Award-winning Paul Newman documentary debuts at Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Sedona AZ (May 10, 2015) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to continue its Premiere Series with the one-night-only debut of “Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman”, an award-winning new documentary. The film will show Thursday, May 21 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
“Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman” includes interviews with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Patrick Dempsey, Mario Andretti, Jay Leno, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Arthur Newman, Tom Cruise, Michael Andretti, Bob Sharp, Sam Posey, Sebastien Bourdais and many other racers.
The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman’s Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man’s makeup.
Newman’s deep-seated passion for racing was so intense it nearly sidelined his acting career. His racing career spanned thirty-five years; Newman won four national championships as a driver and eight championships as an owner. Not bad for a guy who didn’t even start racing until he was forty-seven years old.
“Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre one day only: Thursday, May 21 at 4 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.