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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Director(s) Robert Wise
Producer(s) Charles Schnee
Top Genres Biographical, Drama, Sports
Top Topics Boxing
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Somebody Up There Likes Me Overview:

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) was a Sports - Biographical Film directed by Robert Wise and produced by Charles Schnee.

Academy Awards 1956 --- Ceremony Number 29 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh GleasoWon
Best CinematographyJoseph RuttenbergWon
Best Film EditingAlbert AkstNominated
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Somebody Up There Likes Me BlogHub Articles:

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

By Judy on Sep 5, 2009 From Movie Classics

When you look at the list of Robert Wise’s movies, it seems amazing that he isn’t better-known – which is why it is so good that Joshua over at Octopus Cinema has organised a blog-a-thon about his work, to which this is a contribution. Somebody Up There Likes Me, starring Paul Newman and Pier... Read full article

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Somebody Up There Likes Me Quotes:

Irving Cohen: I never should have left the lingerie business. I was the happiest man in women's underwear.
Rocky Graziano: [after hearing an actor in the movie say "i love you" on screen] You've been tellin' her for two hours ya creep!
Rocky Graziano: Don't worry 'bout a thing
Rocky Graziano: It's not my fault that she's pregnant!
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Somebody Up There Likes Me Facts
There had been some opposition to the casting of Paul Newman, since at 31 he was already six years older than James Dean would have been, and his first movie The Silver Chalice had been a critical and commercial disaster.
Film debut of Frank Campanella
Eileen Heckart played Paul Newman's mother despite only being six years older than him.
Film debut of Steve McQueen.
James Dean was signed to play 'Rocky Graziano' but the part was given to Paul Newman after Dean was killed in an automobile accident on 30 September 1955.
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