Norman Jewison
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (July 21, 1926 - January 20, 2024) was a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Moonstruck (1987), The Hurricane (1999) and The Statement (2003). Jewison addressed important social and political issues throughout his directing and producing career, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Jewison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: July 21, 1926
Deathday: January 20, 2024
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Gender: Male
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Pablo
Overview: Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana, during the pre-Cuban revolution to his current home, in the garage behind his son's house.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-17
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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Overview: The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye’s daughters). The film explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Overview: Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Overview: Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-18
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Overview: Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-01
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Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Overview: Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Overview: Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting — and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career. He was Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood's highest paid stars — and one of its most difficult, most rebellious and, when he wished, most charming.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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The Man on Lincoln's Nose
Overview: Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary short, director Daniel Raim puts the spotlight on one of the best in the field, creating a witty, informative inside view of the filmmaking process.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-20
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I Am Steve McQueen
Overview: "I Am Steve McQueen" tells the incredible life story of this legendary actor, racer, and cultural icon. Extensive interviews, movie clips, archival footage and sound bites chronicle his extraordinary career while focusing on the correlation between his on-screen and off-screen experiences. Narrated by Robert Downey Jr.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-24
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The River of My Dreams
Overview: Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as one of the leading actors and most beloved figures in Canadian film and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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Hal
Overview: Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-28
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The Stupids
Overview: An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-08
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Judy Garland: By Myself
Overview: As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-25
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Tell Them Who You Are
Overview: The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficult genius and a son's path out of the shadow of a famous father.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-06
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Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
Overview: Documentary about the writing and recording of Quincy Jones' score for Norman Jewison's 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-15
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Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's
Overview: Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-15
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Overview: Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and evolved through the history of the cinema. Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing traces this story from the world of pioneering silent auteurs such as Georges Méliès and D.W. Griffith through the bold stylings of the masters of the French New Wave to the technical and creative innovations of films like The Matrix, Memento, and The Sixth Sense. Edge Codes.com includes interviews with noted directors George Lucas and Norman Jewison, as well as top editors Thelma Schoonmaker, Zach Staenberg, Dody Dorn, Andrew Mondshein, and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-01
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Sid & Judy
Overview: Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal photos.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-26
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Norman Jewison, Film Maker
Overview: Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical features. In this film he is seen directing a large international cast and crew in the film version of the musical hit 'Fiddler on the Roof'. Between scenes, Jewison talks freely about many aspects of the film industry and some of his experiences in it. A candid study of a director in action.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Overview: Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, which comes from the kitchen, and how a real Italian father is the source of believability for the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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The Landlord
Overview: At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-20
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Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby
Overview: Documentary about The Landlord.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-14
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Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'
Overview: Documentary about the making of the 1975 science-fiction dystopia classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle
Overview: Behind the scenes footage on the set filming Rollerball
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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A Special Kind of Love
Overview: A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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A Love Story of Today
Overview: A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Houghton, Martin Baum, Louis Gossett, Jr., Norman Jewison, Garry Marshall, Karen Sharpe and Salome Thomas-El.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Overview: Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Friends and acquaintances, as well as other performers, give their insights about what makes him so special.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-02
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Overview: Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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Private Screenings: Norman Jewison
Overview: Director Norman Jewison discusses his life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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Making of The Russians are Coming
Overview: Interview with Norman Jewison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-10
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Superstars: The Documentary
Overview: In 1971, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers, and dancers to war-torn Israel to shoot the film adaptation of the hit rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Filming on location and walking in the footsteps of the actual biblical characters that they were portraying not only made an impact on these performers but on audiences worldwide who, five decades later, still watch annually and love this cinematic presentation. This is their story... in their own words!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-11
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Overview: Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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Canadian Pacific
Overview: A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Genres: Western Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Overview: Michel Legrand, jazz musician and composer extraordinaire, has left his mark on the history of cinema, including the films of Jacques Demy, especially The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the 60th anniversary of which is being celebrated in Cannes. Using never-before-seen archives and personal accounts, the film looks back on a lifetime dedicated to music, and the career of a man who served it masterfully to the very end.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-12-04
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Overview: A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-11
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Overview: illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel Radicals" features clips from such seminal films as Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967); Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967); Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" (1969); John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962); Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) and "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968); John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (1969); Richard Brooks' "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and "In Cold Blood" (1967); and Norman Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968). Frankenheimer, Jewison, Hopper, Schlesinger, Penn, Buck Henry, Paul Mazursky, Roger Corman and Arthur Hiller are among the filmmakers who discuss the decade.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-02
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