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- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTony CurtisPhil SilversSuzanne PleshetteHilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.Precocious and likeable.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDoris DayJames GarnerArlene FrancisA homemaker's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.Ultimately it is in the design and engineering of cumulative sight gag situations that Thrill of It All excels.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallWhen a hypochondriac believes he is dying, he makes plans for his wife--which she discovers and misunderstands.Send Me No Flowers doesn't carry the same voltage, either in laughs or originality.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames GarnerDick Van DykeElke SommerStruggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.Writer Carl Reiner and director Norman Jewison go aground by allowing too many bits to fill their pot.
- DirectorNorman JewisonSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAnn-MargretEdward G. RobinsonAn up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.Adapted from Richard Jessup's realistically-written novel, it emerges a tenseful examination of the gambling fraternity.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCarl ReinerEva Marie SaintAlan ArkinWithout hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.Arkin, in his film bow, is absolutely outstanding as the courtly Russian who kisses a lady's hand even as he draws a gun.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.Tense, funny, and thought-provoking all at once, and lifted by strong performances from Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger, director Norman Jewison's look at murder and racism in small-town America continues to resonate today.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSteve McQueenFaye DunawayPaul BurkeA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.Sleek, stylish, and painlessly diverting, The Thomas Crown Affair is a remake of uncommon charm.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsBeau BridgesMelina MercouriBrian KeithTo escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil takes him under her wing, gives him a room in her high-class bordello, and gets him a job at a newspaper. He's so sweet and dumb, he thinks Lil's is a boarding house. He's soon caught up in an electoral struggle between a secretly corrupt reformer and an openly corrupt councilman. Can Ben expose corruption or will he be caught up in allure of power? An alcoholic investigative reporter and the bordello's ingénue try to help him grow up.A lushly staged, handsomely produced, largely unfunny comedy.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard FreyIn pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.Sentimental in a theatrical way, romantic in the oldfashioned way, nostalgic of immigration days, affirmative of human decency, loyalty, bravery and folk humor.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne EllimanFilm version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.Jewison, a director of large talent, has taken a piece of commercial shlock and turned it into a Biblical movie with dignity.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.Norman Jewison's sensational futuristic drama about a world of Corporate States stars James Caan in an excellent performance as a famed athlete who fights for his identity and free will.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSylvester StalloneRod SteigerPeter BoyleA rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.F.I.S.T. is to the labor movement in the United States what All the King's Men was to an era in American politics.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsAl PacinoJack WardenJohn ForsytheA lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.Here's an angry comedy crossed with an expose and held together by one of those high-voltage Al Pacino performances that's so sure of itself we hesitate to demur.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsBurt ReynoldsGoldie HawnJessica TandyAfter five successful years of living and working together, a couple decide to get married. But what they don't count on is how to survive the honeymoon.A very engaging film.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsHoward E. Rollins Jr.Adolph CaesarArt EvansAn African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.Jewison's lack of interest in developing anything other than his rather debatable ideological point relegates the film to the realm of moderately competent TV drama.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJane FondaAnne BancroftMeg TillyWhen a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.Agnes of God plays with some challenging ideas and some sensationalistic events, but ultimately it fails to earn its right to toy with such subjects.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCherNicolas CageOlympia DukakisLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsEmily LloydBruce WillisJoan AllenA young girl whose father died in the Vietnam War becomes determined to find out more about him and his experiences.With a slow build to a dramatic conclusion, In Country benefits largely from its strong acting, particularly by Emily Lloyd in the lead role.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDanny DeVitoGregory PeckPenelope Ann MillerA corporate raider buys up shares in an undervalued company and falls in love with the founder's son's lawyer/step daughter. Let the battle begin.Boring stock market comedy. No laughs
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsMarisa TomeiRobert Downey Jr.Bonnie HuntAs a teen, Faith was told that her destiny is a man named Damon Bradley. Years later - Faith is about to marry another man - a Damon Bradley calls to wish them all the best. Faith blows off the wedding and follows Damon to Italy.Jewison's romantic comedy is a well-made fluff, a handsome trifle that's easily watched and just as easily forgettable; a pale effort compared to Jewison's Moon Struck, and Marisa Tomei is really not a romantic lead.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsWhoopi GoldbergGérard DepardieuHaley Joel OsmentRecently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDenzel WashingtonVicellous ShannonDeborah Kara UngerThe story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.Thanks in large part to one of Denzel Washington's most powerful on-screen performances, The Hurricane is a moving, inspirational sports drama, even if it takes few risks in telling its story.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDennis QuaidAndie MacDowellGreg KinnearTwo married couples have their twelve-year bond of friendship put to the test when one couple reveals that they are splitting up.Astringently witty and ultimately heart shattering, ''Dinner With Friends'' is an expertly prepared gourmet feast in a world of TV dinners.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsMichael CaineTilda SwintonAlan BatesTale of a former Nazi executioner who becomes a target of hitmen and police investigators.The movie bores despite a splendid performance by Michael Caine.