Poru New Man Kataru Arifureta Otoko No Odorokubeki Jinsei / Original Title: the EXTRAORDINARY LIFE of an ORDINARY MAN

[Machine Translation] Newman is a legendary actor who is still loved today for his appearances in such classics as "The Hustler," "Violent Jailbreak," and "Shoot for Tomorrow! In 1986, after his 60th birthday, Paul Newman decided to pursue a project: to correct the false image of Newman that had been misinterpreted by the public. In order to correct the public's misperception of him, he decided to write a dictated autobiography with his close friend and screenwriter, Stewart Stern, as his listener. The interviews lasted for five years, but with the passing of both men, the records seemed to have been lost. In 2019, however, a transcript was found in the basement of his Connecticut home - a record of his life from an inferiority complex as a boy, to his first failed marriage, to the drinking problems that plagued him throughout his life, to the death of his beloved son, to his political leanings, to his itinerant career as an actor, The film is a naked account of his 50-year marriage to Joanne Woodward! The first and last autobiography of Hollywood's last great actor, which also includes testimonies from co-stars such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, and John Huston, as well as directors and film industry insiders, to reveal the "truth" about the actor.

「ハスラー」「暴力脱獄」「明日に向って撃て!」など、数々の名作に出演し、今なお愛される伝説のスター、ポール・ニューマン。1986年、還暦を過ぎたニューマンは、ひとつの企画を思い立つ。それは、世間から誤解された虚像を正すため、親友で脚本家のスチュワート・スターンを聞き役として、口述筆記による自伝を執筆しようというものだった。取材は5年間にも及んだが、当事者の二人が世を去り、記録は散逸したかに思われた。ところが2019年、コネチカット州の自宅の地下室から、その書き起こしが発見された―そこには、劣等感に苛まれた少年時代から、失敗に終わった最初の結婚、終生彼を悩ませた飲酒問題、愛する息子の死、政治への傾倒、俳優としての遍歴、ジョアン・ウッドワードとの50年におよぶ結婚生活に至るまでが赤裸々に綴られていた!トム・クルーズやジョージ・ロイ・ヒル、ジョン・ヒューストンらの共演者、監督、映画関係者などの証言も織り交ぜて、ハリウッド最後の名優の“真実”をあぶり出す、最初にして最後の自伝。