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5 films about or based on real-life moviemakers
1. SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder; 1950) 4 stars In this classic backstage Hollywood movie, Gloria Swanson and Erich Von Stroheim play characters modeled on themselves: aging screen-silent diva Norma Desmond and her ex-director turned butler Max Von...Tags: Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, D.W. Griffith, Chicago Tribune, Joaquim de Almeida
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Movie review, 'Amadeus -The Director's Cut'
- See where this movie is playing. ++++++++++++++++++++ || Make a night of it. Find: - Recommended dining - Recommended bars || ++++++++++++++++++++ "Amadeus -The Director's Cut" extends by 20 minutes Milos Forman's exuberant, shattering film from...Tags: Peter Shaffer, Music Industry, Antonio Salieri, Movies, Chicago Tribune
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Movie review: 'New York Minute'
Chicago Tribune Reporter2 stars (out of 4) Product placement has been a constant fixture of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's direct-to-video movies, whether the twins are cavorting around some prominently named resort or sporting designer wear. But the main product they've...Tags: Social Issues, Mary-Kate Olsen, Andrea Martin, Chicago Tribune, University of Oxford
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Unproven techniques sway courts, erode justice
Tribune staff reportersSettling into the witness chair of a Kane County courtroom, Stephen McKasson tutored jurors in a murder trial on the wonders of a rarely used divining tool: lip prints. The Illinois State Police crime lab examiner told them forensic science accepts...Tags: Terrorism, Politics, Criminal Laws, Colleges and Universities, Witnesses
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Ravenous
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 19, 1999 Macabre doesn't begin to describe the sly, grisly Grand Guignol horror of "Ravenous," which has all the ingredients for a cult film success but most definitely is not for everyone. It's stylish, sophisticated, venturesome--to...Tags: David Arquette, Robert Carlyle, James Whale, Death, Czech Republic
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Houseguest
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday January 6, 1995 "Houseguest," a rowdy fish-out-of-water comedy, is as good-natured as its big, beefy star, comedian Sinbad. His Kevin Franklin is a Pittsburgh dreamer steeped in get-rich-quick schemes but now dangerously in debt to a local...Tags: Minority Groups, Movies, Joe Roth, Ivy League, Comedy (genre)
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The Pest
TIMES STAFF WRITERMonday February 10, 1997 "The Pest" is the worst. Talented and versatile actor-comedian John Leguizamo indulges himself so totally with incessant mugging, mimicking and all-around showing off that he begins to wear out his welcome before the opening...Tags: Movies, Sicilian Mafia, John Leguizamo, Entertainment
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