Academy Award winning filmmaker Norman Jewison, who directed classics such as Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ, Superstar has died.His publicist confirmed the Toronto native passed away “peacefully” at his Los Angeles home on the weekend. He was 97 years old.The multiple Oscar nominee was known for stirring up controversy with his introspective films, addressing civil rights and religion with sensitivity and respect."I have tended to show humanity as fallible, sensitive, befuddled, misled but redeemable, rather than mindless, relentlessly violent," he said in his 2004 autobiography, This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me.."I have tended to show humanity as fallible, sensitive, befuddled, misled but redeemable, rather than mindless, relentlessly violent,"Norman Jewison.He was often mistaken for being Jewish due to his surname and association with Fiddler on the Roof, but his family were Protestants of English descent. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and after being discharged in 1945 travelled extensively through the American South where he chronicled segregation.He was an assistant director at the CBC when it went on the air in 1952 before relocating to New York in 1958 to work for NBC on the Andy Williams Show, among others.The television special that was pivotal to his future aspirations was the 1961 Judy Garland comeback which led to a film career directing the comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble starring Tony Curtis in 1962. It was the first motion picture ever filmed at Disneyland..In 1981, he announced the cancellation of the 53rd Academy Awards which was scheduled to be aired the day former US president Ronal Reagan was shot.His 1967 film In the Heat of the Night starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. It was notable for showing an African-American man slapping a Caucasian on screen."I couldn't understand why a country would ask young men to go and fight and die for America and then when they came home they had to sit on the back of the bus," he told attendees at a Toronto event on the black experience in film in February 2010. The list of the many bonfire stars he worked with included Cher, Al Pacino, Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood. He was also a Member of the Order of Canada..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Academy Award winning filmmaker Norman Jewison, who directed classics such as Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ, Superstar has died.His publicist confirmed the Toronto native passed away “peacefully” at his Los Angeles home on the weekend. He was 97 years old.The multiple Oscar nominee was known for stirring up controversy with his introspective films, addressing civil rights and religion with sensitivity and respect."I have tended to show humanity as fallible, sensitive, befuddled, misled but redeemable, rather than mindless, relentlessly violent," he said in his 2004 autobiography, This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me.."I have tended to show humanity as fallible, sensitive, befuddled, misled but redeemable, rather than mindless, relentlessly violent,"Norman Jewison.He was often mistaken for being Jewish due to his surname and association with Fiddler on the Roof, but his family were Protestants of English descent. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and after being discharged in 1945 travelled extensively through the American South where he chronicled segregation.He was an assistant director at the CBC when it went on the air in 1952 before relocating to New York in 1958 to work for NBC on the Andy Williams Show, among others.The television special that was pivotal to his future aspirations was the 1961 Judy Garland comeback which led to a film career directing the comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble starring Tony Curtis in 1962. It was the first motion picture ever filmed at Disneyland..In 1981, he announced the cancellation of the 53rd Academy Awards which was scheduled to be aired the day former US president Ronal Reagan was shot.His 1967 film In the Heat of the Night starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. It was notable for showing an African-American man slapping a Caucasian on screen."I couldn't understand why a country would ask young men to go and fight and die for America and then when they came home they had to sit on the back of the bus," he told attendees at a Toronto event on the black experience in film in February 2010. The list of the many bonfire stars he worked with included Cher, Al Pacino, Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood. He was also a Member of the Order of Canada..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.