Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

A warm, briskly told tribute that makes a late-blooming passion feel infectious and quietly inspiring.

Directed by

Adam Carolla, Nate Adams

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Joanne Woodward

Overview

The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's makeup. Newman’s deep-seated passion for racing was so intense it nearly sidelined his acting career. His racing career spanned thirty-five years; Newman won four national championships as a driver and eight championships as an owner. Not bad for a guy who didn't even start racing until he was forty-seven years old.

How it feels

Warm, earnest and uplifting. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Ambition, obsession, work, aging

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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