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MOVIES
THE LOCAL CONNECTION Find
Mario Andretti offers LEHIGH VALLEY
insights on Newman DVD
MOVIE
By Amy Longsdorf TIMES
Special to The Morning Call online at themorningcall.com/movies
If there’s any doubt that Paul Newman IN THEATERS
loved the internal combustion engine as
much, if not more, than movies, “Winning: THEATRE 514 BEST PLACE TO SEE AN FRANK BANKO ALEHOUSE CINEMAS
The Racing Life of Paul Newman” (2015, INDIE FILM! - LV STYLE
Kino, unrated, $25) sets the record steelstacks.org/film | 610-297-7111
straight. Brooklyn
White Christmas (NR)
Newman was 47 when he started Thurs. 7:30 Sat&Sun Thurs. 12/3: 1:30 pm
racing and he stuck with it, crashing a few Fri. 12/4: 1:30 pm
times before getting good enough to nab Fri. 8:00 2:00, 4:45,7:30
four national championships and take
second place at Le Mans. White Christmas Sing Along 12/14!
There’s plenty of fascinating 610.432.0888 | CivicTheatre.com 12.3
information revealed in the documentary,
including an admission by Newman’s pal Movie Guide G GENERAL AUDIENCES From Here to
Robert Redford that Newman’s need for All ages admitted
speed was all-consuming.
PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED Eternity (NR)
“He became so boring!” Redford recalls Some material may not be suitable
with affection. “Because [racing is] all he
talked about.” for children Spotlight (R) Brooklyn (PG-13) Part of our Sinatra at 100 series THE MORNING CALL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015
Co-directed by Nate Adams and comic PG-13 PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED Sat. 12/5: Noon
Adam Carolla, “Winning” prominently Some material may be inappropriate for
features Nazareth resident Mario Andretti
as well as his son Michael Andretti, who children under 13. Thurs. 12/3: 4:15, 7:15 pm Thurs. 12/3: 1:15, 4:15 pm
drove for Newman in many races,
including the Indy 500. R RESTRICTED (Under 17 requires Cannibal Holocaust
accompanying parent or adult guardian) (1979) (NR)
Among the most fascinating sequences
is a chronicle of how, in 1983, Newman KENO LORBER NC-17 NO CHILDREN UNDER 17 ADMITTED Fri. 12/4: 2:15, 5, 7:45 pm Fri. 12/4: 11:30 am, 4, 7, 9:15 pm
began working with Carl Haas, an owner (Age limit may vary in certain areas) Sat. 12/5: 2:15, 5, 7:45 pm
on the Can-Am circuit with whom he’d ‘Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman’
never been very friendly. The men buried features Nazareth resident Mario Andretti Motion Picture Association of America Sat. 12/5: 11:30 am, 2:45, 5:15, First Saturday Horror Series
the hatchet to form Newman-Haas Racing as well as his son Michael Andretti, who
and hired Mario Andretti to drive for drove for Newman in many races, including Visit our Web site for movie reviews and show times. Sun.12/6: 11:30 am, 2:15, 5 pm 7:30 pm Sat. 12/5: 10:15 pm
them. the Indy 500. www.themorningcall.com
Andretti offers remembrances and stole hundreds of secret files which Enjoy A Meal
insights into what made Newman tick, as exposed the agency’s illegal spying on
do drivers Dick Barbour and Newman’s American citizens. Experiences Are Waiting.
longtime partner Bob Sharp.
In the riveting documentary “1971” Thursday, Friday 17
As the Hollywood Reporter noted in its (2015, First Run, unrated, $30), Johanna and Sunday.
rave review of the documentary, “the Hamilton re-enacts the crime to thrilling
archival footage of Newman racing and effect and also probes the aftermath of the
interacting with his fellow drivers is incident thanks to interviews with the
revelatory, with the actor’s determined participants, all of whom managed to
efforts to be just one of the guys on ample elude police.
display. One of the film’s most affecting
moments is a haunting shot of the actor Something of a companion piece to
sitting mournfully in his car immediately Anthony Giacchino’s “The Camden 28,”
after the death of his teammate Jim which celebrated a group of anti-Vietnam
Fitzgerald during a 1987 race.” war activists who in 1971 executed a raid
on a Camden draft board, this
Newman introduced racing to his documentary is essential viewing for
“Color of Money” co-star Tom Cruise, but anyone who doubts that citizen activism
Cruise didn’t stick with the sport after a can change the course of history.
few crashes. Newman, on the other hand,
never gave up his love of going fast. The Amy Longsdorf is a freelance writer.
actor, whose last film was “Cars,” was still Jodi Duckett, editor
racing months before his 2008 death at jodi.duckett@mcall.com
age 83. 610-820-6704
New on DVD: Decades before Edward
Snowden made headlines, eight ordinary
citizens broke into an FBI office in Media,
Delaware County, on March 8, 1971, and
THE LOCAL CONNECTION Find
Mario Andretti offers LEHIGH VALLEY
insights on Newman DVD
MOVIE
By Amy Longsdorf TIMES
Special to The Morning Call online at themorningcall.com/movies
If there’s any doubt that Paul Newman IN THEATERS
loved the internal combustion engine as
much, if not more, than movies, “Winning: THEATRE 514 BEST PLACE TO SEE AN FRANK BANKO ALEHOUSE CINEMAS
The Racing Life of Paul Newman” (2015, INDIE FILM! - LV STYLE
Kino, unrated, $25) sets the record steelstacks.org/film | 610-297-7111
straight. Brooklyn
White Christmas (NR)
Newman was 47 when he started Thurs. 7:30 Sat&Sun Thurs. 12/3: 1:30 pm
racing and he stuck with it, crashing a few Fri. 12/4: 1:30 pm
times before getting good enough to nab Fri. 8:00 2:00, 4:45,7:30
four national championships and take
second place at Le Mans. White Christmas Sing Along 12/14!
There’s plenty of fascinating 610.432.0888 | CivicTheatre.com 12.3
information revealed in the documentary,
including an admission by Newman’s pal Movie Guide G GENERAL AUDIENCES From Here to
Robert Redford that Newman’s need for All ages admitted
speed was all-consuming.
PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED Eternity (NR)
“He became so boring!” Redford recalls Some material may not be suitable
with affection. “Because [racing is] all he
talked about.” for children Spotlight (R) Brooklyn (PG-13) Part of our Sinatra at 100 series THE MORNING CALL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015
Co-directed by Nate Adams and comic PG-13 PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED Sat. 12/5: Noon
Adam Carolla, “Winning” prominently Some material may be inappropriate for
features Nazareth resident Mario Andretti
as well as his son Michael Andretti, who children under 13. Thurs. 12/3: 4:15, 7:15 pm Thurs. 12/3: 1:15, 4:15 pm
drove for Newman in many races,
including the Indy 500. R RESTRICTED (Under 17 requires Cannibal Holocaust
accompanying parent or adult guardian) (1979) (NR)
Among the most fascinating sequences
is a chronicle of how, in 1983, Newman KENO LORBER NC-17 NO CHILDREN UNDER 17 ADMITTED Fri. 12/4: 2:15, 5, 7:45 pm Fri. 12/4: 11:30 am, 4, 7, 9:15 pm
began working with Carl Haas, an owner (Age limit may vary in certain areas) Sat. 12/5: 2:15, 5, 7:45 pm
on the Can-Am circuit with whom he’d ‘Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman’
never been very friendly. The men buried features Nazareth resident Mario Andretti Motion Picture Association of America Sat. 12/5: 11:30 am, 2:45, 5:15, First Saturday Horror Series
the hatchet to form Newman-Haas Racing as well as his son Michael Andretti, who
and hired Mario Andretti to drive for drove for Newman in many races, including Visit our Web site for movie reviews and show times. Sun.12/6: 11:30 am, 2:15, 5 pm 7:30 pm Sat. 12/5: 10:15 pm
them. the Indy 500. www.themorningcall.com
Andretti offers remembrances and stole hundreds of secret files which Enjoy A Meal
insights into what made Newman tick, as exposed the agency’s illegal spying on
do drivers Dick Barbour and Newman’s American citizens. Experiences Are Waiting.
longtime partner Bob Sharp.
In the riveting documentary “1971” Thursday, Friday 17
As the Hollywood Reporter noted in its (2015, First Run, unrated, $30), Johanna and Sunday.
rave review of the documentary, “the Hamilton re-enacts the crime to thrilling
archival footage of Newman racing and effect and also probes the aftermath of the
interacting with his fellow drivers is incident thanks to interviews with the
revelatory, with the actor’s determined participants, all of whom managed to
efforts to be just one of the guys on ample elude police.
display. One of the film’s most affecting
moments is a haunting shot of the actor Something of a companion piece to
sitting mournfully in his car immediately Anthony Giacchino’s “The Camden 28,”
after the death of his teammate Jim which celebrated a group of anti-Vietnam
Fitzgerald during a 1987 race.” war activists who in 1971 executed a raid
on a Camden draft board, this
Newman introduced racing to his documentary is essential viewing for
“Color of Money” co-star Tom Cruise, but anyone who doubts that citizen activism
Cruise didn’t stick with the sport after a can change the course of history.
few crashes. Newman, on the other hand,
never gave up his love of going fast. The Amy Longsdorf is a freelance writer.
actor, whose last film was “Cars,” was still Jodi Duckett, editor
racing months before his 2008 death at jodi.duckett@mcall.com
age 83. 610-820-6704
New on DVD: Decades before Edward
Snowden made headlines, eight ordinary
citizens broke into an FBI office in Media,
Delaware County, on March 8, 1971, and
