance was the much acclaimed Somebody Up There Likes Me which lead him onto a string of films that saw Newman frequently nominated for his outstanding performances. Cool Hand Luke,(1967) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) are just a few of the classic films from his 50 year career that will be remembered forever.  Newman finally won a Best Actor award for The Colour of Money (1986) and a BAFTA for The Hustler (1961).

Not content on just acting, Paul Newman was also a director, motor racer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who famously donated all the income from his Newman's Own products to charity including the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer camp for sick children. 

Tune-in to TCM from 3pm on Monday 6th October to relive 5 great films from the iconic actor's CV.

MONDAY 6th OCTOBER

 15:00    Lady L (1965)
            D: Peter Ustinov
            S: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman 

Sophia Loren stars as Lady L an 80-year-old woman who recounts her life to her biographer. Lady L meets Armand (Newman) in a Pariswhorehouse, they fall in love. After going to Switzerland on a mission Armand is captured, in order to free him Lady L marries Dicky (David Niven) who promises to help free him providing she marry him. 

17:00    The Rack (1956)
            D: Arnold Laven
            S: Paul Newman, Lee Marvin. 

Paul Newman stars as Captain Edward Hall a prisoner of war veteran. At the prison camp during the Korean war the Captain convinced the other prisoners they were fighting an unjust war. On his return the Captain was charged with collaboration. 

19:00    Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
            d: Robert Wise
s: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, EverettSloane, Eileen Heckart 

Paul Newman plays boxer Rocky Graziano, in this biopic. The film follows the story of the young delinquent Graziano who seems to be heading for a life of crime, when he realises that his fists could help him out of his poverty-stricken life.  Partly thanks to girlfriend Norma (Pier Angeli), who eventually becomes his wife and his devoted mother, Eileen Heckart, he becomes a professional boxer.

 21:00  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
  d: Richard Brooks
  s: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman        

In this steamy Tennessee Williams drama set in the Deep South, Burl Ives plays wealthy plantation owner Big Daddy. Stricken by terminal cancer as he prepares to mark his 65th birthday, he surveys a dysfunctional family. His younger son Brick (Paul Newman), formerly a top sportsman, is hitting the bottle and shuns his wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor), who loves him deeply nonetheless. Brick's brother Gooper (Jack Carson) and his wife (Madeleine Sherwood) have their eyes on Big Daddy's prosperous estate, and against this volatile background the scene is set for an explosive outpouring of grievances and resentments.

23.00    Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
            d: Richard Brooks
            s: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley 

A ruthless, womanising young actor, Chance Wayne (Paul Newman), returns to town with his lover, a fading movie queen Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page).  On his return he's greeted with his ex-girlfriend Heavenly Finley (Shirley Knight) and her father (Ed Begley) who is determined to see justice for his daughter who was left pregnant by Wayne. Life is turning against Wayne especially when Del Lago leaves him to fend for himself.