Winning

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Winning

PG

1969

2h 3m

Drama

Adventure

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63%

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8 Reviews

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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.

Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

05/27/2009

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.

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Howard Thompson

New York Times

05/09/2005

4.5/5

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.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

2.5/4

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

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

07/15/2019

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

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

07/11/2018

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.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

07/29/2009

C+

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.

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Steve D

07/29/2023

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

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@Robert_SF 06/19/2021

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.

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04/22/2020

Movie lacks direction.

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01/10/2017

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.

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lanfranco c

@Lanfrancobz 01/26/2016

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

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12/03/2015

Really good documentary. Had no idea he even raced.

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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
Producer: John Foreman
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
Runtime: 2h 3m