Sunday, July 25, 2010

Movies for Wednesday July 21, 2010

On July 21 1926 Director/Producer Norman Jewison was born... so the theme for today are films directed by Norman Jewison-enjoy!

1 In the Heat of the Night (1967) Director: Norman Jewison
Academy Award winning film about a detective (Sidney Poitier) who helps a small town sheriff (Rod Steiger) solve a murder in a racist town-film also won awards for Best Writing and Best Actor for Rod Steiger...

2 The Hurricane (1999) Director: Norman Jewison
Based on the true story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane Carter (Denzel Washington) who was wrongfully imprisoned for murder-Washington was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal...

4 The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Director: Norman Jewison
Film about a poker player (Steve Mcqueen) who tries to beat a master player (Rip Torn) for high stakes...

3 Moonstruck (1987) Director: Norman Jewison
A widowed bookkeeper (Cher) must choose between brothers (Danny Aiello & Nicolas Cage) for romance-Cher won an Academy Award for Best Actress and Olympia Dukakis also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress...

I hope that the above list of films provide hours of cinematic entertainment-enjoy!
Dianezy
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