SCFZ poll: Norman Jewison

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Polling the films of Norman Jewison

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half* of the Jewison films you've seen, up to a maximum of 8. So if you've seen 6 films, you can vote for 3, and if you've seen 20, you can vote for up to 8.

* If you've seen an odd number, you can round up when deciding the length of your ballot -- e.g if you've seen 7, you can vote for 4, and if you've seen 15, you can vote for the maximum of 8.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Tuesday, in seven days, whatever day that is

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

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might slow the poll pace over the next week, next poll might start next tuesday or later instead of this friday

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when i look over the titles in jewison's filmography, i always think i should have seen twelve of them, but i've only seen six, might watch some for the poll... edit: seen 7:

The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!
...And Justice for All
A Soldier's Story
Rollerball

[Monsieur Arkadin]

Seen 3.

Fiddler on the Roof.

My wife watched it for the first time recently, and I re-watched about 20 minutes of it with her and it struck me as nowhere near as good as I had remembered it. So it gets my vote solely for sentimental/biographical reasons, as it had a pretty huge impact on me when I was much younger. I did not particularly care for either Moonstruck or The Hurricane.

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Moonstruck
The Thomas Crown Affair
Fiddler on the Roof
Rollerball
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Send Me No Flowers
In the Heat of the Night
Best Friends

[brian d]

seen 1

in the heat of the night

[nrh]

Moonstruck

seen 12...

[Silga]

Seen 2

And Justice for All

[oscarwerner]

So long career and many good films to watch.
Seen 16.
1. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
3. Rollerball (1975)
4. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
5. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
6. The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
7. Moonstruck (1987)
8. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)-simple, but good.

[Curtis, baby]

seen 2

the cincinnati kid

[greennui]

seen In the Heat of the Night but that was way back.

[wba]

A fine director. Seems like I've only seen pretty great stuff from him. I love the three I've voted for.

01. The Thomas Crown Affair
02. In the Heat of the Night
03. Rollerball

Jewison seen: 5

[mesnalty]

Seen 2:

1. Moonstruck

[St. Gloede]

Seen 9, though none are fresh in mind:

The Cincinnati Kid
In the Heat of the Night
...and justice for all.

[Curtis, baby]

a weird norman jewison fact is that the press room at the vancouver canucks arena is named after him

its not that weird cos hes canadian but its still weird

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

a weird norman jewison fact is that the press room at the vancouver canucks arena is named after him

its not that weird cos hes canadian but its still weird

that is weird!

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just noticed TCM is showing two really early norman jewison films (the thrill of it all, and send me no flowers, both doris day films) on the 26th, at least here in canada

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Oh, I totally forgot he directed those! I love Send Me No Flowers, it's a fascinating Rock Hudson's Home Movies text. All about Rock Hudson looking for a man who would be a good husband... for (ostensibly) his wife Doris Day after Rock passes away.

Seen 4.

1. Send Me No Flowers (1964)

[john ryan]

seen 8

1. Moonstruck
2. In the Head of the Night
3. ...And Justice for All
4. A Soldier's Story

[deepbluefunk]

seen 8

1. Moonstruck
2. In the Heat of the Night
3. Thomas Crown Affair
4. A Soldier's Story

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ended up being a close contest, i had no idea moonstruck (or the thomas crown affair for that matter) was so well thought of around here. jewison made more than a half-dozen features after making moonstruck, and not one of them got a vote (including the hurricane which was a surprise to me though i haven't seen it). his lone best picture winner, from his five films that were nominated, wins the poll:

results
1. In the Heat of the Night (1967) — 16.3 pts
2. Moonstruck (1987) — 15.3 pts
3. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) — 11 pts
4. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) — 8 pts
5. …And Justice for All (1979) — 7 pts
5. Rollerball (1975) — 7 pts
7. The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming! (1966) — 5.5 pts
8. The Cincinnati Kid (1965) — 5 pts
9. A Soldier’s Story (1984) — 4 pts
10. Send Me No Flowers (1964) — 1.5 pts
11. Best Friends (1982) — 0.1 pts
11. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) — 0.1 pts

[nrh]

seeing rollerball and thomas crown on this makes me realize we haven't done mctiernan yet...

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seeing rollerball and thomas crown on this makes me realize we haven't done mctiernan yet...

we've checked, and he has the views for a poll, so i'll make him our next poll starting friday (unless you'd prefer i wait)

[nrh]

with only 11 features he's definitely on the borderline, but since most of the movies should be fairly well seen he might be a good choice?

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i've seen eight without ever making any special effort to watch his films, so i'd bet several people have seen 9+, so yeah, should be a good poll especially if some people are interested in him as a director - i like the polls that produce a bit of conversation

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Yeah, I've seen ten, so McTierman isn't a problem from my end, at least in numbers of movies seen. Heh.

Might be tough to get a full top ten though since there could be a couple that don't get votes, but we'll see, maybe Rollerball has some quiet admirers.

[wba]

maybe Rollerball has some quiet admirers.

Rollerball will definitely get a vote from me.

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i posted this to letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-309/