Word: arkins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hanks lacked the slick stature of Wall Street wizard Sherman McCoy (Wolfe wanted Chevy Chase). Melanie Griffith was no slinky Circe (De Palma wanted Uma Thurman), and Bruce Willis was hardly a desiccated Brit (John Cleese said no thanks). Finally, for reasons of ethnic balance, Morgan Freeman replaced Alan Arkin as a righteous judge, who in the book was a Jew. The novel they said couldn't be filmed . . . couldn't. Not by these folks...
...capital as Fidel Castro's revolutionaries prepared to take it in the waning days of 1958, he also recaptures something of the doomy delirium of the film that obviously inspired him. And some of its smartness too: the dialogue -- especially that of its resident cynic, its Captain Renault (Alan Arkin playing a casino owner) -- is polished to a high sheen...
...Coop's directors more accountable to their constituents. The following candidates expressed a commitment to making the Coop's governance more open: Alex Edelstein, Gordon M. Fauth, Jr., Carey M. Knight, Beth Noveck, Pieter M. Pil, Gina Raimondo and Conrad Yun. Of the candidates who responded, only Jed Arkin specifically said that Coop elections should not be more issue-oriented. We did not receive responses from Paul E. Dans and Sarah A.L. Tabler. The following candidates could not be reached: John L. Kimble, Alberto M. Modiano, Kevin P. Mohan and Pawan G. Patil. Patil, who was elected to the board...
...sure they have nothing but genes in common. The eldest, Marvin (Daniel Stern), is an officious straight arrow. The youngest, Bobby (Patrick Dempsey), is a juvenile delinquent manque. The middle brother, Buddy (Arye Gross), naturally keeps trying to mediate fraternal fractiousness. None can imagine why their father Fred (Alan Arkin) insists that they all are needed to perform a single task: pick up a perfectly preserved 1954 Cadillac convertible in Detroit and deliver it (despite speed traps, accidents and fights for control of its radio dial) to him in Florida unscathed and on time for their mother's birthday...