Absence of Malice (1981)

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Wikidata Q1216268, film, IMDb tt0081974, TMDB 19429: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Connected to

The Color of Money: 2 lines unmapped ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career context): The Color of Money → Absence of Malice. Newman's early-80s over-the-hill roles (The Verdict, Absence of Malice) led into choosing this role.
    “he had already been doing over the hill parts for like 5 or 6 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Paul Newman: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (Oscar loss): Paul Newman → Absence of Malice. Newman lost for Absence of Malice to Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond.
    “and then he loses for absence of malice the year, like a few years before this, to Henry Fonda for on Golden Pond.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 3:00:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career context): The Color of Money → Absence of Malice. Newman's early-80s over-the-hill roles (The Verdict, Absence of Malice) led into choosing this role.
    “he had already been doing over the hill parts for like 5 or 6 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (Oscar loss): Paul Newman → Absence of Malice. Newman lost for Absence of Malice to Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond.
    “and then he loses for absence of malice the year, like a few years before this, to Henry Fonda for on Golden Pond.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 3:00:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (early old-Newman voice): The Color of Money → Absence of Malice. Absence of Malice marks the earliest time Newman plays an old man in the grave voice, with Color of Money as the later full version.
    “Absence of malice feels to me like the earliest I can identify. He is playing old man.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:01:48 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

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