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Randy Newman is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Sound American born on 28 november 1943 at Los Angeles (USA)
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.
Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Cold Turkey, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored seven Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, and most recently, Monsters University.
Newman has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning twice. He has also won three Emmys, six Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy. Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, he was inducted as a Disney Legend. Newman was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2013.
Randall Newman est né en 1943 à Los Angeles. Fils d'Adele (née Fox), secrétaire, et d'Irving George Newman, médecin, il passe la majeure partie de sa jeunesse à La Nouvelle-Orléans. Il acquiert ainsi un accent de sudiste et revient vivre à Los Angeles. Là-bas, il est diplômé de l'University High School et s'intéresse de près à la musique. Or, ce choix n'est pas anodin car sa famille baigne dans la musique depuis toujours. Trois de ses oncles paternels sont déjà de grands compositeurs pour Hollywood : Alfred Newman, en partie connu pour avoir signé le célèbre hymne de la 20th Century Fox, Lionel Newman, lauréat de l'Oscar de la meilleure musique de film en 1970 pour Hello, Dolly!, et Emil Newman, qui a conçu plus de 100 musiques de films entre les années 1930 et 1960. Suivront ensuite ses cousins Thomas et David, puis son neveu Joey, eux aussi compositeurs pour le cinéma d'animation.
Les débuts d'un parolier caustique
Il est reconnu comme compositeur et interprète de chansons très originales, parfois acides. Parmi les plus connues : "Sail Away", "Birmingham", "I Love L.A.", "Baltimore", "Louisiana 1927".
Il s’est fait connaître tout d’abord avec le groupe Harpers Bizarre (formé en 1963 et dissous en 1970), et leur succès de 1967 : "59th street bridge song", reprise de la chanson de Paul Simon "Feelin’ Groovy". Il fera ensuite une carrière solo, avec un premier album en 1968 "Randy Newman creates something new under the sun". Ce ne fut pas un succès commercial, mais de nombreux artistes ont repris ses chansons : Alan Price (pianiste du groupe anglais The Animals) , Judy Collins, Van Dyke Parks, the Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield.
En 1970, Harry Nilsson a enregistré l’album "Nilsson Sings Newman", avec Newman au piano, qui fut apprécié par les critiques musicaux mais n’a pas eu le succès musical espéré, malgré une reprise de "Love Story" qui était sur son premier disque.
Randy Newman n'eut guère plus de réussite auprès du grand public avec son second album "12 Songs" sorti en 1970. Ses chansons assez sophistiquées, qui parlaient notamment du racisme ou de la violence, n’étaient pas dans le ton de l’époque. Son talent de compositeur fut toutefois reconnu avec "Mama told me not to come" et "Old Kentucky home". Pour ce second album, Randy Newman était accompagné d'excellents musiciens de studio comme Ry Cooder, Jim Gordon et Clarence White.
Newman eut son premier succès commercial avec l’album "Sail Away". De nombreuses chansons furent à nouveau reprises par d’autres interprètes comme Ray Charles ("Sail Away") et Joe Cocker ("You Can Leave Your Hat On").
Dans son album suivant, Good Old Boys, Newman a composé des chansons sur le Sud des États-Unis, dans lesquelles il évoque notamment Lester Maddox (ancien gouverneur ouvertement ségrégationniste de Géorgie) : "Rednecks" . Dans "Rednecks", il semble d'abord ironiser sur l'idéologie des "petites gens" du Sud, considérés comme racistes et stupides («We're Rednecks, and we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground»), mais il révèle ensuite combien le Nord a durement traité les Noirs, de telle sorte qu'à la fin, on ne sait quel camp il faut choisir et de quelle "opinion" il se réclame («Now your northern Nigger is a Negro… the north has set the Nigger free, yes he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City… ». L'album comporte des chansons plus légères ("Rollin") ou tendres ("Marie"). Ce fut un succès commercial, l’album devenant n°36 au Billboard.
Little Criminals fut aussi une réussite, avec notamment "Short People" une chanson ressentie comme assez ambiguë par ceux qui ne comprennent pas qu'on peut se moquer des nains tout en décrivant leur univers mental et les souffrances que le fait d'être petit et le regard des autres leur infligent. Newman raconte les nains comme il chante les Sudistes, avec un mélange de rire sarcastique et d'empathie basé sur le fait que les personnes réelles ne sont ni entièrement bonnes ni entièrement mauvaises. Et que ceux qui donnent ordinairement au monde des leçons de morale sont bien souvent ceux qui devraient être les derniers à en donner...
Un artiste à part entière
En 1973, l'ex-Beatle Ringo Starr chante Have you seen my baby, composée par Randy Newman, dans l'album Ringo.
En 1983, il composa Trouble in Paradise qui eut plus de succès que ses albums antérieurs, grâce notamment à I Love L.A.. Plus tard, en 1990, il adapta Faust de Goethe dans un album-concept (Randy Newman tient le rôle du diable) et un spectacle musical.
Il a donné son dernier concert en France le 28 février 2000 à La Cigale, à Paris.
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Birth name Randall Stuart Newman
Nationality USA
Birth 28 november 1943 (80 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Annie Award
Nationality USA
Birth 28 november 1943 (80 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Annie Award
Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Cold Turkey, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored seven Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, and most recently, Monsters University.
Newman has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning twice. He has also won three Emmys, six Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy. Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, he was inducted as a Disney Legend. Newman was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2013.
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Les Newman : une famille de compositeursRandall Newman est né en 1943 à Los Angeles. Fils d'Adele (née Fox), secrétaire, et d'Irving George Newman, médecin, il passe la majeure partie de sa jeunesse à La Nouvelle-Orléans. Il acquiert ainsi un accent de sudiste et revient vivre à Los Angeles. Là-bas, il est diplômé de l'University High School et s'intéresse de près à la musique. Or, ce choix n'est pas anodin car sa famille baigne dans la musique depuis toujours. Trois de ses oncles paternels sont déjà de grands compositeurs pour Hollywood : Alfred Newman, en partie connu pour avoir signé le célèbre hymne de la 20th Century Fox, Lionel Newman, lauréat de l'Oscar de la meilleure musique de film en 1970 pour Hello, Dolly!, et Emil Newman, qui a conçu plus de 100 musiques de films entre les années 1930 et 1960. Suivront ensuite ses cousins Thomas et David, puis son neveu Joey, eux aussi compositeurs pour le cinéma d'animation.
Les débuts d'un parolier caustique
Il est reconnu comme compositeur et interprète de chansons très originales, parfois acides. Parmi les plus connues : "Sail Away", "Birmingham", "I Love L.A.", "Baltimore", "Louisiana 1927".
Il s’est fait connaître tout d’abord avec le groupe Harpers Bizarre (formé en 1963 et dissous en 1970), et leur succès de 1967 : "59th street bridge song", reprise de la chanson de Paul Simon "Feelin’ Groovy". Il fera ensuite une carrière solo, avec un premier album en 1968 "Randy Newman creates something new under the sun". Ce ne fut pas un succès commercial, mais de nombreux artistes ont repris ses chansons : Alan Price (pianiste du groupe anglais The Animals) , Judy Collins, Van Dyke Parks, the Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield.
En 1970, Harry Nilsson a enregistré l’album "Nilsson Sings Newman", avec Newman au piano, qui fut apprécié par les critiques musicaux mais n’a pas eu le succès musical espéré, malgré une reprise de "Love Story" qui était sur son premier disque.
Randy Newman n'eut guère plus de réussite auprès du grand public avec son second album "12 Songs" sorti en 1970. Ses chansons assez sophistiquées, qui parlaient notamment du racisme ou de la violence, n’étaient pas dans le ton de l’époque. Son talent de compositeur fut toutefois reconnu avec "Mama told me not to come" et "Old Kentucky home". Pour ce second album, Randy Newman était accompagné d'excellents musiciens de studio comme Ry Cooder, Jim Gordon et Clarence White.
Newman eut son premier succès commercial avec l’album "Sail Away". De nombreuses chansons furent à nouveau reprises par d’autres interprètes comme Ray Charles ("Sail Away") et Joe Cocker ("You Can Leave Your Hat On").
Dans son album suivant, Good Old Boys, Newman a composé des chansons sur le Sud des États-Unis, dans lesquelles il évoque notamment Lester Maddox (ancien gouverneur ouvertement ségrégationniste de Géorgie) : "Rednecks" . Dans "Rednecks", il semble d'abord ironiser sur l'idéologie des "petites gens" du Sud, considérés comme racistes et stupides («We're Rednecks, and we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground»), mais il révèle ensuite combien le Nord a durement traité les Noirs, de telle sorte qu'à la fin, on ne sait quel camp il faut choisir et de quelle "opinion" il se réclame («Now your northern Nigger is a Negro… the north has set the Nigger free, yes he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City… ». L'album comporte des chansons plus légères ("Rollin") ou tendres ("Marie"). Ce fut un succès commercial, l’album devenant n°36 au Billboard.
Little Criminals fut aussi une réussite, avec notamment "Short People" une chanson ressentie comme assez ambiguë par ceux qui ne comprennent pas qu'on peut se moquer des nains tout en décrivant leur univers mental et les souffrances que le fait d'être petit et le regard des autres leur infligent. Newman raconte les nains comme il chante les Sudistes, avec un mélange de rire sarcastique et d'empathie basé sur le fait que les personnes réelles ne sont ni entièrement bonnes ni entièrement mauvaises. Et que ceux qui donnent ordinairement au monde des leçons de morale sont bien souvent ceux qui devraient être les derniers à en donner...
Un artiste à part entière
En 1973, l'ex-Beatle Ringo Starr chante Have you seen my baby, composée par Randy Newman, dans l'album Ringo.
En 1983, il composa Trouble in Paradise qui eut plus de succès que ses albums antérieurs, grâce notamment à I Love L.A.. Plus tard, en 1990, il adapta Faust de Goethe dans un album-concept (Randy Newman tient le rôle du diable) et un spectacle musical.
Il a donné son dernier concert en France le 28 février 2000 à La Cigale, à Paris.
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Michael (1996)
, 1h40Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Melodrama
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about angels, Road movies
Actors John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating57%
Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folkspersons. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be up the Mirror's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story – Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Driscoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror's mascot Sparky the Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert" (actually a dog trainer hired by Malt to eventually replace Driscoll).
Toy Story (1995)
, 1h22Directed by John Lasseter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Jeu, Films about dogs, Films about toys, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger
Roles Songs
Rating79%
In a world where toys pretend to be lifeless in the presence of humans, Woody, a pullstring cowboy toy, is the leader of a group of toys that are owned by a boy named Andy Davis. With his family moving away one week before his birthday, Andy is given a week-early party to spend with his friends, while the toys stage a reconnaissance mission to discover Andy's new presents. Andy receives a spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear, whose impressive features see him replacing Woody as Andy's favorite toy. Woody becomes resentful, especially when he notices that Buzz also gets attention from the other toys. However, Buzz believes himself to be a real space ranger on a mission to return to his home planet, while Woody tries to convince him that he is just a toy.
Maverick (1994)
, 2h7Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Poker
Actors Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69%
The story, set in the American Old West, is a first-person account by wisecracking gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) of his misadventures on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. Besides wanting to win the tournament for the prize money, he also wants to prove, once and for all, that he is the best card player of his time.
The Paper (1994)
, 1h52Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Robert Duvall, Jason Robards
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66%
The film takes place during a 24-hour period. Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. He is at risk of experiencing the same fate as his publisher, Bernie White (Robert Duvall), who put his work first at the expense of his family.
Avalon (1990)
, 2h6Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Eve Gordon, Thomas Mills Wood, Kevin Pollak, Elizabeth Perkins
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating71%
It is the early 1950s, and much has happened to the family of Polish Jewish immigrant Sam Krichinsky since he first arrived in America in 1914 and eventually settled in Baltimore.
Awakenings (1990)
, 2h1Directed by Penny Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, Penelope Ann Miller
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating77%
In 1969, Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a dedicated and caring physician at a local hospital in the New York City borough of The Bronx. After working extensively with the catatonic patients who survived the 1917–1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, Sayer discovers certain stimuli will reach beyond the patients' respective catatonic states; actions such as catching a ball, hearing familiar music, and experiencing human touch all have unique effects on particular patients and offer a glimpse into their worlds. Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) proves elusive in this regard, but Sayer soon discovers that Leonard is able to communicate with him by using a Ouija board.
Parenthood (1989)
, 2h4Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards
Roles Songs
Rating70%
Gil Buckman, a neurotic sales executive in the St. Louis area, is trying to balance his family and career. When he finds out that his eldest son, Kevin, has emotional problems and needs therapy, and that his other two children, Taylor and Justin, both have issues as well, he begins to blame himself and questions his abilities as a father. When his wife, Karen, announces she is pregnant with their fourth child on the same day he quit his sales job, he is unsure whether he can handle it.
Major League (1989)
, 1h47Directed by David S. Ward
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon
Roles Songs
Rating71%
Former Las Vegas showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) has inherited the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased husband. Phelps has received a lucrative deal to move the team to Miami, and she aims to trigger the escape clause in the team's contract with Cleveland if season attendance falls below minimum levels. To do this, she fires most of the existing players and has her new General Manager Charlie Donovan bring in new ones from a list of aging veterans and inexperienced rookies, hoping to make the worst team ever that would certainly cause attendance to decline. Donovan hires Lou Brown, a former coach from the Toledo Mud Hens to lead the team.
Her Alibi (1989)
, 1h30Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Paulina Porizkova, Tom Selleck, William Daniels, James Farentino, Victor Argo, Ronald Guttman
Roles Songs
Rating57%
Phil Blackwood (Selleck) is an American mystery novelist who comes across a dazzling Romanian murder suspect named Nina (Porizkova) when she is arraigned in the courtroom he is visiting. Instantly falling for her, Blackwood poses as a Roman Catholic priest in order to meet her while Nina is held pending her continued arraignment. With the help of his publisher and friend, Sam (Daniels), Blackwood invents an alibi for Nina to secure her release.
Overboard (1987)
, 1h52Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Michael G. Hagerty
Roles Songs
Rating68%
Spoiled heiress Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is accustomed to the life of the idle rich with her husband, Grant Stayton III (Edward Herrmann). While waiting for their yacht to be repaired in the rural hamlet of Elk Cove, Oregon, she passes the time by hiring local carpenter, Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell), to remodel her closet.
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
, 1h38Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about television
Actors Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Joe Mantegna, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman
Rating64%
In 1916, the notorious bandit El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) and his gang of thugs are collecting protection money from the small Mexican village of Santo Poco. Carmen (Patrice Martinez), daughter of the village leader, searches for someone who can come to the rescue of her townspeople. While visiting a small village church, she watches a silent film featuring "The Three Amigos" and, believing them to be real heroes, sends a telegram to Hollywood asking them to come and stop El Guapo. However, the telegraph operator edits her message since she has very little money to pay for it.
Gotcha! (1985)
, 1h37Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia, Alex Rocco, Marla Adams, Klaus Löwitsch
Rating61%
UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
The Natural (1984)
, 2h14Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Robert Prosky
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating73%
Roy Hobbs is a boy who is a skilled baseball player, often playing catch with his father Ed (Alan Fudge). One day, his father suffers a fatal heart attack and drops dead near a tree on the family property. When the same tree is later struck by lightning, Hobbs considers this a sign and fashions the heart of the tree's trunk, seen glowing after the trunk is split in two by the lightning, into a bat, which he dubs "Wonderboy" and carves a lightning bolt into the bat.
Ragtime (1981)
, 2h35Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique
Actors James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Howard Rollins
Roles Songs
Rating72%
The film begins with a newsreel montage, depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, and the architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), as well as life in New York. The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy), who makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him, and publicly shoots White, killing him.
Cold Turkey (1971)
, 1h39Directed by Robert Downey Sr., Norman Lear
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Paul Benedict, Helen Page Camp, Bob Elliott, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Songs
Rating65%
As part of a public relations and marketing strategy to compare the empathy of Big Tobacco to the nobility of the Nobel Peace Prize, advertising executive Merwin Wren (Bob Newhart) convinces the Valiant Tobacco Company to propose a challenge: a tax-free check for $25,000,000 (equal to $160 775 862 today) to any city or town in America that can stop smoking, or go cold turkey, for thirty days.