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...What followed was a lovely short film (Antoine and Colette) and three features (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board and Love on the Run) that fleshed out Antoine's early maturity--or, rather, his prolonged, love-addled adolescence. This Criterion boxed set exhaustively documents the bond between an endearingly quirky actor and the most likable great director in movie history...
...chemistry between actor and director--the expression of one person's vision through another's physical force--was primal in the work of Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, whose lithe, feral magnetism animated the great Japanese director's most vigorous parables. The titles in this Criterion package are legendary: The Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Sanjuro. These ferocious epics were often adapted into better-known films in the West--The Magnificent Seven, A Fistful of Dollars, Star Wars--none of which matched the artistry and machismo of the originals...
...going to marry,” Whitman says.That fateful dance didn’t keep Whitman from “enjoying other dates,” she says, chuckling. Her “eclectic” dating history included a theater excursion with Sadruddin Aga Khan where she met actor Christopher Plummer backstage.Nevertheless, Whitman made her choice long ago that night freshman year. She was married a week after Commencement and will be celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary after her 50th Harvard-Radcliffe reunion.FIRST LADYWhile her marriage put her right with her contemporaries, Whitman still broke out of the mold...
...with his characters, Piven has, in addition to the barrage of energy, a surprising calm sweetness. Sure, he does yoga like every other actor, but he's really, really good at it. And to help a struggling documentarian pal, he got the Travel Channel to bankroll a two-part series they made together in India, Jeremy Piven's Journey of a Lifetime. Although the title made him sound like a dork, he came off as sensitive, curious and awed by the culture. And after our interview, he stayed at the restaurant to talk to people who work there about their...
Although not shown in the opening sequence, he has become the reason smart people watch Entourage, HBO's Sex and the City for guys about a hot young actor and his posse. In the third season, his character goes through more falls, including huge gambling losses. Creator Doug Ellin said he put Piven's name in the original outline two years before he shot the show. "He always is alive. He brings a kinetic energy that you can't take your eyes off," says Ellin. He was shocked that Piven's throwaway line, "Let's hug it out, bitch," became...