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GANDHI Directed by Richard Attenborough; Screenplay by John Briley...
...Nolte and Eddie Murphy. Four other films are touted as hot Oscar contenders: The Verdict, in which Paul Newman plays a burnt-out Boston lawyer; Frances, a Hollywood horror story starring Jessica Lange; Sophie's Choice, with Meryl Streep as William Styron's tragic heroine; and Richard Attenborough's epic Gandhi. These four films will be released for selective engagements in a few cities in the hope of garnering media attention and year-end critics' awards. But there will be less time and space available for serious pictures in competition with the inevitable Christmas hits...
...inconceivable. As the sun sets over the Great Barrier Reef and David Attenborough strolls into a fadeout contemplating some prehistoric epiphany, none other than Mr. Whipple may be nipping at his desert boots, fingers flexing around a roll of Charmin. Hard pressed on all sides-especially from Washington-PBS will try running commercials to keep solvent and keep the flag flying...
...Attenborough, 55, is an ideal guide through the millenniums. An amateur zoologist from childhood, he helped edit books on natural history before joining the BBC in 1952. When the host of a natural history series called Zoo Quest died in 1956, he was the logical replacement...
Nine years later he was offered a post he could not refuse: the directorship of BBC-2, Britain's new high-brow channel. His stewardship produced such series as The Forsyte Saga, Civilisation, The Ascent of Man and America. Attenborough, the brother of Actor-Director Richard Attenborough, did not thrive on administrative duties, however, and in 1977 he began the three years of work that would produce his own series. Life on Earth was first shown on the BBC in 1979 and has since gone through two reruns, receiving universal praise from British critics. The reason for so much...