{"id":119115,"date":"2024-01-22T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/norman-jewison-oscar-nominated-canadian-director-dead-at-97-national\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T21:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:47:18","slug":"norman-jewison-oscar-nominated-canadian-director-useless-at-97-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/norman-jewison-oscar-nominated-canadian-director-useless-at-97-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Jewison, Oscar-nominated Canadian director, useless at 97 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" 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\/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canadian <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/norman-jewison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norman Jewison<\/a>, who directed quite a few Oscar-recognized movies \u2014 together with \u201cIn the Heat of the Night\u201d and \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d \u2014 whereas advocating for homegrown cinematic expertise, has died on the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A publicist for the Toronto-born filmmaker confirmed that the director died peacefully at his dwelling on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Jewison started his profession as a younger stage actor, nevertheless it was early work in directing selection exhibits on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., that helped open doorways to Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Oscar-winning 1967 crime drama \u201cIn the Heat of the Night\u201d was the primary of a number of Jewison movies that probed the consequences of racism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tGet the newest National information.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10242806\/norman-jewison-oscar-nominated-canadian-director-dead-at-97\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSent to your electronic mail, every single day.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Jewison revisited the theme of racial pressure with the three-time Oscar-nominated \u201cA Soldier\u2019s Story\u201d in 1984, and later with 1999\u2019s \u201cThe Hurricane,\u201d which earned Denzel Washington an Oscar nomination for greatest actor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other Oscar-winning or nominated options by Jewison embody the crime drama \u201cThe Thomas Crown Affair,\u201d the musical \u201cJesus Christ Superstar,\u201d and the thrillers \u201c\u2026And Justice for All\u201d and \u201cAgnes of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film maker, recognized for his hearty snort and feisty confidence, at all times hesitated to choose a favorite movie of his, usually saying they had been all like his kids and all a results of willpower, good timing, the best casting and luck.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a 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Actress Olympia Dukakis, for example, referred to as him a \u201cmaster craftsman\u201d and \u201cconsummate teacher\u201d throughout her acceptance speech for her Golden Globe Award for \u201cMoonstruck.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_8497537_65aee14f4ae70\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"8497537\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/8497537\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_8497537_65aee14f4ae70\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Actor and cinematic trailblazer Sidney Poitier dies at 94'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/tk6pi3y06i-bo7onwhfs4\/0107_armstrong.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/tk6pi3y06i-bo7onwhfs4\/0107_armstrong.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/tk6pi3y06i-bo7onwhfs4\/0107_armstrong.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/tk6pi3y06i-bo7onwhfs4\/0107_armstrong.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:25<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Actor and cinematic trailblazer Sidney Poitier dies at 94<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2024 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Descrease article font dimension Increase article font dimension Canadian Norman Jewison, who directed quite a few Oscar-recognized movies \u2014 together with \u201cIn the Heat of the Night\u201d and \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d \u2014 whereas advocating for homegrown cinematic expertise, has died on the age of 97. 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