Podcast appearances and mentions of norman wexler

The ultimate himbo pursues his dancing dreams during one of the worst periods of New York City's history, and ends up a cultural icon—off-screen, of course. Starring John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Paul Pape, Donna Pescow, and Martin Shakar. Written by Norman Wexler. Directed by John Badham.

Kyle, Joe, and Rick review the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Directed by John Badham, written by Norman Wexler, with music by the Bee Gees and David Shire. The film stars John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, and Martin Shakar. We ranked 10 of the songs from the soundtrack, as well as picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

In episode 217 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the definition of contemporary photography, avoiding labels and he announces a new addition to the A Photographic Life broadcasts. Plus this week photographer Jillian Edelstein takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' London based Jillian Edelstein began working as a press photographer in Johannesburg, South Africa. and studied photojournalism at London College of Communications after graduating from The University of Cape Town, B.Soc.Sc in Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology Social Work. Between 1996 and 2002 she returned to South Africa frequently to document the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her award winning book of the work Truth and Lies was published in 2002. Edelstein's portraits have appeared internationally in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The FT Weekend Magazine, Vanity Fair, Interview, Vogue, The Guardian Weekend, The Sunday Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, Forbes, GQ and Esquire. Her work has also been exhibited internationally including at the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery, The Royal Academy, Sothebys, Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in France, Bensusan Museum, Robben Island Museum in South Africa and Dali International Photography Festival, Yunnan Province, China. She has received several awards including the Kodak UK Young Photographer of the Year, Photographers' Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year Award, the Visa d'Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan in 1997, the European Final Art Polaroid Award in 1999, the John Kobal Book Award 2003 and included in The Taylor Wessing Portrait Award on two occasions and the AI-AP Archive in 2008 and 2015. Edelstein was the winner in Latin American Fotografia 4 2015, has been included in World Press Awards on two occasions. Jillian was voted on the ‘Hundred Heroines' list of women from across the world who are transforming photography today in 2018. She lives in London and is currently working on several photographic projects including a film documentary about the screenwriter Norman Wexler. www.jillianedelstein.com Dr. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). ©Grant Scott 2022

Jillian Edelstein grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and began her photographic career learning the ropes by assisting before becoming a newspaper press photographer in Johannesburg. After which she moved to London to attended the London College of Printing's photojournalism course. It was while she was still studying that she began getting commissions from The Sunday Times. Her portraits have appeared internationally in just about every major publication you can name, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The FT Weekend Magazine, Vanity Fair, Interview, Vogue, Port, The Guardian Weekend, The Sunday Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, Forbes, GQ and Esquire and her photographs have been exhibited internationally including in the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery, The Royal Academy, OXO Gallery in London, Sothebys, and Arles, among others. Jillian has received several awards including the Kodak UK Young Photographer of the Year, Photographers' Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year Award, the Visa d’Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, and the John Kobal Book Award. Her work has been included in The Taylor Wessing Portrait Award twice, included in the World Press Awards twice and she was a finalist in the 2017 LensCulture Portrait Awards. Jillian also judged the World Press Awards in 2014, and the Taylor Wessing Awards in 2010. Between 1996 and 2002 she returned to South Africa frequently to document the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her resulting award winning book Truth and Lies, shot on large format, was published by Granta, the New Press and Mail and The Guardian in 2002. She is currently working on several photographic projects and a documentary film about the screenwriter Norman Wexler. In episode 087, Jillian discusses, among other things: The documentary she is making about Hollywood screenwriter Norman Wexler Being driven and dogged Here and There, her unpublished book project about her Aunt Minna Apartheid South Africa Coming to London, The Sunday Times and the Wapping dispute Portrait work and building a folio Having to rescue a shoot with Spike Lee Her book on the The Truth and Reconcilliation Commission Revisiting her Affinities project Advice she’d give her 20 and 40 year old selves Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter “Sometimes I’m like a rottweiler... It is that thing about being darned perisistant. You have to have the belief, you have to have the commitment, you have to have the perseverance and you have to at all costs believe that these things will prevail and will out. And there’s a lot of pushing to make them happen. I don’t want to make it sound tougher than it already is but it is true, I don’t think it’s an easy game...”

Leslie has gone through phases of punctuality, Ki-Jana Carter ordered a cheesesteak from Leslie, Adam is nice not noice, Edward and Bella are out kinda like Adam and Leslie when they starting dating, we discover an opportunity the filmmakers missed.   Camille would need a soaking tub of sunscreen if she lived in Arizona, Leslie's favorite extra plays prominently in this scene, Adam might be turning into Tony Clifton, Leslie might be Norman Wexler, we find out what it takes to become a vampire in the Twilight universe, dickies are not intimidating, Adam's office might have a gas leak that makes Leslie yawn, Adam gives us a titbit, another #boneralert, light as a feather stiff as a board, Adam was born and raised on the pond.  

Guest Co-Hosts: Paul Talbot, Greg KlymkiwWe're heading to Falconhurst and looking at the unlikely hit film Mandingo (1975), the book series that informed it and its sequel, and the knock-offs in its wake. Richard Fleischer's film stars Ken Norton as Mede, the titular Mandingo, while James Mason and Perry King are the father and son who run Falconhurst, a slave-breeding plantation.Greg Klymkiw (UFO Doggies, Careful) and writer Paul Talbot (Mondo Mandingo: The Falconhurst Books and Films) join Mike to discuss Mandingo, it's sequel Drum, and several other sordid slavery-themed films (including the remarkable Addio Zio Tom). 

This week trash cinema aficionado Matt Carman (I Love Bad Movies) joins me for a special episode I'm calling "(Bad) Movies My Friends Have Never Seen." Will Matt survive watching the notorious Stallone/Travolta joint Staying Alive for the first time? Matt and I ponder whether Tony Manero is the worst character in popular fiction and try to make sense of his starring turn in the insane Broadway extravaganza Satan's Alley. Plus Matt shares his thoughts on the difference between a "good/bad" and "bad/bad" movie and we spot a Miami Vice homage a year before the debut of Miami Vice. Freaky! Check out I Love Bad Movies, the zine that Matt does with his wife Kseniya Yarosh of the Bonnie and Maude podcast. Brooklynites will also want to check out the Brooklyn Zine Fest which they organize every year.  Like Movies My Friends Have Never Seen on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. You can also get the show on iTunes and Stitcher.   A taste of Satan's Alley. Bob Zmuda's stories about Saturday Night Fever/Staying Alive screenwriter Norman Wexler are insane. 

Boogie down as we discuss the 1977 disco classic Saturday Night Fever. We're joined by the director of 54, Mark Christopher, to talk about Tony Manero, Norman Wexler, Staying Alive, and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boogie down as we discuss the 1977 disco classic Saturday Night Fever. We're joined by the director of 54, Mark Christopher, to talk about Tony Manero, Norman Wexler, Staying Alive, and more.

Your hosts Jason DeFillippo & MXV discuss the 1977 film 'Saturday Night Fever' Director: John Badham. Writers: Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler. Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller.