He also was the guiding force behind the establishment of the Director’s Cut, part of the DGA’s landmark Bill of Creative Rights.
Directors: Silverstein, Elliot–Helmer of Oscar-Winner ‘Cat Ballou’ and ‘A Man Called Horse,’ Dies at 96
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Period of Adjustment (1962): George Roy Hill’s Debut, Starring Anthony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton (Christmas)
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Period of Adjustment is Tennessee Williams’s only conscious effort to write a straight comedy, first done on Broadway before it became a mediocre Hollywood film and potential star vehicle for the fast-rising actress, Jane Fonda.
Agnes of God (1985): Jewison Convent Melodrama, Starring Anne Bancroft, Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly
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Set in a Canadian convent, Norman Jewison’s star-studded melodrama concerns a young nun (Meg Tilly), who has given birth and murdered her baby. Playwright John Pielmeyer adapted to the big screen his long-running stage play, which premiered on Broadway in 1982.
