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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 21:40:47 GMT
The end of an era indeed. What a legend.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jan 22, 2024 21:44:38 GMT
Oh jeez, and I was just checking out his IMDb page yesterday. RIP to an underappreciated legend. Man went on a 17 movie run of hits, that was only interrupted by Gaily, Gaily!
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Post by pupdurcs on Jan 22, 2024 21:46:05 GMT
R.I.P to a legendary filmmaker. So many excellent, important and era defining films. In The Heat Of The Night, The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Moonstruck, Fiddler On The Roof, A Soldier's Story, The Hurricane. An outstanding body of work!
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Post by ibbi on Jan 22, 2024 21:49:29 GMT
Man, what a legend. Hell of a career across so long with so many classics under his belt. Who makes Jesus Christ Superstar and Rollerball back to back? This fucking guy.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 22, 2024 21:53:26 GMT
RIP I talked about this story before - that The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) is the first American movie I can think of where the bad guy gets away with it.......I don't know if that's true ... I believe it is though - it's "known" but kind of glossed over........it may not be "the first" but it was the first one that big I'm pretty sure.......... it's usually reserved for movies from the 70s and I like to think this was on the early curve to that great decade and sensibility. In the Vietnam era it said a whole lot to root for the criminal........ Here he is with THe GOAT in 1 of his 9 Oscar nods (And Justice For Al(l)  - a particularly well cast movie - Jewison always cast his movies very well down to the very smallest parts ......  |
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Post by Nikan on Jan 22, 2024 22:05:18 GMT
Wow... RIP sir.
Will try to finally squeeze And Justice for All and couple of others in the coming months. Also the one with Downey and Marisa still has my attention.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 22, 2024 22:18:57 GMT
I was planning on doing a full deep dive into his filmography soon. RIP
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jan 22, 2024 23:09:49 GMT
RIP to a legendary filmmaker. Making it to 97..man had a full life. Boy did he. Go easy Mr. Jewison!
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Jan 22, 2024 23:37:30 GMT
RIP. I've always thought it was funny that the guy who directed Fiddler on the Roof had the second name Jewison but wasn't Jewish.
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Post by SZilla on Jan 23, 2024 0:34:46 GMT
R.I.P. A great director of many diverse classics. The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming was great fun and probably my personal fave next to Fiddler on the Roof.
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Post by youngserling on Jan 23, 2024 2:45:50 GMT
Despite his brilliant career, I feel that he is forgotten when it comes to talking about great film directors. Sometimes I forget that he didn't win the Oscar for In the Heat of the Night.
He had a brilliant and varied career.
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Post by wallsofjericho on Jan 23, 2024 3:29:14 GMT
RIP to a great director.
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Post by pupdurcs on Jan 23, 2024 3:37:16 GMT
Despite his brilliant career, I feel that he is forgotten when it comes to talking about great film directors. Sometimes I forget that he didn't win the Oscar for In the Heat of the Night. He had a brilliant and varied career. Probably because he didn't have any flashy signature visual style or motif. He did what was best for his films, not his ego. And his taste in themes and subject matter varied wildly (aside from his 3 films about the African-American and civil rights experience), so he was hard to pigeonhole into the auteur theory, which can be inflated at times, but gets directors the most attention. Great directors like Jewison who serve the material to perfection without trying to call attention to themselves as an "auteur", but can seamlessly move between any genre are often some of the best directors in the business. Someone today like James Mangold fits that mould as well. But for me, Jewison was in the same league as Sidney Lumet, who fit the auteurs theory paradigm a little more easily. |
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Post by futuretrunks on Jan 23, 2024 4:17:32 GMT
RIP. Very underrated director.
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Post by pupdurcs on Jan 23, 2024 4:33:53 GMT
Some great tributes to Mr Jewison.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Actor & Director Robert Townsend
Oscar winning Actress Lee Grant
Actress Penelope Anne Miller
Film Critic Richard Roeper
Director JA Bayona
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Post by pupdurcs on Jan 23, 2024 4:37:44 GMT
RIP. Very underrated director. Nah. He's a legit giant of cinema. He's only underrated to those who don't know the history of film or it's implications. As Trudeau said, he made some of the most memorable films of the 20th century. That's not exaggeration or hyperbole. I'm glad he's getting these kind of obituaries, acknowledging just how big a deal he was. |
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