Lewis Furey

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Lewis Furey

Born June 7, 1949 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada (age 77)

Lewis Furey, born Lewis Greenblatt (born 7 June 1949) is a Canadian composer, singer, violinist, pianist, actor and director. Born in Montreal, Quebec to French and American parents, Furey trained as a classical violinist, and at age 11 performed as a soloist in the Matinées pour la jeunesse concert series of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. From 1961 to 1965 he studied at the Conservatoire de mu…

Known For

The Forbidden RoomThe Forbidden Room · 2015
The Forbidden Room
★ 5.62015
MovieComedy
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
American DreamerAmerican Dreamer · 1984
American Dreamer
★ 6.31984
MovieActionAdventure
American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wakes up in the hospital believing she's the fictional international spy, Rebecca Ryan.
The Peanut Butter SolutionThe Peanut Butter Solution · 1985
The Peanut Butter Solution
★ 5.71985
MovieFamilyFantasy
Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.
FantasticaFantastica · 1980
Fantastica
★ 6.21980
MovieDramaMusic
In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest.
Shades of Love: Champagne for TwoShades of Love: Champagne for Two · 1987
Shades of Love: Champagne for Two
★ 8.01987
MovieRomance
Two career-oriented people meet and fall in love at their apartment house in New York. When the job requires one of them to move to another city, they are faced with the dilemma of choosing between their career and their relationship.
Bye, See You MondayBye, See You Monday · 1979
Bye, See You Monday
★ 4.51979
MovieDrama
Lucie the Quebecker and Nicole the Frenchwoman with the "funny accent" are both twenty-six, single and share their Montreal apartment as they share their joys and sorrows. The first works in radio, the second in an airline company, and both have a married lover who, every Friday evening, rushes off to a home that has been forsaken for a while, saying: "Bye, see you Monday"...
La Tête de Normande St-OngeLa Tête de Normande St-Onge · 1975
La Tête de Normande St-Onge
★ 6.01975
MovieDramaFantasy
Working as a pharmacy clerk while dreaming of escape through dance, Normande St-Onge supports a household of dependent and unstable relatives. As her efforts to protect and hold together her improvised family intensify, the pressures of exploitation, eviction, and emotional isolation push her toward psychological collapse. Directed by Gilles Carle, the film blurs the boundary between fantasy and breakdown.
Shades of Love: Sincerely, VioletShades of Love: Sincerely, Violet · 1987
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
★ 7.01987
MovieDramaRomance
Elizabeth is a historian who believes that she is on to the find of her career, but has difficulty getting access to the document that will prove her theory. In desperation, she and a friend decide to break into the owner's house. She successfully gets in but is unexpectedly caught by the owner. She and the friend have to make up a story to get them out of trouble which eventually leads to string of events that lands Elizabeth in even more hot water.

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