Lawrence Turman

Born: 1926-11-28

Lawrence Turman (November 28, 1926 – July 1, 2023) was an American film producer. He was best known for serving as a producer of The Graduate (1967, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.) Turman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 1926, into a Jewish family. His father was Jacob Turman and his mother Esther Gldman Turman. Turman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Turman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of The Graduate (1967). He also produced other films such as Pretty Poison (1968), The Great White Hope (1970), The Thing (1982),[6] Mass Appeal (1984), Short Circuit (1986), The River Wild (1994), and American History X (1998).


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Trojan War

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Released: 2015-10-13

When Pete Carroll took over the football program at USC after the 2000 season, the once-great...

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Students of 'The Graduate'

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Released: 2007-09-11

This short documentary from 2007 features filmmakers, critics and historians discussing the...

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'The Graduate' at 25

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Released: 1992-01-01

A 1992 featurette on the making of "The Graduate."

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On Cinema

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First aired: 2012-12-04

Tim Heidecker reviews the latest movies in theaters with a special guest.

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