Absence Of Malice (1981)

The Best Of A Few Great Actors

We all have our favorite actors and our favorite movies.  It is just an opinion and no one is more right or more wrong we just all know what we enjoy.  However there are actors that we watch who are extremely talented and there are others that are pretty boys and then there are the few that fit into both categories.  There are also actors who along with being great entertainers they are also great men who use their reputation and notoriety to help the the human race.

It’s pretty remarkable to think that Tom Hanks started out on a small and kooky TV show called “Bosom Buddies”.  Who would have thought that he would boast the talent to pull off such great roles as Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer who is infected with AIDS, who is fired from his conservative law firm because of the fear that they may also contract the disease.  He won his first Academy Award for that role in 1993 and it was well deserved.

Tom Hanks is only the second actor ever to win back-to-back Academy Awards as he for a second time took home the Oscar the next year 1994 for his moving portrayal of Forrest Gump.  The only other actor to do that was Spencer Tracy in 1937 and 1938.  Tom has also entertained us with other wonderful movies but the list is too extensive to cover.

Brad Pitt has been known as a pretty boy since he first charmed us all in “Thelma and Louise” back in 1991.  However, Brad hasn’t always played the pretty boy roles.  Back in 1995 he played a couple of disturbing characters in both of the movies “Seven” and “Twelve Monkeys”.  While his private life sometimes seems to overshadow his movie roles the most impressive thing about Brad Pitt is his commitment to humanitarian causes throughout the world.  He has donated large sums of money to help many causes.

Brad Pitt founded the “Make It Right Foundation” to assist the citizens of New Orleans following the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.  The idea was to be a catalyst for the redevelopment of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans by building homes that were affordable, sustainable and true to the culture of New Orleans. The goal was to finish it quickly so that the residents could return as soon as possible.  Here is where he has had true achievement.

Which reminds me of one more great actor who we lost just this past year.  Paul Newman passed away on September 26, 2008. During his life he entertained us with lots of great movies including the “Road to Perdition” in 2002, “The Color Of Money” from 1986 and “Absence of Malice” from 1981.  He also had the leading role in the well-known favorite “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” from clear back in 1969.  Needless to say, he was also in many other wonderful movies, too.

Nevertheless we also remember him for his philanthropy.  In 1982 he created a line of food products called “Newman’s Own”.  It began with a salad dressing and then extended to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, cookies, salsa and more.  He established a policy that all of the profits generated from Newman’s Own, after taxes of course, would be donated to charity.  As of 2006, the company had donated in excess of $250 million.

We will forever have our favorite movies and our favorite actors and actresses.  We may like them because of their talent or for other reasons but now that we can download full-length, high quality movies immediately on the Internet at least we won’t have to miss any of their movies.

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Absence Of Malice 1981 Movie Trailer Film Trailer Sally Field, Paul Newman

Absence of Malice $5.39 Studio: Image/sphe Release Date: 12/07/2010 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg...

Absence of Malice $5.25 HIGH-MINDED STORY ABOUT THE HARM THAT NEWS MEDIA CAN INFLICT....

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Absence of Malice $10.91 In America, can a man be guilty until proven innocent? Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... and everything they said was accurate but not true. This is the dilemma that must be faced in this timely drama about the incredible power of the press. Michael Gallagher (played by Paul Newman in an Oscar-nominated role) reads in the paper that he is the subject of a criminal investigation. Suddenly, everything he has ever worked for is in jeopardy. He confronts the author, Megan Carter (Sally Field), a relentless investigative reporter. Together they learn that the story was purposely leaked to Carter as part of a plot by the chief investigator. Gallagher's life hangs in the balance as he and Carter try to uncover the truth.

The Cherry Orchard (1962 & 1981) [2 Discs] $19.17 Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Anna Massey. Anton Chekhov's famous play of the noblewoman that returns to her family estate in Russia after a five-year absence and finds very little left of it. This set brings two fine adaptations to DVD with all-star casts in both and with Dame Judi starring as daughter Anya in the 1962 version and as Madame Ranevskaya in 1981. 2 DVDs. B&w-color/4 hrs., 20 min/NR.

1981 $15.07 A move to a new neighborhood prompts an 11 year old to engage in an elaborate charade in order to fit in with his new classmates. The year is 1981. Young Ricardo's family is struggling financially, while the kids at his new school come from more prominent backgrounds. When Ricardo starts pretending he's something that he's not, he discovers that living a lie has its fair share of pitfalls. When his facade begins to crumble, he must weigh the consequences of telling the truth against the effort it takes to maintain his carefully crafted ruse. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Malice in Wonderland $9.15 American law student Alice (Maggie Grace) is studying in London when she's run down by a black cab and transported to a strange and shady underworld. With time-obsessed cabbie Whitey (Danny Dyer) to help her navigate this sordid new reality, Alice soon realizes that her only hope for getting back home is to fight her way through the pimps, gangsters, and violent drug dealers who are tracking her every move. Can Alice turn the tables on her pursuers long enough to make a clean getaway, or is she doomed to spend all eternity on the run from the tyrannical crime kingpin who controls the entire city? Malice in Wonderland presents a dark and twisted take on author Lewis Carroll's timeless children's tale. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The Absence of Light $18.51 Horror heavyweights Tom Savini, David Hess, Tony Todd, Caroline Munro, and Michael Barryman headline director Patrick Desmond's supernatural shocker about a pair of agents (Richard Conant and Eric Thornsberry) on a mission to prevent the apocalypse. A respected researcher is on the verge of engineering the perfect soldier - a synthetic humanoid with superhuman strength - but there are forces at work that would use his scientific breakthrough for the powers of darkness. Should agents "Puritan" and "Sultan" fail to restore the balance between good and evil, a new era of darkness will soon be ushered in. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Absence of the Good $14.32 Set in Salt Lake City, this thriller stars Stephen Baldwin as a police detective who is still learning to deal with his loss after the death of his son. He is forced to put his grief on hold when he's assigned to a new case -- a psychotic murderer is terrorizing the city, bludgeoning each victim to death and then meticulously cleaning the crime scene so that few, if any, clues remain. The supporting cast includes Rob Knepper and Shawn Huff. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Mystery: Malice Aforethought $11.43 An episode of the successful twenty-five year PBS anthology series Mystery!, Malice Aforethought tells the chilling story of Edmund Bickleigh (Ronnie Masterson), a physician who copes with irritations from his dominating wife by bedding numerous women from the town. This consummate philanderer decides to nudge his vileness one step further by simply eliminating his better half, with the help of a chest full of illicit, deadly drugs that will knock the poor woman out forever. Malice Aforethought co-stars Phyllis Ryan, Fiona O'Shaugnessy, and Barbara Flynn. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Exotic Malice $24.44 Haunted by his feelings of guilt about his lovers suicide, Mark (Mark Shannon) is diagnosed with a prostate cancer that allows him only a few weeks of life. So he makes up his mind and goes to the island where many years before he first met a girl he desperately fell in love with. As soon as he sets foot on the island he stumbles into a woman who looks exactly like his late lover. Completely lost in his nightmares and plagued by ghosts, Mark gets involved in multiple and raunchy sex affairs, trying to shut down his fear about his own death. Bonus Features: Includes deleted scenes.

NASCAR: 1981 Daytona 500 $11.56 NASCAR: 1981 Daytona 500