Norman S. Powell, the veteran Hollywood producer, director and network executive known for his award-winning documentary “Brothers at War,” has died. He was 86.
Powell’s career in television and film spanned six decades and included work on “24,” “The Big Valley,” “The New Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Bob Crane Show.” He was the son of Hollywood Golden Age stars Joan Blondell and Dick Powell.
At the time of his death, Powell was writing a memoir and working on a sequel to his Iraq War-set documentary “Brothers at War” with partner Jake Rademacher and executive producers Gary Sinise and Phil Gurin.
After graduating from the Lawrenceville School and Cornell University, Powell started his career working on Westerns like “Wanted Dead or Alive” with Steve McQueen, “Gunsmoke” with James Arness and “The Rifleman” with Chuck Connors.
Powell earned Emmy nominations for producing Season 2 of “24” and “Washington: Behind Closed Doors,...
Powell’s career in television and film spanned six decades and included work on “24,” “The Big Valley,” “The New Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Bob Crane Show.” He was the son of Hollywood Golden Age stars Joan Blondell and Dick Powell.
At the time of his death, Powell was writing a memoir and working on a sequel to his Iraq War-set documentary “Brothers at War” with partner Jake Rademacher and executive producers Gary Sinise and Phil Gurin.
After graduating from the Lawrenceville School and Cornell University, Powell started his career working on Westerns like “Wanted Dead or Alive” with Steve McQueen, “Gunsmoke” with James Arness and “The Rifleman” with Chuck Connors.
Powell earned Emmy nominations for producing Season 2 of “24” and “Washington: Behind Closed Doors,...
- 6/22/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The story didn’t end with the Miracle in the Hudson – hero pilot Sully Sullenberger is tried by an investigative committee. Clint Eastwood’s film examines and re-examines the 2.5 minutes, as the bureaucrats make the case that 155 passengers were unnecessarily put at risk.
Sully
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD
Warner Brothers Home Video
2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date December 20, 2016 / 35.99
Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhardt, Laura Linney, Jamey Sheridan, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Ann Cusack, Christopher Curry.
Cinematography Tom Stern
Film Editor Blu Murray
Original Music Christian Jacob, Tierney Sutton Band
Written by Todd Komarnicki from a book by Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow.
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore, Allyn Stewart
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In this year’s Sully Clint Eastwood found what I like to call an unbreakable story. This one poses a tricky narrative challenge — the only action content in...
Sully
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD
Warner Brothers Home Video
2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date December 20, 2016 / 35.99
Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhardt, Laura Linney, Jamey Sheridan, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Ann Cusack, Christopher Curry.
Cinematography Tom Stern
Film Editor Blu Murray
Original Music Christian Jacob, Tierney Sutton Band
Written by Todd Komarnicki from a book by Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow.
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore, Allyn Stewart
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In this year’s Sully Clint Eastwood found what I like to call an unbreakable story. This one poses a tricky narrative challenge — the only action content in...
- 12/19/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
As one of the 150 passengers aboard "Miracle on the Hudson" Flight 1549, Don Norton, 42, says while most people were focused on whether they would ever see loved ones again, he was focused on getting the emergency exit door open. "I opened one of the doors on the wing and I pretty much focused on that the whole time, how am I gonna open the door?" says Norton, who survived the miraculous landing, which was piloted by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. The father of two lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the time of the crash, and was flying home with some colleagues...
- 9/9/2016
- by Michelle Boudin, @michelleboudin
- PEOPLE.com
After surviving the emergency landing of Flight 1549 on the Hudson River by pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Karin Rooney admits she struggled to find her way. "The first year after it was kind of like this state of bliss, like, we survived!" Karin, who was a passenger on the flight alongside her then-boyfriend, tells People. "But soon after, it switched to this downward sense. I went through a pretty dark depression." She and her now-husband Chris Rooney, both 31, had been dating for three years when they survived the Miracle on the Hudson in 2009. They married soon after and planned on immediately starting a family.
- 9/8/2016
- by Michelle Boudin, @MichelleBoudin
- PEOPLE.com
After surviving the emergency landing of Flight 1549 on the Hudson River by pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Karin Rooney admits she struggled to find her way. "The first year after it was kind of like this state of bliss, like, we survived!" Karin, who was a passenger on the flight alongside her then-boyfriend, tells People. "But soon after, it switched to this downward sense. I went through a pretty dark depression." She and her now-husband Chris Rooney, both 31, had been dating for three years when they survived the Miracle on the Hudson in 2009. They married soon after and planned on immediately starting a family.
- 9/8/2016
- by Michelle Boudin, @MichelleBoudin
- PEOPLE.com
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