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Camera: a who’s who of Canadian cinema gathers at the Lightbox to kick off TIFF’s retrospective of Norman Jewison films

By Fraser Abe
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Canadian film honcho Wayne Clarkson with art house icon Atom Egoyan and Lynne St. David-Jewison

August 11, Malaparte.

An air-kissing who’s who of Canadian cinema gathered on the sixth floor of the Lightbox to kick off Justice for All, TIFF’s retrospective of the films of Norman Jewison. One of Hollywood’s most prolific directors, Jewison is the kind of success story this city loves to laud at every opportunity. Following the reception, everyone shuffled downstairs for a screening of Moonstruck, Jewison’s 1987 rom-com. The crowd was also treated to a Q&A with Olympia Dukakis and the screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (both snagged Oscars for the movie). But it was Jewison who got the loudest applause, for dropping a well-aimed F-bomb while recounting an on-set incident: Nicolas Cage demanded a moment to think over a line, and Jewison replied: “Don’t think, just say the fucking line.” Beats watching Moonstruck at home in your PJs for the umpteenth time.

Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash
Camera: Norman Jewison Bash

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