An aging irresponsible misfit (Paul Newman) falls in love with an unhappily married younger woman (Melanie... (Learn more)
Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis (View All)
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Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis
Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination (and won citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Berlin International Film Festival) for his performance in this well-drawn comedy-drama. Sully (Newman) is a 60-year-old man who emotionally seems to have never quite emerged from adolescence; scraping by on part-time work in construction, Sully has built a life around avoiding responsibility. He hasn't spoken with his ex-wife (Elizabeth Wilson) in years, he lives in a rooming house owned by his eighth-grade teacher Mrs. Beryl (Jessica Tandy), his best friend is a mildly retarded handyman, Rub (Pruitt Taylor Vince), and he has a crush on Toby (Melanie Griffith), who is half his age and married to Carl (Bruce Willis), who sometimes gives him work. One day, Sully nearly runs into his son Peter (Dylan Walsh) and discovers that he has a grandson he never knew about; for the first time, Sully finds himself thinking that he ought to start behaving like a grown-up -- or at least get to know his family before it's too late. Nobody's Fool also features Gene Saks as Sully's lawyer Wirf, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the overly-enthusiastic Officer Raymer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/25/94
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
112 mins.
Locations
- Beacon, New York, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$38,318,589
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1994 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1994 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1994 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1994 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1994 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1994 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1994 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
