Winning

PG

Released Oct 22, 1969

2 hr. 3 min.

Drama

Adventure

List

63%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

48%

1,000+ Ratings

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Race car driver Frank Capua (Paul Newman) holds track victories above all else, but as he competes in the string of races that lead to motoring's crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500, he finds it harder to connect with wife Elora (Joanne Woodward) and stepson Charley (Richard Thomas). When he learns that Elora is sleeping with fellow racer Luther "Lou" Erding (Robert Wagner), Frank leaves the family, but plucky Charley decides he won't stand idly by as his family disintegrates.

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Steve D

I am not into racing films but this one works well thanks to Newman and his likable character.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/29/23

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Audience Member

The drama side of it is all a bit 60s daytime soap opera. But the authenticity of the racing and the cars lifts it for fans of motor racing in that era.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Movie lacks direction.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

I don't understand these scores this doc as so well done and who doesn't love Paul Newman. Paul is a great person and carve out a meaningful life. Give it a watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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lanfranco c

A movie watched 45 years ago in a cinema that doesn't exist anymore..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Really good documentary. Had no idea he even raced.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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James Goldstone

Director

Paul Newman

Frank Capua

Joanne Woodward

Elora Capua

Robert Wagner

Luther "Lou" Erding

Richard Thomas

Charley Capua

David Sheiner

Leo Crawford

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

What keeps the picture from tedium, besides its hard action, is Paul Newman's performance as the racer-hero. Newman simply seems incapable of making a false move or sound.

May 27, 2009

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Howard Thompson

New York Times

THe effect of Winning, an auto-racing drama, is so refreshingly graphic and intelligent that Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have earned a long vacation, should they so choose.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 9, 2005

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Well of course he wins the race and gets the girl.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

The picture, unfortunately, is a loser pretty much all of the way.

Jul 15, 2019

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

James Goldstone's film is one of motels, concrete, the sour smell of petrol; homelier than the jet-set rich feeling which seems to overcome film-makers whenever they get on the starting-line.

Jul 11, 2018

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

The racing sequences are fun to watch nut the family melodrama is rather dreary, despite the presence of Paul Newman and wife-actress Joanne Woodward.

Rated: C+

Jul 29, 2009

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Synopsis

Race car driver Frank Capua (Paul Newman) holds track victories above all else, but as he competes in the string of races that lead to motoring's crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500, he finds it harder to connect with wife Elora (Joanne Woodward) and stepson Charley (Richard Thomas). When he learns that Elora is sleeping with fellow racer Luther "Lou" Erding (Robert Wagner), Frank leaves the family, but plucky Charley decides he won't stand idly by as his family disintegrates.

Director: James Goldstone
Screenwriter: Howard Rodman
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 22, 1969, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 28, 2004