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Back in action
Sun Movie CriticIn Raiders of the Lost Ark, Karen Allen created a female action hero who functions as a fantasy figure for both sexes. As the owner-operator of a Himalayan saloon and the daughter of Indiana Jones' mentor, Marion Ravenwood does it all. She knows how to...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alan Parker, Colleges and Universities, Celebrity
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Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones in 'Crystal Skull'
Special to NewsdayWith most of our action movie icons, there are easily identifiable trademarks: John Wayne's pigeon-toed swagger and slow-rolling drawl; Humphrey Bogart's facial twitches and muted trombone growl; Clint Eastwood's narrow squints and freeze-dried rasp. Drop...Tags: Roman Polanski, Humphrey Bogart, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Clint Eastwood, Central Intelligence Agency
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Shows to watch
'Silverado' 7 p.m., AMC The destinies of four cowboys -- Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and a young Kevin Costner -- converge en route to a frontier town in director Lawrence Kasdan's quirky 1985 tribute to the western genre. The supporting cast...Tags: Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, John Cleese
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Made in Maryland
Absolute Power (1997)
Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...Tags: Meg Ryan, Nora Ephron, Kim Hunter, Tab Hunter, Jamie Lee Curtis
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'Open Window' Is Director's Open Book
Zap2It.comIn making her feature-directing debut, a film editor wanted to get the story of a rape victim right. Mainly because it was her own story. After cutting such popular movies as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "The Big Easy," Mia Goldman called the shots on...Tags: Todd Field, Prisons, Celebrity, Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd
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'In the Land of Women'
Times Staff WriterIn his first feature, "In the Land of Women," Jonathan Kasdan has made good use of several things he inherited from his father, fellow writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, including a strong supporting actress (JoBeth Williams) and an experienced editor...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Meg Ryan, Adam Brody, Olympia Dukakis, Cancer
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Freddy Kruger, the charmer
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (New Line). If there are any new shocks to be sustained on this two-disc special edition of the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984), it's in seeing callow, baby-faced Johnny Depp in his very first movie role. ("Noooo," you...Tags: Lawyers, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Ted Danson, Robert Englund
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Academy Showers 'Rain Man' With 8 Oscar Bids
Times Staff WriterFrom The Times: Feb. 16, 1989 MGM/UA's "Rain Man" grabbed a narrow lead in the 61st Oscar race Wednesday with eight nominations, including Dustin Hoffman's sixth best-actor nod for his portrayal of a numbers-crunching autistic savant on a cross-country...Tags: Dian Fossey, Alan Ladd, Alan Parker, Academy Awards, Glenn Close
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Writers Guild Dubs 'Casablanca' Top Screenplay
Zap2It.comJulius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch's "Casablanca" script, adapted from the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, has been saluted as the greatest screenplay ever by the members of the Writers Guild of America. The...Tags: Billy Wilder, Jean Renoir, Academy Awards, Joseph L Mankiewicz, Francis Ford Coppola
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The 101 Greatest Screenplays
Zap2It.comWhat do you think of the WGA list? ++++++++++++++++++++ || 1. || CASABLANCA Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison || || 2. || THE GODFATHER...Tags: Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Nora Ephron, Stephen King, Horton Foote
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