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Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

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The 35-year racing career of actor Paul Newman.
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Richard Roeper Richard Roeper.com For longtime fans of Paul Newman, "Winning" provides valuable insight into the sport he loved. For millennials that might be only vaguely familiar with this old-time movie star, it's a lesson in how one should live a life. Rated: 4.5 Feb 19, 2016 Full Review Liz Braun Toronto Sun Hagiography? Maybe a little, but for fans of the actor, it's a must-see. Rated: 4/5 Jun 25, 2015 Full Review Bruce DeMara Toronto Star The portrait that emerges of Newman is of a decent, cool and low-key guy who preferred racing over acting. In his own words, "the only grace I ever found was in an automobile." Rated: 3/4 Jun 18, 2015 Full Review Jordan Brooks Vague Visages The use of racing and Hollywood interviews by Carolla and co-director/writer Nate Adams make it all but impossible not to fall in love with the hyper-charismatic Newman. Aug 2, 2023 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Director Adam Corolla (who restores and races Newman's cars) is clearly a fan but it is his passion for both racing and Newman that fuels the doc. Rated: 3/5 Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Norman Wilner NOW Toronto I don't doubt Carolla's respect for the material -- he himself is a racer, and owns and drives several of Newman's cars. But he's stretching a few interesting anecdotes out to feature length, and you can feel the strain on the material. Rated: 2/5 Jun 25, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 23 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!! With real racing footage, plus interviews!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/30/23 Full Review steve j This topic is right in Carolla's wheel house, pun intended. If you're interested in car racing at all this is must-see. But even if you are not, it is presented in a manner that will pull you in. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member First saw P L Newman race at Summit Point Raceway VA in a Datsun 510 (Nissan) in 1973. It is almost unanimous that he could have made a living as a Pro-driver if he did not have that pesky film career. He liked racing because blue eyes and Oscars do not win national championships. Director Adam Carolla got it right. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Carolla is really good at these docs. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This is much more of the story of Paul Newman the man, than Paul Newman the race car driver. We learn he led two full and amazing lives, one as an actor, one as a professional driver, but always managed to be a decent human being. His charities and other acts of kindness left this world much better than he found it. The doc itself is a tightly woven story with great historic footage of his races, clips from his films, a lot of behind the scenes, candid moments, and interviews of many of the people he was closest too. Very enjoyable even if you don't care on bit about race cars... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Love racing docs. This one is a plus. Learned a lot about Paul Newman Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The 35-year racing career of actor Paul Newman.
Director
Adam Carolla, Nate Adams
Producer
Nate Adams, Adam Carolla
Screenwriter
Adam Carolla, Nate Adams
Production Co
Chassy Media (II), Sontalia, Mollette
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 23m
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