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Rice is not accustomed to failure. The prodigious accomplishments of her youth--she learned Beethoven at 5, finished college at 19 and earned tenure at Stanford at 26--have been followed by a glide to global prominence. Even as the Bush Administration's support has slid to historic depths, Rice's image has been relatively unsullied. She remains not just the most glamorous member of the Bush Cabinet but also its most popular, with job-approval ratings 20 points higher than her boss's. Among the top officials in the Administration, she is the only one who could reasonably expect...
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Looking for an accurate depiction of Beethoven’s life—without having to read a book? If you’ve considered the newly released film “Copying Beethoven,” Fanny Peabody Professor of Music Emeritus Lewis H. Lockwood would probably advise you to spend your hard-earned money elsewhere. “Historically, it’s dreadful,” Lockwood says of the film, which depicts a fabricated relationship between an irascible Beethoven—played by Ed Harris—and a fictional female copyist. Yet Lockwood doesn?...
...Harris, with backwards hat and glasses, walked into the room, I instantly thought of his role as Christof in “The Truman Show.” But I quickly shook off that impression. I wasn’t talking to Christof—I was talking to Beethoven. Harris plays the legendary composer in “Copying Beethoven,” a new film about the composer’s waning years of life and music. Last week, at a roundtable discussion with college journalists, Harris discussed his intense commitment to the role, some of his problems...
...Copying Beethoven Directed by Agnieszka Holland MGM 3 stars Final masterpieces have a real way of bringing a man down. Director Agnieszka Holland’s latest film “Copying Beethoven” captures such a slump, showing us the last, deafened days of Beethoven, with the Ninth at his back. Holland, who directed “The Secret Garden,” enlists Ed Harris to play the German genius, and though both director and star create much bluster and intensity, neither of them offer the audience much more than empty sound and fury. Apart from...