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SEEKING DIVORCE. ROMA DOWNEY, 34, haloed heroine of Touched by an Angel; from director DAVID ANSPAUGH...
...David Anspaugh, I don't know," mused one fellow pinned against the wall in the gridlocked hallway. "((His film)) Rudy, did you see it? It was sweet. Only did $22 million. I don't know if he could do an Upper West Side women's picture...
...Anspaugh...
Director David Anspaugh and writer Angelo Pizzo also teamed up to create the classic underdog-athletes-who-(surprise)-come-back-to-win movie "Hoosiers." Their strategy with "Rudy" is just as simple--throw in anything that could possibly make us root for Rudy's cause. Everything that could possibly go wrong for Rudy does. His best friend dies, neither his father nor his brother believe that he can achieve his dream, his long-time girl friend dumps him for his other brother and Notre Dame rejects his application three times before it accepts him. Even after Rudy makes the team...
...Anspaugh and Pizzo aim low, seeking to sucker the part in all of us that wants the underdog to overcome great odds to win--and they succeed. By the end of the movie, when Rudy's teammates carry him off the field, there were cheers of approval from the audience, and more than a few people around me were sniffling back tears...