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Acting
Adolph Caesar's terrifying, Oscar-nominated monologues
Writing
Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-adapted dialogue scalds
Direction
Jewison stages theatrical intimacy without claustrophobia

Director
Norman Jewison
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