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Paul Clinton (1953 – January 30, 2006) was an American film critic. He served as
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.com film critic for 20 years. He was the co-founder of the
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(BFCA). Clinton was born in
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, Ohio and attended Ohio State University and then moved to New York City, where he became a page at
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. He produced for ''The Tomorrow Show'' with Tom Snyder and then moved to Los Angeles to work on ''The Merv Griffin Show''. Later he moved to
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as an entertainment news producer. In 1988, Paul Clinton began working on the Turner Entertainment Report and other media in the CNN family, where he started reviewing films. In addition to being a critic for CNN.com, his radio reviews and "Paul's Picks" pieces aired on more than 100 stations domestically and internationally. Clinton and film historian
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did audio commentary on the 2005 DVD release of ''
Dark Victory ''Dark Victory'' is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Case ...
'' (1939) starring
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of ''Dark Victory'' (1939) by film historian
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and Paul Clinton, 2005 edition,
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Clinton died aged 53 on January 30, 2006, at the
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in Los Angeles, California.


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"About movie reviewer Paul Clinton"

Articles by Paul Clinton


1953 births 2006 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Writers from Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University alumni {{US-film-bio-stub