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...Manhattan headquarters, U.A. has no production facilities, but operates in effect as a banker and distributor for movie people seeking an honest count at the box office and exceptional artistic freedom. It has attracted such diverse talents as Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Joe Levine. Laments Producer Norman Jewison: "You could walk into United Artists with any crazy dream, and no one would say it was preposterous." U.A.'s venturesomeness paid well too: its 1977 revenues of $469 million from movies, TV rentals, records and music publishing represented a 24% increase, while net profits for the first nine...
...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...