Editing Paul Newman (section)

=== 1980–1999: Late career roles and Oscar win  ===
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| quote = Frank Galvin provides Newman with the occasion for one of his great performances. This is the first movie in which Newman has looked a little old, a little tired. There are moments when his face sags and his eyes seem terribly weary...[Newman] gives us old, bone-tired, hung-over, trembling (and heroic) Frank Galvin, and we buy it lock, stock and shot glass.
| source = —Roger Ebert (1982)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-verdict-1982|title=The Verdict movie review|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref>
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In 1980, Newman directed the television screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''[[The Shadow Box]]''. In 1981, he acted in [[Sydney Pollack]]'s ''[[Absence of Malice]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56536-ABSENCE-OF-MALICE?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> He starred in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s ''[[The Verdict]]'' in 1982. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], and Newman received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56898-THE-VERDICT?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> In 1984, Newman starred in and directed ''[[Harry & Son]]''.

In 1986, twenty-five years after ''The Hustler'', Newman reprised his role of "Fast Eddie" Felson in the [[Martin Scorsese]]-directed film ''[[The Color of Money]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57292-THE-COLOR-OF-MONEY?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> for which he finally received the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|title="1986 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1986/|website=National Board of Review|access-date=October 31, 2016|date=2016|archive-date=December 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207025144/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1986/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a commercial success although it received mixed reviews. Newman starred alongside [[Tom Cruise]], [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]], and [[John Turturro]]. [[File:Paul Newman Cannes 1987.jpg|thumb|upright|Newman at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]]]]In mid-1987, Newman sued [[Universal Pictures]] for allegedly failing to properly account for revenues from video distribution of four of his films made for Universal, and Universal owed him at least $1 million participation for the home video versions of ''[[The Sting]]'', ''[[Slap Shot]]'', ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]]'' and ''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]''. The complaint claimed that Universal accounted for the cassette revenues in a way that improperly decreased amounts due to Newman, with the actor wanting a full accounting along with $2 million in damages.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 3, 1987|title=Newman Sues U For Vid|page=5|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

Also in 1987, Newman directed a screen version of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' starring his wife, [[Joanne Woodward]], [[John Malkovich]], and [[Karen Allen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57628-THE-GLASSMENAGERIE|access-date=2023-07-29|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The film was in competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE GLASS MENAGERIE|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/the-glass-menagerie/|access-date=2023-07-29|website=Festival de Cannes|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a reverent record" of the Williams play "one watches with a kind of distant dreaminess rather than an intense emotional involvement", and cited the "brilliant performances ... well defined by Newman's direction".<ref>(December 31, 1986) [https://variety.com/1986/film/reviews/the-glass-menagerie-5-1200427087/#! ''Variety'' review]</ref>

In 1990, Newman co-starred with Woodward in the [[James Ivory]] film adaptation ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]'' based on the [[Evan S. Connell]] [[Mrs. Bridge|novel of the same name]]. In 1994, Newman played alongside [[Tim Robbins]] as the character Sidney J. Mussburger in the [[Coen brothers]] comedy ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', which received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60140-THE-HUDSUCKER-PROXY?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> Also that year, he acted in [[Robert Benton]]'s ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' earning yet another nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60413-NOBODYS-FOOL?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>