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Direct film By David Baker GanwcocK Film Critic Norman Jewison first volved with ...And Justict late in 1977. "They (serec VaJefie Curtin and Barr son) decided to write this wild satire ? a sort of he said. Columbia Pictures optic property for $25,000, added, Curtin and I "brought it to me." "It was the kind of matter that I felt was w years of my life," he sa started working with thei screenplay." One of the things that terested Jewison about Ju that most of the stories taken from actual cases.4 hardly an incident in the isn't true," Jewison said that "It's unbelievable wh goes on." Illustrating what he n "unbelievable," J recuumeu a irue siory a poor quality of judges ii western city he recently "This judge," he said, through most of his tri; judge plays Don Rickl judge packs a gun to the b< armea nours a aay. judge is so busy work] computers to clear up his that the computer is making certain decisio there's one judge that does anything about the law at i "The reason that we d too much about these thinj judges have always been figures. But we must face that there are good jud there are bad judges. > expect all our judges to be learned, but I would hoix would try to make sure t of our judge^ are knowl about the 1aw.'J ' * -y. ? Jewison hopes that Jw tell the American people , inadequacies of the system. "I think the p really trying to hold u{ aspects of the judicial s ridicule," he said, "whi< Dr. Samuel Johnson sai< ' the strongest forms of crit Justice opened nationally, a fate that . previous films did not ha' with. Most of his previa B or Jewis< making ; opened in 10 or 20 and then branchi got in- "But nowadays," ? For All spend so much mor i it 4 :r ;uwiucia duvei liaiiig lilHi 11 y Levin- have any kind 3 kind of television campaigi a legal well make the filr After the people to go see >ned the United Artists wi Jewison that by re-rele; ^evinson Jewison's old films Roof, to hundreds subject November 9. "I'm orth two Jewison said, "tha id, "so I feels that strongly i m on the I made seven vears "I asked them if most in- into Dolby sound s sticewas have a better s< in it are when it first cam 'There is agreed. And I cut! film that out of it becaus I, adding release it with an tat really think it's a better can be totally objc leant by film, whereas whe ewison was too emotional! ibout the it." n a mid- Deep down, ho1 r visited. "sleePs (F^\a7^TT als. This ]u W? Mak es. This J! snch ? is Another ijti backlog f H ,."1 actually % H i J CC ns, and ? ( CA m'tknow flj BE r mm ui. $ M J1 lon't say jjj w kiai gs is that ? revered ; the fact Iges and HRfffSSSSH Ye can't wise and jjp^|B hat most edgeable BHMflHHR stice will about the judicial icture is ) certain ystem to ch is, ps J i, one of BH1 \ ^Ricism." ? \ ^ P.JJ,.,, NMOTOrX Friday buy mll\ , Jewison's trudit/o ve to deal I' k 3us films jjjjjjjjj J >n talks e and 'Just cities, he said, said, he feels id out slowly, re-releasing t he said, "they frankly thi ey on television Superstar is they're going to far more sty oi a national more creauv* 1, they might as much more n available for that record ai it." he said, than 11 be doing just "was an < asing one of piece." , Fiddler on the of theatres on Jewison agi very pleased," films range t United Artists drama to ibout a film that musicals," { ago." time categor I could re-dub it that the drar ;o that it would Night) was >undtrack than acclaimed,"] e out and they milieu is in t 50 to 25 minutes comedy. I thi e we couldn't at all it lies in intermission. I In keeping picture. Now I Jewison's ne ctive about the musical and n I finished it, I comedy. "I y involved with couple of g Jewison, wh yever. Jewison getting old." sssssssssssssssssssss e Photography Easic 40% Discount on I 20 vo Discount Materials HVIPETITIVE 1^-21 MERAS int imiiiiiiiiil e Teach You How" SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Mmnp mjj i HM HI Ml \EM 1 H i HH mm i IB i mm i I i TW I H | ibout 11 ice' that United Artists is he wrong picture. "I ink Jesus Christ a better film. It has le and I think it's a i piece 01 worn. 11 was challenging to take id make a film of it," to do Fiddler, which established theatre rees that, because his j "from comedy to v _f?i melodrama to C jeople have a hard izing him. 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