
August 8, 2023
THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986) – AFI Movie Club
A quarter century after THE HUSTLER, screen legend Paul Newman reprised his iconic role as pool shark “Fast Eddie” Felson in THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986) – stepping into the role of mentor to hotshot newcomer Vincent Lauria, played by Tom Cruise. The film was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese and...

June 5, 2023
WHAT A WAY TO GO! (1964) – AFI Movie Club
A romantic, candy-colored cinematic confection that sparkles with intoxicating champagne charm across its performances, costumes (from the legendary Edith Head), cinematography and production design, WHAT A WAY TO GO! (1965) stars effervescent AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Shirley MacLaine opposite a staggering assembly line of inarguable leading men – including Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean...

November 8, 2022
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the infamous real-life outlaws, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) appears on AFI’s original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films – and the dynamic duo of Butch and Sundance were co-ranked #20 among AFI’s greatest screen heroes. Their exploits also earned them a place...

August 4, 2022
THE STING (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman in their second collaboration as co-stars for director George Roy Hill, THE STING (1973) features Academy Award®-winning production design by Henry Bumstead – who also helped to educate the next generation of storytellers as a teacher at the AFI Conservatory. Learn more about THE STING in the AFI Catalog. HOW...

June 13, 2022
COOL HAND LUKE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” Starring screen legend Paul Newman in one of his most iconic roles, COOL HAND LUKE (1967) appears across several of the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time, including cinema’s most inspiring entries into the canon. Defiant in the face of authority of...

May 30, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on April 6, 2020. Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the infamous outlaws, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID appears on AFI’s original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films – and the dynamic duo of Butch and Sundance were co-ranked...

March 12, 2021
AFI Movie Club Artist Spotlight: HUD Cinematographer James Wong Howe
Acclaimed Chinese-American cinematographer James Wong Howe earned an Academy Award® – his second, and his eighth of 10 nominations – for his striking black-and-white work on HUD. An artist and an innovator with iconic work dating from the silent era of cinema into the 1970s, he was named among the top 10 most influential cinematographers in the history of the art form by the International Cinematographers Guild in 2003. Celebrated and sought after...

July 13, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE VERDICT
THE VERDICT is ranked #75 on AFI’s list of cinema’s most inspiring stories – as well as #4 on the 10 greatest courtroom dramas to grace the silver screen. Watch Jimmy Smits announce THE VERDICT: Movie Trivia about THE VERDICT -DID YOU KNOW that producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown purchased the motion picture rights…

July 6, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE STING
THE STING stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman with production design by Henry Bumstead. Bumstead – who won his second Academy Award® for THE STING’s impossibly charming period aesthetic – helped to educate the next generation of storytellers as a teacher at the AFI Conservatory. Watch Henry Winkler announce THE STING: Movie Trivia about THE STING DID YOU…

April 6, 2020
AFI Movie Club: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the infamous outlaws, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID appears on AFI’s original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films – and the dynamic duo of Butch and Sundance were co-ranked #20 among AFI’s greatest screen heroes! Watch Brad Pitt announce the film: Movie Trivia…

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