Search - Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection on DVD

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 8/22/2023...

Movies included:


Disc 1: The Long Hot Summer - Really fake southern accents. Newman and others not at their finest hour. Avoid the heat and get inside with some AC!


Disc 2: Rally 'Round the Flag Boys - A 50s classic with the colorful sets and costumes. A young Joan Collins is in this if you are a fan!


Disc 3: From the Terrace - A 1960 classic that hits many taboos but brings them to full light. Paul Newman and beauty Ina Balin lite up the screen. Avoid the trailer but watch it after you see the movie since it would spoil many unexpected surprises in the movie. The plotline was great and hits many emotions showing why Paul Newman was such a great actor! A must watch!


Disc 4: Exodus - A classic based on true events. It could have been great if they would not have run the movie for three hours and shortened it up.


Discs 5 & 6: The Hustler - Collector's Edition - A Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason classic! A must watch!


Disc 7: Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man- Richard Beymer was absolutely fantastic in this war journey reaching some dark areas. Paul Newman's role was not impressive and surprised that it made it to a tribute collection since he has much better and longer film roles. Fantasy Island's Ricardo Montalban will impress you as did many other stars in this. A must watch!


Disc 8: What a Way To Go! - Old school filming and plotline with stars of future past if you like those kind with Dino and others! Not really a must watch BUT it will be for some. Paul Newman is barely even in this!


Disc 9: Hombre - Once you got past the initial ridiculous costume, the greatness of this film just kept building and building. Paul Newman should be listed at the beginning of the actors since he was the shining star in this! A must watch for Western and Yippie Ki Yay fans!


Discs 10 & 11: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Collector's Edition - A classic with Paul Newman and Robert Redford leading the charge!


Discs 12 & 13: Towering Inferno - Special Edition - This is a perfect example of wasting two of Hollywood's legends talent (Paul Newman, Steve McQueen) as well as other greats. The well liked juice at the time was in this too before life changing events. Slow burn and boring. The almost three-hour movie could have been accomplished in an hour an a half. Check out Bruce Willis' Diehard and the Rock's Skyscraper if you want some true action combine with great plotlines. Walk away from this towering flop.


Disc 14: Buffalo Bill and the Indians - Seems to be a loved classic but we could not get into this especially Newman's role.

Disc 15: Quintet -Not sure what this was but it was a flop and just weird. Felt like Superman's parents back on their planet gone bad. It should have never been in Tribute collection since it was never worth watching in the first place. Avoid the snowstorm!


Disc 16 & 17: The Verdict - Collector's Edition - Slow burn but great. An older Paul Newman and others really do a great job! Watch out for those dirty lawyer tricks. A must watch!

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Fox releases a large set of films starring Paul Newman

calvinnme | 06/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 17 disc set will include:

1. The Long, Hot Summer (1958) - directed by Martin Ritt costarring Joanne Woodward
2. Rally 'round the Flag, Boys! (1958) - comedy directed by Leo McCarey costarring Joanne Woodward
3. From the Terrace (1960) - directed by Mark Robson and costarring Joanne Woodward. Rather complex story of the disintegration of a marriage.
4. Exodus (1960) - directed by Otto Preminger costarring Eva Marie Saint. Story of the birth of the modern nation of Israel.
5. The Hustler (1961) - directed by Robert Rossen costarring Piper Laurie. One of Newman's most famous roles as a pool hustler who wants to beat Minnesota Fats. The current two disc edition of this film is quite good, it will be interesting to see if it is improved upon.
6. Adventures of a Young Man (1962) - directed by Martin Ritt costarring Diane Baker. Paul Newman is tenth billed and thus plays a very small part.
7. What a Way to Go! (1964) - directed by J. Lee Thompson. Stars Shirley MacLaine as a woman who brings fortune, fame, and death to all of her husbands. Paul Newman plays one of them, so this really is not his film.
8. Hombre (1967) - directed by Martin Ritt and costarring Frederic March. This is a very good western with the focus back on Newman in the lead.
9.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - directed by George Roy Hill and costarring Robert Redford. A delightful western with comic and tragic touches.
10. Towering Inferno (1974) - costarring Steve McQueen. Newman plays an architect who returns from a long vacation to find that the skyscraper he designed has been constructed in a substandard fashion. A fire breaks out the night that the building owner is hosting a party on the roof celebrating the building's opening.
11. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) - directed by Robert Altman and costarring Joel Grey. A bit too long, and somewhat controversial tale with Newman as Buffalo Bill.
12. Quintet (1979) - directed by Robert Altman and costarring Vittorio Gassman. Futuristic film in which bored humanity has invented a game - "Quintet" - to pass the time. However, dying is the penalty for the human game pieces.
13. The Verdict (1982) - Sidney Lumet directs and James Mason costars in a courtroom drama involving medical malpractice in which Newman's character lands a case where all parties wish to settle out of court. However, Newman's character wants to pursue the case to trial.

Thirteen films in all, although I'm not sure why "Adventures of a Young Man" is included since Newman's role here is very small, and this is not even a major film. A booklet is also supposed to be included with this set."

Hardly Definitive

Kenneth E. Stein | 10/09/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Well, like most tributes and memorial services I've ever been to, they end up reflecting just a pale shadow of the loved one and inevitably leave you missing the real person all the more. Many of this magnificent artist's by far not greatest films just sort of all thrown together (mostly just two or three stars at best) as well as a few of the truly great ones -- The Hustler and The Verdict. Buy those two to watch over and over and rent the others to watch once, but sheesh. This collection sure is hardly definitive. Just some big quick bucks for some big corporation. Yawn."

Your DVDs will be scratched

Yeah Well Okay | Knoxville, TN United States | 01/05/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This is in no way a review of the movies included in the collection, but entirely based on the packaging faults.

When I received this, six of the DVDs had come loose from their pockets and had been terribly scratched. The DVDs are not kept in cases, and are not in any way locked in. They are instead slid into pockets on a fold-out DVD case. There is nothing to prevent the DVDs from coming loose, and the pockets do not secure them tightly to start with. Needless to say, I had to return the product.

If you really want this, I suggest buying it somewhere you can be sure that the discs are not loose from travel.

I've never felt the need to write a review for anything I've purchased from Amazon before, but I had to in this case."