Word: jewison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Interstate Truckers), the union that Stallone's character, Johnny Kovak, helps build. "Kovak came off the streets like Rocky did," observes Sylvester. "But this guy was born to be a champion." F.I.S.T. appealed to Stallone because of its "solid foundation." The story, he says, "has bones." Director Norman Jewison thinks it has another plus: a touch of that great Brando blockbuster On the Waterfront...
Directed by NORMAN JEWISON...
Spiritual Uplift. The movie, which is inveterately confusing, has to do with Jonathan E. bucking the corporate biggies and refusing to retire on command. Director Norman Jewison (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Screenwriter William Harrison champion nonconformity and the glories of individuality against a faceless state as zealously as if they had just discovered these notions writ large on a fiery tablet. Only those for whom these ideas are also a revelation will appreciate the cautions that are strewn throughout the film like pennants waving in the cheap seats...
...know he is doing battle for all of us. The biggies have waived the usual rules: no time limit, no penalties, no substitutions. As Jonathan skates his way toward the goal, the weight of all humankind presses heavily on his ball bearings, and it seems he will give in. Jewison has no patience with despair, however, and the movie concludes with a strong dose of spiritual uplift. Jonathan defies the corpo ration and shakes society to its roots. Maybe this means they'll have to bring back war and famine...
...local incidents shortened his career. If you have never seen any Yiddish theater and you want to this is probably the only example you're likely to find in Cambridge this weekend (this year? this decade?) and I plan to catch if it probably bears less resemblance to Norman Jewison's. Fiddler on the Roof than does Jesus Christ Superstar (also by Jewison, or Christianson as they called him on the Fiddler set) which has a kicked-out-jams performance by Josh Mostel, son of the Emperor Zero...