Search results
Not a particularly good film
- Stuart Rosenberg’s “WUSA” is not a particularly good film, but as Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times, “It does at least prompt one to want to talk back to it–and recently, there haven’t been too many movies to do even that.”
People also ask
Is WUSA based on a true story?
Is 'WUSA' a good movie?
Is Stuart Rosenberg's 'WUSA' a good movie?
What's so good about WUSA?
Rheinhardt (Paul Newman) has failed in his marriage and career, and has become a cynical alcoholic. When he gets a job reading the news at right-wing radio station WUSA, he goes through the ...
- See All Audience Reviews
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience....
- WUSA Pictures
WUSA Pictures and Photo Gallery -- Check out just released...
- Black Widow
A photographer (Alicia Coppola) uncovers treacherous secrets...
- See All Audience Reviews
What is so good about WUSA for me is that it's the only time, other than Hud, when Newman was an actor first, a star second. And this one's the grittiest. The reason for its unpopularity is that it is uncompromisingly honest about a political situation which to some extent still exists today.
WUSA is a 1970 American drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Perkins, and co-starring Laurence Harvey, Cloris Leachman and Wayne Rogers. It was written by Robert Stone, based on his 1967 novel A Hall of Mirrors.
- A Hall of Mirrors, by Robert Stone
- Lalo Schifrin
Jun 23, 1971 · WUSA: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey. A radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy.
- (1.3K)
- Drama, Romance
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 1971-06-23
Jul 28, 2009 · Stuart Rosenberg’s “WUSA” is not a particularly good film, but as Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times, “It does at least prompt one to want to talk back to it–and recently, there haven’t been too many movies to do even that.”. WUSA reflects Paul Newman’s goal to makes movies that are both socially-conscious and entertaining.
Oct 20, 2019 · The Egyptian Theatre writes: COOL HAND LUKE director Stuart Rosenberg reunites with Paul Newman on this overlooked and underrated adaptation of Robert Stone’s Hall of Mirrors (Stone also wrote Dog Soldiers, which was filmed as WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN). Newman is an itinerant, hard-drinking disc jockey who shows up in New Orleans looking for a job.
