one of the really great films of the 80s is the verdict, written by david mammit. beautifully told my master director sydney lamet. paul newman plays a kind of washed up lawyer who was an alcoholic kind of ambulance chaser. what makes it uniquely lamet is that even when it s movie stars, big movie stars, he manages to bring them down in the case of the verdict to the boston streets. you can see the stars in the movie but they have not turned the movie into something glamorous, but the opposite, have entered the drudge and reality of the world lamet s painting. i never should have taken it. there s no way i could win. newman did what he was asked to do. he was often asked to just be the leading man and be charming and witty and funny. when he does the verdict, it makes you cry. here newman shows you what he s really made of as an actor.
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beautifully today my master director sydney la met. paul newman plays a kind of washed up lawyer who was an alcoholic kind of ambulance chaser. what makes it uniquely lamet is that even when it s movie stars, big movie stars, he manages to bring them down in the case of the verdict to the boston streets. you can see the stars in the movie but they have not turned the movie into something glamorous, but the opposite, have entered the drudge and reality of the world lamet s painting. i never should have taken it. there s no way i could win. newman did what he was asked to do. he was often asked tonl be the leading man and be charming and witty and funny. when he does the verdict, it makes you cry. here newman shows you what he s really made of as an actor. i think you guys are making a big mistake. i think you ought to reconsider. i think you ought to get the principals back together again.