Death Of A Salesman
09.29.08 Filed in: Tissues /
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Paul Newman
Dies at 83,
Remebered for film roles that touched Millions
and the Millions He Made For Charity...
Sweet Charity
Newman's Own by the numbers -- Looking at the charitable contributions of Paul Newman's nonprofit food company
250
Proceeds (in millions of dollars) generated by Newman's Own since its founding in 1982
100
Percentage of after-tax profits and royalties from sales that go to charity
14
Countries that sell Newman's Own products
175
Number of Newman's Own products available
27
Flavors of salad dressing (biggest seller: Lighten Up Balsamic Vinaigrette)
11
Hole in the Wall Camps around the world for children with serious medical conditions
135,000
Children who have attended a Hole in the Wall Camp, all free of charge
______________________________________________________________
Wanna c a movie?
start with Newman’s Classic...
• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF ESSENTIAL (1958)
If you cut the repressed homosexuality from a play that's all about repressed homosexuality, is anything left? Surprisingly, yes. The Production Code forced writer-director Richard Brooks to omit the real reason that Brick, the hobbled hero of Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, drinks all day and won't touch his hungry, hot wife. But Newman, staring into his highball glass with sorrow and terror, solves the problem simply by playing Brick as if the inner truth is still the same; he's matched by Elizabeth Taylor at her near-best. This textbook example of how star voltage can electrify compromised material brought Newman his first of nine Oscar nominations for acting, and vaulted him to the status of an idol. ''I think you've even gotten better-looking since you went on the bottle,'' Taylor's Maggie the Cat insists. Looking at her newly trim costar, it's hard to disagree.
CLIK HERE for his 80+ FILM Credits
Remebered for film roles that touched Millions
and the Millions He Made For Charity...
Sweet Charity
Newman's Own by the numbers -- Looking at the charitable contributions of Paul Newman's nonprofit food company
250
Proceeds (in millions of dollars) generated by Newman's Own since its founding in 1982
100
Percentage of after-tax profits and royalties from sales that go to charity
14
Countries that sell Newman's Own products
175
Number of Newman's Own products available
27
Flavors of salad dressing (biggest seller: Lighten Up Balsamic Vinaigrette)
11
Hole in the Wall Camps around the world for children with serious medical conditions
135,000
Children who have attended a Hole in the Wall Camp, all free of charge
______________________________________________________________
Wanna c a movie?
start with Newman’s Classic...
• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF ESSENTIAL (1958)
If you cut the repressed homosexuality from a play that's all about repressed homosexuality, is anything left? Surprisingly, yes. The Production Code forced writer-director Richard Brooks to omit the real reason that Brick, the hobbled hero of Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, drinks all day and won't touch his hungry, hot wife. But Newman, staring into his highball glass with sorrow and terror, solves the problem simply by playing Brick as if the inner truth is still the same; he's matched by Elizabeth Taylor at her near-best. This textbook example of how star voltage can electrify compromised material brought Newman his first of nine Oscar nominations for acting, and vaulted him to the status of an idol. ''I think you've even gotten better-looking since you went on the bottle,'' Taylor's Maggie the Cat insists. Looking at her newly trim costar, it's hard to disagree.
CLIK HERE for his 80+ FILM Credits
