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The documentary “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” is a portrait of the 1970s TV hitmaker who broke ground with issue-oriented humor.
Lear is a great camera subject, a brilliant storyteller and so emotionally transparent that you might not mind if he went on for another half-hour —as long as it meant that you got to hear him talk some more, or watch him sit and think, or tear up over images of people who meant something to him.
Jul 3, 2016 · The documentary Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You finds pathos in an amiable, fluid construction that chronologically charts the career (and political) ambitions of TV producer Norman Lear, whose work on envelope-pushing shows like All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times throughout the 1970s emblazoned him as a father figure for ...
Jul 8, 2016 · Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You is the definitive chronicle of Mr. Lear’s life, work, and achievements, but it is so much more than an arm’s-length, past-tense biopic; at 93, Mr. Lear is as vital and engaged as he ever was.
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Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady. An entertaining documentary on the television writer and producer who pioneered socially relevant television in America. 2016 S&P Award Winner. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. In 1970, Norman Lear decided to retool the British sitcom Till Death Do Us Part for American television.
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You: Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady. With John Amos, Bea Arthur, Adrienne Barbeau, Valerie Bertinelli. A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.
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Oct 25, 2016 · His life, art and social activism is the subject of the new “American Masters” documentary, “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” which premieres tonight on PBS. We spoke with...
