Transcript: Summer Movie Festival: Paul Newman's Legacy

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July 16, 2009
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NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
07-16-2009
Summer Movie Festival: Paul Newman's Legacy

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 14:00-15:00 PM

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NEAL CONAN, host:

And now it's time for another edition of our summer movie series. And this week, it's a special memorial edition. Paul Newman died since we last convened. A man whose devastating good looks and charisma might seem destined for stardom, but his first real hit almost wasn't. James Dean agreed to play middleweight champ Rocky Graziano, but after his sudden death, Newman stepped in to star in the 1956 biopic.

(Soundbite of move, "Somebody Up There Likes Me")

Mr. PAUL NEWMAN (Actor): (as Rocky Graziano) Enjoy it while it lasts, honey. I'm ...

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