The Age of Innocence 1993  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Joanne Woodward, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt, Alec McCowen, Richard E. Grant, Miriam Margolyes, Robert Sean Leonard, Sian Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Gough
Close attention to detail of settings reflects the mood of this movie. The story is Edith Wharton's 1870s view of the New York elite. A crisis occurs in a love triangle involving Newland Archer, Countess Ellen Olenska, and May Welland (Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder). In the midst of social snobbery, Ellen arrives in New York, and sparks fly when she meets her cousin May's fiance Newland. Winona Ryder was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Berwick, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Allen Collins, Jim Boles, Virginia Gregg, Chester Conklin
This film tells the story of what happens when a married couple, Mary and Meredith (Joanne Woodward and Henry Fonda), are involved in a high-stakes poker game that hinges on winning or losing a fortune.
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Count Three and Pray 1955  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey, Raymond Burr, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, Nancy Kulp, James Griffith, Richard Webb, Kathryn Givney
Following duty as a Union soldier in the Civil War, Luke Fargo (Van Heflin) returns to his Southern hometown where he plans to be a preacher. To his dismay, his presence is met with distrust. Joanne Woodward made her film debut in this movie.
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 The Drowning Pool 1975 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo, Coral Browne, Andrew Robinson
This is a sequel to "Harper" in which Lew Harper (Paul Newman) answers a call from Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward) and ends up in the middle of a murder.
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Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Judith Lowry, Richard Venture, Will Hare, David Spielberg, John Lehne
An unhappy alcoholic mother, Beatrice (Joanne Woodward), constantly criticizes her daughters, Matilda (Nell Potts) and Ruth (Roberta Wallach). Relief comes in the form of a high-school science experiment with man-in-the-moon marigolds that points the way away from Beatrice's clutches.
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Empire Falls 2005 TV, 186 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Paul Newman, Robin Wright Penn, Aidan Quinn, Joanne Woodward, Dennis Farina, William Fichtner, Estelle Parsons, Jeffrey DeMunn, Danielle Panabaker
This made-for-TV movie, consisting of five chapters, is based on Richard Russo's Pulitzer Prize winning novel in which Miles Roby (Ed Harris) manages the Empire Grill that is owned by the town matriarch (Joanne Woodward) in his blue-collar mill town in Maine. Miles feels his world is disintegrating because his wife, Janine (Helen Hunt), is divorcing him. He reflects on the state of his life, which also includes his not-so-kind father (Paul Newman) and his daughter (Danielle Panabaker), while his own life remains in limbo. Despite the despair, there is a message of love and hope that permeates this story.
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The End 1978 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Reynolds
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Carl Reiner, Norman Fell, Pat O'Brien, David Steinberg
In this black comedy Wendell Sonny Lawson (Burt Reynolds) learns that he is dying from a blood disease. His solution is to commit suicide. When his attempt fails, he is hospitalized where he meets mental patient Marlon Bounki (Dom DeLuise) who tries to help.
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A Fine Madness 1966 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Sean Connery, Jean Seberg, Joanne Woodward, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revill, Werner Peters, John Fiedler, Kay Medford, Jackie Coogan
Samson Shillito (Sean Connery) is a non-conformist poet whose wife, Rhoda (Joanne Woodward), talks him into visiting Dr. West (Patrick O'Neal) for psychiatric treatment to get his life back on track. After bedding down with West's wife (Jean Seberg), the good doctor seeks retaliation through a lobotomy for his patient.
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From the Terrace 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Patrick O'Neal, Felix Aylmer, Elizabeth Allen, Raymond Greenleaf, Malcolm Atterbury, Raymond Bailey, Ted de Corsia, Howard Caine
Alfred Eaton (Paul Newman) has inherited the inability to show affection from his father Samuel (Leon Ames), and, after returning from the war, climbs the corporate ladder in New York's financial world. He chooses his professional world over his personal life with his promiscuous wife Mary St. John (Joanne Woodward) and spends much of his time away from her–until he hits a crisis point while having an affair with Natalie (Ina Balin), and his world comes crashing down around him. An extra star in the rating is due to Myrna Loy's performance as Alfred's alcoholic mother, Martha Eaton.
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The Fugitive Kind 1959  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Emory Richardson, Lucille Benson, Madame Spivy, Virgilia Chew, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., John Baragrey
This screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play stars Marlon Brando as Val Xavier, a drifter involved in a love affair with Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani)
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A Kiss Before Dying 1956 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Robert Ivers
Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is a college student who needs money and finds added stress when his girlfriend from a wealthy family, Dorothy (Joanne Woodward), tells him that she is pregnant. Bud's solution: kill Dorothy and make it look like a suicide. He accomplishes the murder and then meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) who is suspicious of her sister's death but doesn't know about her relationship with Bud. Ellen and Bud begin a romantic relationship, but when Ellen investigates circumstances behind Dorothy's death, Bud zeroes in on Ellen as his next victim. This film was remade in 1991.
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The Long, Hot Summer 1958  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Sarah Marshall, William Walker, George Dunn, Jess Kirkpatrick, I. Stanford Jolley
Drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in town and changes the lives of the Varner family. Big Daddy Varner (Orson Welles) recognizes that Ben Quick is a man to be reckoned with; however, daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) is attracted to Quick. Weak son Jody (Tony Franciosa) is jealous of Quick's decisiveness. It all makes for one long, HOT summer.
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge 1990 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe Danner, Simon Callow, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard, Margaret Welsh, Austin Pendleton, Saundra McClain, Diane Kagan
This film is a good character study consisting of vignettes in the lives of Walter (Paul Newman) and India (Joanne Woodward) Bridges. It is the story of predictable personalities of a staunchly conservative husband and his repressed wife. Woodward was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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A New Kind of Love 1963 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, Maurice Chevalier, George Tobias, Marvin Kaplan, Robert Clary, Ted Mapes, Robert F. Simon
Real-life husband and wife, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, star in this lightweight comedy about an experienced journalist (Newman) who falls in love with a Paris fashion designer (Woodward). Highlight: Maurice Chevalier singing "Mimi" and "Louise."
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No Down Payment 1957 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter, Cameron Mitchell, Patricia Owens, Barbara Rush, Pat Hingle, Jim Hayward, Mimi Gibson
The explosion of suburban populations and alienation from traditional family relationships in the 1950s are examined through a look at several couples living in their new look-alike homes.
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Paris Blues 1961 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll, Serge Reggiani, Barbara Laage, Andre Luguet, Marie Versini, Moustache, Aaron Bridgers, Guy Pedersen, Helene Dieudonne, Niko, Dominique Zardi
American ex-patriots Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are jazz musicians living in Paris after World War II. They meet American tourists Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie (Diahann Carroll) and fall in love. Connie convinces Eddie to return to America with her and face his fears of racism. Ram, on the other hand, has last minute doubts about leaving Paris and tells Lillian at the train station that he will not be joining her in America. Backed by Duke Ellington's jazz score, the music includes "Take the A Train," "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "Paris Stairs," and "Nite." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Musical Score.
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Philadelphia 1993 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Vawter, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, Robert Ridgely, Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, Daniel Chapman, Obba Babatunde, Paul Lazar
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) has AIDS and has been fired from his law firm because of his disease. Instead of sitting back and accepting his fate, Beckett hires Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to sue his former law firm. This insightful film shows the ignorance, prejudice, and unfairness experienced by AIDS sufferers. Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his performance, and the song "Streets of Philadelphia" (Bruce Springsteen) also was an Academy Award winner. Three other nominations were received.
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Rachel, Rachel 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Moffat, Bernard Barrow, Terry Kiser, Franco Corsaro, Nell Potts, Shawn Campbell, Violet Dunn, Beatrice Pons, Dortha Duckworth, Simm Landres
Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a 35-year-old spinster schoolteacher who has been living under the influence of her strong mother (Kate Harrington). Rachel attends a religious revival meeting with her friend Calla (Estelle Parsons) and is swept up in the fervor of the preacher (Terry Kiser). Then, a friend from her childhood, Nick Kazlik (James Olson), appears on the scene, and romance blooms. Rachel thinks that she is pregnant, but it turns out not to be so. But, as a result of her experiences, Rachel changes her outlook and sets out to begin living a meaningful life. This film marks Paul Newman's directorial debut. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress (Woodward), Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Writing.
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! 1958 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Tuesday Weld, Dwayne Hickman, Gale Gordon, Murvyn Vye, O.Z. Whitehead, Percy Helton, Tom Gilson, David Hedison, Richard Collier, Tap Canutt, Bess Flowers
Harry and Grace Bannerman (Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) react negatively to an army missile base construction near their suburban town of Putman's Landing. The townsfolk cannot deal with the annoying Captain Hoxie (Jack Carson), and Harry, who is an Air Force reservist, acts as the liaison between the town and the Army. After Grace and her group dress up as Indians for a 4th of July demonstration against the planned missile site, they learn that the site will bring employment to their town. Harry and Grace embrace, but they accidentally push a lever that launches a missile containing Captain Hoxie, and he goes up in space.
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The Sound and the Fury 1959 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Albert Dekker, Francoise Rosay, John Beal, Stephen Perry
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel about the Comptons–a Southern family that has seen better days.
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The Stripper 1963 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber, Louis Nye, Gypsy Rose Lee, Michael J. Pollard, Gary Pagett, Bing Russell
When the tent show she works for is stranded in her Kansas hometown, Lila (Joanne Woodward) takes an introspective look into her life as a stripper.
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1973 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Dori Brenner, Win Forman, Tresa Hughes, Ron Richards, Peter Marklin, Nancy Andrews, Minerva Pious
Rita is a depressed Manhattan housewife who cannot get over her Mother's death. She and her husband Harry (Martin Balsam) travel to Europe, where she begins to come out of her depression. Woodward and Sidney received Academy Award nominations for Actress and Supporting Actress.
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Sybil 1976  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, William Prince, Charles(2) Lane, Jessamine Milner, Gordon Jump, Natasha Ryan
Sally Field takes on the role of Sybil, and Joanne Woodward plays her psychiatrist in this powerful Emmy-winning drama of a young woman who developed 17 personalities due to disturbing childhood experiences.
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They Might Be Giants 1971 G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Kitty Winn, Sudie Bond
Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) is a retired judge who becomes convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes, and his brother (Lester Rawlins)–hoping to have him committed–hires a psychiatrist (Joanne Woodward) to look into the matter. Her name just happens to be "Dr. Watson," and she becomes intrigued with Justin leading to further complications. This film was remade for TV as "The Return of the World's Greatest Detective."
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The Three Faces of Eve 1957 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome, Alistair Cooke, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Ken Scott, Mimi Gibson, Vince Edwards, Alena Murray, Terry Ann Ross, Mary Field, Frank Marlow, Richard Garrick
Joanne Woodward won an Academy Award for Best Actress playing Eve who suffers from a multiple personality syndrome. The film is based on the true story of Eve's psychiatric treatment as three personalities emerge: Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane.
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 Winning 1969 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, David Sheiner, Clu Gulager, Maxine Stuart, Karen Arthur, Robert Quarry, Ray Ballard
Capua (Paul Newman) puts winning above everything else and spends more time with his racing team than he does with his wife, Elora (Joanne Woodward). The racing scenes in this film are excellent and provide an exciting backdrop for Elora's brief affair.
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WUSA 1970  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Cloris Leachman, Wayne Rogers, Pat Hingle, Don Gordon, Michael Anderson Jr., Moses Gunn
Rheinhardt (Paul Newman) is a drifter who ends up with a job as a disc jockey for radio station WUSA in New Orleans. It is only later that he learns that he is an unwary participant in an ultra-conservative plot.
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1. The Age of Innocence (1993)
2. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
3. Count Three and Pray (1955)
4. The Drowning Pool (1975)
5. Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
6. Empire Falls (2005)
7. The End (1978)
8. A Fine Madness (1966)
9. From the Terrace (1960)
10. The Fugitive Kind (1959)
11. The Glass Menagerie (1987)
12. Harry and Son (1984)
13. King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
14. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
15. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
16. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
17. A New Kind of Love (1963)
18. No Down Payment (1957)
19. Paris Blues (1961)
20. Philadelphia (1993)
21. Rachel, Rachel (1968)
22. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
23. Signpost to Murder (1964)
24. The Sound and the Fury (1959)
25. The Stripper (1963)
26. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
27. Sybil (1976)
28. They Might Be Giants (1971)
29. The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
30. Winning (1969)
31. WUSA (1970)
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