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...Angeles in 1970 and spent five years making Eraserhead. The film became a cult hit and led to his first mainstream film, The Elephant Man. Lynch's next project, the big-budget sci-fi movie Dune, was a critical and commercial disaster, but Blue Velvet brought him widespread critical / acclaim. A couple of aborted projects later (including a script for Steve Martin called One Saliva Bubble), Lynch is finishing a new film, Wild at Heart, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern...
...Game and Foxfire.) But it was Vivien Leigh whom Hollywood later tapped to play poor, doomed Blanche in the screen version of Streetcar. Driving Miss Daisy has belatedly righted that old wrong. It has transformed Tandy into a movie star, and she is thrilled by the acclaim, which is even sweeter because it is so unexpected. "Oh, it's wonderful!" she exclaims. "It's just wonderful! I never before had a part like Miss Daisy in a movie. I always played almost cardboard characters...
Fellow Massachusetts Democratic politician, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, won acclaim during the 1988 presidential campaign for refusing to accept donations from PACs...
...most persistent criticism of Chrysler in recent months is its lack of new products. But Chrysler executives point out that the K-car replacement models, the Dodge Spirit and Plymouth Acclaim, debuted in 1988 to generally good reviews and have sold consistently well since their introduction. Chrysler plans to roll out a new, streamlined minivan this fall and a new version of the Jeep Cherokee next year. Criticized for its reliance on Mitsubishi for sophisticated engines, which power Chrysler's hot new Plymouth Laser and Eagle Talon, the company has introduced a family of U.S.-built V-6 engines...
About two weeks ago, a previously obscure Black journal received campus acclaim for its newly-released 95-page publication. Diaspora surprised a lot of its literary peers--but shocking literary peers seems to be all the rage lately...