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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
The movie gives us a look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear, who created 'All in the Family' among others. It features the appearances from Amy Poehler, George Clooney and Jon Stewart.
29 February 1916, Winchester, Tennessee, USA
28 February 1943, New York, New York, USA
19 November 1936, Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
14 June 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 May 1961, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
27 July 1922, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
31 March 1938, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
February 13, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, USA
12 May 1969, New York City, New York, USA
August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
22 April 1926, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 September 1938, Silver City, New Mexico, USA
23 April 1960, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
18 May 1922, Revere, Massachusetts, USA
3 January 1932, Austin, Texas, USA
5 June 1934, Hugo, Oklahoma, USA
20 March 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
29 August 1917, New York City, New York, USA
23 September 1947, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
21 December 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
28 November 1962, New York City, New York, USA
19 January 1923, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
20 May 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
July 31, 2016
Their subject is just too smart, interesting and philosophically astute to not be fascinating. But you crave more, and as Archie Bunker would fondly say, "That's the crutch of the situation."
July 28, 2016
To really understand Lear, go back to those superb shows.
July 29, 2016
There is a world of charm and wisdom in the film, much as there is in the man himself.
August 10, 2016
The picture doesn't find precision, but it summarizes nicely, delivering a fascinating portrait of a man who changed television.
July 30, 2016
... gives moviegoers a fresh perspective on his memorable work and its continuing relevance.
August 03, 2016
If the movie fails to plumb the depth of Lear's mystery, it succeeds in being an entertaining look at an influential figure.
August 07, 2016
As a portrait of a genius, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You is a pleasant enough historical primer on what was the best part of television in the 1970s.
October 20, 2016
This is a story of a life of enormous fulfillment-eloquently told and openhearted as related by the subject himself, now in his early 90s, who knows, as he reveals, what to value in life.
July 29, 2016
The film is poetically structured and Lear is a spry, emotionally involved participant in a lively bio-doc that succeeds eulogistically and contextually.
July 28, 2016
The film inserts us into a solipsistic universe of Norman Lear, one that also overlaps many of the most significant social, political, and show-biz issues of the second half of the 20th century.
August 05, 2016
Just Another Version is less sweeping than Lear's memoir but filled with smartly chosen clips.
August 05, 2016
An affectionate reminder of what an impact one writer-producer had on the modern world.
