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Norman Jewison

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I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.


— Norman Jewison


#comedy #experience #i #mood #moonstruck

I'm just a storyteller.


— Norman Jewison


#just #storyteller

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.


— Norman Jewison


#artist #belong #films #i #kind

It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.


— Norman Jewison


#entire #films #focusing #industry #like

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.


— Norman Jewison


#film #i #just #look #make

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.


— Norman Jewison


#actor #also #concentration #every #great

Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.


— Norman Jewison


#best picture #comedies #few #moonstruck #nominated

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.


— Norman Jewison


#always #animal #being #chased #fugitive

When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.


— Norman Jewison


#documentaries #film #i #make #never

When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.


— Norman Jewison


#choreography #did #each #figure #had






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Did you know about Norman Jewison?

In recognition of his contributions to the arts as well as his sustained support he was installed as Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 2004. (1978). The provocative Agnes of God (1985) set in a Quebec convent starred Jane Fonda Meg Tilly and Anne Bancroft; it received three Academy Award nominations.

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) Other People's Money (1991) The Hurricane (1999) and The Statement (2003). Jewison has addressed important social and political issues throughout his directing and producing career often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. Norman Frederick Jewison CC O.

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