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- noun Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926)
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Examples
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In an interview with The Canadian Press before the event, Daniels called Jewison "a mentor" who laid the groundwork for his own filmmaking.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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In an interview with The Canadian Press before the event, Daniels called Jewison "a mentor" who laid the groundwork for his own filmmaking.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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Director Norman Jewison makes palpable the racial ignorance and poverty endemic to that time and place.
John Farr: 10 Classic Movies That Turn Up the Heat for Summer John Farr 2011
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Interestingly, Jewison – despite his name – was actually not Jewish.
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This soulless remake of the 1975 Norman Jewison-directed dystopian sci-fi picture starring James Caan skipped all the social commentary and went straight for jazzed-up, hyperviolent roller-derby action.
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Different than what you'd expect from Norman Jewison, and I thought it was a great first film for Hal.
Downey Dishes on Ashby's 'Landlord' Bruce Bennett 2011
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Oscar has loved Norman Jewison and his films just as much as everyday moviegoers did in the pre-digital decades of his most popular entertainments, so it's puzzling to characterize the Canadian producer-director as a "renegade."
Screen Shots of Adrenaline Steve Dollar 2011
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Norman Jewison was supposed to make that movie, yeah.
Downey Dishes on Ashby's 'Landlord' Bruce Bennett 2011
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Relentless, however, is a given: Mr. Jewison rarely abandoned the marquee for more than a year or two between "40 Pounds of Trouble," his 1962 debut, and his last big-screen effort, "The Statement," in 2003.
Screen Shots of Adrenaline Steve Dollar 2011
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Hal was his editor and I'm not quite sure why but Jewison didn't have time to make the film, and he said to Hal, "Would you like to direct this?" and Hal said "yes" and he took it over.
Downey Dishes on Ashby's 'Landlord' Bruce Bennett 2011
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