![]() ![]() "Despite being nominated for nine acting Oscars, the great Paul Newman only won once, for his role in 1986's The Color of Money, the distant sequel to 1961's The Hustler, a film for which Newman had also been nominated, playing the same character, "Fast" Eddie Felson. Guess you missed that, just as you no doubt missed 35 years of commentary referring to his win as a consolation prize. ![]() The only one who thought Newman's win was a consolation prize is you. This movie is a "not-made-like-they-used-to" epic. Attenborough mixed both English (composer George Fenton) and Indian (composer Ravi Shankar) music. The international supporting cast was phenomenal, too! Candace Bergen, Martin Sheen, Roshan Seth, Habib Tanvir, Trevor Howard, Ian Charleson, Saeed Jaffrey, Edward Fox, John Mills, Athol Fugard, Nigel Hawthorne, Geraldine James, Sir Michael Hordern, Pradeep Kumar, John Ratzenberger, Ian Bannen, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Sir JOHN GIELGUD. (Ismail Merchant is the only other Indian to win a BAFTA). Hattangadi is the only Indian actress to ever win a BAFTA. Kingsley and Rohini Hattangadi steal every scene they are in. This is an actor who transformed and disappeared into a role. Richard Attenborough was trying to make this movie for ages and when he finally succeeded, he rightfully claimed Best Picture and Best Director.īen Kingsley IS Mahatma Gandhi.
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