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Norman... Is That You? is a 1976 American comedy film directed by George Schlatter and starring Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. It is based on the play Norman, Is That You? The film version changes the locale from New York City to Los Angeles and substitutes an African American family for a Jewish family in the original play.
- September 29, 1976
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
May 13, 1977 · Is That You?: Directed by George Schlatter. With Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren. A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right.
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- Comedy
- George Schlatter
- 1977-05-13
Norman, Is That You? is a 1970 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick about a Jewish couple coming to terms with their son's homosexuality. The work is notably the first play written by both writers.
- Ben Chambers, Beatrice Chambers, Norman Chambers
- Lyceum Theatre
- 1970
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Ben (Redd Foxx) loses his wife, Beatrice (Pearl Bailey), to his own brother, so he takes a bus to Los Angeles to seek consolation from his son, Norman (Michael Warren). Instead of comfort, he...
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- George Schlatter
- PG
- Redd Foxx
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- 1976
- 10
- George Schlatter
- 91 min
Norman, Is That You? is a 1970 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick about a Jewish couple coming to terms with their son's homosexuality. The work is notably the first play written by both writers. After 19 preview performances, the play officially opened on Broadway on February 19, 1970 at the Lyceum Theatre.
Norman... Is That You? When Norman’s father, Ben Chambers (Redd Foxx), surprises him with a visit, he is shocked to discover his son is gay. Ben tries to work through ‘where he went wrong with raising his son.’. In doing so, he tries every trick in the book to ‘set his son on the right path’ but ultimately comes to terms with his son along the way.
